My Art Hut

So here are some photos of my little art hut! Over the next few days I'll be posting more photos of the inside and the view out the windows. For now I thought I'd give an idea of how and where the hut is situated in the countryside. First a quick peek in through the front door...

Below is the front porch with a lovely vine and raffia roofing. View of terraced hills in the distance...

Here is the front of the structure:

Side view:

Here is a side view showing the nearby ruin:

My hut is near some trees:

Writing

Hello! I've been busy trying to gather my thoughts about myself, life and art for some articles and interviews I've been asked to participate in. I'll be a featured artist in an upcoming issue of the online World Artist Network Magazine. I was also asked to write an article on myself, my art and travels for a new publication that is aimed at encouraging young women to be creative and seek beauty within. I'll send you links of the articles once they're published!

Decision-Making

So here's how the psychedelic ink tree is going... I'm quite happy with it so far, but can't decide if I should stop now and say it's finished, or to keep going... For this drawing my original intention was to have a line of grass just above the roots, with some flowers, some butterflies, and a deer looking off to the right... But then I got this far and wondered "does it even need that?" I lightly pencilled in the grass etc, you can barely see it in this scan, but maybe it gives you an idea of how it could be...you see the problem with pen and ink is that once it's down, it's down! No take-backs, no do-overs! I just have this nagging feeling that I want to finish it with my original intention, and see what happens. If I don't, I'll always wonder how it would have looked!

Arc en Ciel

Well my art hut is just about finished, which is exciting! I've started moving my stuff in and decorating, and soon I'll be set up fully in there. Pictures to come!

The weather here in southern France never ceases to amaze me. Last year I remember boiling days of 100+ degrees. This year has been very mild in comparison - cooler, windy and rainy. I never could have fathomed wearing a sweater in July! On Wednesday we had a light sprinkle, accompanied by the most amazing rainbow over the town. I managed to snap some photos before the sprinking increased -


The blotches in the above pic were caused by raindrops on the lens. Can you see the house in the lower left corner? That is our nearest neighbor! We really are out in nature here.


And here's a closer view showing the end of the rainbow and the town. It looks far, but it only takes about 30 minutes to walk there. It's lucky we were out to see the rainbow - less than 10 minutes later it was gone! Perhaps that is a good omen...