best laid plans

There are days in the studio that with the best of intentions I just cannot seem to find enough time to paint. Odd but true! Favors are asked and requests are made, business phone calls, tours, ideas need brainstorming, errands in the building need running, grunt-work needs doing and art center-related tasks need fulfilling. Whew! Yesterday was one of those days. All of it is a part of being a member of this living and breathing art center and it makes me happy to know that I am a small part of helping this place grow and develop.

It is a wonderful place to be along with a lot of other people who are tremendous professionals willing to work hard every single day. Nothing good comes easy, and this place is amazing. To think back now to the day that I found this place with another name in another location... and the feeling of portent that I got then. To now be a part of all the exciting things happening here is a very good thing in my life. The resident artists are friends and a support system, and everyone works together so well.

A painting sold yesterday, the Butterfly Flowers painting based on a tabletop that I had created for a keeper at the National Zoo - and that design had turned into a commissioned painting now offered as limited edition prints on Princess Cruise Line and the Queen Mary 2. The painting has found a wonderful home with someone who coveted it for a long time before deciding to make the purchase, and I am delighted to know that it will be cherished by someone very special.

By the end of the day yesterday one more shore bird had been painted... one down, two to go!

I still need an assistant, and maybe a grant writer........