

Up to My Nose in Nudes
Paying homage to my amazing friend, Marlee, and hosting another Take Home a Nude at my Museum on Thursday. Before Marlee lost her lease on Tressler for the old studio, she implemented the Life Draw program we still have every Wednesday since The Studio came to the Elliott. These loyal artists were kind enough to donate back a lot of their artwork which we will sell to raise funds for Studio programs. Marlee also packed up a shitload of vintage nudes from the Tressler site,


What Do You Get...
So what do you get when you cross a vintage comedy duo's schtick with a gorgeous, young model? I guess we'll see... I hatched an idea from one of the duo's bits, hired a model who totally "got" what I was trying to do, and her improvs made the session. Now it's up to me to make the painting happen, which I believe I can do, in time to enter it into the Florida Watercolor Society's 46th Annual Exhibition, and hope judge, Iain Stewart, will also "get it"! Here's hopin'...