November Theme:

How do you step out of your Comfort Zone?

Annette Grueterich — I challenged myself with this painting to limit my palette to capture the eerie, smoky sunset skies I experienced for a week in Spain this summer during nearby wildfires. It’s a little gloomy 🙂 (Oil on wood panel, 36×24)

Doris Mady – I like change. Since I was a river rafter and downhill skier my whole being depended on the ability to adapt to sudden changes. So when I feel uneasy in my Comfort Zone” I reflect back on the days going down the Colorado River or on a mountain I never skied before. I just “know” I can make it and proceed with my adrenalin rush that I so crave. Sometimes it’s easy and sometimes not. But somehow It gets done.

December Theme: What misconception about your discipline (Art, Letters, Music) would you like to correct?

Freedom comes when you adapt to change. It begins by getting used to the very idea of change. Change is discovery. Change is growth. Change is exciting when you release the past and embrace whatever comes your way.” ~~ Peggy Magoven