OCT14

COFFEE HOUSE STARBUCKS BUMMER

I DROVE WITH MY PAINTINGS  AND  MY EASELS  TO DOWNTOWN OCALA LAST  NIGHT.

THE MANAGER WAS  QUITE  CASUAL ABOUT  WHERE  I WAS   TO SET  UP. AS  I BEGAN , I REALIZED , THERE  WAS  LESS SPACE THAN I HAD  ANTICIPATED  .. AND  I COULD  ONLY PUT  UP 6 PAINTINGS.. AT  BEST .. I FELT  LIKE I WAS A  HAZARD... I BECAME AS  NERVOUS AS  A LONG TAILCAT  IN A  ROOM FULL OF  ROCKERS. I SO WANTED  TO SHOW  MY REALLY BIG PAINTINGS..I SPENT  MONEY ON NEW  EASEL SYSTEM..

FOR THE  FRIENDS  WHO DID  COME.. I WAS  DISAPPOINTED  FOR THEM.. THEY DROVE  QUITE  A  DISTANCE AT  NIGHT.. AND  HAD  TO ALSO CONTEND  WITH ANOTHER  RANTING  FROM ANOTHER  EXAMPLE OF  THE OCALA  POLITICS.

I AM QUITE  DISCOURAGED.

BUT  EVER  SO THANKFUL  FOR THE  FRIENDS  WHO  BRAVED  THE  NIGHT  TO COME.

THERE  WAS  AN OPENING  FOR A GALLERY IN BELLVIEW  THAT  TOOK A

NUMBER  OF  PEOPLE  AWAY.. AND  THE  PLAY HERE  AT  OTOW.

I AM REALLY GLAD  NOT  MORE  PEOPLE  TRAVELED  TO SEE MY LITTLE  SHOW.. IN THAT  I COULD  ONLY SHOW  SUCH A  SMALL NUMBER  OF  PAINTINGS..

Art of Horse Racing: Reception Pics

Art of Horse Racing: Reception Pics

THURSDAY NOV. 12

MY NEXT  EXERCISE  IN FUTILITY..

AN ART  SHOW  AT  A  STARBUCKS TOMORROW  AFTERNOON.. I QUOTE  HENRI ,ROBERT

THE  BIG PAINTER IS ONE WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. HE  THUS DOES NOT PAINT  MEN,LANDSCAPE, OR  FURNITURE BUT AN IDEA.I WANTED  TO CAPTURE THE  BRIGHTNESS THAT  THE  SUN MADE THE  CLOTHES.. I WANTED  TO PAINT  PEOPLE  DOING  SOMETHING.

HENRI SAID  "PRETEND YOU ARE  DANCING  OR  SINGING  YOUR  PAINTING."

NOV 1,2009 SUNDAY

I CAN SEE MORE THAT  NEEDS TO BE  DONE.. HER  KNEE CAN ALMOST  BE  SEEN UNDER THE  DRESS.. I WANT TO USE   OTHER  PHOTOS  I HAVE  THAT  SHOW  HER  FEET.

THE  PLANTS  NEED TO COME  DOWN..

I AM NOT A  CRAFT  PERSON.. WILL NOT  TRY TO DO THAT  GIG..

AGAIN

IT  HIT  ME  THAT  YOU CAN'T  BEAT  A  DEAD  HORSE..

I MET  A N ARTIST  WHILE  I WAS PAINTING THE  WINDOWS WHO IS  LOSING  HER SIGHT.. AND  STILL WANTS  TO PRODUCE  ART..I HAVE  THOUGHT  AND  THOUGHT.. ABOUT HER..AND  I HOPE  SHE  COMES  TO OUR  ART  GROUP.. I WOULD LOVE TO  DO CLAY SCULPTURES 

PERHAPS...

AND  THEN ANOTHERARTIST    WHO HAS  THE  BEGINNINGS  OF  PARKINSON...

HER  ADVICE  .. PAINT  WHILE  YOU CAN..

I DO ,LADIES..

I DO..

FRIDAY OCT 30 COMPLETED JOB

LIKE  ALL TEDIOUS  JOBS.. I PROMISED  MYSELF AND  FRIENDS I WOULD NEVER  DO ANOTHER  COMMISSION..

PAINT  ON GLASS ..IN ONE  COLOR??? YIKES  HOW  DID I GET INTO THIS  ONE?

THE  LURE  AND  PROMISE  THAT  I WOULD GET TO SHOW  MY PAINTINGS  SOMEWHERE..IS  SUCH A  CALL.. I WANT TO SHOW  PEOPLE  WHAT  I CAN DO.. HMM IS THAT  WRONG?

AFTER  I FINISHED , WITH THE COMPLIMENTS  FROM THE   OWNERS RICHARD AND  PATTY. HIS  STAFF,AND THE  PEOPLE  EATING  IN THE  RESTAURANT, I HAD A  PROUD  MOMENT .. AFTER  SOME REAL  DOWNERS

FRIDAY OCT. 30 MASON JAR RESTAURANT IMAGES

HERE IS  WHAT  I  HAVE BEEN DOING  FOR  DAYS.. WELL SOME OF IT.. WILL
TAKE  MORE  PICTURES  OF  IT  TODAY.. HOPE  I CAN  FINISH IT  TODAY.

I AM HAVING  A  TIME  GETTING  THE  PAINT  TO NOT  SLIDE   AND  STAY ON THE  GLASS  AS I STROKE IT..WHEN I PUT A  BRUSH TO SMOOTH IT OUT .. THE  PAINT  COMES  UP ON THE BRUSH..

I WILL TRY GESSO  TODAY.. AND  THEN PAINT   THE  BLACK OVER IT..

MORE  TO COME.

WED.BUSY ART WEEK

I HAVE  BEEN BUSY WITH  ART  THIS  WEEK.

STARTED  MONDAY MORNING AT  7:30AM AT THE  MASON JAR PAINTING  A  MUSICAL MOTIF ON WINDOWS.  TUESDAY , I WAS  TEACHING  AT  OAKRUN. TODAY IS  HERE AT  THE  MASTER THE  POSSIBILITIES  . THURSDAY I WILLBE  BACK AT THE  RESTUARANT.

SATURDAY IS  CRAFT  SHOW. HERE ARE  SOME OF THE  THINGS  I PAINT  FOR THE  CRAFT  SHOW... I  LIKEN IT TO PRACTICING.. ACTUALLY IT IS  JUST THE  PURE  JOY OF  PAINTING..

MORE  LATER..