new painting

I'm back home now after spending 10 day in Florida (great way to break up winter, let me tell you!) I spent a few days in Orlando, visiting Dillon and also got to take an encaustic class with Patricia Seggebruch (really fun!). then it was off to Boca Raton, to visit my partner in crime, Pam.

We spent a few days shopping, going to art shows/festivals, we spent a few days on the beach and then we spent a few days painting and doing encaustics. Here is a piece I did one day at her house. I really love how she turned out.

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Greetings from Florida/next stop on the blog hop

Greetings from sunny Orlando, where i am visiting my son and took an encaustic class with Patricia Seggebruch. (really fun!) I'm down here relaxing and enjoying the beautiful weather. I worked so hard the last 2 weeks to finish my online class for Artful Gathering before I left, that it is truly a well deserved vacation!

I leave here on Wednesday heading to Miami/Boca Raton to visit my friend, Pam, where we'll spend some lazy time on the beach, eating good food, drinking good wine, doing some art and having fun. Apparently it snowed yesterday in New Jersey, so i guess i left in the nick of time.

talk to you soon!

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Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,
Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!

Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.
   
   

Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing Animal Portrait Artist...

Elizabeth G. Johnson

http://windandhoney.blogspot.com/

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

More from Florida

On Sunday, Pam and i hit Miami and went to a street fair/flea market on Lincoln Road. it was a beautiful day, sunny and warm. we found wonderful treasures and had a really nice lunch. here are just a few of the cool things we saw.

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these are the treasures that i came home with:

On Vacation!

I'm in Baco, Florida visiting my friend, Pam. I flew in yesterday (wed.). i spent mon and tues. in bed after a bout of 24 hour horribleness. (i'll spare you the details). i'm feeling better, but still a bit fatiqued and my stomach is still very queasy and wonky. might be on the plain foods/broth diet for a few more days to get this thing settled. it was rough flight with thunderstorms (perfect for the already upset stomach!) and my poor seatmate was terrified. i finally reached for her hand and said, "are you all right? i told her we would be fine and tried to send calming energy to her (that sounds dorky!) but i felt really bad for the terror she was feeling. she began to relax and told me as we were debarking, that just having someone acknowledge her fear made her feel less alone and much better. job well done then!
it rained most of the day yesterday, so pam and i went and got much needed pedicures, which was very relaxing. then we came to her beautiful home and did, what else, but art! i forgot my camera battery, so we will need to go out and find one so that i can take some photos while here.