Sunday, August 29, 2010

Gallery glimpse

Check out this wide-angle shot of the wonderfulness of my studio and gallery in Cambria, Ca. Thank you to my friend Phyliss for the pic!

This was taken right before I left for Arizona with my sister, who is here at St. Joseph's Hospital for surgery. Might be here for another week, home for a few days and then out 'til mid-October.

Awwwwwww. Can you tell I miss it? Absence truly does make the heart grow fonder. But I am grateful I can take the time-out now to be with my sister. It's also interesting to spend time away from the hustle-bustle of my "normal" (ha!) life. Past experience has taught me that some of the most interesting ideas for future work come from time away from the studio itself.

As much as I love those days when studio time stretches out before me and I can get into the groove of a making cycle, there's also value in getting away entirely... Eventually my sketch book will come out and new ideas will start to show up.

Have you all had that experience?



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  1. your studio looks so great! I know what you mean about being inspired while away. Some of my best ideas have come from just getting away for a few days. Best of luck to your sister. I'm feeling a little twinge for something new myself....
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  2. Oh, I hope your sister is ok, my best wishes and thoughts for her recovery.

    Your gallery looks great, I love the wide angle shot, the bench on the right looks great in the space, love the wood floors and all the open space and all the light, but where is your working area? is there another room? Oh what color are the walls, they look like a nice warm light color. what a good job you have done setting up that space.
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  3. Your studio look so bright and beautiful!! This one really shows how the light shines in -lovely!
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  4. nice pic..what a brilliant space!! enjoy your break away and keep your journal at the ready..:P
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  5. Great photo & amazing bright & cheerful gallery. I - too - send best wishes for your sister's speedy recovery!
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  6. beautiful shot patricia... i have had that experience but usually i get ideas when i have insomnia
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  7. Your one room schoolhouse gallery is sooo cute! And wow, how clean and neat inside.....also my prayers for a speedy recovery for your sister!
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  8. Hi All - Thanks for the well-wishes for my sis! she's doing pretty good... Brilliant surgeon did brilliant surgeon stuff and now she's got some interesting tubes coming out of her. Out of the hospital now and did the first overnight in the hotel. Check-up tomorrow at the doc's and a (very long) 2-hour flight home. I get her settled with home health care and then drive the 3 hrs home to paradise. I'm so damn lucky. It's really quite unbelievable to me why I get to have my life.

    Jim - Yea, insomnia. I know it well. Sometimes it's a real boon when I have a lot of work to do!
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