Most of us have had an opportunity to take some "me time" and enjoy a swim in the pool, read a good book, work out or perhaps just contemplate some works by your favorite artists.  (I hope that I'm included!)  However, if the last one is your choice I would recommend adding some fun with a cool mixed drink.  As of late I have been visiting a variety of establishments and entertained by mixologists creative skills and tasty libations.  Even better has been the opportunity to place new artwork in some of my collectors homes and be served some awesome cocktails as I install my latest creations.

After one or two drinks the admiration for the art intensifies and I thoroughly enjoy the banter as to what new aspects we see in my work that weren't there previously!  How is that so? Well I think it may have something to do with a "Spring Break", "Hide and Seek" or "Gems"!   

These summertime refreshments have a special way to calm the soul and heighten our senses of perception.  They do for a moment but then "ah" there is that edge of freedom when you glance again and admire the strokes of brush and palette knife; you embrace the freedom and caress as the colors lay across the canvas effortlessly placed just like a riff in a jazz performance.  It's sublime and intoxicating at the same time.

Oh, how I love a good days work in the studio and the reward at the end of the day as I sit back with my "Deep Eddy Vodka and tonic with a twist of lime".  There is an air of satisfaction with completed pieces to even the ones that taught me a new lesson or two that day!

 You're invited to join me for some of my favorite summer cocktails and check out my newest cool art.

Artist Studio, Wednesday, August 18th, hope to see you.  Cheers!