Sunday, April 24, 2011


Easter today-love the eggs and the baskets and the kids getting excited -my ten year old was in my bed at 600 to "see if I was awake yet' in that loud whisper that kids use. Yesterday I did this on wood I am getting much more confident-or not so demanding-either way I get absorbed faster in the process and I am looking at things differently-where is the negative-how does this curve fit with that triangle. I used to look at the whole, now its pieces, little shapes and colors and it makes the whole better-and there is another life lesson.....

Tuesday, April 19, 2011


I improved this from yesterday-I have worked with a heavy gel medium which is kind of luscious....I have been walking about without my cast on, I was supposed to wait until the 25th but it seemed to want to be walked on...
and now it seems it doesn't...
Constant ache and pain can be very draining. I did a load of wash, the dishes, cleaned a bathroom and now I think I am pretty much done for the day. My whole body aches from holding it awkwardly as I move. The good news is that I now know this thing will be healed and healed well..the bad news is that I am not a patient person and I better learn pretty damn fast how to be one.....

Sunday, April 17, 2011


Jealousy. It rears its little ugly head in the most bizarre ways...my 15 year old had her play this weekend and I was thinking back to our five person theatre dept in high school, our gym stage and folding chair theatre, the one lightbulb on a dimmer....she is in a state of the art theatre that is better than almost every professional theatre I have ever worked in. I couldn't help thinking how much more prepared I would have been had I these advantages beginning in 6th grade. Then as I help to get this new vintage art and inspiration studio store open, the monster once again appears as I look at other works and other peoples skills. Interesting, how it kind of chokes your heart and makes you doubt yourself-but it also has made me question the safety of my decisions and how I approach my life.......I want to get bigger and louder and more colorful in all areas.....and so I started with this flower..from every little step something comes nearer