How Bizarre.

 It’s hard to believe that I haven’t posted on this in over 2 years. Mostly because I had a huge block that was a struggle to overcome. But I wasn’t UNbusy. 

—in March 2023 I went to Mexico.

—in July of 2023 I moved to Hawaii.

—in March of 2024 I visited Japan

—in July of 2024 I moved to Washington. 

—in July 2025 my beloved gifted me, for our 25th anniversary, a 7-day plein-air painting workshop in the South of France.

For 7-8 days (and some evenings) during an unprecedented heat wave we painted starting at 9 am for several hours, then ate an enormous French lunch, drank wine, and then painted some more. I was unburned, bitten by ants and horseflies, and was able to break through my block. 

In the midst of this I’ve decided to focus on painting knives for painting scenes. 

I returned to Washington where I began to learn how to paint boats

and fog:

moody seas and rocky beaches

I’m going to be in charge of picking out monthly plein air locations for our group, and I’ve joined yet another plein air group, so I’ll have lots of pictures to add from now on. 

I’m also attending Olympic College, studying art. I’d love to transfer to a 4-year uni for art, but we’ll see. 

We’ll see!