Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We leave Wednesday morning as early as we can to start our drive to Lamoni, Iowa... Where you say. It is a small town 7 miles north of the Missouri border with a great little college in it. It is where Brad and I met and his mother and sister still live there. This is a bad image but a realistic view of downtown Lamoni. They do have a Pizza Hut and a Subway, but beyond that, they have Graceland University. It will make for a very peaceful and hopefully great vacation full of rest and thanksgiving!

The Art reception was great! The boys really felt special being spotlighted in the exhibition and featured in our local paper. Their is a feature story next week about the show, maybe I can post a link when it comes out. Class at McMurry are rapping up and things are quieting down, now if I can only get the kids to settle. We are at a stand still in the studio and the apartment until Christmas break starts for us as we have NO TIME during the normal course of our lives. My best to you all and be safe during the holiday.

Here is the poster from our latest exhibition. The first exhibit all four of us are in. The poster has an image of the boys that I painted of a picture that they took of themselves after an incident. William hit David, Will felt bad but didn't know what to do, David was hurt but more confused than anything. This particular image started an entire new series of work for me and the kids on communication and dealing with sensory issues and problems that arrive when there is a person in your life with a communication problem, for us that is autism, and all the other normal communication problems that families have. The show, Little eyes on me is the brain child of Chris Wilson and Saybra Phillips and the families of Larry and Kathie Walker Millar and their adopted daughter Maya Millar and our family. It is an interesting concept and a first for us all so let us know what you think. I will post more images of the exhibit later this week! Keeping busy! You all stay healthy out there!

This is an image of Brad's newer experimental work dealing with grids and landscapes, texture and carved lines. He has really stumbled onto something here that people are feeling connected with.
This is a grouping of small block encaustic paintings that Brad did, he shows them together in many different ways, this one is just stacked on a shelf. These are relating more and more to his grid paintings and I love the connections he is making in them.

This is a photo from the Welcome center to show the way that my work was displayed. I am excited about the possibility of displaying some of the animals I do on the walls.

Here is a closer up view of the lizards. Enjoy!


These are some images from a display of some faculty work in the Universities Welcome Center. I have the lizards and masks and Brad has the more colorful of the images. They have been up for a while and although I never thought the Lizards sould be hung on the wall I tend to like them there. They will be traveling to Arizona soon for a commission I had along with some bats if I can get them done in time. Stay tuned for more posts about the work we are currently doing in teh studio and at home! It is beautiful here, I hope you all have a great weekend!

So.... here are the boys for Halloween. We have Albert Einstein and his doctor. David has a new hero in the scientific world and I was so happy to be able to figure this out for him! He wants to be him again next year so we have a while to improve. William is so easy to please~ Doctor it is! Had a great time seeing old friends at the Journey and making new spending the rest of the night at Aldersgate. Wish gma or gpa could have been here they were so much fun! Earlier in the day we spent most of it in the studio getting ready for an exhibition next week. Pictures and messages to follow soon.Happy Halloween!