long time no write

I've been happily very busy with work and more travel to Austin lately.

Now settling in to the new company and carving time out again for artistic pursuits.

Going on Saturday to sit in on Gary's class and FINALLY get a start on the commission I have for the cat.

Also signed up for a Life Drawing class at Richmond Art Center for Wednesday nights. Body, body, body. It's the word du jour.

Was noodling around checking out artist residency programs and stumbled on a couple of artists web sites that I really liked:

http://www.wuongean.com/about.htm - narrative, soulful, slightly funny and disturbing at the same time

http://www.christinebourdette.com/ - seems to be very aware of physicality, feminity? I love this statement from the artist herself: "I seek to express the familiar, but with undercurrents that are dark, peculiar, elemental, or funny. For me, this expression reflects the ornery illogic of the human condition, its strengths and frailties. It remains a fragile circus, unlikely and charishable."