A Night Owl

It's been a very busy week with the opening of my Students' show, yesterday. A very big thank you to all who helped with the hanging and the opening, all who came to the show and to all who bought! Thank you, Thank you, it was a wonderful afternoon. More show details to follow but here is a picture of me earlier this week.

Getting Ready for Halloween

Lancelot, Agile and Wilfred having been looking forward to Halloween for ages and have been planning their costumes for a long time.  There has been considerable discussion as to who has the best costume and who is likely to collect the most candy.  Agile maintains that Lancelot's costume is tantamount to emotional blackmail.  Who could resist Father Christmas when Christmas is a mere 7 plus weeks away.  Horrified by the forecast of snow, the Three Wise Creatures decide to Trick or Treat early..... Editor's Note.  Lancelot has wisely disabled Agile's Donate Candy Now button on the grounds that too much sugar is not good for Agile's teeth.

Personal Maps

Over the Summer I was lucky enough to take a workshop with the delightful Connie Brown, an amazing mapmaker, at www.redstonestudios.com. Inspired by Connie and by the very different but equally charming site, www.theydrawandtravel.com, I decided it was time to do a personal map making project with my class. So here is the Best of Greenwich, covering Greenwich proper in map 1 and Cos Cob, Riverside and Old Greenwich in map 2. Suggestions for highlights to be added to these maps are always welcome.  (Click on the individual maps to make them a little bigger.)

Still Waiting, still in line

Agile was not so sorry to see the Humming birds go.  Although he would never tell Lancelot so, Agile privately considered the birds to be flighty and irresponsible.  Agile DID NOT like waiting in line to mail on all the stuff that the birds inevitably forgot when they suddenly realized it was time to leave...  Of course, if he had his own cell phone, he would not have minded quite so much.

"Family Tree" at the Garden Education Center in Greenwich

I am currently in a show, "Branching Out", at the Garden Education Center of Greenwich. This exhibition, sponsored by the Education Center, the Greenwich Arts Council and the Greenwich Tree Conservancy, celebrates the wonderful collection of Trees at the Garden Center. It will hang until October 29th. Fifty percent of the sale price will be donated to support these three great organizations. This is a painting of the tree that I chose to paint, a Japanese White Pine Tree, with some of the inhabitants of the GEC. Acrylic on Canvas, 12 x 12, framed in a floater frame. $800.