While we all twiddle our thumbs in anticipation waiting to hear whether Old Jules is giving the lawyers a bad day or has gone fishing, here’s a very brief update from me, Jeanne.
I just realized I never showed you the final version of this particular mandala that I was working on in June, so here it is:
Those little shaded areas are actually a clear metallic ink.
I completed four good-sized works in June and July before I went on vacation. I’ll put the others up at some point, or Old Jules will. I entered an exhibit application showing those other three as examples of my work, and if one of them gets chosen, I’ll get that one matted and framed. I’ve been in the exhibit before, which is held in a local nature center building, but I haven’t heard anything yet for this year. I like this one because they let you put prices on your work and the Parks and Recreation Dept. actually makes some purchases themselves for their buildings throughout the county. So we shall see. I’ve never won any prizes or sold anything through this exhibit, but the judge this year is affiliated with our Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, MO), so it makes sense to let one more art professional see my stuff. Usually the winners from this show are either doing photography or have some 3-D element in their work.
I took 2460 photographs on my trip, most of them in Oregon and Washington. If you want to connect with me on Facebook, you can see some of them (I’m there as Jeanne Bangs Kasten). There were some really great photos because I got a new camera, a Canon Powershot Elph somethingorother. Even just set on automatic, the pictures were great. I took pictures at Breitenbush Hot Springs, the Oregon beach, Tacoma, WA, Mt. Rainier, Ballard Locks (Seattle) and the Dale Chihuly Museum at the Seattle Center (right by the Space Needle). I have a ton of scenery and greenery photos, and I have an obsession (apparantly) with running water scenes. I haven’t passed on very many to Old Jules yet because it involves either re-sizing them all or putting them on a separate flash drive.
Well, back to work! And the rest of you can go back to twiddling your thumbs.
Jeanne
So Far From Heaven 