Evolution

So there is a new incarnation in this business of art. My lovely "wishhorse" served me well for a decade but we put the sweet mare out to pasture after she pulled up lame on the web. It was just too confusing. In person, with an artist statement, the meaning of the granted wish horse was clear, but it was hard to find us on the internet.

So here WE are, newly founded as Broad Brook Art.

Donna and I have been together a little less than 5 years. When we met I was sure I would never make my own art again...I will skip the indulgent sob story. An old friend of mine came to our house for the first time and asked me where all my work was. Slowly I started to excavate pieces I hadn't shown in a very long time. Donna also had photography worthy of display. Unearthing all of those artifacts was inspirational. We took a seminar class at Maine College of art together a couple of years ago and we really loved it. We needed to find a way to do more.

I think most would agree that it is easy to get sidetracked. Flowers, trees, neighbors, gardens and grass are distracting enough. Add in a periodic crisis and the next thing you know another day and another week slips by. Discipline is the key. I feel a little like a troll these days, indoors all the time to build inventories for Fall shows. I will post the specific dates and places shortly and I am very happy with what I have to show. We have secured the new domain name and within the next week or so we will unveil the website. I have a new mailer in the works so look for us in the mailbox too.

It is thrilling that Donna will continue to do her wood-turning. We already have ideas for pieces we can collaborate on and this week we are expanding the workshop area, downstairs from the studio. A lightning strike last week had consequences in all three houses on the compound. I was so grateful I had all the equipment upstairs shut down and unplugged, smug even, but I didn't think about the downstairs. We are hoping to have the casualties restored this 4th of July weekend.

It has been great to have the ongoing support from friends who have encouraged the works in progress and offered sympathy when Cheyenne died this Spring. I feel very fortunate to have these friends who are willing to read my lengthy e-mails and set aside any pressure to type back, picking up the phone instead. I feel blessed.

Anything is possible!