Happy Birthday Madison

It was a great day!
Here she is pretty much exactly 3 years old....
Earl got home in time to help her blow out the candles...
There is nothing happier than a three year old on their birthday... It's like she won the "Piston Cup"....Ka Chow!

What a week...

I feel so bad for Japan. So many lives changed forever....

Sunday we had another Sue Spargo day. Really fun and great to see what everyone had done. I put the pics in my Flickr photostream in the side bar. I could do that every week! Maybe we will plan one for the beach....

I am busy painting for the Artists and Easels Show this Saturday, Mar 19 in Los Olivos. I will be painting in the park and other artists will be demo-ing thru out the town. My work along with 9 other members of the Artists Guild, will be in the Grange next to the Park. Should be a fun day. Everyone is really excited with the new event.

I sold a painting in the guild room at Los Olivos Gallery. I am pretty surprised. My art is so different....I guess someone saw my vision...yea!

....and here is the amazing work of Colleen and Pam .....It is Pam's design and Colleens hand work. I just love it and I would never have gotten around to working on it or done any where near as great a job. I really love it!

Speaking of love...I think this is the cutest thing I have ever seen..".cute" as in the cuteness only a mother could love. Thank you Mary for knowing how much I would love it.

More deadlines....

....but Spring is here....
ArtFest is speeding down the tracks at me....yikes! I am excited to be teaching a painting class again.....We are going to have some colorful fun!

I have a group show on the 19th in Los Olivos called Artists and Easels. It is taking the place of the Women's First show. It is a collaboration of artists and businesses. There will be lots going on. I plan to paint while I am there. I will hopefully have my big painting done...the one on a door....and a few other new ones....but I also need work for ArtFest and Broadway Books in Portland....


Then I am in 2 invitational shows.....one is a co-lab with Jill. We are very excited about it. It will be at Art from Scrap. And the other show is very exciting. I am just getting the details. It is a show using a cage doll....I have a couple ideas I am anxious to start on.

But right now I think I will go to bed early...I have exhausted myself just thinking about it all....

I did want to share a picture of my childhood friend that we just lost....so hard to believe she is gone...Til we meet again Kristine.