excitement- new easel, air purifier

Best Halley easel (great for pastel and oil-forward and backward lean)

artist's air easel attachment air purifier

 Sometimes things just work out. I sold a huge painting the other day and rather than put that payment to the ever hungry (never satisfied) mortgage I decided to buy the big artist's air purifier/easel attachment and a new easel. You know the story of the air filter,  but you didn't know that my easel is 30 years old and missing  essential  pieces. The big wood panels I now paint on, actually fall on my head regularly.  With my right arm compromised due to  the recent cuts into my thoracic muscle it will be much harder to catch falling paintings.
Total decadence- I bought a new easel.
After talking with Paul, I did all of my purchasing in the matter of 30 minutes. I wanted to do it right away, have a clean, healthy studio to go back to. I knew exactly what I wanted as I had been planning this for a long time. Wednesday, when I was talking on the phone to Jack at Madison Art, the transformers were blowing outside. A very wet snow had been coming down at the rate of 2 inches an hour and the trees limbs had become too heavy. Minutes after we lost our power for  the last 30 hours. I have been hunkering in the bedroom, all 5 cats on the bed, trying to stay warm and well. The power just turned on again.  Life is good and the air purifier is on the way.