The view from Newagen Hotel

Beach buddies in Maine

A Few Days in Maine

Susan Burton, owner of Mixt Media Gallery in Ipswich, MA and fabulous artist, and I went to Southport Island in Maine for two nights. The weather couldn't have been more beautiful!

Cool sunny days and cooler nights..... we froze the first night.

A harbor cruise for an hour showed us a different view of Boothbay Harbor, showing us the 'ocean-side' of a lot of wonderful houses, who's front gardens we had seen from the car.

We met some very nice people there, the employees at our hotel, the Newagen  Hotel, were delightful and we felt very welcome, even though we were there thanks to a Groupon coupon.

We found a great gallery in Boothbay Harbor, the Wharfside Gallery,  that sold not only the usual 'ocean' paintings, but some wonderful prints of mermaids, birds and even elephants as well as unusual items and artwork. Ed Brown, the owner (and artist/photographer), invited us to send him images of our work, which we will do, as soon as possible!

We wended our way back to 'real life' via Freeport and did some Christmas shopping, although the prices were not what I thought they would be..... not outlet prices at all. We did find a wonderful clothing store there, The Coop, that had a lot of well-known labels, such as Flax, at unbelievable prices. We each bought one piece.....Christmas presents for ourselves??

True Words for Artists

I found this to be the most realistic look at what creative people like me go through, or have gone through all their lives. My studio is filled with pieces that didn't quite 'do it' for me and which will never see the light of day in a gallery or shop. Likewise, several boxes of labor intensive bits and pieces of intricately beaded pieces, made during long hours of supposed creativity and which have not made the grade, lurk everywhere.
Mocking.

In my infinite optimism, I keep these reminders of past failures in the hope that they will someday, magically inspire me to integrate them into masterpieces!

Scoff if you will, but still I don't send them screaming into the waste bin..... hope springs eternal in the hearts of artists!

 ♛

On another note, according to my Each Day Blogger Lessons, today I am supposed to find a forum to join. I am dizzy from surfing for one I can relate to and have found nothing.
Any ideas, artists?

Sandra Golbert Fiber Piece

This is 'Forest', made from a drawer from a steamer trunk. The top compartment holds a piece of lovely wood, the second, some polymer clay and the bottom is a paper cut out I designed of a tree....as you can see!

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BLOGGING FOR SENIORS!

I'm getting into this.

People have responded to my offer of making me offers on my artwork! That's great.