Catching up

     If you are a follower of my blog, then you may have noticed that I haven't posted in awhile. That's because I've been traveling. Besides enjoying seeing works of art on canvas, I also love to see very ancient works. So with that in mind, first, I went on a trip to Jordan. I've wanted to see the ruins of Petra for a long time and we finally decided it was time to go there. We found the sites of Jordan to be amazing in both their antiquity and variety. The desert in Wadi Rum (where the film "The Martian" was filmed) was spectacular in all the colors, rock formations, and natural history. Also, we got to have lots of fun floating in the Dead Sea. But the highlight of the trip was to visit Petra, a city that was carved out of live rock in about 315 BC. The remaining structures are huge and scattered over a large area. On our second day there, I walked over 8 miles up more than 700 stairs and over a track that passed by amazing tombs.

Me, looking at the Treasury in Petra

     After Jordan, since we were on that side of the world already, we flew to Spain instead of coming directly home. We rented a car in Barcelona and drove around Northern Spain for 2 weeks. We spent the time exploring villages, castles, and cathedrals. What a great experience it was.

     Shortly after returning home, we went away again, but this time much more locally. We went to the west coast of Florida to Dunedin to participate in the opening reception at The Dunedin Fine Arts Center where I had my work, "Rise" on display in the SAQA show "Growth". What a fantastic display at a beautiful gallery they had with live music, good food, and quite a crowd. 

Karol Kusmaul giving a talk about her work in front of the exhibit
New Quilts from an Old Favorite

works from "Growth"

more works from "Growth"

my piece  "Rise" at the lower right in "Growth"

     So now I am home for several months and am busy dyeing fabrics and putting them together for printing and other surface designing.  Hopefully, next week, I can share with you some of the work I'm doing now, but I wanted to catch up and let you know I'm still here. I'm linking up to Off The Wall Friday where you can find other art quilt blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts to let them know you stopped by. Thanks for stopping by.