May was a busy month...

WELL MAY WAS A BUSY MONTH.  TRIED TO FINISH UP SOME ART..I KEEP PLAYING AROUND WITH WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE...LIKE THIS ONE WHERE I PAINTED THE FRAME RED..DIDN'T LIKE IT..PAINTED IT PURPLE..STILL DONT' LIKE IT..SO YOU MIGHT SEE IT AGAIN ON THE BLOG IN...LETS SEE...ORANGE????

 MAY IS THE MONTH OF MOTHERS..AND I INVITED THE BOYS OVER TO CREATE A PLASTER BOX FOR THEIR MOM..GERI..FOR MOTHERS DAY. THATS NATHANIEL AND NIKOLAI..TRYING TO DECIDE FROM A BOX OF EMBELLISHMENTS..WHICH WAS PERFECT...THE BOX WASN'T QUITE WHAT MAYBE I WOULD HAVE DECORATED IT WITH...BUT HEY..THIS IS THE LITTLE GUYS FOR MOM..AND THATS WHAT COUNTS!

 AND WE HAD BIRTHDAYS.   LUCKY US.  BECAUSE...THIS MEANS..WE HAVE TO GET TOGETHER..HAVE LUNCH..CAKE AND JUST TALK TALK TALK.  SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SANDY!  DEB BROUGHT ALONG ALL THE TABLE DECORATIONS, INCLUDING THE GREEN FROG AND LITTLE STICKIES FOR THE TABLE.  IT WAS AMAZING...IT LOOKED LIKE A BIRTHDAY PARTY...AND TASTED LIKE FOOD FROM THE TEA HOUSE!  PERFECT.

 I GET TIRED OF THE SAME COLORS..SO I ALWAYS NEED TO CHANGE.  AND I GET TIRED OF THE SAME MEDIUMS SO I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT.  FOR WHATEVER REASON..THIS PICTURE DID NOT REALLY SHOW THE REAL COLORS AND I AM THINKING THAT IS BECAUSE I USED ALOT..ALOT OF INTERFERENCE COLORS..BUT IN PERSON..ITS VERY BRIGHT..AND VERY SHINY..AND I LIKE IT.  I PUT IT IN A FRAME...SOME ART LOOKS GOOD IN A FRAME..SOME NOT SO GOOD..BUT THIS TURNED OUT PERFECT IN A FLOATING FRAME! ( WHICH ISN'T IN THIS PICTURE)

 OF COURSE AS I CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS WITH MY FRIENDS...IN COMES FATHERS DAY..AND JOHNS BIRTHDAY AND FLAPJACKS BIRTHDAY...SO I SENT A PICTURE AND THE COMPANY REPRODUCED THIS ON CANVAS WITH PAINTS USED FOR OUTDOORS..SO WE CAN HANG IT ANYWHERE!  TITLED ' TOP DOGS'.  CAUSE THEY BOTH ARE...THEY BOTH LOVED IT..AND THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.  I MEAN JUST LOOK AT FLAPJACKS FACE..HE SAYS ' LOOK AT ME...I AM SO LOVED'!!!  AND HE IS!
.............OH YES..SO IS  JOHN!

 NOW THIS ONE I LIKE.  LOVE THE COLORS.  CAME OUT GOOD.  BUT LIKE ALL OTHERS I PLAYED WITH IT FOR WEEKS.  I ADDED THE ROPE COVERED WITH LIGHT MOLDING PASTE AND PAINTED GOLD ..LAST.  ALWAYS SEEM LIKE I NEED TO 'PASTE" SOMETHING ON MY ART.  DONT' KNOW WHY.  GUESS EACH ARTIST DOES THEIR THING...MINE IS TO ADD SOMETHING OTHER THEN PAINT!  ITS LIKE
PUTTING ON CLOTHES AND YOUR NOT DONE UNTIL YOU FIX YOUR HAIR~!~

 AND...DEBBIE HAD A BIRTHDAY IN JUNE!  SINCE SHE WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED
IN LONDON WE HAD TO HAVE AN EARLY BIRTHDAY PARTY.  DOESN'T MATTER WHEN OR WHO'S BIRTHDAY..WE CELEBRATE.  WE DONT' MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TOGETHER.  EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE RUNNING...AND I AM NOT SURE
JUST WHAT HAPPENS BUT WE ALWAYS SEEM TO STOP FOR A BIRTHDAY!
GUESS ITS BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE WAY TOO DARN MUCH FUN
SO..UNTIL NEXT TIME, WHEN I SHOULD HAVE SOME UPDATE ON FATHERS DAY, JOHNNYS BIRTHDAY,,,NIKOLAI'S BIRTHDAY ETC ETC..WOW...ENJOY YOUR SUMMER WHERE EVER YOU ARE.  I AM HOPING TO BE IN SAN DIEGO FOR A WEEK IN JULY...HEY NOW THERE IS SOMETHING I CAN UPDATE...MY SHOP!~  I HAVE NOT BEEN THERE IN 6 MONTHS..OR MORE..SO EVEN I WILL GET AN UPDATE!!

I THINK LOOKING AT HOW I ENJOY PAINTING..SOMETHING I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER EVER DO...I THINK NONE OF US SHOULD EVER ' LET OUR PAST DEFINE US'.
I ALWAYS LIKED THAT SAYING..AND NOW I UNDERSTAND IT.  LUCKY ME SINCE I HAVE A FUTURE I KNOW INCLUDES MANY THINGS I WANT TO DO..AND A PAST THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T INCLUDE HARDLY ANYTHING I ENJOY DOING NOW!

CHEERS