RED SHOES, SCULPTURES, and TRAINS

A while back I was on vacation visiting some family, and I went with my aunt and grandma to an open house thing at a gallery that my aunt, Bettye Hamblen Turner, has some of her sculptures at. Which are like gigantic, bigger than life size bulls. I think Marathon and Paladin are on display at Benini’s. Then my aunt does really awesome paintings, too. Like horses and just animals in general. Some abstract things, too, that I really like. Like some of the abstract things are just explosions of colors and shapes, and awesomeness. Plus, all of her paintings have like reds and oranges and colors along that line in them. Her sculptures are really awesome, too. The swirls in them are really awesome and look hard to do, even though when she tells me how she does them she makes it sound easy. One of my favorites by her is called “Joy Ride.” It just looks so happy, and it SPINS! That’s way cool...

At the open house I got to see a lot of really cool paintings and sculptures. While there I got to see some paintings by a good friend of my aunt, Jacqui Faye, liking what she had on display when I got back to where I was staying and looked her up. One of the paintings that I saw by her I instantly loved, and it reminded me of, well, me. So, I emailed my aunt and got Jacqui’s e-mail, and e-mailed the artist. Since it was like ten at night, I had to wait to call my parents the next morning. They said I could get it, so I started e-mailing Jacqui to purchase the painting. All this happened back in June. I’m now home. The wrong size frame sent and several e-mails later, it arrived on my doorstep TODAY!! I was so happy to get it! I immediately started to rip open the package, and get to the painting so I could hang it up. It was under layers and layers of bubble wrap which I managed not to pop any. The painting is amazing. It looks great in my room and the frame is just right, and just everything...

See Jacqui does a Red Shoe series, in which all of the paintings include red shoes. So, my painting has red shoes in it. School shopping the other day, I had to get red shoes. In honor of getting the painting I had to wear my pair of red shoes of course. I just love the painting it is so me, and so hip, and just awesome...

While I was at the open house at Benini's I, well actually my grandma, got a good picture of Bettye's sculpture, Stella, and one of Jacqui's paintings

Apart from Red Shoes and paintings, I am in love with this new song that I got the other day. Well, Itunes has a free single of the week each week. Last weeks song was “Breathe” by Ryan Star. I really like that song, and I can relate to it in what he says during the verses. So I was listening to some of his other stuff when I stumbled across his song “Last Train Home.” Which I like immediately fell in love with. I see a pattern of me seeing/hearing things and immediately falling in love with them. Anyway, I bought that song, and I just think it’s so sweet. Another artist that I like is Charlotte Martin, who is amazing. Very innovative with what she does, and how she arranges the music and such...

A poem is coming soon, I just haven’t decided which one to post yet. Leaning towards one, but still not sure, lots to chose from...

‘till next time...

shelby...