Last Art Show? Snowed Out!

The wonderful fall colors of one of the red maples in our front yard are obscured by snow

Not since 1901 has our State College, Pennsylvania area seen this amount of measurable snow so early in the season. Beginning yesterday afternoon, we've had a steady onslaught of heavy, wet snow mixed with some sleet. Our electric power has flickered unsteadily and we've lost some branches on the trees in our yard, which always saddens me.

Oops....Didn't get our patio furniture into storage in time.

Driving conditions here in the central Pennsylvania mountains are too treacherous for us to brave the trip across I-80 to our final art show in New York City and it is with deep regret that I have to cancel. Believe it or not, I do these art shows with a minivan (A white Honda Odyssey affectionately referred to as "The Marshmallow" because it's big and it's cushy). But because this vehicle has to serve as my day-to-day car throughout the rest of the year, I lack securely bolted shelves and racks for all of my gear. If we were slide into a ditch along the route, well, that could be pretty catastrophic for both us and the artwork.

Our backyard. If you squint hard, you can still see the fall colors that were just about at their peak when all of this hit.

So we're staying home this weekend and enjoying an early snow day. We plan to watch our recording of last night's episode of Project Runway and perhaps go see the movie, The Informant, tonight. Following the success of my previous two shows -- and let me pause a moment to offer a big thank you to all of my collectors -- I've been running around at 100mph to get ready for this last art show. Now I feel like I've hit a wall and I'm not quite sure what to do with this suddenly open weekend. Well, actually, I do have one idea: I'm going to watch the Wisconsin Badgers beat the Iowa Hawkeyes tomorrow.

Go Badgers!!

It's Fall. Time for Longer Days.

I'm in the home stretch of my 2009 art show season and this past month has been crazy busy for me. This coming weekend I will exhibit in my final show, the Gracie Square Art Show, in New York City. I'll admit that I'm a little intimidated....I've seen how those New York cabbies drive (!). But I'm resolved to give this a shot. I've been working hard to finish up some new cityscapes and we'll see what happens.

I'm keeping this post brief because, well, about a thousand things are crying out for my attention right now, but I want to give you a quick preview of a couple of new pieces that will be in my booth this weekend. Enjoy!

Fire and Rain 16 x 20 Original pastel.

September, Happy Valley 8 x 24 Original pastel.