Slacker

I know, I know. You think I'm slacking. That I'm not doing anything but laying around and eating Cheetos and that's the reason I haven't posted in forever. Well you're wrong! I've been busy. And I haven't even had Cheetos since I left my old job with the vending machine in the basement. I haven't seen much of my couch either - so there!

Want proof? How about this...



I finished painting Flannery and Nate and I do think they look adorable. Now I have to find some time to sit at my computer at home and set the test in to let everyone know that "Nate and Flann are getting married!"

I've also been thinking a lot... Communication Arts magazine has an illustration contest every year and the deadline is coming up in two weeks. I really want to enter something this year; I want to enter something EVERY year but I never think I have anything good enough. I'm sort of stuck in that place again this year, but I'm determined to get over it.

I have a painting that I started a while back for a postcard mailer that I like, but I'm afraid that it's too cutesy for CA. I have a couple of completed jobs from this year that I think came out really well, (here and here), but I don't know if they're up to CA standards. I've also got a sketch that I've been playing with for a painting based on a poem that Garrison Keillor read on the Writer's Almanac on NPR that I think would make a fun and lively painting - but it's only a sketch. And the deadline is March 13. I think I might go back to that sketch and play with it. See if we can come to an agreement and see if it can become a painting in a very short period of time. We'll see. And I'll be sure to let you know.

Thanks for checking on me. More to come - stay tuned!

New Job = No Time to Blog

I'm so sorry, I feel like I've neglected you. I hate going onto someone's blog and seeing that it hasn't been updated in, like, six months. Now I've become that person. That's not what blogs are for. They're all about updating regularly. And I haven't been regular. So sorry.

I'm actually writing this on my lunch break, just to squeeze a post in. But don't worry, LisaGaumond.com isn't going into hiding. I've got plenty of stuff churning around in my head. There are a few new painting ideas pounding on the inside of my skull, I have to finish Flannery and Nate's save the date card, I have TWO commissions to make jewelry for wedding parties, oh and that sleep thing. I'll have to fit that in sometime, too.

Have you noticed that it's February? Yeah, me neither. February in Connecticut should be cold and bitter but it's been mild and wonderful. We actually went out for a motorcycle ride on Saturday and it was AWESOME! Every week or so, I have a dream about riding my motorcycle, or Luke's motorcycle, or a giant yellow motorcycle, or any type of two-wheeled fun machine, and the feeling of being back riding so amazing. This winter I've really missed old Bessie and her rattles and her get-up-and-go. But on Saturday, I got to hop on her and go for my first ever February ride. We bundled up and took off cautiously since we live down a lo-o-ong dirt driveway and just getting to the street is usually the most dangerous part of any ride. We rode for about an hour until the wind picked up and I lost feeling in my hands. It was so worth it.

This ride was not only inspired by the beautiful weather, but also the morning AND afternoon spent in the motorcycle shop in Saturday where Luke bought a new toy. Thanks to the patient guys at Gengras and hello to Ed, our awesome salesguy. Now when do I get my new bike?

Hang in there, there's plenty more news and pictures and updating to come. Thanks for visiting.