A Couple Days Off

I took a few days off to spend the end of Spring Break with Kayleb, my almost 15 year old son, husband Bob and my friend from Ringling, Dave Anderson.

Dave graduated as an illustrator and has recently worked with Bob on a few projects. So it's great to be reconnected again. Dave lives down in Cape Coral near Ft. Myers. We initially wanted to stay on Sanibel Island, but after reviewing the hotels expenses, we decided that Ft. Myers beach looked just as nice and much more cost effective. So we stayed fronting the Gulf and enjoyed the nice weather and the sound of the waves.

While Bob and Kayleb played on the beach. I did a few little paintings. It was very relaxing and enjoyable.

I'm not really into laying around in the sun. But this was a perfect opportunity to take some photos and do sketches for my up-coming shows. The next one is in West Palm Beach, SunFest, and the Hampton's Art Festival, in New York. Both are on the ocean and it will be nice to have landscape paintings that remind buyers of their neighborhood.

I'll be painting more plein air, I really enjoyed working on these paintings and have just joined the Plein Air Florida and will be participating in the "The Treasure Hunt" for MCA and Shasta here in Marion County.

Here are some additional photos from our hotel room, it was a great hotel and beautiful weather.