IS IT REALLY DECEMBER AND 80 DEGREES

WOW. FROM AUGUST TO DECEMBER. LOTS HAPPENING BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE STUDIO...QUICKLY PAINTED A FRAME BLUE AND THEN..THOUGHT, WHAT THE HECK GOES IN HERE..SO FOUND SOME HANDMADE PAPER AND LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL EMBELLISHMENT AND ...THERE WE HAVE IT....SOMEONE SAID ' JUDY DO YOU REALIZE YOU DO ALOT OF HEARTS '...NOW I DO!

 ANOTHER TRIP TO SWEET SALVAGE AND THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING..MAYBE TIME TO STAY HOME..EXCEPT I FIND GIFTS THERE ALSO AND ITS THE 'HUNT' THAT IS SO MUCH FUN...

NATHANIEL DIDN'T KNOW WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO STAY OVER AND WORK IN THE STUDIO..THAT GRANDPA WOULD BE SICK AND HE WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL WITH ME ALL DAY SUNDAY...HA..SANDY AND I PLANNED THIS TRIP TO THE TEA HOUSE TO VIEW SOME ART...SO ALONG CAME NATE...AND HE WAS SUCH A GENTLEMEN!

 AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT ...IT WAS THANKSGIVING.  JOHNNY AND GERI OUTDID THEMSELVES THIS YEAR...THERE IS THE GRAND BIRD...FOR 14 FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  DOES HE LOOK LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING...???  WELL HE SHOULD, HE STARTED AT AGE 4 WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER HELPING DO TURKEY AT NANA'S HOUSE EVER YEAR...

 THERE IS CHINA ON THAT TABLE...AND WHITE TABLE COVERS AND REAL SILVERWARE..AND CANDLES..AND WINE...AND GREAT WEATHER..GORGEGOUS!

 THEN SANDY AND I DID WHAT I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR 4 YEARS...GO ON THE  SANORON ART LEAGUE OPEN STUDIO TOUR.  IT WAS AMAZING. WE BOTH
AGREED THE BEST...INSPIRING...HELPFUL...TRUE ARTISTS AND THEIR WORKS.
THIS WAS MY MOST AMAZING.  THIS ARTIST WHO CREATES LIFE SIZE INDIAN WORKS OF ART WITH ACRYLICS..PAINTS IN A SMALL STUDIO AND USES THESE PLAIN LIGHTS FOR REAL LIGHT. HE SAYS ABOUT 4 OF THEM...AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT I HAD TO HAVE THESE SPECIAL ' ART' LIGHTS ETC!!!!!  THIS ARTIST WAS SO OPEN...SHARING...HIS PAINTINGS START AT OVER $5000...AND HIS STUDIO IS A SMALL SPACE..WITH LIGHTS AS YOU SEE HERE!!!

SO NEXT TIME I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING..MOSTLY TRYING TO CREATE SOME BOXES FROM PLASTER...AND...EXPERIMENT WITH ENCAUSTIC...
SO UNTIL NEXT TIME....
NO PICTURES OF MOM THIS TIME SINCE I HAVE SET UP HER OWN BLOG!!!
BUT...SHE IS STILL QUITE A CHARACTER...SOME TIMES KNOWS ME..SOMETIMES DOESN'T KNOW WHERE SHE EVEN LIVES..ITS ONE DAY AT A TIME!