Is it Fall Already?!

It's DownTown Art Market Time!

I took a break from displaying at our local artist market for the summer hoping to spend the time creating all new masterpieces. Greats plans, right. Well, I am a good planner, just not a good finisher. But don't worry, I will have earrings galore!

So instead of working with the bottles of beads stacked to the ceiling on my current "work space", I spent the summer with my mother cleaning out kitchen cabinets, reminiscing with each item pulled from the dark corners. We were successful in our endeavor of getting the stuff out of the kitchen. Now Phase II: painting...new floor...new cabinets...maybe new tile......

Needless to say Phase I is complete but Phase II is still in the works. On to the garage. Yeah, I can now open my car door without incident. Onward and upward...

We have now moved onto our shared studio space. Of course our 700+ foot studio has been the dumping ground for more than a year. So the time has come to dig in and put all to rights. With each item touched, projects jump to mind...but there is no space to follow through at this moment. Why is there so much to do and not enough time to do?

Maybe getting back in the grove and spending the weekend with my fellow artists will inspire mountains to be moved in the studio.

Party!

So welcome to my coming out party. This is my maiden voyage into public socializing via the internet. I have decided to join the ranks of millions of other in the 21st century....I am now the proud owner of a cell phone with a camera and a blog. Yea, me! For a person who would rather hold up the wall than circulate the room, this is a red letter day.

I hope to keep a running commentary in this blog on my life as a starving artist. But I'm sure some of my other favorite things will make there way here...like food, friends - furry and bi-ped, and fun. I love to read others' comments and I never fail to have my own opinion, so I hope all will take the time to share back with me.

So my first share is a picture from Chicago. Please notice the extreme care this plate of food was presented to me and my friend Kathryn. We were in the Windy City for the Southern Graphics Council Conference for Printmakers last March. We decided we could not leave Chicago without sampling food from Rick Bayless's restaurant Frontera Grill. We planted ourselves in the bar and just let the atmosphere over take us. We had drinks, we had food, we received great service, we had an unforgettable time.

Just a note to my good friend and fellow DAMarketeer LeAnn Weih, this one's for you. Thanks for the push and encouragement!