Charles & Karen came to my studio and we did a still life. We all are painting more.
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.
River
I started this painting last year w/ some misguided idea that I could sell something that I wasn’t invested in. Gregg nailed me and I’m glad. This is starting to be MY river.
River
I got a magnet with the comment “Life is not a destination, it’s a journey.” Since I haven’t gotten any official notice that I’m an Artist, I just try to work everyday, and when I get to the end, there will be like the riverbank, a sign, but the river has run past. Oh, and when I get the notification of Artist, I’ll let you know!
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.
Xeris
As I added more paint, I dropped some letters. I live in a rain forest, so it might seem strange to do a series on Xeriscape. I strongly believe that people need to pay attention to the plants that thrive in their region without insane irrigation.
These are for…
Kim showed pottery & Nick showed paintings, but they couldn’t attend. These will give them an idea of their display.
Open studio tour
Thanks to everyone that ventured out for the Haywood Open Studio Tour. We met some interesting people, and they got to see what Fines Creek school has to offer in terms of artist’s space.
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.
Words, words
This is a small, 16″x20″ , painting on canvas of the word Xeriscape. I started w/ the idea of just using graphite and white paint. I saw a beautiful painting that was done that way when the artist was desperately poor. I have many tubes of many colors, and I can’t resist. I did go back into some wet paint w/ vine charcoal. The trick there is to decide how much mixing I wanted to do. I also did some pouring. As I continue to find out, more paint is better!