Currently, the Escape Artists, one of the groups I belong to, has a show at the Muttart Conservatory in Edmonton. The show continues until August 13th.

The large succulent painting is mine; I have another smaller watercolour in the show as well. You can see more photos of the show and of the conservatory on the Escape Artists' flickr page. The conservatory is a beautiful place, with its four glass pyramids. Each one has a different ecosystem with corresponding plants. Our show is in the central hall from which you go to the pyramids. This is our first out-of-province show, so we were very excited to have this opportunity.

I am looking forward to getting back to drawing and painting. The past few weeks have been a bit of a hiatus. Life happened, so I decided that instead of getting frustrated because I couldn't get to paint, I would take a break until all the various commitments were done.

In the meantime, I continue to look at other painters' blogs and sites. I found one that I really enjoy, called Drawings from Nature, by a British artist names Milly. She does botannical drawings and paintings. Seeing her beautiful work, so simple and so effective, got me to thinking that I'd like to do some again. It has been quite some time since I did any of this type of drawing and painting. It will be ideal to get my painting muscles working again, so I am looking forward to getting underway again.

The garden is finally flourishing, so I have quite a bit of subject matter just outside my window. I plan to sit out on the deck and work away - soon. Just a little bit more to finish, then free to get out the pencil and paints. I'll put some up as soon as I get a few done.