As you know, I've been focusing on my "Marc Andre Fleury" painting in the studio. I wanted to finish it by the end of October but the "fans" in the stands are proving to be a challenge. What I'm aiming for is for the viewers eye to be led right to the goalies mask. The challenge is that they can't have much detail because they are in the background as well as behind glass. The other thing is that they need to appear to be in some kind of motion with their body proportions right.

  The funny thing is that with the exception of the goalie mask detail, Marc Andre himself will be pretty easy. I have all the basic colors down so it's just a matter of working up to the final layers of paint and controlling the edges as I do. The rest of the painting consists of the net, the 'boards" with some sponsor logos, and of course the ice. I'm going to keep this painting on the easel the rest of November to keep making progress on it and just have the attitude of when it's done it's done. I think I have something special going and I don't want to to rush it.

  In other painting news, I'll be showing some of my work at a vendor fair in the Bayne library on November 21st. I got an e-mail from a women who saw my artwork on display this summer and remembered me. She's a member of the "Friends Of The Library" committee that meets on a regular basis to look after the needs of the library and recalled seeing my painting "Bench At Bayne Park" that has the library in the background. I can't wait to bring this painting with me and have it on display inside the library itself. I feel that the library is where this painting belongs so that others can enjoy it for generations so we will see what happens. Once again it's on the 21st this month at the library and I believe that it runs from 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 in the afternoon and I hope to see a lot of you local people there!