Busy Summer

Coni Grant, David Montgomery and Susan McCullough

Well, we survived our Creede show and I believe that it was very successful- we had a good steady crowd and I had a lot of fun.  I was able to visit with a few friends that I haven't seen in quite a while- especially my friend Jamie who I don't get to see enough of. I met a few new people and the Creede weather was beautiful - I was surprised as the weather in the San Luis Valley has not been up to par lately with high winds and when the winds aren't blowing, smoke from the Wallow fire in Arizona keeps in rather hazy in the valley.

The next day Coni and I took a trip to Taos to support our gallery in Taos, Wilder Nightingale, for the Kit Carson first Saturday artwalk.  There was a large gathering of visitors in every gallery on Kit Carson which was refreshing to see. 

I have been making some changes to my studio- basically knocking down some humongous trees- it has taken a lot out of me for the clean up process- many wheelbarrows-  and I will post some pictures of the new studio look soon.  Honestly, it looks nice without all of the dead trees around it but it also looks rather bare- I guess I will have to plant some more trees, lilac bushes and flowers to fill it up- they will have to be plants that don't take too much care....

Painting for Creede

Original Creede

16x12

Coni, Dave and I will be having a show in Creede Colorado at the Creede Repertory Theater this summer from May 24- July 1, 2011.  I am thrilled because I LOVE the small town of Creede and the people that live there.  Well, anyway, Coni, Dave and I decided to drive to Creede to check out the gallery space and get at least one painting done while we were up there.  We met up with Stephen and Marta Quiller while we were there and saw the beautiful paintings that Steve is doing for the new theater space-- I would love to show them on this blog but they are a surprise-- so no revealing them here.... sorry- but I can guarantee that they are fabulously beautiful!!

We then drove up to check out the mining site north of town and to look for good painting material- I took this picture driving up the north side of the Bachelor loop- look at the amazing layout of the mining areas- 

We then scouted around the original part of Creede- and I did the painting above- hence the title "Original Creede".  Here is Coni and Dave taking in the sights.