In Montana, when one has a warm day, one must take advantage of it. For me, a warm day is anything warmer than 32 degrees F.

Yesterday was such a day, and I spent it out in my (unheated) studio, organizing things and cutting mylar and canvas to size for painting later.

I also began experimenting with the old windows I use to frame my art. I may abandon the whole idea of using window frames to frame my art for a variety of reasons, including:

• the windows become the center of focus, not the art
• prepping them takes far too much time

I should not have to spend up to three hours on a frame getting it ready to accept art. That is time that could be better spent making art, working on marketing, being outside enjoying a hike, or any number of other, less tedious, more enjoyable things.

But I want to give the experiments a chance. I’ll write more about them as they progress.

For now, I wanted to give you a glance at my studio. Click each picture for a larger view in a new window.