February

It's February, finally January has gone and with a full moon to boot!! This January until February 13th The Art Gallery of Northumberland http://www.artgalleryofnorthumberland.com/  is showing part of it's permanent collection and the show is titled 'Figurative Works and Portraits'.  Mom and I went to see Paavo Airola's 'The Sauna', a painting that she donated. I got this great shot of her just as she sat on the bench. If Mom poses for something like this it's not a great photo, but catch her unaware and it can be a wonderful shot. She looks great, does she not?

 

Paavo was a good friend of my parents and our families spent time together. Dad gave Mom Airola's paintings for her birthdays, Christmas or Mother's Day. Mom painted with Airola, so did many others, he was a great teacher here. This one particular painting she donated to the Art Gallery in Dad's memory. Mom has been a member of the Art Gallery of Northumberland right from the beginning and I don't think there are a lot of 'those people' here now. This painting was painted by Airola before he came to Canada, but the frame is Northumberland. He made all of his own frames and they are as wonderful as his work.
That is my high light of January, but it was a really good day. The weather was miserable for January, not much snow, too much rain. I dislike this idea of having rain more often in the winter, not fair!
Now I am thinking ahead towards spring and hoping February goes smoothly, it already is giving more light. It's not dark at 5:30 anymore! This month there are seeds to come, the copper and other metal pieces to create for the spring show and time is running short. How short we will see how I do this month, it has to be better than January.