Carm, Sophie, and Pandora

I may be the only encaustic artist who works with a cat assistant.  As I carved into the wax today, Carmela was pulling the wax curls off the piece with her teeth.  Then she decided she wanted to sit in my lap.  And yes, the whole time white cat hair is wafting up into the air.  It is RIDICULOUS!!!!  

But let me tell you, life with Carm has been ridiculous from the moment I met her.  I surrendered long ago.  My sanity was saved by Pandora.  I rediscovered my headphones this morning and plugged in.  Evidently Adele has taken over MUSIC as we know it.  She’s everywhere!!

A good painting day in spite of the cat hair.  I ended the day with a quick run to pick up an 8 month old English Shepherd mix and deliver her to her foster mom. Sophie was in a shelter with dangerously high euthanasia stats.  She’s now safe and I loved spending an hour with her in rush hour traffic