What an experience to understate it, in moving across the country! Such a cultural shift. Some refreshing and some make me feel at a loss. Having grown up in Southern California, specifically Huntington Beach, and having lived there or near most of my life… it’s hard not to call that home. Familiar places and faces giving way to a grand new adventure in middle Tennessee.
It is comforting to get connected to a great church body of believers in Jesus and also to the talented group of plein air painters in the area… The Chestnut Group @thechestnutgroup has been a creative lifesaver for me, getting me off my creative butt and back to painting since arriving here in early May.
I’m also getting into the middle Tennessee winery scene so get ready for some new imagery on the website, and hopefully at the local wineries soon!
As I finished some of the winery pieces, smaller that I normally paint to fit the wine tasting public purchasing paradigm, I got inspired to do some small abstract realism (sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it??). Look for those on a sub page of the watercolors… until I work them into some large semi-abstract oils!
Blessings til next time!
Mary