Wow, over a month since my last post. Been a busy time. Highlights:
I did my first in-person wedding in over a year and a half. Since the couple and most of the guests were doctors, and therefore vaccinated, I felt pretty safe. It was a beautiful event at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville. The painting is almost done and I'll share it here soon. Just trying to finish up a couple of tweaks.
At the same time, I was asked to help with preparing a proposal for a federal contract. It was supposed to be a very easy one, with most of the work already done. Oh, hell, no. It turned out to be anything but. So I've been spending way more time on it than I really had available. Fortunately, everybody involved has really kicked in with their contributions, drafts, reviews, Zoom meetings, and more reviews. Now it's a really strong proposal. I think my part is done and I can get back to studio work.
This past weekend, I did my second live wedding event. This was quite a bit different from the first one. This was a Hindu wedding, which is always a very BIG affair, both in time and attendees. Due to pandemic considerations, the guest list was trimmed from about 1,000 down to about 400. So I wore my mask. It was quite a fun event and I have a decent start to the painting in the studio. I'll post images when it's done.
And I have another wedding coming up in two weeks. I gotta get these first two done and out of the studio soon!
Over the past couple of weeks, I'm seeing a big change in mask-wearing, COVID protocols, and people's attitudes. More people are acting as if the pandemic is a thing of the past. It's not. So even though I'm vaccinated, I'm still being careful. If I don't have to go into a place with lots of people, I don't; if I have to enter, I wear a mask and try to stay away from others. You can get just as dead now from the disease as you could have six months ago and I don't want it to be me.
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