Playing with Ed

Judy and I were working in the studio and my husband, Lee, was engaged in a tennis match on this particular morning. Cousin, Ed, was at loose ends. He paints canvases with acrylics and had expressed interest in how my lake pieces are created. So, I prepared a foundation and gave him a bag of scraps to play with while he watched a golf tournament.

 Here's his charming creation after I had machine quilted it.

I was working on this piece that morning.Lake #40

Here it is under construction.

I enjoy working along-side creative people. Recently, I was catching up with Robert Genn's Artist's Newsletters ... along with a lot of blogs. This one, "The Buddy System", struck home with me ... especially this bit of sage advice:

• Don't comment unless asked.
• Give the gift of joyous approval.
• Accept all comers for what they wish to become.
• Understand and grant other styles and approaches.
• Realize the sun doesn't rise and set on academics.
• Feature others rather than yourself.
• Bask in the sunshine of others' success.
• Treasure the miracle of friendship.