Last summer, I made a drum designed to fit the aesthetic of a dear friend of mine. When I gave it to her, she said, "But I already have too many drums. This is spectacular, but really, I don't need more stuff in my life."

Well then. 

I took the drum down to the dock and found a person willing to take it to Demeter's on San Juan Island, where I display some art on their walls. Two weeks later the drum came back into my hands. "I forgot," said my delivery person. 

Well then.

A week later, I was boating to work on Orcas Island and gave the drum to one of my fellow passengers who was going on to San Juan Island. "Sure, I'll deliver it," they said. "Now, where did you say Daleter's was?"

I had a bad feeling about that but explained and went on my merry way. When I arrived at work half an hour later, there was an email in my inbox. "I saw the raven drum at Demeter's and want to buy it." 

Well then.

The next weekend I realized that my house is oodling with fall bouquets, plus I needed to make a replacement drum. So often, drums have a very masculine energy to them. I decided to try for a feminine drum which you can see below. It is symmetrical, I just was careless when I photographed it. Plus, it has a great sound. You can see it at Demeter's.

Smearing paint is far more fun than brushing it on carefully. Yay!

Just as I suspected, after a long rather unproductive but happy summer, I am now painting again. And why? Because I have too much to do. I cannot explain, or even condone this. But that's how it seems to work.

My neighbors have long since renovated their barn, so it was time to re-do the painting I did back in .... well, back then I didn't keep good records. I am not really sure when I completed the acrylic painting, probably 2005. This week I started in on it again, this time in oils. I'm fairly happy with the update.