Favorite Chair

Here's a nearly completed painting of one of my favorite chairs, in a spot where I like to vacation now and then..... I need to look at it for a few weeks, and do a little tweaking.

I'm posting this for Peggy, so that she can imagine sitting in this lovely spot, with the light pouring through, a good book in hand, and summer breezes fluttering through an open window. This is a spot where healing and good thoughts have occured for me.

It's 9 am, and today I'll be completing some poured pieces, with Italian scenes as the subject. I have a wonderful painting of Florence and another of an Italian harbor. I'm incorporating pouring with hand painting, in an attempt to continue loosening up.

I'll be drawing a piece today, too, of window reflections.

A Day Off

I took a break from work on Saturday. I had a long informational meeting with students who will be going to Italy with me, and I had a multitude of errands to run, and then I went to yoga class to de-stress. I had dinner with friends that evening and a much needed night off.

I do need time off for relaxation, so that creativity can flow.

Last week, I shipped a painting to the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Show in Grand Junction, Colorado. That painting is posted here. I used several unusual techniques to create this piece. I'll ship a painting of Radda, Italy, to NYC next week, for an exhibit there, and I just found out that "Round 'n Round" was selected for the annual Virginia Watercolor Society State Show in Norfolk, VA, this spring. These national and regional shows are very competitive, and usually have 600 or so entries and about 85 paintings are generally selected. I always breathe a sigh of relief when I am accepted into these exhibits.

It's 8:59 am on Sunday and I'm headed to the studio now to continue tweaking a painting with dappled light and clothes on a clothesline and to begin another one. The paper has been drawn on, stretched and dried...so, it's ready to go.