AFTERNOON AUGUST 26

HEAT  IN GARAGE GALLERY  DROVE ME INTO HOUSE . NOT  A  PRODUCTICE DAY. IN TERMS OF  GETTING  ALOT  DONE . BUT  THEN I DID  GO TO LOWE'S  AND  GET  HOOKS , WOODFILLER(WILL EXPLAIN LATER) ALL NEEDED  FOR  DER  ARTS  PRODUCTION.

GOT  A  NICE  CALL FROM A  TENNIS  FRIEND... WHO FOUND  AN PLACE  CALLED  PRIMARY OVEN  IN OCALA THAT  SHOWS  LOCAL ARTIST  'S  WORK. NOT TH E FIRST TIME I HEAR  OF  THIS  PLACE. I NEED  TO CHECK IT OUT. NICE OF HER  TO THINK OF  ME.

THE  FRUSTRATION OF  PASTEL AND MATTING IS THA TIT  SMEARS AND  MESSES  P THE  MATS  ..YES I SPRAY.. BUT IT IS  NEVER  ENOUGH..

HERE ARE  SOME OF THE  PAINTINGS  I PLAN TO BRING THAT  ALSO NEED MATING AND  SHRINK WRAPPING...THIS ONE  IS  FROM A  TRIP TO MAGGIE VALLEYNORTH CAROLINA IN THE  FALL .   WE  WENT TO MASS AND THE  CHURCH WAS  SET  IN THE  HILL WITH ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL FALL COLORS  SHOWING  THROUGH THE  WINDOWS THAT  MADE UP TWO WALLS OF THE  CHURCH. SOME OF THE  BEST  PHOTOS FOR  COLOR  WERE TAKEN ON THAT  TRIP.

ANOTHER  TRIP IN THE  FALL OF THE  YEAR  I RETIRED  FROM TEACHING. ALWAYS  WANTED  TO SEE THE  LEAVES  CHANGE, THIS  WAS A FARM IN PENNSYLVANIA.

I ESPECIALLY RECALL HOW  I PAINTED  THIS  WINE  VINYARD  IN ITALY. WAITING  FOR  EVERYONE IN MY TRAVEL GROUP TO GET UP AND  GET  MOVING, I WRESTLED  WITH HOW  TO GET THIS  PAINTING SINCE THERE WAS  NOTHING  FOR ME TO PLACE  MY LEGLESS EASLE  ON.. I FOUND A  DUMPSTER  AT THE  ENTRANCE  TO THIS  ROAD THAT  WENT  UP THE  SIDE OF THE  VINEYARD. ME AND THE  FLIES  PAINTED  THIS  ONE. THIS  STILL LIFE  WAS  INSPIRED   FROM  A  PAINTING I SAW OF  ORANGES  AND  BLUEBERRIES..THEN AN ARTIST FRIEND  SENT  ME  A  PAINTING  SHE  DID  WITH A  COLLENDER.  I PUT THE  TWO IDEAS  TOGETHER  FOR  MY OWN STILL LIFE.