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| Bettys' Garden, Tomatoes, lettuce &basil. |
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| Deck container tomates. |
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| THese two like each other |
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| Edwards garden , mostly peppers. |
A serendipitous week for me.
Don't really use alot of color in my work but it seems to be creeping in. I finally have some new ideas and designs going on. Upcoming shows are right around the corner. Larkspur in June and art in the park in July. It is so nice when you plant something and it comes back the following year. These columbine flowers are really doing well at my front porch they have a jewel like whimsy about them that always makes me smile. This is my first Japanese maple . They are so pretty. Im hoping to get another waterfall version this fall. Good ole' Sophie keeps on trucking along, shes 12 and the steps can challenge her so we try to get her to go up the hill.
Had a great time at the powder coating workshop at Pullen Art Center today. Kathryn Osgood was the instructor. The process is very spontaneous, lots of elements were made to later be assembled.
This is the prize if you solve Lillian Jones' Spring Equinox Treasure Hunt. I tried to solve one of them and they are quite difficult. Lillians' work is beautiful. I especially like her new pallet. Good luck to the players. Here is the link:
Exploring ideas and images for new work.
What girl didn't have a Barbie!
Ive been a little behind in blogging, so here's whats been going on. George finished his pet painting commission. It is so sweet and furry. I love this totem piece of yard art that was in Mary Ann Scherrs' backyard. She so generously had our workshop class over to her house for the etching portion of our class. Another Pullen Art Center baby was born. JoAnna Moody had her baby girl Claira True. Hope to go see her next week. This "baby in the pod" painting by Eliza Kiser hangs in the Art Center Lobby. We have had a baby a year for the past 3 years, so begins another generation. It has been a warm and lately windy february, all our vegetation have been confused. Out my jewelry studio I watch as all the gumballs fall in my yard. I love the winter treescapes, but I am getting weary of all the gumball raking. there seems to be no end in sight. My new kitchen peninsula ie. countertop is fantastic it really opens up that space and allows for a whole new choppng and food prep area. As soon as I decide on my kitchen color I will photograph facing the other direction. Several days of February were consumed with the unexpected death of Whitney Houston it has been hard to get all her songs out of my head. She was pretty fantastic. And, in all my years of jewelry making, this past weekend was my first for making a cuff bracelet. Ive known Mary Ann Scherr for years but this was the first time I had been in one of her classes . She is pretty amazing. An absolutely dedicated teacher and inspiration. She covered pattern making of the human body for necklaces, shared some of her design tricks and theories and we each made on of her signature etched cuff bracelet. I hope to get back to more frequent postings. I also hope to be getting settled into a more regular schedule, for all my things I do. Spring is just around the corner.
Collection from friends :)
