My Quaint Life
. I was reading an article by Wells Tower in Garden and Gun where he quoted southern writer Barry Hannah who said, “...being Southern isn't always a graceful adjective; it’ll kill you sometimes. Often, it’s shorthand for ‘Don’t bother reading this because it’s just gonna be a lot of porches and banjos.’” This rang true to me because last week I had a tweet from someone describing my painting in the garden as " quaint ". What? Is my banjo showing? Well, I should just get over it and just face the facts: I love quaint. Here is the update on the progress of the painting of our garden from my last blog: Garden painting in progress ©2013 Dot Courson To me, being an artist is feels like the act of immersing oneself and into the beauty and wonder of everyday things. In other words, I’m just living the life I always have- but showing it in my paintings. Pintrest boards with names like "Chic Obsessions" or anything "Haute" or "...