How this Sabbatical came about...

How this Sabbatical came about you might ask?   

Well, it was a hot Sunday on St. Thomas, in May and I was Facebook chatting with Sune, who was back in Denmark.  He mentioned a particular music festival in Denmark at the beginning of August called Smukfest, and that I should come over for it!  Huh, I thought, that sounds like fun & would certainly love to see Sune again! 

The only problem that I could think of was the fact that I would probably not want to leave Europe after a week or 10 days. 

See, I had been thinking about leaving St. Thomas for a while.  Maybe even for a year.  I love all of my friends and island family on St. Thomas, love the gallery & art space that I had created, love the involvement I had in the art community, even loved my little apartment that I called home.  However, as many of you know, it is expensive and taxing living on St. Thomas. 

I felt that I was creating some of my best artwork yet and it was well received; yet I wasn’t able to make a living from it.  Selling art supplies was a learning experience, but my biggest competition, the Internet, would always win. 

In the course of a day or two, my serendipitous destiny would become clear.  I realized that I had many friends or acquaintances living, traveling or working in Europe that I could visit, Priscilla sent me an email about an art show in London, the Venice Bienalle & Steve Rockstein approached me about sharing my space at Tillett Gardens. 

I spent some time soul searching about the right answer, the right path, and it soon became clear.  I needed to do this, whatever ‘this’ was! 

And so, I am!  Step by step, I am discovering what ‘this’ is, and loving it along the way!  

Stay tuned, next up: Berlin with Biggi!