Wednesday, February 20, 2013

PART 1
(a dog picks you)

It has been over 2-months since old Jack the dog passed away! there are many great stories about JTD, the best one is how we found Jack the Dog in Red Hook on the east end of St. Thomas. LG actually found her next to a dumpster.  Some West Indian kids were playing with her, and LG ask them if they owned the dog. The kids brought the dog to her truck (the island Nissan"Rasta" Truck) set her down in the passengers seat. LG brought her home that night, we were living in a Condo at the time and our 30 foot sail boat on the weekends. We weren't suppose to have a dog in the Condo (Condo in the Clouds) but we were in love. They made an exception because we were ready to move back onto our boat full time if they said no. We actually brought Jack to the St. Thomas Humane Society, but we only lasted about 24 hours before we had to go back and bring Jack home...forever!

Tuesday, February 12, 2013


Every year we submit mostly 8th grade art work to the annual Scholastic Art Awards at the Asheville Art Museum. We had 77 submissions this year. and these are the ones that got picked for awards.

congratulations to all the students and to those who received special recognition!

Scholastic Art Awards 2013

1. Will Casse         Silver Key

Painting     “A Strange and Terrible Day”

2. Ellie Davis       Gold Key    

Painting     “Fluorescent Adolescent”

3.  Lauren Demchak     Honorable mention    

Photography        “Girl”

4.  Mac Gourlay  Silver Key

Photography        “Number One Fan”

5.  Emily Hull                  Gold Key    

Painting     “Graffiti Man”

6.  Yanka Kostova                     Silver Key

Painting     “Red Handed”

7.  Jaya Mamas   Gold Key    

Drawing     “The Fragile Past”

8. Jaya Mamas    Gold Key    

Drawing     “Old School”

9.  Sarah Sheldon          Gold Key    

Photography                    “Mountain Dream”

10.  Sarah Sirkin           Silver Key            

Photography                    “Barbed Wire Fence”

11.  Sarah Sirkin            Silver Key

Photography                    “School Girl”