Open Studios in the countryside

So it turned out that the play write that was supposed to replace me at ChaNorth had to postpone his visit, so I got to stay a little longer out here with the chickens.  But just in case any one happens to be driving through Dutchess County on their way to Columbia County (or something like that) the residency is having an Open Studios this Saturday the 30th.

I somehow forgot my camera this trip, but I have to head home for the evening tomorrow, so I promise I'll take some pictures then and show everyone the tiny, tiny paintings of dirty, dirty people I've been working on.  They're coming along quite well, if I do say so myself.  And as a surprise for everyone that just happens to be passing through, you'll get to see them before everyone else since they'll be hanging somewhere where hopefully people will notice them...they are awfully tiny...

It's hot in the countryside

It's been a crazy month.

July 4th in Maryland, eating as many crabs as I could with the family, then whisked off to a fabulous wedding cum mini-RISD reunion in Sonoma, to finally end up in Dutchess County, New York at a residency in the middle of nowhere.

It's been a crazy good month.

It's great up here, hotter than balls, but from what I hear it's hotter than balls everywhere in the Northeast, and I have the freshest organic produce (that we helped grow and harvest) to eat, chickens to pet (when I do venture outside) and a lake nearby to cool off in (while working on my suntan). Oh, and art to make.  I'm off at  chaNorth, a great little residency that normally last a month, but I'm here for only 2 weeks.

Here's an image of my hectic little studio space, and when I'm not melting I'll post a few pictures of what I'm working on...it's just too hot to do that right now...