Esta Manana

I finally got this printer to work with just the black ink, yippee! Experimenting with B&W photos for inspiration for paintings. Nest Series is turning into "Nest-Scapes", so we will see where it takes me. Fun!

Had 12 people in my studio for dinner last night, "pot-luck", (my kitchen sink has been clogged since until Carlos got some draino to unclog it just a little while ago. yahooooo...)it was great time. Set up long table, everyone sat around it. Soups, chicken, rice, fish, salad, fruit salad, apple pie with vanilla chip ice cream, oh yea and wine....and Cacique (one of the national liquers here in Costa Rica), kind of like vodka, smooth made from sugar cane. Linda and Tom joined us artists last night for dinner too. They were working at the National Reserve Chirripo, both artists but working in reserve on taking care of, pruning, planting trees, etc.... Linda & I met last December as artists in the colony here. I forgot to take a picture of us...geesh...what's wrong with me.... for the blog.

Beginning of week I went to Manuel Antonio Parque on the Pacific, it was really great, swimming in the ocean riding the waves, sunning myself, it's hard work, but somebody has to do it. Seven of us went, wonderful time, except I had white knuckles coming home, the driver was not as good a driver as me...heehee. Anyway we got home safe. Working on lots of ideas today, feeling like a good "art day".

I went for a swim today in the pool here and on the way I saw a large bird lying still/dead on the grass, yellow, blue, spotted feathers. it was a Quetzal bird, I felt so bad, who knows how it got there. but I went and got my scissors and I cut some feathers off it, I know disgusting, but I gave the feathers another life and glued them on to a small metal bird I bought at a junk shop the other day. This little metal plain shiny clip-on bird was just waiting for some feathers to find him. So, here it is. Rather serendipitis, that I am working on the "nest-scapes" series right now. mmm...my muse is speaking to me.