Painting more flowers, and acting in a movie!

 More flowers from Ken's garden

Acrylic on canvas

8 x 8 inches

Barbara Muir © 2011
(Once again I'll get a better shot
of this tomorrow in daylight.)

Today I worked on a small painting, that I'm doing on
a larger scale for an upcoming show.  I may add a few
touches to it tomorrow, but I'm pretty happy with it.

Our big news today is that Steven and I played a Mom
and Dad in my son Christopher's movie "Bye".
The movie will be a short film, and we play the
parents of the girl in the love story.  Our afternoon
was a small version of the big time.  We sat in a
modified bus (a bit like the trailers the stars have)
and waited to be called. Then we went into hair
and make up, and watched a few scenes until it
was our turn.

Christopher on the set of his new movie today.
You can see the microphone coming in over his head.

Megan getting adjustments to hair and make-up.  We didn't

actually count the crew, but there were probably between

15 and 20 people involved including the actors.  

It was a lot of fun, and I can't wait to see the final
product.  Our family is pretty arty, what with Sam
studying acting at the University of Windsor, Christopher
a graduate of that program, a full time photographer,
now starting to direct films, my nephew John
Rannells in Pasadena, who just had the first showing
of his new movie, Ruby Booby in Los Angeles, and a
niece who is a jewelry designer, maternity clothing designer,
and has just launched an awesome and artistic
play kit for kids called KidKits.  It seems like
everywhere we turn something exciting is going on.

If my father were alive I'd tell him what he'd started
with his fabulous photographs, and love of art.  We
are hooked to the third generation, and beyond. 

Have a supporting-your-family-in-their-creative-acts day.
Action!