We have had some wonderful opportunities to travel in recent years: to Israel, and to South America (Brazil, Argentina and Chile, and around Cape Horn 🙂 Times to experience God’s magnificent creation…less times to create. But I am grateful for the challenging commission to create artwork for Fr. Terry Johnson’s 25th anniversary of his ordination incorporating the Orion Nebula and this quote from Dorothy Day: “The greatest challenge of our day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart–a revolution which has to start with each one of us…”
We’ve had an exhibit in Green Bay, others coming soon in Milwaukee, and we are looking forward to being at the Women of Christ Conference in West Bend again this November. We’d love to see you and/or hear from you!
This has been a challenging year for me. In February, I broke my right wrist and it was a bad break. I had surgery Feb 10, and basically was out of commission til mid May. Unfortunately, I tripped up a step and fell into a wall on Memorial Day weekend, breaking my left wrist…which put me in a cast until mid July. Family came to visit over the 4th of July, and right after they left, our basement flooded, including my silk-screening printing area. It has been a huge process to get things moved out of it so it could be sanitized; slowly the many boxes, etc. have been gradually coming back in– but we are finally about to see the end of it. I have also been sick.
However, I am hoping to be set up to print soon! I do plan to exhibit at the Woman of Faith Day Nov. 4, though I have not been able to do many new prints. Stop by if you are there–it’s an inspiring day.
I was happy to have a piece in the Alverno Alumnae exhibit for the month of October…
Also, during October, we were challenged setting up our exhibit in a much smaller than expected space at the Chicago Catechetical Conference…but it turned out to be a good 2 days! The days were intense, but we enjoyed seeing past friends and patrons and meeting new ones…
Then we began November exhibiting at the Call to Action Conference in Milwaukee. I appreciated the visit and help of friends from Minnesota, especially since health problems caused me to leave my exhibit early…but they carried on for me! And, of course, Mark was there with his birds, too.