I love my life...........

I love my life....yes like everyone else I do have the normal ups and downs but I Am Still Here!  Today Ken brought in the three Spalding grandchildren to visit The Works and see the race car and driver giving out frisbees and Jegs hats to all the children passing through.  We all met together to have lunch and then went over to see the Inter Urban train or as Lyndon calls it "Thomas the train".  I could tell Cole and Morgan wanted to stay and work in the studio...but their time will come real soon.  Summer is coming! 

I played with my lesson on playing with watercolors to demonstrate color theory ...then we sprayed it with alcohol...creating a mirage of beautiful marks....then allowing the time for it to dry...we created a color collage with transparent tissue papers.  Isaiah seemed to totally enjoy his day in the studio ...playing with colors.

 Lunch at The Grill Deli.....a real treat to have Ken and my three little ones having lunch with me....

 Lyndon is checking out the Messy Monkey samples...he can do it!!!!

 Lybdon received a yellow frisbee and a Jegs hat from the racing team..........

 Cole is studying the collage works on the walls of this exhibit by Richard Duarte Brown...............

 Morgan Elizabeth is enjoying her chocolate milk while waiting for her mac and cheese.......

 I am so blessed........little Isaiah joined us for lunch...the more the merrier!

 Yes it was a party today.............simple gifts.....

 Morgan ringing the bell on the remodeled train car.............every child's Joy is pulling the chain..........

 an example of the advertisements used on the trains...an Arrow shirt for $1.50.........

 I love the bob haircuts...I had one growing up as a child..........look your best.....

 Ken ran into one of his Bexley students visiting the Works for the first time..............this young man is quite an artist in Ken's class...........

 The Watson Brothers racing team...........varoom..........

 three future race car drivers..............

 the kids were excited to be able to see this car up close............when the car was started it was quite loud....and that thrilled them also.....

 the modification of the car on the interior .......there were a lot of knobs and whistles..................

 JoAnna was busy making molds of French glass bottles..........

 Larry Tuber and Isaiah and Joanna Manousis posed for a group photo............

 Mr. Mike works in the invention lab with the multitude of visitors ..... at all ages..............

 Bring out the WII games Mom and Dad......they are ready to get physical....................

 Lyndon shows his muscles as he pulls up on the bar..................

Grandpa supervises the activities...........I think they wore him out today........

 Isaiah is working with watercolors here..............

 this family was pleased to be able to watch the processes we were exploring............

 alcohol sprayed .....then allowed to dry....... transparency of colors...........

 this little man helped another child clean up a spilled jello cup... he was adorable...........

 Beautiful Jodie with Kya and Gabriel came in for a late lunch and to check on their grandmother Cindi.........

 now we add the play of markers and layers of transparent tissue papers applied with gel medium...............

 two future artists from Licking Heights ............

 Gabriel has decided she want to make an owl for her bedroom.......

Kya studies my collage for baby Doyle who will arrive in about 10 days............

 the courthouse is a skyline of dark clouds and snow flurries..........

I took the bits and pieces to create a beginning of a composition .......

 the sky is opening..............the sunshine is breaking through......

coming home at the end of my day...............



I am so blessed and living my life as a working artist.visible in my community ...and modeling that an artist does work every day!  Imagine and Live in Peace,  Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart