Ending The Year With Gratitude

As 2021 rolls to a close, it’s oh so clear that the challenges of the Covid 19 Pandemic continue to bring major disruptions to work, family and life as we knew it.

In the midst of the madness, I want to mark this moment by expressing my gratitude to all who have been following and supporting my adventures in art. In a world gone sideways, your words of encouragement have meant so much to me.

I hope that the art I have created and shared in recent months has helped you find distraction, diversion, connection, and perhaps even a wee bit of joy!

As I look back from this vantage point, I see how engaging in art played a key role in my own health and wellbeing through this time.

Although I could no longer travel the world at will to sketch on street corners in exotic locations, I could always head to my studio and play with my brushes and my paints.

Although our Artists’ Workshop Spring Show was cancelled, I was still able to share my work online and in two live solo exhibitions. We weren’t able to hold live receptions for those events, but that encouraged me to find other ways to connect people with the work.

While I couldn’t take part in live workshops with other artists to improve my skills, many artists embraced online opportunities and shared their instruction through the virtual world. I took advantage of many of those offerings.

I also ended up delivering virtual Sketching With Ink & Watercolor classes myself – and grew my own presentation skills in the process.

It’s impossible to predict how 2022 will unfold. But I do know that I intend to keep on making make art whenever and wherever I can. I have a few new ideas brewing, and I look forward to sharing them with you all in the months ahead.

Wishing you the very best of the season and continued good health, Pat