I spent yesterday afternoon in the garage working on "merch" bags for the Studio Tour this coming weekend. I know everyone is way ahead of me on this stencil thing, but I finally circled around to it. Last year at the PLAY journaling retreat, Tracy had brought his Copic marker set up for us to play … Continue Reading
Sorry I've been a little off-line lately….hayfever's getting the best of me and I'm trying to get all my goodies completed for the Studio Tour. However….I did want to take a moment to share this wonderful book with you. Like many of you I'm a Frida fan. Even though she's become such a recognized icon … Continue Reading
Every so often I tune into Speaking of Faith on NPR which "draws out compelling & challenging voices of wisdom on the important subjects of the 21st century." It's NOT churchy or preachy but covers "religion, meaning, ethics and ideas," in an interesting and engaging way. It comes on in my area on Sunday afternoons and I … Continue Reading
Whew! It's been a week around here. Tenth and fifth grade started in my house this week and I've been all about car pool schedules, re-ordering chemistry books, sack lunches and lost shoes. I'll be glad when we all get back in the groove. Thank god we have a 3 day weekend to recover … Continue Reading
I'm getting ready for the Longmont Studio Tour, which will be the 3rd week of September. Stephanie (she's got the coolest blog banner going) has kindly offered to host myself and Lisa at her very cool studio/home in Longmont. As a fundraiser for the Longmont Arts Council the participating Studio Tour artists make "mini-masterpieces" – … Continue Reading
Continuing the adventure of my "funnest summer EVER"", I had the chance to attend an Outstanding In The Field dinner Saturday night in Boulder. I have known about this very cool organization since my brother attended one of their dinners in Paonia (the other side of the mountains from me) a couple of years ago. … Continue Reading
The kids and I have flown the coop and headed to the beach for a couple of days. I KNOW! This has been the craziest travel summer I have ever had in all my 51 years. And I have to say I'm loving it! When I planned this little getaway last February it seemed … Continue Reading
Wednesday of our week in Taos was our "free" day. But we had an assignment. In the spirit of conceptual art we were asked to take a chance, step our of our normal way of doing things, and ride the bus. Taos is a small town. It has one main street. The "Chile Express" runs … Continue Reading
Here I am working on a little book from one of my paper paintings. Marcy is in the background working diligently on something as well. Our studio was full and this year we shared tables, which I found to be challenging. I LOVE my own space and I had to be very tidy and … Continue Reading
This is why I love New Mexico. A long ribbon of road, huge skies, and wide open spaces. My road trip to Taos for Sas Colby's summer workshop is a five hour drive which means I do not have to approach the airport, brave security or put my seat and tray table … Continue Reading