Highlights from last of sunny May!

Hello there, I actually cannot believe June is coming up so soon, the past days have flown by with day turning into night into day again..

the other night I went to an art opening at the Konstmuseum, main museum in Gothenburg with Camilla Engman who is a fabulous illustrator and artist here(the one with the yellow sweater) met some very cool people including the other women in the photo.

The exhibition was for Vanessa Baird who lives and works in Oslo, Norway.

These are huge watercolors..I tried to buy a catalogue wanting to share this with my watercolor students but they did not have one available. A huge show maybe I will try to go back and take photos of the other work.

We went up to the director's office for a small gathering and met Vanessa and her family

one morning last week when I took my walk on my favorite street I saw this adorable little boy helping his father garden, so cute

I passed my friend Anna's cottage ( her family just moved there for the summer) and she had constructed this wonderful fabric teepee with her two young daughters..it made me want to work with fabric again...inspiring..she is a textile artist

Yesterday was one of the most magical mornings, got up very early and rode my bike to the botanical gardens then walked into the nature reserve..it was sunny and fresh and wonderful

the glittering light was filtering through the forest, the best medicine ever

love these flowers because of their name Peppermint stick

next time I go I will spend time in their herb garden, they have trees and flowers from all over the world planted, one of my favorite places

 I was playing around with some relief monotypes earlier this week, now using them in my work, the ladder was just sitting there so it became my handy drying rack

it hasn't been easy this time to get the flow going with all of the great activities around here but I have finally settled into a comfortable groove, ideas are flowing in all directions and I find my time here so far energizing and productive. 

"The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt  fabulous book, into it!

 you are in my heart and I love hearing from you

hej da !  bye for now