Reshuffle

I apologize, first, to anyone, or the few who have hoped for more from this blog. I have not posted in a year. Things got shuffled around and this is one of the the things that got lost in the shuffle. The good news, I have mastered putting photos on the web so I will now be doing that to keep you updated on my work, doings, etc. The main thing is that I have been spending the last year and a half learning to paint in oils in the Realist style. This has led me to finally getting a new and permanent studio. Painting has become a passion for me and it has been a big transition away from my usual work in textiles. I'm just now thinking back about the textiles again, but still totally immersed in the painting. I had thought I would just pass up the textiles altogther, but it seems to be an itch I can never feel satisfied in scratching. Actually, lets not say textiles, but multimedia, which is where my mind is wandering these days. I've decided to keep the painting as my main focus right now, but also I want to take a day off to play and that might mean, well, just about anything! And size doesn't matter, because I've taken the plunge and invested in a van! Whoohoo! Its first trip will be to the South of France where I hope to do some landscape painting. I'm also thinking it'll be a great way to take my doggie Leon on painting excursions. It means I'll have to park near where I'm painting, but I can put a bed in it for him and I think he'll easily adjust to the idea of his home away from home. Especially if a preliminary walk is part of the deal. Unfortunately, he'll be doing this after France. Sorry, buddy. Well, we'll see where this goes, blog, van, multimedia et. al. In the meantime, I'm going to see about posting pictures on this blog.



Ok, this works! Yipee! Here's two pictures of my studio, BEFORE I moved in all my stash. I'll update it soon as well as post photos of my current painting progess. For now, I'm just happy to have gotten back on this writing path again! Hope to see you on the trek!