Birds are calling

I'm getting a nudge to paint birds again! Not surprising as they've been pure entertainment outside our windows for the last month or so. The trick is to sit down and BEGIN. After that its easy enough to get into 'the zone" and thoroughly enjoy the process. Here's the first result... MJ

Spring flowering

We declared ourselves the Show artists in our Gallery for May. Then we promised new "out of the box" work in our newspaper press releases. Call it throwing our hats over the wall Big Time and having to follow. I've thoroughly enjoyed the "urgency" that has pushed me into focusing and producing a variety of new work. One piece in particular - my "Meadow Magic: for the Love of Wild Meadows" - a large acrylic - was a stretch for me. Its one of those magic pieces that just turns out. I look at it and think, "who did that?" The other pieces are sweet and I'm pleased. However... (did you feel the however coming?) other than that piece I wouldn't call anything else 'out of the box.' The whole month is ours with promises of new work weekly, so there's still time. What will the out of the box look like? Stay tuned...

May Show

Glorious May to all of you!

We feel like a couple of kids playing as we rise to the challenge of the theme we created for our May Show. As much as we love making art, over time we find ourselves doing too much of what (now) comes easily. At that point there’s a persistent yearning for something different, fresh, new. And the only way we’ve found to access that place where the new happens is to allow ourselves time to play, to mess up, to not watch the clock, to not worry that we’re “wasting time.” So there’s been much chuckling (and cursing) behind closed doors with flourishes of, “Look at THIS!” excitement. You’ll see the results at the Gallery this month. Hope you get a kick out of it!

Grinning,
Mary Jo & Windwalker
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