It's a miracle!.. I finished a painting!

'Tie a String" 36" x 36' , Acrylic, beeswax, ink, and graphite on canvas.

This piece I have been working and not working on since last winter. I sold it's pair right away, and since then, as it stood alone in my studio, it became something completely different. A little darker, but more relevant. It always takes me a few weeks and/or months to decide how I feel about a piece, so I need to let this one soak in. It is way too new. Just finished it this morning when I had two glorious morinng hours in the studio, during a wonderful snowfall. reminded me of Michigan in graduate school, looking out my studio windows during those two long winters there. Maybe it was the snow that nudged me along to finish the piece! So thank you winter snowfall!

New Studio up and running.....

Well here are some pictures of the studio I moved in to in June, yes.. LAST June!
But I am settled and working ... when I have some spare time.. and I am actually holding bi-weekly meeting of Naptime Studios.. A group of about 4-6 women bring their artwork and we meet in my studio and make work and have great conversation! The non book - book club for artists!
I have been inspired by Etsy.com as of late, and found some amazing things. One inparticular is Lisa Hurwitz, a great artist, and mother of two young boys.. She has really inspired me.. Please check her out at etsy.com or her blog at http://lisahurwitzart.typepad.com/
Her work is wonderful!

I was so inspired to start making work again, even if on a small scale... I opened my own shop on etsy.. check it out at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5510727

I will actually post some links soon...
Well am going to go prep some more photos for uploading. I have lots of new work to share.. I had lots of time to catch up with since it was actually April of last year since my last post with actual work on it!!

Evening work

My evening "work" for weeks has been that on the computer... We decided to get an Au Pair, and so I have been pouring through applications and emailing and calling women from all over the world. The process is time consuming, and very fun and exciting, but I can only do it at night, when I have undivided attention to give to this task.

We chose a young woman with whom we really liked and felt would make a great contribution to our lives here, and extended an offer to her and she accepted to be with our family! She is a lovely girl from Thailand and she arrives in late June.
I am sure we will create a page just for her so she can document her time with our family and Maxwell and Liam.

We look forward to her arrival.
With that done... Let the artwork begin... naptime studios LIVE ON!!

Open Studios Spring 2007

Every Spring and Fall our studio building holds an open studio event. Friday night was our night. It was bittersweet. It was my last open studios there at the Hobbs building. I am moving studios in a few weeks, and after five years there, it is hard to leave.
Here are a few shots of my studio space and some newer things that are in progress.
I share part of my space with a friend of mine.

New studio work

We are having our spring open studios this weekend, so I have been putting in some hours making new work for the show. Here is grouping of four canvases 8" x 8", of acrylic, ink, wax and tracing paper.

"Four of Us"



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no art yet...

Tide turned- over that one. but still too busy and dead tired at the end of the day to make any art. Kids aren't cooperating in this endeavor.... funny! they just refuse to nap at the same time.. so it's bedtime art for me until further notice.

low tide...

end of a very long week.. a low week... but when it is low tide, you can always count on high tide moving back in, no matter what the deficit.

Two doors close, at least one will open down the road... right?

Understanding and Understanding are two totally different emotions. I understand, however, I do not want to Understand.

Time to move on..

Made art tonight. Two samll pieces.

#1 "Not this year but maybe ne......" 8 x 11 water color, ink pastel, velum on paper.
#2 " Which one of these is not like the others....?" 4 x 6 guache on paper