Friday, September 26, 2008
Today is the first day of the Eureka Springs Artists Studio Tour and I am celebrating. It has been a year since I finished the studio and had my first event. Back then the place was spotless. When Ike blew through town almost 2 weeks ago, I was up painting the Savor commission. The studio [...]
Shortly after buying and moving into this house which has had many tenants over the years, we heard that the big block of concrete hidden in the midst of a row of built in cabinets was the place where the original owner had buried his wife. Seemed as good an explanation as any, and for [...]
Yesterday a pipe came apart and required some hasty action. This picture shows the trench being dug outside and the demo of the sunroom floor on day one of the sudden onset remodeling. The floor was rotted out at the front from years of leaking and a poorly planned raised flower bed that sloped to [...]
Isn’t that beautiful?
See the little hole?
That’s where the rock hit. It was flung by one of my godson’s friends.
He burst into tears and apologized a million times. It was a total accident, but if I were meaner I could have arranged to get all my digging done this summer!
After calming the child and making [...]
Calling all artists and everyone interested in protecting copyrights. It’s time to let your elected officials know that copyrights are to be honored and protected. I have just finished my letters and thought I’d pass on to you all this helpful posting from a concerned artist member of a group in which I marginally participate. [...]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Right after blogging about simplicity and beautiful solutions I discovered that the basement is flooded. It seems the danger is pretty much over, now that the fumes from the upturned gas can, lawn mower, and god knows what all have been aired out. I called a friend of mine who has told me his nightmare [...]
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Happiness, 30″ x 40″
A woman came into my booth at the Eureka Springs Fall Art show looking at my paintings of the girls with big eyes. She said something to me about them looking like hybrid children and asked me something like whether I had painted them of hybrid children or if they just [...]
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
A few weeks ago I wrote about my love of the artist collective. Well, I have now found out what one of the downfalls of the collective can be. It seems that a set of policies or guidelines is essential to handle situations like the one in which I found myself last week. I went [...]
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The rolls of canvas finally arrived and I had to stretch it. Each roll was 63″ wide and 9 yards long. I lay the canvas on the floor, reminded myself to measure twice, cut once, and cut the panels. I used a staple gun to attach them to the canvas. After three of [...]
Well, I had a melt down at the Eureka Sunday Market a week ago Sunday when the extreme wind knocked over everything in my booth for the kajillionth time and sucked the canopy cover inside out and bent the frame. I had not been feeling well all day and was really run down and then [...]
They’re waiting over there for their grammar lesson.
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Happiness. Staring you in the face. Yours for the taking.
I was at an art show and a friend I hadn’t seen in a while came by and told me I looked unhappy. I said I was doing okay. He said I wasn’t smiling all the time and I told him I hadn’t been as happy [...]
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