It was a long day.  A good day, but a long day.  Productivity was high today and as such, when 7pm rolled around, I was downright sleepy.  If you know me, you realize how bizarre that statement is since I’m a bonafide night owl.

It’s Thursday.

Thursday is when the Defiance Society of Artists meets to paint and kabitz.  It’s always a pure pleasure.  I make it as often as possible.

So at 8, I drug my butt off my chair at the desk, threw my paints and a few painting blanks into a big totebag (actually, Joel did that part for my pathetic self), and zipped across town for the art gathering.  

My expectations of my artistic contributions were low.

I was surprised by myself and everyone else.  It seemed to be a night that everything was aligned JUST RIGHT for creativity.

Rosie had several massive painting break throughs, and kept exclaiming “I really learned a lot tonight”.  Her paintings are turning out to be stunning and she’s a newbie, having painted for only a year.

Rich earth tones and odd greens were the flavor of the night for me.  Elaine offered me some purple paint.  I never use purple.  I mix purple, but I don’t use purple out of the tube.  I, however, had not grabbed the proper ingredients for purple in my mad dash.

Tonight, a new color palette emerged for me.  Cool greens, hot yellows, deep purples, vibrant ultramarine blue.  I painted a series of tea lite candle holders and 3 abstracts on reclaimed lumber, my new favorite surface.

Conversation was good, sassy, and occasionally…well…very entertaining.  I returned to the studio at midnight re-energized and ready to work.  Here are the fruits of my labors.  I’m very pleased I didn’t succumb to the soft pile of down comforters and pillows that were singing their siren’s song to me at 7pm.

Music in the studio tonight…Morphine 

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