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<\/a><\/p>\nLake Gregory on day-before-Easter morning. Actually our cabin was just up the hill a ways, but our daily walks often brought us by this place.<\/p>\n
It’s by the gracious gift of Bruce and Sandy Wegner that we have use of this place. We move furniture around and transform it into a working studio. Here’s Anne surveying some of her finished pieces. She lost count of how many, at least 20 finished, and many more mid-way.<\/p>\n Just showing a few here. Love the symmetry, the textures, the layers. Anne’s work is completely unique to her.<\/p>\n Like her own fingerprints, there are no two the same in Annes work. Again, the layers so intrigue, here with hints of ancient runes.<\/p>\n It’s hard to see the scale of things here but this piece is actually the larger of the three shown, and one of the few horizontal.<\/p>\n On my side of the room, a whole other kind of art was happening. Here I am with one of 11 sepia-tone sketches done for an upcoming commission . . . me included so they can visualize the size. They’ll select which four they like and I paint them in oils.<\/p>\n Here’s a possible selection, taped up to outdoor siding.<\/p>\n I did a few finished oils of the international faces I like. This is of a Nepalese woman, the painting in fact headed for Nepal.<\/p>\n Wanting to get back to my western theme I became intrigued with rendering a longhorn steer in various color combinations. The large one is acrylic on canvas, the six miniatures are a mix of acrylic and oil on printmaking paper. I’m thinking the six could make for an interesting print, stacked vertically. Thoughts?<\/p>\n It was impossible to photograph Anne among all her work as it was spread out all over the house. But I put mine together (sans the 11 sepia sketches) for this last day array. Those two large abstracts were actually paint-overs of pieces I no longer liked. The small florals on paper were fun and turned out well, as did the formal oil portrait of a Chinese grandmother on a jade colored couch.<\/p>\n So, it was productive time. Anne commented how, for her, two weeks is best, better than one, or even ten days. The rhythm flows for her and she’s not constantly thinking she’s running out of time. I was impressed how she would stay at it hour after hour all day long seeming without a break. Very focused.<\/p>\n Still, in the evening there was reading time, or a movie disk. All quite perfect!<\/p>\n P.S.<\/p>\n We did take a quick break in the middle of it all however, for an afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n