Hello everyone!

I'm just checking in tonight. Tomorrow I will post the large work in progress that I started down in Old Town and hope to finish early next week. I went down today and picked up my easel and met a photographer there who was shooting the 150 Challenge Show for an upcoming magazine article, so that was kind of fun.

I also bought several canvases today for a few commissions and will also start doing some paintings for the upcoming Los Ranchos Lavender in the Village Festival. I am going on a day trip soon to Tesuque, Chimayo, and Abiquiu, New Mexico, as a relaxing getaway after getting ready for the show. Then I head to Taos for a five day Paint-Out, then on to San Francisco to watch my husband and mother-in-law play basketball in the National Senior Olympics. THEN I start getting organized for Weems Artfest in November. Last year I took quite a few paintings, so there will be a lot to do! I may create another blogsite for you to watch those paintings.

I am also going to try my hand at creating my own website. I have an official site, but I want to be able to do the work myself, and input events, new work, etc., in a more timely manner.

These are some ideas running around in my head;

Do another challenge of some sort

Look for a studio space around other artists

Paint a whole series on the Town and Women of Willard, NM, complete with story and paintings

Create a whole new body of work and look for representation outside of New Mexico

Have home studio events, complete with food, good friends, and collectors

Curate a show of my own and invite other artists to participate

Do some teaching or workshops with kids

Get together with a poet and create paintings around poetry

Start attending live model classes and focus a bit more on drawing

Do a whole series of shows around small framed oils

Do a whole series of nudes

Create huge paintings of large floral and forest scenes involving really loose paint and lots of drips

Any other ideas??