gardenia's in cindy's backyard, their perfume wafting from delicate white blooms
a night time swim in the pool. see that "pool sweeper" there by the diving board? there is a story stuck inside of it now... one that made me scream, judy run to find me, and cindy double over with laughter.
i never felt hungry, nope, not even once
it wasn't all work and no play, as you may have well imagained
what a treat to finally meet talented blog friends
sharon and
zorana in person, and all the many others that I so
wish I had photos of, but don't, sigh... i didn't take a single class photo on the day i taught but i'm hoping that my students will comment and share links of any of the artwork they made. Or email me with your photos and I'll upload them here. These women were
on fire creative - i feel grateful for the opportunituy to have witnessed their abandon and be touched by their energy. thank you so very much cindy, for inviting me to come and teach, and a huge and humble thank you to all my students who touched my heart, each and every one, with your earnest and collective desire to listen to and follow the lead of your authentic artist voice.
and here is
gypsy, a sweet new friend
who proudly wears a magnificent tatoo on her arm, rich with beauty and symbolism
on the day i didn't teach i got to be a student in judy's plaster class. i hung on her every word, as i'm sure you're not surprised to hear. i've worked with plaster painting before but judy lead me into a whole nother level of experimentaion, loved it! she is just the bees knees in my book.
here are two of the pieces i made:
an abstract piece, to stretch myself
and then back to my comfort zone with 'when she wore rose colored glasses'
okay, i must admit i'm feeling pretty proud of myself at this moment - i did it, i completed this blog post today - not an easy feat for one with a wandering and easily distracted mind and a wriggly bottom that doesn't want to stay put in the chair. but i'm going to try harder to be more consistent with my posting ("if at first you don't succeed, try, try again") there is so much i do want to share here with you all, it's just a case of restlessness most often that I can't sit still.
just a few more things before I sign off...
a dear friend,
and talented artist in many medias, has a lovely new blog - I hope you'll check it out.
Don't forget, tomorrow is Self Portrait (SP) Wednesday. Care to join me in posting?
Dorit Elisha is raffling off a copy of her latest book printingmaking & Mixed Media on her blog right now, all you have to do is leave a comment and you may be the lucky winner