Hello my friend!
Summer has arrived in full force and my garden continues to enchant me every day.
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I’m back from my blogging break and although I only skipped one post, it seems as if I’ve been gone a long time.
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My peach and cherry trees are filled with flowers. Daffodils are blooming and everywhere I look outside, spring is progressing.
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Over the past couple of months, I’ve been dreaming about projects and setting goals for this year. As I mentioned here on my blog and in my Joy Letter, I’ve been taking my time with this. And it feels good.
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In September I mentioned some of the projects I’d been working on after moving into my new studio. One was prepping for my show at Viva Gallery, which I wrote about last month. I’ve since finished the others and thought I’d share them with you today.
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On Main Street of my little town of Viroqua, Wisconsin there’s an art gallery run by a cooperative of 23 local artists.
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Some projects live in my head for a very long time before I get around to bringing them into the world. Painting a series of “barn” quilts for my house and garden is one of those projects.
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Today on my blog, I planned to share about the Winding Roads Art Tour, but as I was driving home on Sunday evening I realized I hadn’t taken a single photo all weekend.
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When I was first starting to learn to make art I thought that if only I could discover the perfect art supplies, I’d be able to create the beautiful, perfect art I imagined in my head.
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In the middle of winter when frost decorates the windows of my studio and I pull on another sweater, I’ll think back to summer days in my garden, cicadas singing, sketchbook on my lap.
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One of the things I love most about my garden and gardening is connecting with nature. I plant my garden and I tend it, but I’m not really in control.
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After being canceled the past two years because of Covid, the Winding Roads Art Tour is finally going ahead.
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I spent Monday in my garden. Mondays are technically the weekend for me and I was so glad my time off coincided with good weather.
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The sun is shining, warm and bright. The garden is humming with bees and I catch the scent of roses, mint and spicy tulsi. I step among the blooms with my scissors at the ready,
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Sometimes a project comes along which is a complete joy. My collaboration with Kickapoo Meadery was one of those projects. This fall I worked with Roots and Refuge Farm on another.
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I cut handfuls of dead flowers from my garden this week. Their shapes are interesting. Petals twisted. Leaves furled as if frozen in motion.
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Last month I wrote about how creating a tea towel calendar has become a yearly tradition for me*, but it’s not the only tradition for my art.
This is the 9th year I’ve created a desk calendar with my seasonal watercolor paintings.
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A few times over the summer I mentioned working on a big commission. I even shared a sneak peek of one of the paintings.
Today I want to share the full story.
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I’m never certain if I’ll have flowers blooming in my garden in October or not.
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Designing a tea towel calendar each year has become a tradition for me. This is the 6th year I’ve created one.
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