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.

[paint] it yours

nothing makes a room or space feel more like yours than picking a color to paint it.  since moving into the house there are several rooms that we didn't paint, because they really didn't need it. however the primary bedroom needed a refresh, so i took the long holiday weekend to freshen it up with a new coat of paint.

also nothing makes you feel more like you're improving a house, with very little technical training or skill, than painting walls.

calm, cool and [painted]

with a little more experience and a lot more brushes, my wife and i started another painting project.

"this room will be WAY easier than the kitchen" i remember saying, "it's just a box!"

somehow i didn't factor in all the trim, the windows, the doors and the radiator cover, all of which were painted light yellow and all of which took more time than i had planned.  also kneeling down and painting base trim took more energy out of me than i thought.  one saving grace, being a tad wiser this go around we decided not to tape as much, as we felt more confident with our trim brushes.

although it took the better part of two weekends to finish up,  i was extremely happy with the way this project turned out.  unlike the kitchen, i felt the light grey we picked out was the perfect color.  the whole room has a calming vibe which is exactly what we were hoping for in a nursery.

hopefully the baby thinks so too!