Landscape of Virginia

The local spot that people often gather in this little town can be the shops near the edge of town at all hours of the day. It's the last stop where the stomach can be satisfied and the thirst quaffed with a cold one of any kind. It is often a meeting ground for many towns folks and where the days attitude is shared. That is why I decided our local spot on the edge of town needed to be remembered with my brush. The photo is of a painting I did complete yesterday of one of these spots on the way of most people's homeward trip from work. Many say art imitates life but sometimes it just reflects it. That's where I am at today. Tomorrow is an Opening where I will show some of this summers artwork from me.

It's raining today, I haven't done any artwork in a good while but that is about to change. Artwork can take many different mediums and different activities in my estimation in order to qualify as doing"art". It may be that taking photos is the artform of the day or posting photos of my artwork on a website may be the work on art that I do for the day. Lately, I've been out taking photographs with a Nikon SLR D-40 of snow upon Cherry Blossoms. That was truly an artistic expression even if it wasn't in paint on canvas. I enjoyed seeing the results and I was able to work on photos of my cat in Coral Paintshop in the same weekend. I can find many different outlets for my creative enjoyment when I just use my time for my own purposes. Art is unlimited in it's scope and it has varied outlets in my life.