Ryan and Christine brought Bel for a lovely short visit. We are sad they lost a grandpa but it was fun to see them
Gordo even had some quality time with BelBright and early Monday morning Darcy and I left Logan and headed to Salt Lake to meet up with Mary and Marsha. The suburban was loaded to the max with unfinished projects and sewing equipment. We don't travel light
We walked every day in St George, and did some of Marsha's Italian names at the Temple. We did a little shopping at the biggest TJ Maxx I have ever seen
We set up two big tables and move all the furniture in the house and make the biggest mess imaginable. We watched all the extended versions of LOTR as well as John Adams, and numerous chick flicks
These photos are the projects I worked on including:
a chain of hundreds of half inch squares.... and I still need to make more - I ran out.
our group project is from the book Amish with a Twist. Instead of quilted feathers on the border we are appliqueing many colored feathers. It was a huge challenge to plan and a real lesson for me in color and design. I plan on finishing it within 5 years.
We drove home on Saturday and stopped for an open house at Brian Kershisnik's studio. We looked around at his works in progress and then he had a question and answer session. As usual I couldn't keep my mouth shut and I asked lots of questions. It was really fun to listen to him, and also his wife chimed in. I asked if they had any paintings that they couldn't part with - and they both talked about painting for money. Art is his business, and they can't afford to get attatched to paintings. "Did you ever make a cake that was so beautiful you just decided to keep it forever?" It is all a progression in his life's work, not an ending. They don't think of paintings as their children.
I took some pictures, but they are pretty bad - sorry Wil.... lots of bad lighting, focus and glare.
I loved this sleeping woman, called something like "Asleep as evidenced by hovering angel"
The one I want to bring home is this woman with the books. The first title was "shouting books" but it was crossed out and changed to "sounds of many books" FABULOUS. She has her eyes closed and her eyebrows raised and it just looks like she is so engaged in listening
I also loved seeing the paints and chemicals and brushes. The last shot is the drawing on the bathroom door - a unisex room.
the man has wings, and the woman is holding him teathered to his ankle.
HHmmmmmm. Do you guys feel like that???
A final disclaimer..... sorry about the formatting. I have not figured out this blog thing at all. Nothing gets placed where it seems it should go, but I will keep trying.
