Still here

  

When I saw the date today I realized that it has been 1 month since I posted last and I wonder how this time has gone so fast and gotten away from me.  Do you feel like time goes faster the older you get?  We all live by the same time, 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week, about 4 weeks per month, 12 months a year and yet it feels so different for all of us.  For some it goes by way too fast and for some it seems to drag.  I guess it depends on your circumstances and how you see things, anticipation or dread, work or lack of, happiness or sadness, deadlines or open time, whatever,  it's all the same amount of time.  Whatever it is, seems I never have enough!

What I do know is I've been enjoying my time in and out of the Treehouse Studio.  I've been painting alot and doing tons of journaling.
                                                           
                                                       

These are two large paintings I'm working on with a limited color palette of Paynes Gray, VanDyke Brown, Red Iron Oxide, Titan Buff, and Titanium White.  They have an under layer of collage, old book pages and sheet music and some texture.

     I think this one is about finished-need to do some more highlighting and shading of the textured areas and then I'll finish up the other one with more glazing.  Hope to hang them side by side somewhere.

                 

From my "grunge class".....Mixed media collage using old papers, paint, stencilling, and glazes.                                        

And some in progress journal pages...... working in about 6 different journals right now.....ripping, gluing, painting, stamping, stencilling, writing,.... it's all good.....

  

The weather has also been glorious 

and I've enjoyed some great time outside walking and enjoying nature and picking up little treasure along the way.                        

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
- Rabindranath Tagore

I hope your time is well spent.  I also hope you find some time to just enjoy the moment-just as it is.  Have a safe and enjoyable holiday.  Mine will be divided between time outside and time in the studio-both well spent.

                       

                        

I hope your time is well spent.  I also hope you find some time to just enjoy the moment-just as it is.  Have a safe and enjoyable holiday.  Mine will be divided between time outside and time in the studio-both well spent.
                       
                     

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
- Rabindranath Tagore-