 I've never been a morning person but since I've moved here I'm up early every morning and I am loving it. Of course waking up to views like this definitely is a plus. Moments like these a make me feel totally inadequate as a painter but I have to keep reminding myself I'm trying to capture the feeling not the imagine. Anyone with a camera can take a picture but what does it make you feel like? That is what I work towards. So much to look forward to this coming year!
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 What a fun weekend. It started off Friday night with an awesome cocktail party on Dan and Donna's beautiful boat, great food and people! Then Saturday was busy with oil painting. Linda mentioned she liked the one I did of the waves rolling in so i thought I'd try another one for her. and today was silk painting. Still on the beginning end of the learning curve there but it's all fun. I tried the turtle logo that I see all over the islands.   Elizabeth is letting me use her oven to bake my Panamanian rum cake, so I went to the store this morning to get all the ingredients. I stopped at the liquor store on the way home and look what I found. Ron Abuelo Anejo! Panamanian rum for my Panamanian rum cake, yummy. It's almost a shame to use it in a cake instead of drinking it. I might have to have a sip or two, ron con coco or ron con leche!
 My second attempt at wearing real shoes here. Failure again, blisters and new shoes returned even though they were cute. Between the flat feet and the bunions I am done with shoes. I still have a pair of 20 year old hiking boots and a couple of pairs of tennis shoes I can wear for short periods, other than that it's nothing but sandals for me. Bought a great pair today with lot's of padding and sole support for walking on the cement floors all day. Happy feet again!
 Huge learning curve again on the silk but I think I've got the answer to the black resist redepositing on the silk thanks to Daniel Jean-Baptiste who is very giving of his knowledge and experience. This is the first piece I've mounted to a canvas and I like it. I need to tweak the composition a little bit but not bad for a first attempt at exotic fruit and mounting a silk. I think this will look great in a plain black frame. Until I can find someone here to build me the open frames at a reasonable price I'll keep mounting the silks on canvas.
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ArtistMixed Media Artist. I've been making, building and painting things ever since I can remember. I love to create art and travel That's me on the left Wahoo fishing in Honduras. I hope you enjoy my little experiments in creating. Archives
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