Explosion of Art!

I keep saying it is November already because everything I am involved with seems to have fallen in a span of 15 days in that month. I am skipping celebration of my 49th birthday, not due to the agony of marking such a milestone, but simply because there is no time. Here at home we are reeling with the news that Donna will be included in a  Hewlett-Packard "workforce reduction", and the impact this will have remains to be seen. The details are unfolding daily, and we await critical information. To me this waiting is like watching the unfolding of an accident. There is that surreal slowed-down moment when you know a crash is coming and the impact is pending. We are stilled in that moment.

Mostly we can not pause. Life around here is insanely busy as we both (what would I do without Donna's help?) meet the demands the deadlines for a busy season of shows.

Tomorrow is the Manchester Art Association Annual Craft Fair. It is being held from 10-4 at Great Path Academy at Manchester Community College here in CT. If you come along head for Parking Lot B. This event for me is a carry-over from when I was doing wearable stuff, but now the inventory is all wall art. 

Coast Guard Beach, North Truro

Tomorrow we also leave for North Truro for our scheduled week of autumn ocean. Birds of prey are still migrating and migration is, no pun intended, all over the map. Just now we heard there is a white-fronted goose~ a western species~ in the pond down the corner and despite today's chill bluebirds were checking out the houses, perhaps inspired by the warm days just past. Up on the ocean side of Cape Cod is where I draw lots of nature inspiration. I could prattle on about local birds of prey behavior but as my sister Barbette says "not everyone is on that train". Bottom line: I am packing the van for the show and Donna is packing the car for the cape. We keep telling ourselves it will be a good time to digest Donna's news.

Maybe I shouldn't have favorites, but my favorite show is also on the horizon: Open Studio Hartford! The 21st year of this event is chock full of all kinds of activities. If I don't stop typing RIGHT NOW I won't have my gallery piece finished for the "Coming of Age" themed show, which is a mixed media thang. Working on this piece has been fun, despite tight deadlines all around. Look for us on the 3rd floor of ArtSpace Hartford November 13&14.

Before I head back into the studio I will mention several other dates & places for seeing my work:

"Mad Gifts: An Art Show" put on by The Icarus Project will be November 5 - December 7 at Small World Coffee in Princeton, NJ. I will be unable to attend the November 5th opening but I can guarentee it will be a good time. 7pm-9pm.

Tolland County Art Association is also having a 21st birthday and mounting their 21st annual open art show. It will be held Wed. Nov 3 until Tue. Nov 30 at South Windsor Public Library in the town of the same name in CT. Most know I grew up in SW. We will be attend the reception Sunday, November 7. I took this opportunity to show two of my Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill series. I will be surrounded by watercolorists with mad skills and plein air painters who meet weekly in one beautiful location after another, as well as a wide array of other work.

New photos soon...