Down, but not out.

Hello.
Pardon my absence, but just because I haven’t been around here, doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing art. I fell off the bandwagon with the daily paintings just after my brother and I made an unplanned trip to see my mother before she had surgery. That was late last summer. I have remained as, “art involved” as ever. I didn’t jump right back in with the daily paintings for a few reasons, foremost being, as some of you may know, I’m experiencing a degree of vision loss that is both vexating and depressing. I’m able to compensate for it, but it’s a struggle, and that makes it difficult to get excited about detailed work. I do have some daily paintings yet to post from last summer. Before x-mas, I made several necklaces to give to the ladies as holiday gifts, as well as about 25 gallons of wine including blush, blackberry, sparkling strawberry, sparkling pineapple, apple, and grapefruit. I’ll post pictures of the necklaces, as far as the wine goes, see me in person. I also did a fabulous woodcarving I’ll be showing you, so please stay tuned!