When we arrived the water was beautiful greens and blues, and glassy. Then the weather turned much colder, windier, and the crystal sea, turbid. Knowing that the beach can be cold this time of year we were armed with fleeces and sock hats. My parents gave everyone short wet suits for Christmas, so when the weather turned, we were ready. I watched my kids charge into the icy water and play delightedly for half an hour. They asked me to join them. I found my wetsuit in my art bag, and squeezed into it with considerably more effort than it took my 9 year old. I am almost embarrassed to admit that the wetsuit did not turn the water bathtub warm. Like my 0 degree north face backpacking sleeping bag, rather than conveying actual comfort it merely increases your chances of survival.

Here is a simple recipe to fully enjoy this week’s art. Go out the yard and scrounge up a little sand. Now go back in and stir 1/4 tsp. into your mayonnaise jar, sprinkle 1 Tbsp into your underwear drawer, now dump whatever is left in your bed. Great! Now you can enjoy this week’s art, just like you are here with me.

I am glad I worked through the boredom of the same subject, because I learned a lot about painting flowers over the last couple weeks. It was fun to play with the background colors, and abstracting the very close up shapes.

This was better before I “finished it.” No back button on a pastel painting.

Not quite yellow, not quite peach. Fully lovely.
Last day for the 72 hour flower sale.
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