$12. per hour

Michael Graham is teaching a Drawing class at LSUS and needs models. He's paying $12. per hour; each session is about an hour and a half. I remember being a model for Don Alexander's class...fun to see how the students saw one's self. Do call Michael at LSUS if you're interested.
I hope the payment procedure has been simplified as I remember the powers that be wanting too much paper for the amount of money being paid.

The Economic Crisis

The inundation of terrible economic news via the local, national and international media has, as you can see from this detail of my latest painting, penetrated my creative life as well as my purse.

In this work, I've used several rubbings that I did some years ago at the McNeill Water Treatment facility. A number of ex-employees and afficionados of old machinery have been repairing and cleaning up this amazing plant and hope one day to have a "museum".

It just seems to me that in the past decade, too much of our country's creativity and innovation has gone into growing huge profits in the financial sector and into armaments, rather than into growing our country and people as a whole. But perhaps this crisis is a wake-up call for change in strategies and priorities; that we change from a me-centered society into one that considers others.

Web site designer Available

Do you need a website that's eye-catching, really works well? Please contact Jason Mackoviac at LSU-S. One of his students has completed a great site for a local artist and would like to design others for a reasonable fee.

Majahuitas Cove

A detail from a large painting of my memory of Majahuitas Cove, near Puerto Vallarta, where we'd enjoyed a day of snorkeling.

Tequila Factory

These photos were taken during Christmas week in Pto. Vallarta, on the adventure tour. Keith is coming out of a rappel down a waterfall in the photo to the left. Their tour truck stopped at a small tequila factory on its return to the Sapphire Princess. The owner made sure that they all enjoyed his tour, and took this photo of the delighted group. Though the grands had declined to buy adventure tees, they grinned as they wore their Tequila Factory tees.

Awesome Opportunity

Last evening's call from grandson, Wyn Delano, was electric. I heard the excitement in Wyn's 16 year old mellow voice as he told me that he'd just returned from UCLA. He was bursting with the news that he'd experienced the second and final evaluation of his vocal potential by Vladimir Chernov, who heads UCLA's Vocal Instruction department, and that Mr. Chernov had accepted him for instruction. What a heady moment for that high school junior! (Do look at Wyn's website listed in Links). As a good grandmother, I "googled" Mr. Chernov, and was duly impressed by this baritone's c.v. and his ongoing heavy performance schedule. What an awesome opportunity for wonderful Wyn. I'm dreaming of reserving 2 front row seats at Lincoln Ctr. for his debut.

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