Coming Up for Air
It's been a long hot summer. This is our first year living on the Gulf - the heat and humidity were so intense I think we were stunned into submission. Nothing got done save the bare necessities to sustain life. Walks with the poor dog at pre-dawn hours still made me feel like a fish out of water - sucking for air and flopping about. A tropical storm ('Gordon') went east of us today but left a bit of a breeze...signs that this soul sucking summer is almost at end. And, being September with back to school and the new TV season and constant reminders of X days until Christmas, its time for a new box of crayons and a jump back into active arting. I've worked steadily in my art journal/morning pages journal - a record for me. And I've started another class - this one offered by Australian artist Laura Horn - mixed media painting and mark making: acrylics, watercolors, inks etc. Experimenting with a different style. So the next few months are mapped out w
