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Hi again everyone!

It's been a busy couple of weeks, what with the Maple Ridge Art in the Park sale prep and cleanup, and the arrival of summer. Not to mention an emergency root canal fit in this week! Other than that it was all good, I think. I'm starting to think of myself as a webmaster (or is that webmistress?) which has added another item to my "to do" list, as well as opening up a huge area of learning and skill development, and research.

I thought I'd put this little painting up here as a reminder to myself of how far I've come. This painting is of Atlin Lake, in north western BC, near the Yukon border. I was up there just about the time of the summer solstice, before I started painting, and this was one of the earliest paintings I did, before I started to think of becoming an artist, and selling my work. I should say that this little painting is indeed sold however it is great to have the photo of it to remind me of both the time and the place that originally inspired the work. Those concepts are really the core of my work--capturing a special moment (this one hiking with my husband, in the wilderness, in one of the most beautiful spots I've been to). The light on the glacier and Atlin Lake, the rock pile (an Inukshuk perhaps?) in the foreground, the long hours of daylight in the far north, as you approach the Artic Circle--it is still all there in my mind.

Mostly I don't stop & reflect on the past very much, but look to the future and plan for what is next to come. That gets me going about a million miles an hour, for I'm one of those people who want to put as much into their day as possible--no time to think back! Maybe that's one of the reasons that I paint--it gives me better balance, a reflection on what's passed, a tangible image to look at while I do that, rather than running straight forward and never even looking sideways.

Hope you enjoy my musings, let me know what you think and if anyone out there has more ideas about how I can drive more traffic to my website PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send me a note! I'd love to get more of my art out there in the world for people to enjoy!