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As I type this, it's closing in on 10pm on Monday. I've just laid out a fresh palette and chosen a 12" square panel that will soon tell the story of Cooper, a little lump of spunk wrapped up as a Boston Terrier.
 

However, even overly optimistic me knows that I won't be finishing this ambitious painting by my midnite posting deadline.

 
So, the next best thing? Regular updates to Facebook.

 
I'll be updating the progress of Cooper's portrait onto the studio Facebook page, so if you are up working too (or just playing), please follow along and comment. If you are reading this in the morning, feel free to check in and add your two - or ten - cents.

 
Meanwhile, I'm turning up Pandora and putting on my Wonder Woman cons. It's that sorta night!

 
Happy Monday -
Kim 
Saratoga Bound

 
This time next week, I'll be heading off to upstate New York for my annual artists' retreat weekend.

 
Five of us rent a house in Saratoga, and spend a looong weekend at the track, gallery hopping, making meals of ice cream and wine, and talking shop.

 
This year I'll also be doing a live paint at Spa Fine Art, on Broadway in downtown 'Toga. Stay tuned for more deets.
 

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  1. martinealison10:33 PM

    Le labrador de ma fille se prénomme Cooper...
    J'ai hâte de voir votre travail.

    Gros bisous à vous.

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    1. Kimberly Kelly Santini11:42 PM

      My father has a brittany named Cooper, too. And I have a nephew Cooper as well. It's a great name!! Happy creating, Martine!

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