My studio is a "work in progress", as they say. Packed my last studio into boxes and loaded them onto a truck in the Autumn of 2002. I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd still be visiting those boxes in the storage locker nine years later. Being a creative person I've come up with temporary solutions, like sketch books that I can drag around, switching to a more portable media and plein air painting. I attend workshops to sharpen my skills, but mostly I dream .... of when or if the studio gets finished. I have drawn sketches of where the drawing board will go and the desk. I can see this room in my mind's eye and where every last brush will be. It will be the best studio space I will ever have had. It's on the second floor of the house and stretches along then entire north side. The main space is about 240 square feet with three sky lights and we installed French doors which open onto an exterior deck that looks out into the woods. Now that it's Spring, we hope, soon, to install the spiral stairs down to the garden below. Since this was once the Master Bedroom, there was a large walk in closet. It now has a stainless steel hand sink, counter and we're building in cubbies and shelves next. As you can see I've been bringing home this and that from storage and it's all stacking up. The only painting going on in the studio is the ceiling and walls, but I do have walls,...and a floor! I'm still dangling off the edge of the kitchen table or using the steering wheel for my sketch book. Yet do I dream.
