So, spending lots of time in the studio. Almost finished up the small Santiago Tree painting and ¾ done with a portrait of my grandson, Little Bill. Visiting two months ago, he looked at all my paintings and said “Gramma… can you paint a painting of me.” And I realized I hadn’t painted him yet and you know – we never want our little ones to feel excluded in any way… Gosh I love my children and grandchildren.

So started the painting last week and it seems every time I wander into the studio now I find myself picking up a brush and just doing a bit of painting on that portrait. Which led me to looking at some of my older portraits and thinking about changes I want to make on those… So portraits hung up all over in the studio now and working a bit on each of them as the mood strikes. As well as getting ready to work some of the magic fluid into the Santiago Tree painting.

Haven’t spent a lot of time on the computer as a result of spending more time with the paint brush in my hand… which is probably a good thing. February will be soon enough for leveling out, re-balancing, re-prioritizing and putting some effort into grant writing and bringing my artist statement current. I’m heading in a bit of a new direction this year with where I put my effort and the statement will need to reflect those thoughts.