goodbye sweet little town

what happened to me? where did i go? am i back? i don't know! if i am, it will all be different. because life is about to change AGAIN. my year in limbo is over (sort of. another period is starting, but it will not be as long-lasting).

in the last month, in between shuttling myself around to interviews, family visits, etc, i have been In The ArtBarn. i don't remember if i wrote about the new big canvases i was building there while my sisters were beginning new mosaic/ceramic pieces? i have wanted to work BIG for a long time, but it is soooo intimidating. and expensive. i have kept all of my stretchers and old canvases from painting class. then a huge roll of canvas appeared in my sister's horse barn - a gallon of Golden gel medium was discovered - then a gallon of gesso. my sisters goaded me and i had no excuses! so i spent my pennies on inkjet cartridges and went crazy. i am building some wild new stuff. it is big and it is fun and i will show it eventually, but right now i am very very protective of the work. it is similar to the things i have had on etsy - funny reconstructed places, made from my pictures, but man, when you work big you can say a lot more ... it has been such fun, all of us working together.

and then, i was offered a great job. and i start it in two days. in San Antonio. which means another packing up and moving and a whole new life to get used to. i'm pretty excited! part of me is terrified, of course, but the job will be in an environment that i have familiarity with, in a city i wanted to be in and i am no longer afraid of "losing my art" working full time again. i have realized that i flounder with no structure. i have wasted so much time this past year.

i can't WAIT to live in San Antonio again!!! i was born there and have been back and forth for many years and now i am going to settle there. i AM. and i am SO excited about wandering and making pictures there! for a couple of months, i have felt sort of stale here, no new discoveries, no new pictures, but now i know i am leaving, i have different eyes and will probably miss this sweet little town. i am glad one of my sisters is here and i can come back ANY TIME.