Moving Is Not Fun!

I am getting too old for this! It feels as if we have been moving for weeks; perhaps because it has been 2 weeks of packing hundreds of paintings, many car loads and trips to the new house with my paintings and 2 days of the moving trucks going back and forth between the houses with the household stuff and many plants. The new location here in San Miguel de Allende feels like a community with parks, tranquility and much closer to town than the last house in the campo. Garbage collection here is 3 times a week. That may not be special for you, but when we moved out of the last house, the garbage was pilled up in front for almost 4 weeks.

I had great help with the transport of the paintings and just today the stacks have been stabilized and the paintings are being moved off the floor.

The new studio is half the size of the last one, so creative placement is necessary. I don't need all the tables any more since I no longer have workshops with 5 or 6 people. I am concentrating on teaching advanced encaustic techniques to serious artists who want to do more than just watch the wax melt and marbleize. There is lots of light and ventilation in the studio.

We have been unpacking and trying to find things for 5 days. With wonderful helpers everything should be in place, more or less in another week. I have been moving things around to achieve the right energy flow.

So far, this is where we are.

view from the front door

There will be plenty of gardening ahead for me. This is a great place for art.

One side of the living room. I look forward to hanging art soon so it feels like home

The paintings that are going in the stacks in what will be the viewing room

Gallery in the new house

We have been moving since Thursday; mostly paintings. Two wonderful friends, Connie and Ernesto,  spent most of Thursday lugging paintings out of the studio, down the stairs and into trucks. I don't want to count how many paintings were transported. I do know that I saw paintings from years ago that were tucked away in the stacks and I hadn't seen in a long time. Some still pleased me and some others will be painted over. Once settled, I want to have a sale  of some the older paintings.

This photo show the room that will be the designated gallery space. Friday the track lights were installed.

The movers come tomorrow to clear out both my apartment and my daughter Cynthia's as we are joining forces and will become roommates. The house is big enough that we each have our separate work spaces. My gallery already has the first floor coverings down. As soon as I get the stacks installed, I can get the paintings off the floor.

I hope I never have to move again.

packing

The packing up our homes and getting all the details settled is taking time. Moving is always a big job.

To take the tedium out the packing I hold the vision of my new studio in my mind - as well as all the open spaces for living and art our new home.

Here is a shot of what will be the studio.

lots of light and air. There is a full bath attached.