PALETTE TALK
Talkin' about watercolor, art, and life

Since my studio is in my home it is easy to let family life and other happenings keep me away from painting. One of the first things I do at the beginning of each year is taking care of getting my books ready for taxes. After getting all the information together,  I just hand it all over to my sweet husband who sees that it gets filed. The next step of the year is to make sure I am on task for all the Spring and Summer shows. By March 1 I still hadn’t gotten to step 2.

The most evident distraction was a son returning from Iraq. We have been blessed to be able to spend some time with him and with his family before they returned  to Ft. Hood for a few months and then on to Ft Monroe in Virginia. It is a real joy for his family to all be  together again.

 Most of the time I have much to say with my watercolors but my heart and head were elsewhere and my brush lay still and silent by my worktable. Then a couple of weeks ago, I was surprised to learn that I was one of the artists selected to be included in the Texoma Living Magazine’s March/April issue. Within a few days TLM writer, Steve Lenore, came to interview me and Dana Handy photographed my studio, paintings, and me. This experience has been a very encouraging motivator to take the lid off my watercolor palette and let my brushes play across the paper again. It has been fun this week getting back into “work time” in the studio. My head and heart are racing with ideas to paint.

I have included a photograph of Scarlet Sophia in progress that Dana took. If you would like to see more of Dana Handy’s photographs check out her website at www.lifeinpictures.smugmug.com . Dana is one of the artists who will be featured in the TLM.

After the Spring edition of Texoma Living Magazine is published a special exhibit of the featured artists will be held in the new gallery at Grayson County College in Denison, Texas. I plan on including Scarlet Sophia in that exhibit. Come see the finished painting. Thanks for listening to my thoughts. Please pick up a TLM or check out the web for the latest on-line issue.  I look forward to seeing you at the Grayson County featured artists exhibit.

I am so glad God chose to fill our world with color. Isn’t it beautiful!