Day 16 - Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit

LAST DAY

Last day - we are exhausted! Lots of people viewing and buying art today. Carol Gardner's former next door neighbor, Emily, came by- she had made several moves since she left Charleston years ago. We come to find out Emily has been living in SANTA FE for the last 5 years, very active with the Santa Fe Opera, among other things. What fun to find out we have a friend there whom we will visit in July on our painting trip:

Artist Carol Gardner with Santa Fean Emily Bellibeau

Carol and I are really looking forward to this trip, and we will both be blogging it on our shared blog, Have Paintbrush Will Travel, which will be launched in the next few weeks.

In the meantime, we all will need to recuperate, rest and then continue our painting and other creative endeavors. As we look forward to the next art adventure, we cherish the friendships, ongoing and new, that tend to solidify during a 16 day show.

And, last but not least, the "Mango Moment" came about 3:00 p.m. today. Thank you, Tony Hardwick!

The Last Mango

(Moment 2009)