Patti Gibbons Art

I love Cape Cod- the ocean, the dunes, the hiking, the salt marsh, the food. Wellfleet. Provincetown. Orleans. Seals. Whale watching. Mack's Shack. Jules Besch. Kayaking Boating. And junking. Garage sales and estate sales abound on the Cape. Even if you don't buy a thing, you get to see the inside of many an incredible (and some not so incredible) homes. This trip's finds were not as plentiful as usual, but still for under 30.00 I got the following Foley Food Mill 2.00 (oh all that tomato and apple sauce I will make with this) 1907 6" thick illustrated Webster dictionary 2.00 (collage heaven) Stretcher Bars 1.00 - for the roll of canvas I will be getting from a friend Frames 1.00 for the little watercolors I do. 2 vintage John Denver songbooks 1.00 - that is to resell on eBay Phillips charging/speaker system for iPod/iPhone 20.00 for my studio. Old glass slides to make "slides" with. (I use them to make ornaments)  I can't wait t...

I write less than I have in the last five or so years. After retiring/reinventing my life, I thought that I'd have all kinds of time to write. But I am busy working a bunch of jobs, and trying to get my studio/shop off the ground. I made a new website for my studio in Rhinebeck, P.A. Gibbons Studio .  I started a blog under the same name. I joined the Rhinebeck Chamber of Commerce, Art Along the Hudson, and am part of the Artist Studio Views in September. All require money, and all require writing in one form or another. Most of my creative writing these days are in the form of my morning pages as I am revisiting The Artist's Way.  Having done it about 10 years ago gave me the confidence to build my studio at home. Now that I have opened up a new studio, one that is a little shop/gallery/studio/teaching space, I need to work on building my confidence as an artist and business owner. It's been a lot of hard work, and some hard lessons. Like YES it DOES take money to m...