I want to be in art classes again. I want to take a photography course.  I want to paint and draw.

I need a vacation.

Since a vaca isn’t an option instead I watched my PBS Art in the 21st Century (Vol I & II) videos yesterday.  It was rainy, so I closed the shades and snuggled up with the pups and some popcorn*, and was completely enthralled by these videos. The selection of artists was varied and so intriguing. I want to do a separate post on each of the artists, but there just aren’t enough hours in the day. Some highlights…

Sally Mann

Kiki Smith

Kara Walker

I bought the videos to see the tour of Walton Ford’s studio… but I paused it right as it got to his segment.  I was tired and wanted to be alert when I watched (so I could soak it all in)… so I’ll review that later this week.

In other news… I finalized mats & frame for my matchbooks. Framing 15 pages separately (including the cover page of the scrapbook)… mounting the pages on soft black, shadowbox relief, then ivory mat in foreground, black oak frame with nice relief to the wood grain… whatcha think??

Thanks again to Mr. Burns for a sweet collection of matchbooks… I bet he never dreamed someone would find his 70 year old Boy Scout project at a flea market and be really excited about framing it!?

*- the popcorn: Archer Farms (from Target) White Cheddar & Rosemary (you know, already popped and in a bag)… it was the best ever, I highly recommend it.