sail[away]

 i turned the sail in last monday and this past weekend got to watch it sail around casco bay!

[art]sail

 so, there was a contest of sorts...and somehow i'm studying sailing.

a dear friend of mine sent me a contest; a call for local artist to paint a mural onto a sail....like on a boat!  i entered, which included providing an artist statement and examples of my work. lets be honest...i totally did this for my mom, she would have gotten the biggest kick out of it.  

as fate would have it i was invited to participate. i picked up my sail, brought it home and laid it out in the basement.  thankfully it was pretty small.  i would find a few minutes here and there to work on it.  by the end of the month i was nearly finished!

my first large scale piece!  although the next one needs to find a table or vertical surface to be on. painting on the floor is something i don't plan on repeating.

[new][local][history]

 living in a city you were not born and raised in, means there's a lot of nostalgia to catch up on.

there's a mural in portland that's been hanging around on a wall for a long time...so i've heard.  although i don't look at this mural and get reminded of my parents driving me into the city, it does remind me on the side of town i use to live in.  it also has a fun authentic vintage vibe to it i always like.  

when the news reported that it would be coming down, i was in fact a little sad.  not as bad as though who have seen this their entire lives, but still, a little. i went and paid my respects and got a few pics to say i was there...

but it made me think. nostalgia plays a huge part of how you feel about something.  nostalgia is important but it's not everything.  and i think it's healthy for members of a community or citizens of a city to have different levels of nostalgia for items or buildings or places in a city.

i'll miss it, but excited to see what might replace it, and to see a new generation of people gain nostalgia for a new mural.