Second Summer Starts Now!

It seems I took a bit of a break here. I didn’t intend to, but summer happens! It was busy. I had house guests, then traveled a bit, then had more guests, because, Family + Summer + Beach = Sheer Joy and everyone wants a piece of that, right? And, of course, there was a studio day with the grandgirls.

Summer is over now for most folks, but it’s one of the nicest times of year here in South-East-North Carolina. I’m trying to get out to the beach more often now that everyone else is gone. Have I mentioned how I don’t like people as a whole? I mean, in large numbers. As in summer at the beach. I stay away from it during tourist season.

I did paint some last month, and then brought these tiny new 8x8 collaged and painted babies to Sunset River Gallery, where select paintings of mine are available, along with work by over 100 other fantastic artists of all kinds of styles. It’s a great place to spend an hour or so if you are in the Calabash, NC/Myrtle Beach, SC area.

Perspectives in Pink

Also, just this week, I came across a photo of a painting that I allegedly made two years ago. I say allegedly because I have absolutely no recollection of having painted it, nor having seen it lying around the studio because (allegedly) it sold practically before the paint was dry.

I do paint several days a week, and have been doing so for a few years now, and I know I don’t remember every little thing I play around with, but this was a fully formed, finished painting, about 12x30! To be fair, I was in the midst of making a collection of about ten paintings. It might be understandable that having this one pop up in the middle of the process as a stand-alone piece could be forgotten, but still, that’s probably a week’s work of studio time that’s simply gone from my memory banks.

Weird. On the bright side, seeing it was a nice surprise, as I rather like it!

But, weird.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the summer as much as I have, and I hope we all remember it as well!