The beginning of our journey, the first flight from Jax to Atl

So, as I defrost from my spontaneous trip to Salt Lake City, I smile and reflect on the series of events that brought me there. If it wasn’t for my older sister (2 years older) giving my younger sister (18 years younger) a ski trip surprise for her 16th birthday I may never of found myself in SLC this past weekend. Luckily, my  younger sister’s father wasn’t crazy about her traveling alone so he requested I tag along. So when I came home a few weeks ago, I was greeted by my mother telling me “Surprise! You’re going to Salt Lake City to be with your sisters!” Luckily, I’m currently self-employed as a full time artist, so technically I keep to make up my own schedule so the spontaneous trip did not interfere too much with my life. In actuality, it was a much welcomed break from my daily routine. I got to spend some much needed time with both my sisters, visit with my bro-in-law, the visual eye candy of God’s amazing natural creations was jaw dropping to say the least, and while there,  my older sister gave me my own belated birthday gift of ski lessons. I  can’t say I know how to ski, but I am definitely one step closer to conquering the bunny slope and my soul feels rested, renewed, and energized to keep chugging along my current path.

Art Drop #7 at Avenues Yoga

When I found out I was going to SLC, I couldn’t help but feel like I should extend the JAX ART  HUNT beyond Jacksonville. Not as a full blown art hunt, but with the main mission of the art hunt in mind: Instead of waiting for the people to come to the art, bring the joy of art to the people. So that’s exactly what I did, I loaded up a few of my flat canvas panel works that fit nicely into my carry-on and an extra piece from my good friend and fabulous artist, Susan Sapinski, and I kept an eye out for good drop off locations.

Sketch #7:MEM Gate, almost home.

I also got to spend a lot of quality time in my sketch book, this is something I haven’t done for some time. Airports and traveling in general are really some of the best places to draw people because they are usually distracted by their surroundings, but still sitting in one place long enough for a decent sketch. On this trip, we had 2 connections on the way to SLC (JAX-ATL-MEM-SLC) and on the way back only one connection (SLC-MEM-JAX.) I made sure to take advantage of as many unsuspecting passengers as possible for my sketchbook practice.

Me & my little sis had a snowman competition, it was a tie.

I’m looking forward to my next adventure, whenever that will be, I don’t know. Regardless, this was an amazing trip, from being able to spend time with my sisters, the random art drops, getting my very first ski lesson, the tour of the beautiful Mormon temple, being able to say that I walked 2 miles through the snow and even to the heated Snowman Competition between myself and my little sister, this was a great trip and I feel so blessed to of been able to be part of it. 🙂

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