Here I am in beautiful Saint Augustine Beach, Florida. I'll be heading out this afternoon on an Eco Boat Tour of the Matanzas River and its estuaries. I'll take lots of photos to share on my newsletter when I get back to my studio. Now get out there and explore Florida, my favorite place in the world!!
Love,
Linda

May 3, 2013

Friends,
I leave on Monday morning for St Augustine Beach to stay at Sara and Chad's condo in the Racket Club complex. I'm very excited. This is a residency i look forward to. I love that part of Florida. There are many nature parks up and down the coast and lots of exploring to do. The condo is professionally decorated and right in front of the dunes. It is just a few steps to the beach down the boardwalk next to their unit.

On my return it will be time to settle in for the summer. I've been working quite hard to improve my loft studio and it will soon have fresh paint on the walls, and look far more spacious than it has in the past. I have my new paintings from my Bird Island residency framed and hanging so stop by for a coffee and enjoy browsing.
Love,
Linda

Here I am in Mid April and just catching up on my note page. I have been to Wekiva State Park for a paint out and my last paint out at Epcot after 10 years there as project manager for the plein air event at the International Flower and Garden Festival. I have turned my duties over to another, so I am moving on to new projects. I've had a number of commissions to do this spring and those are always fun!

Each year, I paint flowers in April. I enjoy this brief time for painting a subject outside of my normal routine. I like to do small flower paintings in the spring. They are so happy and cheerful, arranged around my Loft Studio and here on my web site: http://lindablondheim.com/section/356650

My annual Cake Party will soon be here at my Loft Studio. Enjoy cakes made for the contest on May 25, 2013 from 11 AM - 4 PM.

More to come......

I am fortunate to have two studios. My painting studio is located near Lacrosse Florida. It is an old concrete block building behind my old mobile home. I have lived there for a good long time, since the 70's on and off with short stints in other cities around the south. I came back home in the 80's and have lived here since. It is my parents home, both now gone over the rainbow bridge, and happily together again. I share the old place with my sister and my dog Henry. The current studio was once my daddy's workshop. It makes me happy to be there and think of him. It has no frills. Concrete block floors, a supply room, a frame closet and utility room. It is perfect as a painting studio and I can do large format paintings there in oils. it is also the studio I use to do my furniture paintings.

My second studio is a cozy loft space inside Paddiwhack Gallery at 4122 NW 16th BLVD in Gainesville, FL. It is smaller but better looking and it holds my framed work. I teach there once a month and teach an occasional workshop as well. I do acrylic and oil paintings at the Loft Studio. I hope you will visit this studio soon. I'm there Wednesday - Saturday unless I am off on a painting residency.

I'll be posting musings from these studios from time to time.