When I began blogging, I was sure that I (unlike other artists) would keep my blogs up to date...uh huh. Since my last entry...in March...life has been a crazy, swirling whirlwind of debris. Now that the wild winds have dissipated, I can sift through the events..pick them up and put them in perspective.
The mural work has been fantastic for the last four months. I painted lots of things in a new Mexican restaurant.... "El Padrino". I'm tellin' ya...that was the most fun I've had on a job in eons. Everyone I worked around was just a hoot. We all had a lot of work to complete, but everyone was a riot. I was rather sad to finish that project. Such fun.
The next big project (multiple murals and a wee bit of faux) began immediately after the El Padrino work was complete. This work was for Stonegate homes...for one of their houses that will be on the Parade of Homes starting next week. A great job...working for great people.
During all of this work activity, my mother in law...one of my favorite people on the planet...was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I really thought that if anyone could beat this terrible disease, it would have been Wanda. She fought right up to the end....and she maintained her humor and grace through what had to have been the most terrible challenge of her life. Her memorial service is this weekend in Ohio. Her absence leaves an enormous black hole in our lives.
My cat of nearly 20 years is in the process of dying. She's had skin cancers for years now, so she's actually lived longer than I expected. Even so, that doesn't make it any less painful.
On the up side, my parents took everyone in the family on a cruise in July. We had a festive time, and it helped to get our mind off of the depressing events back home.
Now that things are settling down a bit, I find I'm feeling rather lost. This happens to me every time I'm involved in a large project. I work like a crazed painting chimp for weeks and weeks, and then.....well....there's sort of a let down. I readjust quickly, though. :-) I'm looking forward to puttering in my studio over the next few weeks.
