So long low season?

Posted on | November 21, 2009 | Comments Off on So long low season?

I’ve been thinking for weeks about working on some new paintings. I wasn’t quite ready to dive in until today, though.

Last Sunday, I ran the Big Sur Half Marathon. It was fabulous and gorgeous and my time was 10 minutes faster than the half marathon I ran this past February. My improved time really surprised me. I can only conclude that eating and drinking my way through Spain for 10 days when I should have been increasing my mileage was even smarter of me than I had suspected.

Last Saturday, before we headed off for Monterey, I touched-up the painting I gave my sister for her birthday in August. It was damaged in transit, and I still don’t understand how the protective styrofoam corners ended up melting into the paint. Anyway, I am pleased with the new and improved version. I hope my sister will be, too. And that safe little repair project made me really start thinking about the work I ultimately did today.

Here is the photo that inspired my work today. It’s a piece from the Museo Taller del Moro in Toledo, Spain.