A New Artist in Town

I love creativity at any age!

A week or so ago Ben and I attended the first art exhibition of a young new Huntsville artist. We were thrilled to be invited! Greeted at the door by the artist, we were ushered in and given a bio and a refreshing mocktail. His most recent works were on view as well as a few older works. He received accolades for his colorful palette and interesting subject matter. Mocktails were followed by munchies - the menu planned by the artist... mandarin oranges, apple slices, fresh fruit with cream cheese dip, Chick-fil-A chicken nuggets, pimento cheese with crackers and chocolatey nutty brownies.

Let me introduce to you my new favorite artist, John Randall Howard.

A showing of his current works...

Mocktails & munchies...

Father of the artist....

Grandmother and baby sister of the artist...

Blessings in brushstrokes!

Heaven on Earth

I thank my God every time I remember you.
Philippians 1: 3

I've mentioned Monteagle, Tennessee more than once. It has to be in my top ten favorite places on earth - right up there with the Splendido in Portofino, Italy. Why? Because it totally captures my sense of place. It is like stepping back in time. Nothing but good memories of easy fun-filled days!

Here's a recap of the art class I attended a few weeks back.

college roomies 38 years later - we both took up oil painting 5 years ago

where we call home while we're there, Edgeworth Inn in the Assembly...



Our fabulous teacher and portrait artist is Angela Kuprion from Kentucky - pictures of her demonstration...





Some shots of Nancy at work...

And a look at what I was working on... but nowhere near finished!