Life here in the Woods

I haven’t posted lately so I thought I’d sit down and bring things up-to-date.

Life here in the woods is extraordinary.   This incredible river – the Withlacoochee – flows past the studio a short walk down the hill from our door.

The shot you see here was taken a few days ago on a walk at the local marina. I get involved with half a dozen projects and neglect to go out and appreciate all this water and sky we have.

And critters – LOTS of critters.   I’ll find myself talking with a client x-thousand miles away while one of the local raccoons or ‘possums checks the yard for new scraps.

So life is incredibly good here.   There’s always a day sometime in late September or early October when the Florida humidity throttles back and the air feels fresher.  Bluer skies.  Crisp evenings.

We’ve been working for awhile now towards finding a studio space that is larger so I can work more projects at the same time.  Painting.  Carving.  They need their own spaces.   I really really want to be able to back away from a painting to allow it to dry and go carve,  shoot demos, pack pieces for shipping and paint again – Oh, and enough spare wall area to hang all the project boards instead of the file where they have to be to conserve space.

So yeah, if that’s the toughest aspect to my life I can’t really complain.  So I won’t.

But I keep my eyes open for that ideal studio move . . .

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