NEW BEGINNINGS

Hey everyone! Sorry we were gone for so long. We have been super swamped this past month with finals and school finishing up... but school is over and it is time to celebrate spring and summer! This is the time in our lives when we can escape the institutional aesthetic of teaching at a state university. No more fluorescent lights, vinyl tiles, and cinder block walls for 3 months. YAY! It is truly a time of rejuvenation and an existence free from 60 hour work weeks. No answering student emails at midnight, no commuting, no grumpy/demanding students, no committee meetings, no show deadlines. This is a time when we garden, draw, travel, spend time at the beach and nature in general. Nature is the best drug for Allyson and Jeremy. Not to mention there is nothing better than eating food from your own garden. It always tastes better than anything from the farmers market or the grocery store... plus it saves us lots of moolah. Everyone should grow a garden if they have time and space..."it is the way of the future dude". Anyhow we harvested our first of spring planting. Tomatoes are in the ground...but we are hoping the rain spaces out more evenly so we can avoid rotting plants. We are posting our first picks from the garden. Stay well all...and we promise to post more of our adventures.
XO
A&J

Common Swell at Together Gallery in Portland!

Hello everybody! Happy April! We have a show in Portland Oregon coming up at Together Gallery at the end of the month. They are moving into their new space so it will be a sort of grand opening for them! It features some really awesome artists including two of my favorite ladies from way back in Milwaukee Catherine Stack and Betsy Walton. Jeremy and I sent a bunch of drawings and egg tempera pieces for this show, if you are in the area go and check it out!

Meet Claus!

A week ago today Jeremy and I adopted a little grey kitty from the Charlottesville SPCA. His name is Claus and he is 9 months old. We are in the process of acclimating he and Fricky (she is being pretty good except for one altercation this evening) We are hopeful that they will be living amicably soon! He is such a sweet kitty, very talkative and affectionate! He plays a lot but is gentle and does not use his claws a lot. Come visit him!

SNOW ANGELS

We are having a happy snow day off of work including long walks, wet feet, hot tea, snow angel, and a day off of work. Allyson and I did tons of planning for lectures that we were suppose to give today. We worked all day Sunday until 2AM. But then weather happened! Yay! Hope others in from NC to NY had fun with the snow!

SALUS CLOSING

Hey all "Salus" is closing this Friday 5-7:30 at the Garage across from Lee Park! Please stop by to see this installation before it comes down. I am also posting a review written by Laura Parsons in the Hook. It was a flattering review but she seemed bummed about the cat hairball paintings, but its cool. I like them. I know fricky does!

www.readthehook.com/art/index.php/pretty-gory-taylor-turns-green-in-the-garage

Hope to see you out this Friday!

SALUS

I am posting pics from "Salus" an installation of paintings, drawings, and objects at the Garage... a small intimate space in Charlottesville.

http://thegarage-cville.com/category/blog

I usually do not show my work in Cville as I feel that there is a small audience for what I do here...but I am trying to be better about getting more involved in the local art community. If some of you were not able to come to the opening I hope that some people can come to the closing on Feb. 27th! Cheers!

Ocean Holiday

Allyson and I have been enjoying the warm weather in Va Beach and Nags Head with family. It has been crazy with weather in the 60s and 70s. Spending time getting some R&R after a tough semester. 2 weeks left of this break and we are going to enjoy these days off. Happy New Year to all!