Today was the day the San Fernando Valley Art Club had scheduled a paint out.   I know several of us were looking forward to it, but when the weatherman said it would be raining all week, we pretty much knew it was not to be.

We Southern Californians are pretty much weather wimps.   The worst weather we have is really drought.  Our storms are too often FIRE storms from hot winds and vegetation which is too dry.  We've been trying to conserve water for a while and this year we went on mandatory conservation measures.  Rain is not unknown, but when we get it -- it's not too much to worry about. 

Well... This week is a bit abnormal for us.  We've had storms....   WET, WILD, AND WINDY STORMS!  I was soaked through and through yesterday when I went to deliver a painting to a client and then got stuck on a major freeway for an hour and a half because one of the freeway's drains had stopped up and formed a LAKE on the freeway!  Today I went out to get gas at just the wrong time.  As I put the gas nozzle into the car suddenly the overhang shade "roof" let lose with a WATERFALL right over my head!...   Oh well, at least I won't melt.   I can whine and whine but in reality we really need this water...   Hopefully a snow pack is building up in our mountains which will relieve some of the drought conditions in the year to come.


Although several storms are expected to come through even into the next week, a break is expected between the storms for the weekend.   This is good news as my show is opening on Saturday night and I am hoping that many people are able to make it out to see the wonderful art.  If you live in or around the San Fernando Valley, this show will be a fun look at the urban scenes we are most familiar with.   I'm very excited to be a part of this group show with exceptional artists that I have long admired.   Come on by!

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