Lizards lounge alert in the welcome hot Sun, intermittently darting for cover but quickly gain confidence returning to bathe some more. Butterflies are on the wing and I am baking working on the studio which now sports windows and door. A few more weeks and I will be in and working, being an artist again and content. The evenings have given us a spectacular view of the alignment between Jupiter and Venus with Mars a faint light on the other side of the night sky. A powerful and humbling reminder of the vastness of the universe as opposed to my daily universe of studio and garden.
I have had some news today. I have just been offered the possibility of a show in France. Lots of details to be ironed out first but it is a nice feeling.
We are starting to get inquiries for the retreat this summer. It is looking like an exciting year ahead.
I am cracking on a pace with my studio, floor concreted, a support beam made good and safe and now I am ready for the door to be fitted. More good work done on the garden and in the main house too. Sadly no artwork being done.
I have been getting various models who are keen to come down and stay in exchange for modelling work. As always I have no problem getting models, it is the artists who are hard to find. What kind of creative projects working with models would interest artists? I want to produce a piece of work based on Saint Sebastian so I am going to organise a male model to be tied to a tree, when the weather is a bit warmer although I may have to leave out the shooting with arrows as a model is likely to want extra money for that!
I am also looking to organise a cultural exchange between my area of France and the UK but like most things I have to get my studio completed before I give these projects my full attention. What I need are some sympathetic artists who may be able to get involved with these projects perhaps?
I will have a restful Sunday then back to the hard work on Monday
