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Newly dyed silk for an installation of 27 6×6 ‘Happy’ squares. To be placed in a fabulously unbelievably beautiful contemporary Indianapolis home. When I walked into the house for preliminary visit I nearly cried (recovered in record time though, as I think that perhaps tears would appear slightly unprofessional, in addition to ruining mascara) because it is a showplace of beautiful art and my work will be a part of it! Happy, happy girl!

Now that the big Open House is over, I drove down to the studio today and basked in the sun, worked on emails and enjoyed the clean-ness of it all.  This will come to a slamming halt tomorrow when I completely trash the place trying to unearth all my materials that have been shoved under every flat surface possible in my desperate attempt to get it all show-ready.  Remember Ernie’s closet on Sesame Street?  C’mon, I know you do!  He would open his closet to an avalanche of toys?  Yeah, I have the wool version of that.  Many people actually asked me if I do my work there!  Oh, if only they had seen it 24 hours before the show!

Here is a pic of my studio tonight before the crowds hit.  It was a fabulous show!  The response to my new line of panel mounted work was resoundingly positive!  I am now going to sleep for three days to recover and then begin work on my commissioned orders! 

Wow.  This is a great show.  I was pleasantly surprised at the crowd for opening night!  A wide variety of artists exhibiting from the Midwest and strong work. 

I have approximately 9 day, and 9 hours and 9 minutes until the Raymond James Stutz Artists Association Annual Open House (just used about 9 minutes to type out the name of the event itself actually).    The panic is creeping in and rendering me completely useless.  

I have developed a condition called “Multi-Starting”  this is similar in nature to “Multi-tasking” but without the desired result of actually completeing something.  It goes like kinda like this:  dye a piece of silk, stick in microwave, call my Mom, layout some wool on another piece for 30 seconds, decide don’t like, go over and start to paint a panel, stop painting panel halfway thru, leaving brush unwashed and soon worthless, decide to re-dye silk, mask up, glove up, decide don’t like the silk and go back to layout, create new station on pandora because will surely motivate, start to iron something, open window, go get lunch, come back, start to clean floor with toothbrush and vinegar, this green on the floor is pretty, maybe should start new piece in green, start new piece, new piece bad, shouldn’t have gone with green, add lipgloss, go down hall to see if anyone wants to play, realize left iron on, go back into studio, trip over vinegar container, mop up with towel, decide should pack up towels so can wash, hey, haven’t checked docks and maybe something has come in even though haven’t ordered anything, if towels are packed, why be in studio, go home, worry that should be getting things done at studio, remember iron still on, go back to studio with beer, work, think is amazing, but is probably just the beer.  Repeat.

I was determined to make this piece totally white on white and I,did.  Then I looked at the virginal, frilly, girly result, hated it and ripped it all apart and chopped into this great vintage fishing net find from Midland Arts and Antiques.  It is so much more ME!  Nice and edgy and textural!

I love this artist.  Mike Elsass.  His colors are incredible, the texture and luminosity is divine.  A definite favorite! 

This is the view from my 17th floor hotel room.  So completely happy to be a part of the Chicago art scene this weekend.  I adore this city, the energy, the sights, the shopping, the art, and the food. 

I am gearing up for our annual open house April 27,28th! It is an insanely busy art month for me. Two openings this weekend in Chicago Galleries. WAIT. Let me say that again, TWO openings in Chicago Galleries this weekend. Now that is just fun to say! Completely adore Chicago and all that goes with it. So I am beyond thrilled to be traveling up there to make connections and talk about my pieces!!! Another Opening next Friday at the Indianapolis Arts Center for ART FROM THE HEARTLAND show. Had an opening last Friday for the FIRST PEEK show at Stutz. So….let’s count, 5 major reasons to wear little black dresses and drink wine this month!!! (Which truly weighs quite heavily in the “why I do art” department. Yeah, yeah you can argue that it should be more pure than that, but let me tell ya. I am a MOM so the chance to get out, get dressed up and drink wine is pretty huge) In the midst of all this, I am supposed to somehow actually get things accomplished art wise!!! That is why late night at the studio with a cooler of beer were invented! I am insanely busy and insanely happy to be busy doing what I love!