Time for an up date. While we were in Florida, I wrote and submitted a grant request to the Prairie Lakes Regional Center for the Arts. I found out in March that I received the grant. I just returned from Italy where I attended an artists' retreat concentrating on abstracts using cold wax and oil. Now I will pass on some of that knowledge to other artists who are interested in exploring the medium too.
 It was a great workshop put on by Serena Barton, author of Wabi-Sabi Painting with Cold Wax. http://wabisabiartworkshop.blogspot.com/  These paintings were done while in Tuscany. All in just 5 days. We were so productive. I am sure that it was because of the other students were so creative too. It was an amazing time.














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