This has been one of those months with a million distractions from actually quilting. It started in Oct,  hanging my solo and then another show for Mixed Media Artists of Houston. Then I decided to make an art car.Then came International Quilt Festival. AT IQF I bought a Handiquilter Simply Sixteen for my studio in Galveston

I have a home studio in Clear Lake with a big Gammil. This is for my garage studio on Galveston.
My husband and I are empty nesters and we are experimenting with downsizing <VBG> My son helped me put the frame together last week. I still haven’t gotten the leaders taped on and a quilt in the machine

I am going to have a hole cut in the garage for sliding glass doors to the garden

This will be the view I have at Studio 33

Doing the Can Can is traveling with the Creative Force Exhibition

Get Pumped is currently at the International Quilt Festival

Trowel and Error is currently traveling with the In Full Bloom Exhibition

Ice is an earlier work and one of the pieces I DID NOT take to the art center because I thought it was a little out there for the audience.

It took me a long time to press send on the previous post. I wondered if it would hurt me to say what I think. Then I thought “What am I thinking? Didn’t I become an artist because I had something to say?

It led me into something I have been pondering. How much do I censor myself? I used to worry about what the kids or hubby would think. Hubby has often looked a little puzzled..horses, tools???? Then he snorts, shakes his head and laughs out loud. So I know he gets the jokes.

Do any of you artists self censor and why?

Last night was an interesting twist in my career as an artist. I told you all that I hung a show for Mixed Media Artists of Houston in Brazosport Art Center last week. The opening was Sat night. When we arrived one of the art league volunteers asked my husband if he wanted to see the work they almost banned. I knew it had to be one of mine <VBG> Sure enough “Cherry” had caused quite a stir.

Third grade students had been in the center on Friday and were asked to sketch their favorite piece. A little boy picked Cherry and got busy sketching nipples.

This led to phone calls to the center by the parents or perhaps the teacher,  and a hasty meeting of the Brazosport Art League was held. Apparently it was a little heated as some people were angry about censorship and others more worried about the children.

In the end the group voted to stand by the artist (me!) and “Cherry” is still on display without bandaids (as someone apparently suggested as a joke).

This may be the pinnacle of my career. Every artist dreams of being BANNED!

The opening is Thurs Oct 4 from 12 noon to 2 3110 Mustang Rd, Alvin, TX  Alvin Community College Building B FINE ARTS 281 756 3605

Would love to meet you.

I almost had a heart attack to day when I saw this on the  news and  realized my QN 05 quilt was in the mail home via Fed Ex Click here
My dogs started barking, I ran to the computer to check the fed ex tracking number Dairy Barn sent me. The computer dinged in a new message from FE saying your package has been delivered. I walked back to the door where the dogs were still barking to see the truck pulling off and my package on the bench outside the door.

Whew…. just in time for my solo show at the local community college. They have new gallery and called me last month to do the solo show based on the recommendation of my local arts alliance director. I hang that show in two days

Then I felt bad when I realized I would never meet Hilary Fletcher

Running with Scissors

Now that the cancer center project is finished, I am going to go full blast on my art car.

Here is the first sketch of a block I am going to use.

It is called “Piece by Peace”