Last Week with Teresa Oaxaca

The Artist with her Self-Portrait

Dear Imaginary Readers,

What a highly original creative artist! Teresa, a member of the Art League in Alexandria,  is show here with her fanciful self-portrait, cum blond wig, a la French Revolution era. The interesting part is that she enjoys wearing costumes daily, and has a beautiful collection of dresses that are quite adorable on her.

I think this self portrait is quite beautiful. Now, let me eat cake.

Your Imaginary Artist Friend,

Patsie

Three Generations

My Mother's Day Outing with my daughter and grandson

 

 

Dear Imaginary Reader,

I sure hope you treated your mom to a good time on Mother's Day! I had a supremely divine time at A La Lucia, dining and wining with my cuties. Shows are some of the cuties, but not all, who were present. This was Virginia's first Mother's Day.

Love,

Your Imaginary Mother

Thai X-Ing

Dear Imaginary Friends,

If you like adventure and living dangerously, you might want to trek into an iffy neighborhood in Washington, DC: Florida Avenue, NW, at Fifth Street. Go there to hunt down  the teeny restaurant named Thai x-Ing, which is cute and charming inside. One takes off one's shoes before climbing upstairs, to eat at a teeny table, with a group seated in front of a screen that hides the unmade double bed of the owner/chef.

Adventure is yours, especially because on weekends, the chef chooses your meals.The chef feeds you whatever he feels like. The food is plentiful, served family style. You takes what you gets!

The best and most famous dish is the pumpkin curry. MMM, delish.

You tell him if you are vegetarian or not, and he will bring you about 6 small courses, for $40 fixed price, each, plus automatic $10 tip per head. No liquor license, so BYOB!

Despite all this, reservations are not that easy to come by, because the culinary quality is high.Warning: the chef is not afraid of spice. Bring the Rolaids, and/or wash for them to hold down the fire. Beverages are limited, for instance, no Thai Iced Tea.

What a hoot, how many diners this teeny townhouse manages to cram in. It is like the proverbial clown car, with tables hidden and tucked around every corner. GO there for the idiosyncrasies, but return for the food.

Your Imaginary Friend the Foodie,

Patsie
www.patriciauchello.com

Picasso and Paloma, from Paris to RIchmond

Dear Imaginary Viewers,
Yesterday, I had a great trip to the Virginia Museum of Arts on Richmond, VA, where I saw the huge Picasso exhibit with my non-imaginary friend Michelle.  The show traveled all the way from the Musee' Picasso in Paris.
I found out that Paloma was one of four children of Pablo Picasso. Her mom was Francois Gilot, who was married to Picasso for ten years. After Francoise, he had a new young girlfriend named Jacqueline, despite his advanced age. Picasso, whom many think of as very modern, was actually born in the nineteenth century, two centuries ago. Makes you stop and think, doesn't it?
Your Imaginary Friend,
Patsie

Welcome to My Studio! Part Two

The Current State of My Studio

Dear Imaginary Readers,

I already know what I am going to do tomorrow afternoon: I am going to work on the painting that you see here on my easel. It is a floral painting, 12 x 24". On the wall to the left is the nude that I recently painted, and on the right is a pencil self-portrait that I did  when I was only 18.

To say that my studio is cluttered is like saying the Kennedy Family is Irish. Duh!
Your Imaginary Friend,

Patsie

My Next Show, at NIH

Anyone who likes humorous art, this is the exhibit that you should see!

I seek to amaze you with the flights of fancy in this show.

Come one, come all. You don't to be a patient or a doctor!
Love,

Patsie

Mission Accomplished

Lilacs and Strawberries, 10 x 8", Oil, 2011

Dear Imaginary Readers,

Yay, Mission Accomplished! I am not talking about the mission to capture Osama Bin Laden; I am talking about fixing this painting and making it look the way I wanted it to.

Please see my previous blog entry entitled "What A Glamorous Life!" The title was sarcasm, as in, what a heck of a lot of work it is to make a painting look decent. Turpentine, paint-stained hands, and paint rags do not make for glamour.

My group art exhibit at St. Paul's is now over, and my show at NIH is going up this Friday, May 13. (Uh oh: Friday the thirteenth!)

I am working on making 45 horticultural paintings for my September 2012 one woman show at American Horticultural Society. This piece will fit right in!

On to the next painting,

Patsie