Daring to Dream

May was a good month in Pittsburgh if your were into gallery shows. June brought the 3 Rivers Arts Festival which is the largest free showing of its kind in the nation. Well, so they say. I am thinking that I will add to my Wish List "setting up one of those cute little booths some day" at the Arts Festival. Hmmm, I think I shall squeeze that one in before I travel through the thickest and deepest part of the Rain Forest and after I have perused Le Louvre. Ahhh, we dare to dream.

I took some pics at the Arts Festival but forgot the camera card and can't seem to find the software that would enable me to upload them onto the computer. Not sure that the photos would have been all that interesting. 'Cept maybe the ones of the nice policeman on horseback and of the friendly man who was walking those even friendlier yet very huge and now quite cultured dogs. They had artists doing caricatures and if I wouldn't have been too embarrassed to sit there while everyone stared, pointed and commented, I would have had one done. I did get some ideas though for maybe taking another stroll through our Cultural District and trying again to photograph some of its offerings for you.

Sometimes I overwork my paintings with too much detail. Makes for a unique and identifiable style if you enjoy all that jazziness I guess. Some say that a more simpler design is better, especially with watercolors. So, I put all my energy into relaxing (is that an oxymoron?), encouraging more of a free flow approach, and trying out the more pastel (i.e. less BOLD) hues. It was fun and I think I like the results. Of course, its the calming effect of the water, the feeling of the bay side breeze, and watching that prickly sea grass blowing in the wind that is always soooo mesmerizing for me.

Its not so much about painting. Its more about keeping busy.
-Grandma Moses