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Spring is always a busy time with art. Lots going on... from finishing touches for paintings, to shipping art to galleries and to attending the grand openings. On top, Spring is a good time to catch the beauty of flowers to be the subject of new paintings. Fresh, vibrant colors start to emerge... music to a painter' s eyes, a melody of contrasts and saturation.

This Spring is not an exception. My paintings were accepted into seven exhibitions within the last two months. While three of the exhibits are online and therefore do not require shipping, the other four exhibits called for appropriate framing, box preparation, forms and on time shipping. It is not an easy task when your mind wants to wander around the inspiration for your next project, when your artistic spirit see brushstrokes in every cloud in the sky, in every tree branch, and in all the petals of the season.

My painting, Raindrop and Roses, left to go to the 59th Richardson Exhibition in Texas; Another, Hiding in the Dark,  jumped in a plane or truck to reach the 29th National Biennale in Hilton Head, South Carolina; a small but beautiful flower arrangement went to the Best of America Small Works Exhibit at Eisele Gallery in Ohio; and a fourth one, Bygone Tea Time, is leaving for the International Guild of Realism Exhibit in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

As the art is being packed and shipped, I also realize I might never see it again if sold at the shows. Part of the artist also leaves in that box. If it doesn't come back, you know it will touch the heart of another people, it will spring its wings to show the beauty seen in a past inspiration. Its future is unknown. While it might hang on a wall for a while, who knows where it will end. It is bound to survive for hundred of years and thus a touch of this Spring, our Spring, will hold on a little longer.