Van has been out fishing since mid-May. Last fall and before he left, he doubled the size of my little gallery. I did some painting inside and have gotten things out there.... was afraid I wouldn't have enough to fill it up, but I have.
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This is the way it looked before...
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and this is it now. It was quite a job to raise that roof. I've been opened a few days.... its just a matter of putting a sign up out on the main road when its open and taking in down when its closed. Not getting many people in though. The inns and B&Bs are way down in guest this year.
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I mounted some of my watercolor postcards to show at the school last winter and put them up.... these were all done in 2006. These are not for sale but sometimes I will give one away. Maybe someday I will sell them, but now I think of them as sketches in my journals.
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These are some of my woodblock prints.
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I had tried oils a couple of times years ago and decided that was what I'd work in. The weather was sunny and scenery beautiful. My first days attempt was an oily mess that I wiped out at the end of the day. The second day I used less paint and learned a lot.... didn't finish it and might work on it some more.
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I'm now working on a woodblock print. the only prints I've done in the last few years have been for exchanges.... I'd probably do more if they sold well. This one is for a Baren Exchange..... I was way down on the waiting list but moved up recently. I've had a image in mind for months, but after getting started, decided on something quite different.
I'm hoping to get it finished in a few days. My grand daughter, Alyssa will be coming out from Juneau for a while.... maybe I can get some painting done while she is here, but maybe not.