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Friday, August 7, 2009

San Diego Trip




Buz and I are out in San Diego for a Surface Warfare Officer Flag Training Symposium (basically that means if you are a Surface Admiral - you need to be here) and there is a spouse agenda - so I was on travel orders to join him. I would like to say that the agendas for these conferences are so much better than they used to be. Here are some of the topics we covered in our past two days. (This is my third SWOFTS conference)..."Keeping our Bases Safe, Global Navy Perspective, The Military Coping with Stresses, Challenges Facing the Navy Child -- it was another great conference for Navy leadership"! For years now, the Navy has 1) respected the right of the spouse to "choose to contribute" and 2) ensure the current and most pertinent information is provided to spouses - especially Flag Officer Spouses who are in leadership roles.




I have attached a few photos - a shot of the newest Bachelor Enlisted Quarters in San Diego - called "Pacific Beacon" (we've come a long way - and if you want to see more photos go to my facebook page) and a shot of Buz and me at a dinner. Art-wise, I am taking lots of great photos for references and hoping for some more fun palm tree paintings when I return - Palm trees always make me happy (so, I am in the right place).

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Artist's Statement

Just paint / draw / create. Do it to please - yourself, another or many. It's the desire to create that is an enigma and yet a basic understanding in life...to be able to create something that brings forth strong emotion or releases it. Fulfillment is creating every day and heightened happiness is creating something I love that someone else loves as well.

Portsmouth Fresnel Lens

Portsmouth Fresnel Lens
Painting "en plein air" in Portsmouth August 08