Studio Open for the weekend.

2010 Creative Goals: Apply to BOSCO: CHECK
I had an amazingly good week last week. The long awaited Boise Open Studios event finally arrived.
To kick off the event we had a reception and showing of all the participating artist's recent work.

I was thrilled to be in a show with my painting mentor from college, John Killmaster. He taught me so much about painting and seeing the world around me with a new set of eyes.

Dave and I worked very hard trying to get the yard whipped into shape to welcome all our visitors, and my studio needed some sprucing up just to physically allow folks to wonder in and sit a spell. Since my studio is so small we thought it best to set up a refreshment table outside.

Overall, the weekend was tremendous fun. I saw many good friends and met many future friends. The flow through the studio was steady and we only had about a 20min lull on Saturday. And I even sold some artwork! I am looking forward to opening my studio again the first weekend in October. I hope to see many more people that weren't able to make it out this weekend. Thank you ALL who came to the reception and/or to visit my studio. I'm hoping that by Oct. my studio will have doubled in size! I need to make a new home for my 30" wide etching press and small letterpress!

 Currently, my press is living with it's makers....my father and brother in Idaho Falls. Soon it will move to it's new home in Boise!

visison of new studio space dances in my head.

5 years ago (wow, has it already been 5 years) we moved into our beautiful 1940 clinker brick home. I was thrilled to finally have a studio office space all to my own. No more spare bedrooms hidden away in the basement, dinning room tables buried under stacks of my art crap, and card tables randomly placed in the middle of the livingroom.... no more clients feeling awkward as they navigate through my home to meet in my "office". Now they can drive right up to my door! 

5 years ago, we gutted and remodeled the 1970's decor office space into my current office studio. I love having a space that is so close to the house, yet still feels like I am at work as soon as I enter the door.

I have felt guilty every time I've daydreamed about having a larger studio that could hold my letterpress and type all in one room, or to actually have a real painting studio rather than the makeshift easel that I drag from sunny spot to sunny spot. Oh yes, I say guilt because my husband does not have a place to call his own. Where as I do. As a matter of fact, technically I have just about all of the house. So, all this time I have coveted my office/studio and have been grateful to have it. All the while keeping my daydreams to myself.

Now after only 5 short years I have visions of more studio space dancing through my head. For Dave has been talking about converting the entire garage into my studio. (Currently I occupy 1/2 of the downstairs) The other half of the garage could be converted into my print studio, the current space would stay my design studio, and the upstairs would be converted into my painting studio with multiple sky lights..... pinch me, I must be dreaming?