Tickled pink

[Kimberly Dow]

Thanks Michele. This is a friend of mine, Bridget. She is a preacher's wife, a trained minister herself. She is very fun. A preacher's wife who swears, dresses in tight clothes and acts in plays (where she always gets cast as the hooker/bad woman because of her awesome figure). She must be 12 years older than I am, but we both have 3 kids and became great friends.

The goth girl I asked to pose works at the local tobacco shop. She shyly showed me some of her fantasy art & I encouraged her. She is 20-something and my 6-year-old son thinks she is pretty, so I tease him & her. I asked her if she would pose & she said yes, I can't wait - that will be fun.

This is a really small boring town, but when I look around close enough I can find some great models. I have a habit of following people around the grocery store & then just before they report me to the manager I give them a card & ask them to pose. I've freaked a few out that way, but I've been in the paper enough now that I am generally considered harmless.

My studio is right next to the local Parole office also. The parolees hang out in front sometimes blocking my paintings - bummer, but I went to the officiers and told them if they were going to make them wait to attach those ankle monitors then they should send them in to me to make a few bucks sitting. There are some really scary looking dudes with tattoos. I want to paint one, but I don't necessarily want to be noticed by them.

There are some old cowboys around town also that I'd like to paint. I have one who said yes, but I forgot to get his number - he stops in once & awhile. His name is Jim Cayton? and he says he is a sculptor & one of his pieces is owned by Pres. Bush and is installed in the White House.

I used to moan about finding models, but now that I am more forward about it and a bit known - and so inspired by this forum - they seem to be all over the place. The local DARE officer (a woman, maybe 55 yrs old) came in and offered to pose nude. I almost dropped my paintbrush.