New Beginnings

"Mermaid In South Carolina"

Remember this post from last April, "Change Is In The Wind?" Well, the change is coming to pass. In two short days, I'll be taking up residency in North Charleston, South Carolina. This is a change that has been in the making for all that time. 

With this change is the desire to start fresh; start new. And in so doing, I'm discovering that what's old is new again, like my name. Two years after my divorce, I'm no longer feeling so "crabulous" and I have this urge to be the person I was born to be. So with that, I am returning to the name on my birth certificate, Kris Teena Morgan. A crabulous life has become a colorful life and crabulous fine art is being replaced with Pear Place Studio.

As someone pointed out, Kris Teena Morgan doesn't have quite the same ring as Kristeena Crabb, but it is my ring and it has the ring of truth. 

New city, new job, new car, new dog, new home and new name. What new adventures will come with all this?

Vignettes from Bluffton

Earlier this week I made an excursion to Bluffton, SC, to take care of some business. Unfortunately, I needed to pull my paintings from a gallery there because they just weren't selling. It's all good, though, because those little paintings have become favorites of mine and I'm really not inclined to part with them.

Of course, I had to visit a few shops while I was there and enjoy a decadent lunch at The Cottage. I hope you'll enjoy the photos I took while there. Because the day was inclined to be rainy, most of my shots are interior scenes.

Magenta Series #4

"Shhh! It's A Surprise!" - 10x14 - Mixed Media Collage

The fourth collage in the series to have a magenta background is this funny little mermaid. I was up late at night working on her and the next morning I was asking both my husband and my 13-year-old grandson whether they thought she was cute or scary. I never did get a straight answer from either one!