How did we get to Friday so quickly?

Sometimes it seems like the days drag by,

but then the weeks sometimes seem to fly by...go figure???

It might just have something to do with my age.

I entered two pieces in the Art Center Sarasota show, Outward Bound and they were both accepted.  That was a nice surprise.  One, Beach Music, you have seen before here but I finally framed it.

The other was done to replace  a piece that we have hanging in our dining room.  It had really faded so the new one has several coats of UV protection on it.

This one is called "Fiesta"

And here I am with my entries at Art Center Manatee

This has been a different direction for my art journey.  I think I was looking for validation in what I was doing.  Now, I think I will get back to creating.  It is more fun.

Our "season" is drawing to an end which means there will be less traffic on the roads, more chances to get into restaurants and fewer buyers for artwork.

We love to see them come...and we love to see them go.

Wishing everyone a great New Year at Paint Party Friday!

P.S.

The bloom this week is a teeny, tiny dendrobium that blooms on the old dead stems.

In a canyon, in a cavern...

Mostly play this week and that isn't such a bad thing is it?

Classes are done and I am left to my own ideas.

I have had a couple of good art weeks.  One of my collages(that I had promised to my daughter) sold.  I call it "Anthology"

And then the three collages I entered in another show were all accepted and one received an
Honorable Mention award.  You have seen it before.  I call it "Junkyard"

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This is "Anthology".



This one is just painting for fun.  I call it "Clementine".
My husband thought it resembled the crater on a volcano.  I remembered that VERY old song,
"In a canyon, in a cavern excavating for a mine.  Met a miner, 49er, and his daughter
Clementine."
That is a great example of the minutiae floating in my mind.
Wishing all a Happy Paint Party Friday!

P.S.

Inspite of our cold snap, my "guatamalensis" orchid is gorgeous this week.