Studio visit -

Saturday, my son and I visited the studio open house of the charming and very talented Angela Rocket.

I've seen her work on her blog for some time now, so it was fun to put a face and voice behind the art.


She has a brand-new, roomy studio space in the bottom floor of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer - where she is artist in residence, as well as curator for the art shows they hang there. (Here, my son examines some of the artwork she has displayed for sale. Really interesting and beautiful stuff).

Other artists were there showing their wares as well. I bought some exceptionally lovely collage cards from Bridgette Guerzon Mills (check out her blog here).

The additional benefit of the visit on Saturday was that we got a sneak preview of the latest art show, themed "Silence". If you check out the church's art blog that Angela also does, there is a very lovely overview of the contributing artists and a sample of their work.


Here again is Justin, contemplating one of our personal favorites.


One of the fun things about the show was that it also had an older piece by the renowned Andrea Pratt, which I hadn't seen before, and almost didn't recognize as hers since her style has evolved in the intervening years. There were a lot of beautiful things hung to see - my other favorite being some of the textiles.

I'm glad I got to see it, however it put me back a couple of days - throat-of-flame and no energy afterwards. Still taking it very slow today. Luckily, the weather is inclement enough to discourage even the desire to leave the house (temperatures have risen again - so back to rain. Copious amounts of rain. Record flooding. Canceled events. Emergencies declared. Windstorms imminent).

Time for another cup of herbal tea and I think I'll go back to bed to wait it out.