Well, it’s
been a wonderfully fulfilling and challenging week for art and art activities
this past week.
To begin
with we went to a fundraiser at the St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Wenatchee. It
was actually the first time I had been to the new church since they moved from the
old building which is now a community center.
It was great to see some of the folks I used to work with at Children’s
Home Society and others I hadn’t seen for awhile. What was especially nice for
Martha with regard to art was that some of the paintings and clay figures that
Martha’s fifth grade art students had done at St. Joseph’s were there as part
of the auction… very nice.
But, for us the really big story of the week was the
completion of the Harvest Pride Sculpture for the Quincy Library. This is a
great relief for both of us to have this done. Now, the plan is to take it with
us next Wednesday on our way to Soap Lake where Martha will give a brief talk
at the Art Guild of Soap Lake.
And, of course Martha has continued to create even more
sculptures while we have been getting the big project done. I really like the
Spanish Dancer she created. This being a much smaller piece that the Harvest
Pride piece, it was easily made, dried, fired and glazed all in a matter of
days.
Also, this week, I put a few more touches (notice I didn’t
say ‘finishing’ touches) on my painting of the Horse Lake House which I
photographed prior to it’s being torn down. Some may recall that I posted a
photo of this painting previously… it has changed some since then. And, While
all these things have been going on Martha has continued to teach art to the
folks at the emergency housing program in Wenatchee and I am glaze firing some
of their small clay items as I write. 
A special thanks to Terry Johnson for the use of his large
kiln for the firing of the Quincy sculpture… Terry we couldn’t have done it
without you! While at Terry’s studio at Terry Signs I was able to get some more
video of him as he began one of his very creative paintings. As this project
has gone on I have been over there a few time and seen a number of the great
pieces he has worked on both for pure art and his custom sign painting and pin striping
business. What a talent!
The other great thing for us this week is that Martha will
have her artist reception at the Icicle Arts Gallery tomorrow night – February 10th
at 5pm. We are both very excited about this and are hoping for a really good
turnout. The art is completely different from the works at the Two Rivers
Gallery for which she is also the featured artist this month, so hopefully
everyone who loves Martha’s art will come as well as folks who have never seen
her work before.
Right now Martha is getting ready to go teach art at Catholic
Family and Child Services and I just found out she’ll be teaching the “I am the
earth” art class at the Osborn Elementary School in Leavenworth in March. And,
she’ll be teaching a class through Two Rivers Gallery at the Wenatchee Valley
Museum and Cultural Center in May. Wow! So many things going on.
Well, enough for now. Have a very artful day. And, remember, spring is just around the corner.
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