We just got back from a two-night trip to Spokane to visit our good friends the Moodys. They lived in Kirkland for the past year but then both won chairs in the Spokane symphony (they are fabulous musicians) and so moved east last month. It was so great to see them and tour their new stomping grounds.
The activities of our stay were quite spontaneous. For instance: the Moodys are still newlyweds and therefore haven't accumulated a lot of furniture and wall art. Their new place was beautiful but the dining room had a huge empty wall that was begging for a showpiece. Enter my artsy husband. He was itching with creativity and the Moodys were much desiring his eye for art. Jason pulled a 5 foot x 5 food piece of plywood from the basement and we set to work painting it white to create our version of a "canvas." We weren't quite sure where we would go from there but decided to take things as they came and create "group art."
Graham found an egg carton in the recycling bin and quickly went to work using it as a "stamp" on our "canvas."
I was quite skeptical as I am one for symmetry and neatness (and certainly not modern art!). The rest of group seemed excited by splatters and less uniformity so I kept my mouth shut and smiled. We all contributed and to my surprise, it worked! I really thought that our white trash art would end up as, well, trash.....but no! Granted, the piece is quite modern so you have to appreciate modern art to really enjoy it but it really made the room. See what you think: 
Looks pretty cool to me! How fun.
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