Summer's Last Days

four 6x6 mixed media paintings currently at the Salmon Falls Village Gallery

Little girls playing and giggling along the steps in the back yard, the sun warming the frangrant grass and a cool nip in the air reminds me that there is not much time left in what we will remember as the summer of 07. It was rich and full and warm. Let's stretch it out a little further? These thoughts and smells and feelings bring floods of memories back to me from the past summers, mingled with this one. A little glad to have had the time to laze about a bit, a little sad that structure is upon us again and a little warm glowing feeling inside that you might steal a few more days of summer.

The word for the day is ... thankful ... for family, friends both near and far and summer!

painting class out at the pond

painting class out at the pond, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Last Tuesday I took my adult painting class out to Patrick's (another one of my students and woodworker extraordinare...) home just 10 minutes away from the studio. He has a lovely property with a pond with lilypads, lots of trees and loads of boulders. Everyone was pressed into action as it was an earlier sundown than we thought with the big trees encircling the spot.
That proved to be a good thing for everyone as much information was put to canvas right from the start. The only problem is that it is so secluded we actually lost two students on the way ...
We'll be doing this again ... thanks Pat!
(here's Pat with the small boat that he is building for a client)