2018. A new start, yay! I didn't much care for 2017, for various reasons. I didn't like that the many negative things happening in the world, in my country, overshadowed the many positive things that I lived in 2017. So I'll shed off the bad stuff, and bring into focus the good stuff:
- A great week in Chicago, highlighted by an inspirational workshop with Maestro Verdiano Marzi
- Completion of our studio building in August, just in time to host our friends the O'Briens from England, to share the unforgettable experience of a total eclipse of the sun, right here in Central Oregon
- A fantastic trip to Aix-en-Provence for a week in September, then to Ravenna for the bi-annual Ravenna Mosaico, and Venice for the Biennale in October
- The coming together of our Northwest group of mosaic artists and celebration of the opening of our show in Lincoln City, Chiaroscuro
- The beginning of winter in Bend with a reprieve from the horrendous snow from last year. A mild winter carries me into 2018.
Once again, I got an email out of the blue, inquiring about one of my works. My buyer from last summer was back, and wanted to acquire Navy Pier ! Many emotions came over me at once. Oh boy, a sale! Simultaneously, Oh shoot! We'd kinda gotten used to it being the focus of our living room art collection! But never mind… if I put my work, with a price on it, on my public website, and someone loves it enough to buy it, of course I'm going to sell it.
I'm inspired and given the push I need to forge ahead… get into my studio and get to work!
Happy campers in the brand new studio
My studio mate. Bob is exploring the world of printmaking.
Pleased to have sold Navy Pier, a little sad to have it off our living room wall!