Cherries Three

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Cherries are in stores again, so I felt it was fitting to pull out my little copper pot again. I found it in a Laguna flea market several years ago on a lovely trip with some artist friends. Ah, good memories.

My Shiny Friend

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Copper and nectarine make the perfect pair, hey? I pulled out my dusty old piece of glass for the reflections. I forgot about it but I used to do this all the time. Like this one, and this one. At this angle (not quite eye level), the reflections are vague still, which I like, but it's also difficult to paint. The trick is to squint and compare, compare, and compare some more.

In Cahoots

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I apologize for any confusion when I mentioned  a "baby shower" and "taking a year off" all in the same post! I am not having a baby (my kid is perfect, why would I want to chance another?)! I did birth a book recently, as I may have mentioned. : ) And my friend Patti, who has a wacky sense a humor, (one of the two lovely gals - bottom right - picking her nose) offered to throw me a "baby shower" for the book. It was really sweet. She made me a crown and everything. I only took pictures of the dessert, but there was a whole spread, wine, and even a speech. Thank you, Patti!

I Dream of Copper

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I have so much to catch you up on that I will have to split it up into two posts. First of all, I taught my last workshop of the year (and next, since I won't be teaching in 2015) recently in San Antonio. A word about the organizers - these two AMAZING women (bottom right in the next collage), who I am proud to call my friends, transformed an old corner store into a beautiful workshop venue called Whistlestop Corner, and then threw a party of a workshop!

During the days we got down to business and painted like crazy people. My kids were actually really well behaved (for some strange reason), and ended up painting some lovely things! At night we either went out to eat on the Riverwalk or stayed in and watched movies. We laughed, we cried, we danced, we ate too much really good food, and generally had a good time. Here's my whole group, plus me and the organizers, looking the most serious I think we ever did all week. I'll miss you guys!

Next I'll report about being queen for the day at my book release/baby shower party last night! : )