Marian L. O'Connell      Artist, Printmaker

News - Spring/Summer 2011

The Latest.... I won "First in Graphics" at the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival this August. It was for my etching "Along Bellevue Avenue" They presented not only a blue ribbon, large check and a photo of the piece suitable for framing with my name!

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Spring is here with summer not far behind. My husband had a business convention in April and I was able to accompany him to San Francisco, one of my favorite cities in the United States. We rented a car for a few days upon arrival and drove to see beautiful Yosemite National Park. If anyone goes I recommend taking the bus trip through the main areas of the park. I took some wonderful photos with blue skies and white cumulus clouds to add to the drama of each shot.

From there we visited Sacramento, Santa Rosa and then took a breath taking ride south along the coast on Route 1. Glad my husband was driving the difficult hills and curves while I got to enjoy the landscape. My head is spinning with ideas for future monotypes from the digital photos I took. Finally after returning the rental car, I walked my feet off in San Francisco. Of course I took a ride on the famous cable cars, but also used buses and trolleys to see museums and sightseeing and a boat ride to Alcatraz.

My youngest daughter gave me a new granddaughter on February 14, five days before her baby shower which I helped give. (Mommy made the shower but Pamela stayed home.) It was the first of eight grandchildren that I got to see the birth. She came five weeks early, but you would not know she was premature now. She’s doing very well. Her parents had to move out of their rental house at the end of February so you know who was helping move.

My hand continues to give me grief and I have a new doctor treating me with western medicine first before eastern medicine. I’ve been diagnosed with reflex sympathetic dystrophy on my right hand and have undergone two stellate ganglion blocks. It’s starting to slowly work but apparently delaying treatment, it’s going to take several visits to the OR room as an outpatient. I pushed myself for the show at the Newport Art Museum (January 15 to March 2).

I am beginning to get ready for the outdoor shows I do during the summer. It seems like June is coming up too fast. Hope to see you at some of them.

Thanks for visiting my web site and I would love to hear your comments. 

~~ Marian

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