I Just Knew It...

I knew this would be a good week. Don't know how I knew it, just knew it was going to be a good week. Then I woke up and found a simple little email among all the "stuff", and it said,
"I am going to be in CA, plan to be in L.A., and do some outdoor painting. Let"s see if we can do an outing together."
Now, who wouldn't jump for joy at the very thought.
This is Michael Newberry I am speaking of here. My mentor. I am fired up to get back in the swing of things, and here he is telling me he is coming West. I truly believe in syncronicity of this sort. Had it been last week, I wouldn't have had the heart. But today, the skies are brighter and now they shine.

If you have not ever ventured toward his website, you must give it some time. I dare you to spend time there and not come away with having learned one thing. Give yourself the gift sometime, of a field trip to his Tutorials, and his Studio Updates. I had the blessing of chatting with him through WetCanvas!, and then meeting him while taking one of his workshops on Color, this past summer. Now, I am very proud to say he is my mentor.

There was something about this man's work that spoke to me a year ago, as I sat with my laptop, on the living room sofa. I spent hours, reading, observing, devouring, and enjoying every moment. It was rich with passion. It came from the soul. He gave to me, as I have not been given to in years. He did not know then, how much he had enriched my life. How could he, we had never met. It somehow came, via the internet, no strings attached. How was it that we met, you ask? It was a glitch in his website, and I was brave enough to ask him to please correct it, because I needed my Newberry "fix". We will leave it at that, because as the world turns, so do our encounters with others. This was simply meant to be.

He is tough, thoughtful, observant, encouraging, funny, patient, and a really nice guy.
Plus... he is a mighty fine artist.


Modernist Wave by Michael Newberry (on my wall)