Art Studio Coming Along

Our Barn/Studio is in the 2nd phase of construction! Vinyl siding is going up as I post.
The above photo shows the great view from my neighbor's yard.

Below is the inside view from what will be the back wall of the studio looking out to the back yard.





This view is from the side yard looking at the long wall, left half is barn and right half is studio.

More pics to follow of the outside completion! This winter we'll finish the interior, the plan is to move in next spring!!!

Where is Home? what started as a sketch

Continuing with the sketchbook inspired paintings and the series which I've titled "Where is Home?", this piece is completed.
Where is Home? The question emerged sometime after my Dad died. Home in memory. All that is in a home, who makes it home.
The image of the triangle, symbolizing journey, our journeys...but there is always home in some way for most of us on our life journey.
One night I was driving home and a barn down the road was illuminated in moonlight. I identified with image of the barn and have related it to the universal 'home shape', four walls and a pointed roof.

Shadow

meandering in the woods
my bright green hand
strong shadow of
my mother's hands

Birdwatching on the river

a water lily
in my self


contentment
and a
Northern Harrier

Patricia Marie Cavanaugh Scott~~Mom

Pat Scott April 8, 1926-May 25, 2009

It seems a lifetime has passed since last posting. Saying goodbye to this beautiful woman is a mysterious and beautiful part of my life (my brothers and sister's lives too.)

The last month or so has been spent tending my gardens and just being. Searching and navigating the new paths in life~~knowing deep in my heart that both she and Dad are dancing together.

And knowing too that she who lived each day wheelchair bound for so many years touched so many people. If you could have seen the people who processed in to say goodbye to her on her last day. Incredible.

So I know deep in my heart the lessons taught and learned. Live each day with a smile, laughter, and kindness. And there is so much more.

Thanks, Mom!

Art in the Garden

Today was a good day.

At long last, time was spent painting and being with other artists. The Geauga Council for Arts and Culture sponsors an annual event called Art in the Garden which entails the gathering of many artists (visual, vocal, musicians) at local garden centers in Geauga County throughout spring.

Today the event was held at Urban Growers, located south of Burton, Ohio in the rolling hills of southern Geauga County, an area that is a mix of Amish residents and Yankees. (sounds like a tourist guide and why the heck they are called urban growers when its in a rural setting I don't know)

There were rug hookers (called the happy hookers!)-- a group of retired women who make beautiful hooked rugs and are great conversationalists to boot. A man selling birdhouses of all shapes and sizes. An herbalist. Musicians (bluegrass), a barbershop quartet, a caterer (culinary arts), stained glass artists, a beeswax artist with varied products. and me--the painter.

It was sooo good to be amongst flowers, other creative souls and lots of people stopping to talk as they shopped for some of the best things on the planet-----flowers and vegetables.

I started one painting, didn't like it. Did a quick oil sketch (not posted), it got muddy because I forgot my turpenoid. Then my husband saved the day by bringing me the turpenoid, plus he was able to shop for our veggies for planting--not a wasted trip on his end! I cleaned my brushes and...

produced a small oil of the farmhouse and barn across the road. A quick little painting that I don't even know if I like.
But it was being there that was so good. I've been starved lately for art interaction that is non school, non job related.

It was a goooood day!!

Ridgeline in Spring

When I was on spring break I painted these two paintings. A few hours of quick sortof plein air painting from my studio window.

Now the leaves have popped, all is green.

Maybe another painting (same view) is in order...