Springtime Studio Notes

What does an artist do when she can’t find the right peel-and-stick wallpaper? She paints it of course. I began this project naively thinking I could wrap it up in one weekend.

(Cue obligatory Spongebob meme… 3 weeks later….)

It’s still not done. I took a little break as we had family in town and couldn’t have all the furniture in the middle of the room, but it’s been like 40 hours of dots. Everyone who comes in now says I should leave empty areas. That it makes it more of a mural and less of a painted wall paper. What do you think? Should I keep going?

We had our first beer (and wine for 3 of us) tasting event in the studio. I put all of my in-progress works up on the walls for the night to give everyone a look at the new work in it’s early stages. These are always fun nights for me, it’s a low pressure way to see what people think of these first layers. Sometimes this changes their direction, other times it just reinforces it. Either way, beer/wine and snacks are always a good combination when looking at art.

And thanks again to all who made it out for the Vyshavanka Day Art Auction on the 19th and StudioStudio and York. It was such a lovely day to celebrate and support Ukraine.

Check out this post for more photos from the day and for ways to donate if you missed the auction.

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And arguably the most important thing to happen this month….

I finally found my hammer.