Dorothy

	Welcome to the room I love most in my little home. As you walk from the living room into the studio you are facing South. Just to the right of the door is a bookcase filled with books, videos and photo albums, a 300 CD music rack filled with all kinds of music and a 1916 upright piano upon which is stored cameras and a slide projector. To the left of the door (the back of a canvas is in front of you) is my easel and taboret. Since I work only in oil all my paint supplies are stored in the taboret.
	You are now facing East. This side of the studio has the entrance to the kitchen and two large floor to ceiling windows that slide open from the bottom. Along that wall of glass is my grandson's toys, a card table that I sometimes use as a work table when it does not have a train track on it, a trunk full of canvas cloth and other fabrics, a treadmill and my extra easel holding an unfinished portrait of my grandson.
	You are facing North and here is my work area that is lighted by three Verilux 150W bulbs in reflectors, on the ceiling and one more attached to the taboret. Depending on the natural light in the studio, I may only need the light on the taboret. Behind the taboret., unpainted canvases, a director's chair, tool box, a mud lamp, a camera tripod and stretcher bars are stored. The room is about 15x15' and I have about 6 feet of backup room while I paint.
	You now can see the back wall of glass (South) with two bookcases holding all art stuff. Behind the bookcases is a door that I sealed shut.
	You have now stepped out of the kitchen to the back brick patio and deck next to the studio. Take a walk to the right and you pass the south side of the studio.
	A view of the back of the studio from my picnic table. That, to the right is a stand of giant bamboo (about 2 1/2 houses high) bordered by bromeliads and border palms.
	Walk on past the picnic table, where I usually gesso canvases etc. As you walk past the bamboo and turn left you will be back at the brick patio and the kitchen door. Yup....you're right. No grass. Just mulch from the bamboo. I hope you enjoyed your tour. I loved having you. Please come back and hopefully the next time you visit it will be in person.