rain, some paint, a warm cup of tea, and recorded voices

I left for the studio early yesterday and slowly made my way in toward DC with rush hour traffic. It was a forty minute ride on this day. Arriving at the studio I put out my sign and swept my flagstone patio with light sprinkles of rain starting to fall. With everything freshened up outside I moved inside to turn on the lights and start a kettle of hot water for tea on my studio stove. (I am so lucky.)

With hot tea in hand I made some notes for later in the day with rain falling steadily outside and then filled a big bowl with fresh water to begin to paint. Onto my palette I laid out some cadmium yellow, titanium white, and permanent green and spritzed it all with my spray bottle before sitting down to work. The commissioned Red Lored is coming along well with process pictures coming soon, and I worked for hours on his feathers. A quick break for some yogurt at 12:30 and I went back to painting feathers for a bit before a phone interview with Lesley Riley of Art and Soul Radio.

Lesley provided a call-in number and I settled into my comfy leather chair for a chat, looking out the french doors toward the Potomac, just a stone's throw from the Clara Barton Parkway. We had a great talk that lasted for more than an hour, and after saying our goodbyes I tidied up the studio, turned out the lights, and headed home. Last night we shopped at Whole Foods as they were having a fundraiser for Second Chance Wildlife Center and we wanted to support their work, driving home in the rain at the end of a long day.

I will let you know when the radio interview is available for the hearing.