New Inspiration from Penny

I took a trip over to Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality to see Penny Sisto’s newest exhibit, Angels Among Us. It was just last April when we made the trek over to see her Turning 80 exhibit at Carnegie Center in New Albany, Indiana. She’s amazing how she can produce such beautiful works in…

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Penny Sisto at 80 Exhibit

This past Monday, several friends and I took a day trip to the Carnegie Center in New Albany, Indiana to see Penny’s new exhibit celebrating her 80th birthday. I’ve seen, and blogged about, many of her shows, but this was even more special than the others.

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Inspiration in 2021 from Penny

Last week several friends took a 2-hour road trip to Mount St. Francis in Southern Indiana to see Penny Sisto’s new exhibit “Spirit of Love.” If you’d like to see her previous work, check out my three previous posts: 2012, 2014, and 2018. The 2012 posts tells a lot about Penny’s story.

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Road trip and quilts

We took a short trip to Nashville Indiana last week. Our plans included some hiking and shopping and of course, eating. The key word here is “included.” This picture kind of said it all!! Here is one of the shops we dropped in. We also found an olive oil bar. We visit these stores wherever…

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Alabama and Blueberries

As I mentioned on my last post, I was driving down south to visit my sis in Alabama. This was the first time I have driven by myself this long of a distance and to somewhere I had never been. Luann suggested I take photos of my stops on the way so here are a…

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Some inspiration from Penny

My good friend Barb and I took a day trip recently to Carnegie Center, just a two-hour drive from here, to see another one of Penny Sisto’s exhibits. I thought I’d share some inspiration from this talented artist. This year’s exhibit is called Earth-Tones and all of the quilts have been dyed with coffee. She…

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Day Tripping: Form Not Function Exhibit

My bud Barb and I decided we’d take another day trip and this time we went to see the Form not Function exhibit at the Carnegie Center in New Albany, Indiana. It would give us some inspiration and some time together. My friend Kathy had asked me to go earlier in June, but I could…

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Sketching and Watercolor with Jane LaFazio

I had the pleasure of spending Sunday with Jane LaFazio and fifteen other students. I have been looking forward to this class since July. As the time drew nearer I started to question my decision to sign up for this class. What was I thinking? Me take a sketch class? However, during the introductions at…

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Shelbyville Ky Road Trip

This past weekend I drove over to Shelbyville, Kentucky, located 30 minutes on the other side of Louisville. This two and a half drive is an easy trip. However, they are on the wrong time an hour ahead of me so to attend a class starting at 9 am would have made me getting up…

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