Finally having a new studio built on my property. I’m moving out of the small loft above the garage that I’ve worked in for eight years and into a 20×30 foot space so I can create larger paintings, have a designated spot for videos and add a printmaking work station…and maybe teach a few classes.
This video is a time lapse of the construction to date. Its’ a five minute video showing the first five days of construction. There’ll be a cathedral ceiling with skylights; horizontal windows to allow for more usable wall space; in-floor heatting for toasty toes and a garage door with roll-down screen at the front to allow north light in during spring, summer and fall.
I’ve worked in damp basements, tiny lofts, extra bedrooms, industrial rental units but this is the first time I’ve owned a studio designed to fit my needs. Getting excited to move in.
Video is courtesy Quinte Home Solutions the design/build contractors.
Hi Bob, wondering if you still are travel teaching. I’m Jan Richie from Minnesota. I’m the one who changed your hotel in Minneapolis the last night so you could get to the airport easier. You can write to me at jkrichie@gmail.com. Look forward to hearing from you.
Hi Jan
I DO remember you. I remember the changed hotel and how convenient that made my trip to the airport the next day. And I was also impressed with the hotel!! Not the level of hotel I usually stay in when I teach
Unfortunately, although I still teach throughout Canada, I no longer travel into the U.S.to work. The cost of a work visa for the U.S. started becoming unreasonably high at around the same time as the requests for teaching were becoming increasingly fewer!LOL So I haven’t renewed my visa in the past few years. Glad to see you’re still painting and thanks for thinking of me. Bob
Hi Bob, here i am again, Jan Richie. Hopefully you’ll remember me. I had a huge lifestyle change last year. Finances in the U.S. have really taken a turn – taxes, mortgages, everything. I lost my house after 26 years which broke my heart. Moved into a 55+ bilding and that lasted about two years with the little equity the bank let me keep, I had to move out of that place in to an assissted living apartment which is working out for me. The unforunate thing is the woman at the 55+ kept all my stuff and wouldn’t let me retrieve a lot of things, so it’s like starting over, and being broke. I am the type that wll rebound, but i’m no 71 years old and hard to get a job, but I willl. Long story to ask if you might have any of the stencils that we used in our class that you would be willng to give to me. Every single stencil I had was taken by the woman who managed the apartment building and I sure would like to have those. I used them quite often (parts of them) to do backgrounds for book covers, etc., and many other things. I love those stencils. Let me what you would charge if you need some money for them. I’m now living on $79 a month and only asking for duplicates of my favorite things. If not, that’s okay too. If there’s nothing you can do to help, I truly understand. I feel like i’m begging and don’t like the feeling, but those are some of my favorites.
Hope your wife Janice is doing well and hope you are loving your new studio. Would love to see more pictures.
Sincetely,
Janice Richie