An Apple a Day..well, you know the rest.

6x6 oil on panel, SOLD

In the case of my friend who came to paint with me today, I hope the tale about apples a day is true! I feel so spoiled, two days in a row with people who want to paint with me! Today's visitor was Scott Lightfoot. We've been friends since we both worked at Toledo School for the Arts 5 years ago. My classroom was next to his office and he always had hot coffee and a shoulder to cry on when I had a rotten day. (Those of you that have followed my blog for awhile know that he has been fighting colon cancer for a year now....he recently had surgery to attempt to remove tumors that had spread to his liver and lung, but they were more involved than initially hoped, so it's back the the chemo for him. The prognosis is not great, 30 percent chance of living 5 years, but Scott has the best attitude I've ever seen for someone faced with the news he has, and best of all, he's decided to fight it by creating art everyday. He started a blog about his daily quest to survive and how he hopes art will help him with his healing process....Stop on over to visit his blog if you wish, you won't be sorry! If you know someone dealing with cancer, please share, he is very open and honest about his experiences)

Today, I pretty much repeated what I did with Erika, but instead of a pear, we painted apples....you know, to keep the doctor away. He did great! I hope to get back to my spoons and eggs tomorrow, but for now, the pears and apples were a much needed break!