from the studio

Just wanted to throw out a Big thanks to the Universe. In the previous blog I mentioned the purchase of frames for an upcoming show I am working on when I realized I ought to purchase one for the painting I just completed. Here she is. Some of my ol' friends remember her in an unfinished form this past summer but I decided to get over my persistent and evil fear of creating and just get it done. I don't know her or her name...she is just my first portrait using my wild and wacky watercolors. Actually, I began painting Lillian after this one was started and finished her portrait several months ago.
So... back to the point of the frames. I returned to my favorite local/national chain art supply shop... yes we are blessed with a local Jerry's... and found that the frame I was looking for (an exact match to those I purchased the other day) was free for the taking. In fact, all the frames in that isle were free for the taking. They wanted to get rid of them since selling the frames which were constructed to an off size by mistake seemed impossible for them but was no problem for me since I cut my own mat board to size. Does anyone have a storage unit? Ha Ha! I have a ridiculous number of matching wood frames (47 to be exact) of all sizes all waiting for a fresh painting! Talk about raining down good fortune and an incentive to paint.