June 2, 2011/QUICK VERSION OF CLASS INFO!

What a beautiful sunny day!
watercolors plus!   ALL LEVELS  Class size is maxed out at 6 to 8


TUESDAYS 10:30 12:30 and 6:30- 8:30 
The evening class is pretty full, but i inticapate some people switching to days. If it stays full, ill get the THURSDAY eve class going again.
COST $65.00 per 4 week month
            $80.00        5 week month
With advanced notice, $20.00 guest fee, (if there is room)
Payment is EXPECTED ON FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH to HOLD YOUR SEAT. If you cant make it, please mail it.
The daytime class will hopefully get to paint outside!  SUMMER IS THE BEST!!!
Ill post more later, or is you want more info sooner, please email
arttoart@comcast.net or gardnluv@comcast.net

Thanks for reading...Have a great sunny day!

You "gotta" love spring!!!

When you step outside, first thing in the morning, the world has started with out you!  You hear the birds working diligently on their nests, peepers sending out their signals, as well watching things turn green, right in front of your very eyes!  The smell of spring is something to behold. The damp dirt, the faint smells of blossoms getting ready to open, and if you are lucky, the smell of grass, freshly cut.
WHY? Why would anybody want to live anywhere else, and miss the change of seasons.  Just when we get bored with the old season, another starts creeping in, and by the time we realize it, we also realize, its time to jump, and make what ever changes it calls for.
The earth, waiting to be turned, the weeds, the first to appear, waiting to be yanked....leaves from the previous fall, hiding in the corners...Doing what they can to protect the earth from the snow, that has finally melted.


The hunt,...before you know it, the weather is just right, for a the Lady Slippers to begin there journey.  It takes hundreds of years for a lady slipper to become the beautiful, yet quirky, isolated flower, that it is.  The lady, she may be alone in the woods, where you left her, last year...Or she may be with a group of "Other" ladies...waiting to show their stuff. But in lady slipper world, it does take such a long time to reach maturity, and the elegance, that is respected by so many.
PLEASE~ leave the ladies alone, they are not lonely, they just "are"!  And the chances are good, if you try to take one for your garden, you will disturb so many years of circumstance, and hard work. That may never be appreciated again, if it is removed for selfish reasons.  The roots of the ladies, run along way, just under the surface or the of carpet of decayed leaves. These roots, will support many other ladies along the way. If one is disturbed, its the end of an era!


Tis the end of the day! Had a nice class. Just me and Linda B..Working on watercolor canvas this week. Most students seemed to enjoy! YAY!

wow, March 20, 2011...where is the time

Im happy it is spring, its been a long winter. Inside and out. My heart has been stuck in a black hole, but i feel it is opening up again.  Spring is so wonderful...playing in the yucky, stinky pond, and under all the smelly dead stuff, i gentley(sp?) started pulling the dead stuff off a sunken lilie, i see a bud beginning already!  Just 2 days ago everything was frozen solid...so how did that happen?
Then, looking over the zebra grass and the cat o' nine tales, i see new growth there! YIPPEE!  never mind the corkscrew grass that never skipped a beat!  Unfortunatly, my fish and frogs didnt all fare so well. Maybe we will pay better attention next year, when we are closing it up for the season.
But last summer, though the weather was grand, we had so so many trials and tribulations. Its a miracle we came through to the other side. Hopefully, we got all the sad,bad and scary stuff out of the way.
I miss my little store, Art to Art is still "intact" but not so commercial. I am still giving classes, and have some supplies, but not sure what i am doing with the supply end of things!
I have room for new students, and looking to do a day class this spring and summer...Anytakers?

Well, thanks for reading, i am going to see if i have any new pictures to post! ENJOY THE SUNSHINE~

Where has the time gone?? Gettin' ready for shows...

I have signed up for a couple of shows this Holiday season. I have the wonderful GREENLAND PIE FESTIVAL,put on by the www.Greenlandwomensclub.org
It is Nov. 21,2010 and it starts at 10:00 a.m. The "pie" Festival is exactly that, the women, aside from putting this high end fine arts and crafts event, stay up all night and make a crazy variety of pies for people to purchase for the up-coming Holidays. It has become quite a tradition in the seacoast area, and i am excited to be part if it once again!
Then, I am joining in at the Dondero School event on Dec 4, 2010. 9a.m.-2p.m. They have moved this event from and after school afternoon, to a Saturday. THis gives the shoppers more time, and probably makes it a little easier for the vendors!
I will have my original watercolors, notecards of my works, and i may bring my purses made of recycled neck ties
So, on that note, I am trying to do a lot of "smaller" more affordable pieces of work.

autumn is all around us...(and the studio was clean for a minute!)

Its that sweatshirt time of year, the smell of smoke in a far off woodstove, the geese overhead, laying out their flight plan...the dogs snuggle really tight...and we all know whats ahead!
Hopefully something productive, that would be nice! I feel like its been forever since i have been productive...I feel like i have been a waste of air! Lets get the show on the road and do something fun!

October 1, and i am still STUcK!

I went out to the studio today, only to find a leak...But i did have a "twinge" of wanting to paint. I have takin' some nice photos lately, and i think my block may be coming to an end! I hope so, i miss the frenzy...Well, I hope all is well out there, Enjoy the "interesting skies" we have been having! Starting a new "Young adult" class on Mondays after school, 4:15-5:45 ish...Im looking forward to it!

WELCOME COOLER WEATHER!!!

The cooler weather alows me to wear bigger baggier cloths, i love that! I dont like chilly toes in the a.m. so i have to get some fuzzy socks!
I HAVE A PAINTERS BLOCK...its driving me crazy...i want to lock in to a painting and go!
I think i may take out the oils and let her rip...
I am sorry i havent been posting, but the drama in life sometimes makes things like posting on blogs such an effort. But i have to get back into my art world. I went to the Isabella gardner stewart?sp?? museum in Boston the other day...it was an inspiration to be eclectic, but it didnt hit my art button. So i think i will go to the Currier in Manchester. Maybe that will speak to me.
I still have some art supplies left from the store..Some w.c paints, prisma colorpencils, markers.tombows , some oils, just stuff. I have to get it together to either use it, or ebay it! THough ebay is kind of pricey, especially if the stuff doesnt sell! Anyway, going for a walk, then a meeting, then hopefully i will be inspired to make magic!!!