This tree fell on our power lines this winter and did a lot of damage. The repairmen cut it up. Now it has these lovely blooms. Should we tell the tree that it’s toast?
the whole bloomin’ thing
I dropped off some new work at Art on Depot. This yellow daylily is appropriate for the festival on Frog Level this Saturday, and Art after Dark Fri. from 6-9.
Enthusiasm
I love the blue agave as a starting place. There is a quote in the Nov. Art Calendar by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) “We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” Timely advice as I struggle financially.
new gallery space
We are hanging our first show in Sleeping Stones Gallery. It’s a classroom next to my studio. These are huge classrooms off of the Fines Creek Gym. The windows are 8 ft. tall. Go to haywoodarts.org for a map for the HOST this Sat. and Sun.
Corn
From a photo, it really is this color. Honest!
fine tuning
I’m doing small adjustments now. Then comes a period of “percolating” . I live w/ the painting and decide whether it’s done of not. Gregg can be a great help, he will say “It’s not done” and it makes me ponder what else I might do. Conversly, sometimes he says “It’s done”, and something nags at me. Ultimately it’s my call. Some paintings may be allowed to exist for awhile, but one day I paint more, or 
over them, because they didn’t WOW me.
Xeriscape
We saw a film on the typeface Helvetica. Until computers, most people didn’t even know the word typeface, now everyone has an opinion. I used a typeface to get the spacing correct for Xeriscape, but I don’t remember which one.
The book room at FCCA is mostly empty. Condensed books and Encyclopedias are left because even the library can’t get rid of them! Big book sale coming up at the end of the month. We are at a nexus when printed Encyclopedia are going to be recycled, not read.
agave
It’s a painting, not a plant!
It’s just paint
More paint.