saturday stuff

don't know where the time goes... i ran out of time to post after the opening in baton rouge last weekend.. so here it is a little late...


we had a great day. the art work was very poignant and personal. i talked to a writer from the lsu reveille and she made a comment that caught my attention: that she felt the art was very empathetic, that none of it had a sense of pity about it....
it surprised me in a sense, because i realized i never expect that art will be a plea for sympathy. i think if we create art out of our deepest emotions, the ultimate we can hope for is that it be a honest adn real. period. and it made me very grateful to be able to express myself through my art. with the state of the world down here post storms, i don't know how it would be to cope without such an outlet. words are sometimes so inadequate.
it was great seeing some old friends there. 2 artists from thibodaux had work in the show and were there as well my scupture teacher, who's a gem! so it was great catchign up with all of them. i really miss the cameraderie of other artists that i had while i was still in school. and it was good to hear the news.... and it was also great to walk in and see my sculpture front and center!

i had wanted to stop and take some pictures on the way home but we drove in a downpour for most of the way. i did snap a few thru the windshield.....

and then we stopped and took this a little later after we were out of the downpours....