One of my husband's friends asked me to look for a print for him of a tulip called the Sempus Augustus. After lots of research, I discovered that a print of this tulip was as elusive as the original tulip that apparently caused a financial problem back in the 1600s. Since he had a picture of it - and it looked fairly simple, I offered to paint one for him. It was actually just a botanical look with no background and I could do it fairly quickly in watercolor. I actually enjoyed doing it. - and he had it professionally framed at Stanhope's Art, Framing & Stationery!
I also painted a few (20) tablecloths for the Women for the Arts Fundraiser "Party with Picassos".
Brent Stewart was doing the decor for the party and after he told me the 'grand plan', I offered to paint the cloths for him. They were really easy. The only hard part was figuring out where to lay 20 squares of canvas that were 54" each while they dried. I think Brent said that they were planning on using them every year. I wish I had a photo of them at the event but all I have are some snapshots that I emailed to Brent so that he could see how they were going.
well - this was a little of what I have been doing the month of March as well as helping the 2 'celebrities finish their pieces for the event. - Though that took very little time - just one more thing to do! well - later merilynn Tomorrow I leave for New Orleans and I am going to the Linda Kemp workshop. 
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