Life is pretty decent at this moment

I am happy.  While on a shopping foray with my brother Will, I bought two pounds of cod from Seabra Market, and some cinnamon raisin bread at Trader Joe's.  Among other things.  Tons of cat food and litter.  I didn't buy as much as usual, but it was enough to fill about 6 tote bags.  The bread was delicious, as usual--had some for toast tonight.

Yeah, I know, boring details of my life.

What is happening art-wise is that, with my cousin Jan's help, I brought over three canvases to the VSA Arts office in Pawtucket for their annual exhibition in March.  I don't have photos of two of the pieces, but the third one is pretty nice.

My friend Michele really wants to own this, and it is hers unless someone else buys it first.  The piece is called "Waiting" and basically it portrays a woman waiting for her sweetheart to come home from war.  It actually is among the first collages I ever did and was difficult to frame because I had done it on a pretty bad piece of foam core board.  I mounted it badly to begin with and the framing place told me that in order to frame it properly, it needed to be re-matted and framed under glass.  Don't quite understand why--I think they just wanted to sell me a framing job with glass.  But I have to admit the effect is quite nice.

Another piece is called "Le Petit Parisien," with a little boy tipping his hat, surrounded by French-themed papers and items.  And, finally, a somewhat abstract piece called "Brothers" that is basically a bunch of vintage papers arranged on papers from the brown color family, along with a small photo of two brothers.

The exhibition is the 9th Annual Sherlock Exhibition and takes place in March at the Atrium at the Rhode Island State Administration Building in Providence.  It's a pretty large show and focuses on artists with disabilities.  I exhibited last year and was happy to receive an invitation for this year.

I have not done a lot of art this week, having been busy with different projects.  But I am hoping that will change.  I actually did do some small pieces for PeaceLove, for their "Peace of Art" project which sells small works by community members to raise money for the studio.  I did six new ones, having contributed some 14 previous pieces.  Here are two:

These are of course in the style I'm most accustomed to, not in the new direction that I'm still contemplating taking.  We'll see how THAT goes.