Pat's Blog

St Patrick’s Day is over but with all the renovating going on at the studio I never got to post the photo of the wreath Kincaid and Violet made to put in the window at the studio or the pot of gold Izzy made out of clay. Good job girls!

Also, this past week Kathy Burke finished her latest dog portrait (below). Recently she has started taking commissions for horse portraits. Wait until you see them at the show.  They are incredible! We know she does amazing work but more importantly, she loves every minute of it.

Mary Fowler, also from Tuesday nights, finished an unbelievably  beautiful table for the channel 13 auction. Every year Mary donates her talents to create a gift for the auction. The past several years they have given out donated unfinished furniture and artists decorate them in whatever way best expresses where they are in their art at that time. The top of Mary’s latest (below) was created using the shaving cream activity. I’ve included a close up of the top (below right). Mary has taken off with finding interesting and creative uses using shaving cream. She enjoys it so much that she has taken it to a new and more advanced level than anyone else has at the studio. What do you think? It is even more beautiful in person. It catches your breath and is very arresting. I hope they make a lot of money when they auction it off. Talk about a piece of furniture that will turn heads! Wow! Mary you have done it again!

The next two photo’s, below, are of sisters – Kat on the left and Arabella on the right. I know it is hard to see but if you click on Kat’s photo you will see the before and after portrait drawings Kat did in just one class. I hope she was amazed with her progress. She seemed pretty happy. After just one lesson most people are blown away with their improvement. Once they get some basic fundamentals under their belt they keep improving. Of course, that depends on whether they keep at it.
Arabella is  pure delight, full of joy and eagerness to create. Her fairies couldn’t be any more beautiful. You are both great kids and doing so well. We will miss you when you move.

Below is Emily (right) one of our Friday students and her friend and guest Victoria. They had a lot of fun painting a picture together. They giggled when they put the paint on their hands to make prints.   Emily is carefully holding the painting they did together. Don’t forget if you have trouble doing your make-ups you could invite a friend to join you just as Emily invited Victoria and that would take care of one of your make-ups. It is win-win for everyone.

Lastly, we have two girlfriends, Sadie and Julie. Look at how colorful and original their work is – wonderful little abstracts.  These two are fearless and eager to try everything. They ooze joy in the process.  Plus, they are the best when it comes to cleaning up. Thank you girls! I appreciate your help and I love all the beautiful things you create.

Thanks for taking the time to read our blog. Have fun doing something creative today. It could be something small like doodling on a scrap piece of paper or combing your hair on a different side. Do it just for fun!

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. (Dale Carnegie)

Do what you can, where you are, with what you’ve got. Break the rules, be different, be dynamic, but above all, be yourself! And have fun doing it! (Paul Dixon)