A new painting from Evelyn Heilberger of Paper Violet Studio. Evelyn is closing her Etsy store and her work is lovely. (and if you’re bargain hunting, then you’re going to swoon!)

Hand Me A Shovel: Or Random Post Ahead

We survived the storm(s). I can’t say the same for counties south of us which  are dealing with immense flooding. Or for our friends to the North who found themselves tunneling out of the snow only to be met with ice. We feel fortunate, what hit our portion of the coast felt mild by comparison. Especially when you consider Wednesday’s high was 53 degrees.

La Nina is nothing if not unpredictable.

So, it’s just rain for us. And lots of grey days. January.

After spending 6 months letting Mireio simply exist, I’m slowly getting back in the studio and making things. And relearning to chase sunlight. I forget how taxing that seems in January. But I’m certain that if I were to troll the archives, I’d find lots of posts with me whining about the lack of quality light.

It finally dawned on me (pardon the bad pun) that I’m going about this photo business all wrong. I should stage and practice shoot new items without light. Forget light, it’s not important. THEN, when the sun does deign to show her face, I know exactly the shots I want. No wasting precious sunlight trying to decide how things should best be staged.

I’m embarrassed  it took me 5 years to figure that out. Let’s just consider me a cautionary tale.

Wow, this is a really random post.

So, then there is this lovely piece of work that arrived in the mail today. Sometimes, I feel like I’m stealing art off Etsy. In this case, the studio is closing, so the pieces (originals!) are marked down to guilt inducing pennies. Despite the bargains, I limited my purchase to just this one because I really need to tackle the stack of unframed prints I have first. I have dreams of having them all up on my walls (and my walls painted). Buying more pieces isn’t exactly helping that process along.

Anyhow, I originally bought this to put in the new bathroom. However, it’s propped up next to my bed currently, displacing a photo of IZ and the boy. I feel a bit guilty about that, but I think this painting is staying. I’m sorry, boys. But she’s really pretty.

Someone hand me shovel, I’m in trouble here.