I was still humming Mahler’s 9th in my mind as I went to my studio tonight to pick up a recommendation letter from Peter Wallace for the Paris Trip.   I decided to spend an hour working on this oil pastel/chalk pastel.

Taking pictures, immediately posting them and often, printing the photos and hanging them near my desk at work allows me to continue to work on my paintings, continue to plan the next one’s. 

I had some thoughts over the last 5 days on work I did last Saturday in Two more pastel / oil pastel Painter Studio Studies  and Nude Study.   I liked all 3 works and I was thinking about what I’d do next time I come in to the studio.  Well – when I came in today – I already had ideas about effects I might go after by combining oil pastels and chalk pastels.

Anyway, every day this week I’ve spent a couple of minutes getting the application for Paris ready to send out to Marsha Wooley in Denver; I’ll send it out Friday (tomorrow).  Right now, I don’t have the money to go, and the most I could spend is 10-12 days on this trip anyway – which is enough for me right now.