Painting

I spent a couple of hours last night at Alice and Val's place, helping to paint their new shelves. The paint smell is not good for Alice and the baby, so it had to be done while she was out of town. I only spilled a drop or two on the floor, and luckily Val caught it and cleaned it up. Val was pretty happy to have some help, but really I only did it for the free food - he fed me some rice and veggies, which is a whole lot better than what I would have made for myself at home. This is basically what happens when John isn't here - and when it's the last 2 weeks of class - I forget to think about getting groceries and cooking good meals, and my diet ends up being sort of bad. For example, I boiled some eggs that were in the fridge the other day, and it was the most cooking I'd done since I thawed out some split-pea/lentil soup two days before. It's a bit embarrassing.

Steph's paintings at the Beaverbrook

Here are a couple of Steph's paintings that are at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton. The top one is called 'The Biker' and the bottom one is a self portrait called 'Hands in Hair'. She is so talented! Nice work Steph.

Steph's painting

Wow, I just found out (by reading my mom's blog!) that my sister, Steph, has a painting that's going to a gallery in Winnipeg! Very cool. I guess she's also sold a couple more and has been commissioned to do another painting for someone. She's moving out of her place in Freddy Beach, and is headed for Sackville for the summer (that's where she went to school, at Mount Allison). The above painting is of Dad, and it's not the one that is going to Winnipeg, but it's the only one that I could get to load properly. It is probably my favorite though, I really like what she did with the reflections in the glass cabinet in the background.

New easel!

John got me an easel yesterday without telling me. We went out for pizza with Val and Kurt, and when we got home, I found it in the upstairs living room. It's so cool, it folds up into a little suitcase, so if I wanted I could take it out somewhere to paint. He also got two new rugs and re-arranged the living room. Thanks John! It was pretty hard to say no to painting last night, but I had math homework :( My painting skillz are pretty much non-existent, but it's nice to have someone who's encouraging me anyway. Pretty soon our entire apartment will be wallpapered with mediochre artwork by me. I'm not good, but I can paint fast!

I miss Key West - Updated picture

John finished his latest painting yesterday, it's a scene from Key West. I'm in the picture, can you spot me? It makes me want to go skateboard around Key West at sunset. Or learn to paint - actually I'll just leave the painting to John :)

*Note: this photo was taken with a real camera this time, not the phone.