I’m settled into my shabby, chic bungalow in Naples FL. The weather has been divine. It’s always an adjustment when leaving the frozen north to the tropics. And I always worry I might not be able to work here on the porch without all the equipment I have at home in my larger studio. I just have to make do with what I brought in the car. Maybe less in better, as they say. So far, the work has gone quite well. I usually start early, just like home, but that is in part due to the fact that the porch warms up in the afternoon and the wax becomes too tacky to work properly. Besides, mornings have always been my creative time…..before the world enters my mind crowding it with stuff. I went to Boca Grande to visit several friends. It’s lovely up there but it really felt like an adult playground. So I joined in and played all day! Not always that easy for me to do but I seized the moment! Came back to the bungalow and back to work today. While I was away, I had a flurry of calls from WB Gallery about one sale and a possible second sale. Both 8 foot panels. My last two from the St. G’s show last summer. I felt like Donald Trump wheeling and dealing while on vacation. It gave all my friends some laughs. I suppose I should do some more 8 foot panels for my solo show this summer at WB Gallery in Stowe, VT. So far, while I am here, work is going well. I keep simplifying, simplifying. And some of the dry pigments in shellac burned up pretty well. This I can do here because I can do it outside on the driveway and not burn the studio down nor this house. I usually go out to the cement driveway ….same at home but it cannot be done in sub zero weather. No pictures. Hopefully some in a few days when this new work is finished. Letting go of imagery seems to be so hard for me. Like a crutch. But mark making is very satisfying when done right.