I'm taking a few days off to devote to the ongoing health matters of my mother and to tie up loose ends on one illustration project (and, egads, to start another, new one. So much for saying no.) I am still moving forward with my plans to leave for Brittany on September 18th, knowing full well that this trip, like my workshop in Orlando, may be cut short. At this hour, on this day, it still looks doable.
I've chosen, randomly, some sketches and paintings from the past few years to give you something to look at here in my little corner of cyberspace. Why these? No reason, really---they just caught my eye as I scrolled through my archives. Remember the man with a constant cigarette, who tended a news kiosk on Ave de la Motte-Piquet, that October I spent in Paris? The boat docked in a Seattle harbor? My daughter's face from my 100 Faces series? Probably you do not- but for me, they are one-way tickets on the fast train to the past. See you in a few days.
Thank you, thank you! Danielle, it was lovely meeting you, too. Hope to see you in January. Mitzi, thank you for the good wishes. Marly, thank you---I did enjoy being with her. Kate, Gabi, and Miguel, dear people, thanks, too. My mother's condition IS improving slowly.
Posted by: Laura | September 06, 2009 at 03:47 PM
Remembered three out of four... but already knew you were memorable.
Hope you have a fine time with your mother despite the circumstances.
Posted by: marly | September 03, 2009 at 03:25 PM
Forget? Hah - you underestimate your devoted readers! good health and good travels... M
Posted by: Mitzi Easley | August 31, 2009 at 07:09 PM
Hi Laura!
It was really nice meeting you in Orlando. I hope we see you soon! Nice drawings!
-danielle m. from the Dalvero Academy
Posted by: Danielle C. McManus | August 31, 2009 at 01:08 PM
I always loved that one of your daughter...SO very beautiful in her pensive, serene look...
Posted by: Cathy (Kate) Johnson | August 31, 2009 at 09:17 AM
I'll be sending good thoughts for your mother's health Laura. I love what you wrote here "one-way tickets on the fast train to the past". So true. Hope that won't be the last boat you'll draw in Seattle and you'll have this city as a destination sometime in the future.
Posted by: Gabi Campanario | August 31, 2009 at 03:24 AM