April 2o11

After the intensity of preparing for my last exhibit, I decided to take a few weeks to breathe, re-energize and get caught up on the mundane things of everyday living that seem ridiculous when in the throes of creation.

To wind-up my respite, I indulged in an energizing art immersion weekend, with instruction at the Art Studio New York (thank you Charlotta Westergren for your immediate guidance, inspiration and friendship!) and endless hours of working up an appetite hopping from museums to galleries to shops and on and on…  Of course, there is no end to great food and fun in the big apple and I did a little of everything!

Now I’m ready jump back in – I have a renewed spirit and a new direction.  The painting I worked on in NY is the next level of building up, excavating, layering – adding and subtracting, back and forth.

Following this muse, and urged on by Charlotta, I now plan to work very large as I have wanted to do for two years – I am ready!