Our painting challenge group has a show opening this Thursday night, November 21st, at Thayer Academy in Braintree. We are a group of 12 local professionals who paint in response to a monthly challenge theme, and have been doing so for over four years. The challenges are posted on the 1st of each month on our blog, Girls Just Wanna Paint.
Please come see our show, a mixture of challenge paintings and our own larger works. Come say hello, see our work hanging together in this beautiful space. We'd love to meet you.
The gallery is in the lower level of the Southworth Library on the Thayer Academy campus. (See the arrow below. You can park off Central Avenue.)
Looking forward to seeing you.
I have written before of my fascination with Manana, across the harbor from Monhegan Island, ME. "Distant Manana" is another view of the small, (mostly) uninhabited island, as seen from the rocks at Dead Man's Cove, a beautiful spot to spend a few hours. An occasional hiker happens by, lots of gulls on a nearby rocky outcrop, waves, the ferries passing in and out.
Last night, I had dinner with a couple of friends. They described a day they spent together on the coast last summer. The conversation bounced back and forth between them as they relived what they termed "the perfect day". I listened, and responded, but a part of my brain was sitting in Dead Man's Cove having my own "perfect day".
"Distant Manana" is on view at the South Shore Natural Science Center in Norwell, MA in the invitational show "Spring Stirrings". The exhibit runs March 27 - April 30th. If you're local, hope to see you at the opening reception on April 4th from 6 - 8pm. As always, thanks for looking.
