Happy Texture Tuesday!  School's out, WEST is over, and summer's here!! Hallalujah!! While Austin is hitting triple digits far too soon, I finally went to Barton Springs Pool last week, and that, my friends, officially kicks off summer for me. I dont know if you followed our #BIGPurge on Facebook, but spring was jam packed. My husband, David, and I got rid of two storage units and held a huge Estate Sale (with the help of 6 amazing friends!  Have to say Austinites are so kind and helpful.) and then turned around and did the WEST Austin Studio Tour. And I even

[caption id="attachment_13649" align="alignnone" width="584"] Detail of Encaustic painting by guest artist Annie Darling.[/caption] I've been absent from blogging for a couple weeks recovering from the FANTASTIC experience of my first WEST Austin Studio Tour.  It was a whirlwind of a two weeks but couldn't be happier with how it turned out. Thank you to my guest artists Annie Darling, Judith Simonds, Denise Jaunsem, and Yuliya Lanina. What a wonderful, talented group of women!  Thank you to Big Medium for putting on such a stellar Studio Tour. But most