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Work in Paint & Thread

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Odd for me to be blogging on a Saturday morning but I was here anyway checking out my Facebook and Twitter......god, technology is going to be the death of me but I do so love it.  I'm off to help out in John's office this morning and the house looks like a bomb has gone off.  Both girls were at a school dance last night and obviously decided that a midnight snack with no clean up involved would be oh so appropriate...am of surprised?  I'd be a fool if I was.  

On the studio front work is coming along well.  I've got a seascape painted out and ready for the wool/silk/thread part but have yet to begin.  Next week looks fairly open so I'll get to it then.  

A friend sent me this link which looks like something I'd love to see.

The Visitor

photo courtesy of Ward Conway

The above  photo was sent to me by my inlaws.....    a visitor they received on their deck the other day.  

I'm  in the studio today and yeah, online too.  Trying to get together a blurb, photo and some jpegs of my work for the Images Studio Tour which begins in October.  Can't quite wrap my head around that seeing it is February but there is a ton of work that goes into pulling that tour together every year and  they do need to get started as soon as possible.  I'm lucky enough to be paired up with Hartley Woodside again this year so I'm pretty excited about that.   I'm also looking into applying for the McMichael Autumn Art Show which takes place a couple weeks after Images which means I better get into the studio and off Facebook, Twitter and all the other crazy distractions that take up way too much time.

This & That

Infinite Grace

Work in progress

16"x16"

I never thought I would enjoy Twitter as much as I have but guiltily, I must admit it is fun. Quick and to the point it lets me know what the people I've decided to follow are up to. That, for me has been the key word........."choose to follow". I made a conscious decision to only follow those I know or those who interest me. If you don 't, you can get totally bogged down and never do anything else all day long.

I've been in the studio on a regular basis this week and feel great with what I've accomplished. CBC as been keeping me company as has my ipod........ lots of old Elton John (Mad Man Across The Water) and of course The Doobie Brothers (The Captain and Me)........some dance music which I'll discuss at a later date as it has to do with my need to dance while I work. Also been listening to the unbelievable Adele who I first heard on Q about a month ago.

The above piece is my foray into working on a larger scale which frightened me for quite some time but a good friend of mine encouraged me to make the leap. I've enjoyed it so much I've got a few bigger canvases on order. I still enjoy the 6"x6" and my next week I'll have a few ready to put up for sale on my sales blog which has been sadly neglected. They'll each be framed in a black shadowbox frame and will probably sell for anywhere from $95.00 to $125.00. The smaller pieces for galleries just don't work as once they've taken their % there isn't a whole lot left for the artist. So I'll use the 6"x6"'s for exploring new ideas for larger works.

Still raining here...........

Feels Like Summer

The Light Seekers

16"x8"

These last few days have been absolutely gorgeous weather wise which feels like such a change from the erratic temperatures and rain we've experienced through most of April and into May.

John had the girls out on Monday working in the garden and you can only imagine the looks on their faces. You would think I'd asked them to pump out the septic system. To their credit I will say they put in a solid two hours with their hoodies pulled up over their faces as the black flies were relentless. We planted some lettuce, snow peas, cucumbers and were still eating the asparagus.

I've been pretty steady in the studio, the clean studio I might add. I feel really creative right now and am trying to get as much done as possible before I hit a wall.........it always happens at some point. I've also been researching a few new galleries so I need to get my butt in gear to make that happen.

I'm also on Twitter which makes no sense whatsoever but so be it. Facebook has rather fizzled out for me and I find myself checking in maybe once a week to see what others are up to. Twitter is kind of fun as I can follow some of my favourites artists as well as my guy Jian who happens to Tweet quite frequently. I follow Kevin Nealon who was an alumni of Saturday Night Live and now is on Weeds.........he never fails to crack me up. I imagine it's kind of like stalking but with participants who are willing. Anyway, just some other mindless activity to keep me amused.

Hope your having a great day wherever you are in the world.