My artist/girlfriends, Morna and Laura, are so much better and diligent with their blogs! They are my inspiration! Life just seems to get in the way. Sometimes it's wonderful things like fun travel, time with my hubby, time with my puppy or my family. Other times it's things like household chores, social committments, military related functions, correspondence, emails, computer issues, etc. We could all probably form a list like this.
So, let me just take a moment to share what my May 2009 was like. It was filled with travel. I surprised my mother for Mother's Day by driving down to SC (with my lab in the back seat). It's about 6.5 hours from Norfolk. Some quality time with family was soon followed by a four day visit to one of my favorite places - Newport, RI. I still have some wonderfully sweet friends up there. Many of them are gals I met through a Bunco group and we've all remained in touch over the years. They took me out to dinner. (Thanks gals!). But, my main reason for being there was to work with the Command Spouse Leadership Course that the Navy sponsors at the naval station there. It is going strong and the only "fully-funded course for military spouses that equals college credit".
Soon after THAT trip, I got to visit with some friends in western PA. They live here in Norfolk but are from that area originally and have a beautiful section of a mountainside overlooking a river. The river is the Clarion River near Sigel, PA. I painted quite a few paintings there (one of which you'll see below - "River Swing" - at far bottom of blog page).
So, since then, I've been catching up on my "studio to-do list", taking a Photoshop class for artists, and general "Domestic Engineer" stuff. June is turning out to be a great month. I'm finishing up one commission, picking up two new ones and was approached yesterday at Olde Towne Art for a third. I also signed up a new student for my "Basic Perspective" course to be taught at Olde Towne Art. So, things are busy! But, I am blessed my activities are so art related and filled with many great experiences and good friends. Thanks for reading!
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Portsmouth Fresnel Lens
Painting "en plein air" in Portsmouth August 08
2 comments:
I sure don't feel diligent! At times that blog hangs over my head and says stuff like,"Write something, show something, get with it you lazy,unorganized bum..." Often it feels like another thing to do on my never ending list...ah...such is life.
Hi Gina,
This is Caroline Leonard. We met at the retirement party on Friday, and I'm engaged to Ens. Van Hook. I've enjoyed looking around your website and reading your blog. I'm a 'color' person too, so I can really appreciate your work! Can't wait to make it to the gallery and see it all in person!
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