Drawing for a Feed Your Palette Paint Night!

Drawing

Feed Your Palette Paint Night

with

Council Wives

Thursday,July 15th, 2010

6:30p-9p

15 Main St, Madison, AL 35758

256-325-4253

Come and enjoy an evening with the Madison City Council Wives.

16 Main will be raffling off 1 seat to this special event!

Tickets can be purchased for $5 @ 16 Main M-S 10am-7pm

The drawing will be held on July 13th @ 12 noon!

(All proceeds from this event will support art lessons for Madison Children.

The children will be selected through a drawing at the Oct. 2010 Madison Street Festival)

Instructor, Michele Lee, has created an evening full of fun for this event. Participants will enjoy a surprise painting to take home with them, Hor d'oeuvres from Main Street Cafe and lots of fun interaction with the Madison City Council Wives, including Mayor's wife, Julie Finley.

This will be the first in a series of events scheduled by the Council Wives to bring awareness to the Madison Community and it's amazing opportunities.

So let's hear it Madison!

Come on out and lets do a little giving back to our community!

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I have gotten started on a new Koi painting. All of these paintings were sketched out about a year ago. It is nice to finally get to do each one of them. I can't remember right now how many there will be in all. But I like the fact that along with the sketches I had some sort of thought or poem. This one will be called "3". As soon as it is done I will post the blurb that goes with it. :)

I have been so busy lately with the new studio space at 16 Main. I am LOVING having a spot where I can just go to paint and then come home. But I must say, I do sort of miss my dining room too. The transition from home to another building is good though. Just today, I got to sit with one of the other artists and hash out creative thoughts. I learned so much that I could never have learned at home. So this year will be a little different. I have a feeling that this is an adventure that is going to change my art for the better!

Classes are starting up in the studio and I can feel the creative juice starting to flow. I can't wait to start my classes. Working with others and sharing with them what I have learned is such a TREAT! If you want to check out what is coming up...go to

http://16main.blogspot.com/

ok, back to the Koi. sorry for the sidetrack, but I had to share. It has been a while:)

I hope you enjoy the pictures and the progress of this next one.

Enjoy!

June 4th-Grand Opening of 16 Main!

The artists of 16 Main cordially invite you to help us celebrate the opening of our new home in Madison's beautiful historic district.

5pm, Friday

June 4, 2010

16 Main Street, Madison, Alabama

The honorable Mayor Paul Finley will join us to cut the ribbon and officially welcome the public to our new community of artists. This will be a great opportunity to meet the artists, tour the studio, and see samples of our original work offered in our gallery.

There will be wine, hor'dourves and door prizes. Along with the Madison Belles and a guided Spirit Stroll at 7pm.

Please feel free to share this invitation with others. This is " just the beginning " of a wonderful new chapter in Madison's history and we hope that you all can be there for an evening of art and fun!

-You can keep up with the 16 Main activities by clicking on their blog link below-

http://16main.blogspot.com/

First Painting in the new space!

The Marriage
By Michele Lee
30"x40" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas
Copyright 2010
Well, I completed my first painting in the new space today! It feels so good to be painting again. And I am in love with the new studio. It is nice to be around such creative people. There is still a lot to do for the grand opening is on June 4th. I am sure once we get the gallery and shop done, there will be even more time to create. But for now I have to take it when I can get it.

The Marriage

He comes to her bearing a gift of eternal love

A golden band that will bind them together

until death do they part

before God and their family and friends

they commit to one another

to love

to honor

to respect

to cherish

A promise to always lift the other up.

This is not a contract of love but a covenant to one another and to God

He slips the ring on her finger and they kiss

knowing that from this day forward they are one

they are a team in this journey of life.

Moving!

Today is the first day of the rest of this beautiful life! I am officially jumping into a new studio space! After years of painting at home, I feel like it is time for a change. The studio that my great husband Greg built when we moved into this house, has gotten so full of work stuff from my other job. When that became a working studio for Artistic Finishes I decided to move the painting part into the house. And so I took over the dining room. Where do we have people eat when they come? Uh well, we don't really have a spot anymore. So long story short..I heard about a new opportunity in downtown Madison. The old Clay House Museum is newly owned and has been transformed into a working artists community named, "16 Main"! It is a beautiful old home and each room is now a working studio space for a range of very talented artists in the area. I am so excited to have the chance to get in on the ground floor of this new adventure. It is funny how God works. Sometimes when you are not even expecting to change...he throw one at cha! And SHA-BAM! A new adventure begins.

Here are a few before pictures of the new studio space. I will keep you all posted on the transformation and the official opening, which is scheduled for June 1st as of now:)

Enjoy!

Artist of a different kind

It's a gloomy overcast day. But the bright light this morning is coming from within. I get on my comfy dress,throw on a fluffy sweater, slip my feet into a worn pair of flip flops and head out to the car. I have found a wonderfully gifted massage therapist recently and visit her every other Saturday morning. As I pull into the parking lot I can feel myself start to relax. By now I know what is coming and I just can't wait. I walk in through the front door and Sherrie greets me with her bright soft smile. I slip onto the warmed table as the soft sounds of meditation come from the speakers in the room. Sherrie enters with a quiet walk and begins this morning's hot stone massage. As my body starts to relax even more, my thoughts turn to pictures in my head. Drifting in and out of scenes I begin to doze. Not a deep sleep but a gentle meditational sleep. The feel of the hot stones and the scent of flavored oils is always enough for me to loose the world. At this moment there are no worries or cares....no aches or pains....just a rhythmic rest. I am always anticipating the end of the massage. That is the time that she holds my head gently in her hands and the glows of different colors wash through my mind. Soft pink...a hint of chartreuse...and a glow of purple this morning. Ahhhhhh another massage comes to an end and I think to myself.....God must love me so much....he has brought me to a place where my mind body and soul can heal. A place where there are no cares for one hour. A place to be gently cared for, so that I can go on ......

Thank you Sherrie for being a part of my healing. And thank you for jumping into this line of work so passionately....You are definitely in the right place.

Life is not about the money and the race, the doctors and the fears.....it's about another kind of connection that heals all.

What is your connection?

Where do you find that Mind ,Body and Soul healing?

Here is a picture of a little table in Sherrie's room. I gave her a painting a while back and she has kept it in there....I think it suits her well. It's called "The Path"

If you want to visit, you can go to

Natural Elements http://naturalelementsllc.com/

(ask for Sherrie Breckon)

She is an "Artist of a Different Kind"

TODAY! ART on MAIN, Madison, AL.

Good morning all. I am off to the Art on Main event today in Madison, Alabama. Hope to see a few of you there. Here is one of the pieces I will be taking today :) (sorry for the reflection on the picture)

It's beautiful outside, so remember to come alive today!!! Enjoy this beautiful day and bask in the warm sunshine. It's a pink cloud kind of day.

Enjoy!

Art on Main this Sat, Jun 6th 10-2pm

This weekend I will be participating in Madison Alabama's Art on Main. It is a local art show held the first Sat of each month from now through Sept. from 10 until 2pm. I am really looking forward to it. It is supposed to be a beautiful day and I think my family may be coming in town. My friend Angie True at http://pickmybrainsart.blogspot.com/ will also be participating. So if you all are out and about, stop by and say hi. Ahhh, sitting under an art tent, talking and painting all day....how much better can it get than that?

Enjoy!