survived....grad party; big news coming

we survived the holiday weekend and our daughter's grad party......

• lawn mowed- check
• house cleaned- check
• cars moved- check
• garage cleaned- check
• picnic table picked up- check
• cake, ice, balloons- check
• pictures in books and boards- check
• family and friends arrive- check
• good time and good food had by all- check

and now, to look forward i am thankful as i have some very big news coming up in june. this has been in the works for a while now and is finally all coming together. and i finally have more than a moment to think about it......we have a schedule and letters going out within the next week or so and my first actual glimpse coming with the arrival of my package this week.

i am hopeful that each artist contacted will join this new journey and share their personal spark and creativeness.

painting and thoughts

i have been painting, but, doing more painting in my many art journals and not on canvas.

i decided that needed to get back to canvas....to paint larger. to work how i have been but not in a journal.

i started putting paint down. starting with a canvas that had already been used and had a painting already on it.

i started with colors i like and wanted to see on the canvas. i have had a pink passion lately- wanting to add it to almost everything. this is a peek at the painting in progress.

sometimes my progress takes so much time....i envy people that can just sit down and paint up a storm and be done. my process is slow and sometimes very wet- that takes time to dry appropriately. i normally have to paint on several projects at a time, so that things can dry in between time.

as i was working on this painting, i was thinking to myself that uncertainty was trying to creep in and take away my progress.

i simply kept listening to my little inner voice, kept painting, and i am liking this.....uncertainty can just keep walking.