Abstract Wednesday

I'm starting to feel like my photo an hour challenge doesn't make sense for Wednesdays. I'm usually at school for the first part of the day and there's nothing really interesting going on there (unless I take pictures of my notes or the back of peoples heads).  

The best thing about Wednesdays is that I've been doing happy hour with my lady friends for the past couple of weeks. Last night I went to a friend's house and we made delicious pizza from scratch. Ahhh it was so good! Paired it with BBQ and honey mustard chicken wings from Wing Wings in Lower Haight and some German beer. 

Speaking of German....my boyfriend and I are going on a vacation together in July. This will be my first trip to Europe ever!  We're starting off in Amsterdam, then heading to Berlin to visit a friend. He will be staying in Germany for the next 3 weeks while on tour with his band. I'm so excited, summer can't come soon enough!

Yolanda Sanchez

She Likes to Party, 2012

Midsummer Magic, 2012

Zehara

Azul #6, 2012

YOLANDA SÁNCHEZ was born in Havana, Cuba and emigrated to the United States in 1960. She obtained a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1979, and has practiced and taught psychology at the graduate level for over 30 years. Prompted by a personal crisis in her mid-thirties, Yolanda decided to give voice to her creativity and returned to school, obtaining a BFA and subsequently, an MFA from Yale University in painting. While at Yale, she studied with the British painter, John Walker, who became a mentor, and with Andrew Forge and David Pease, among others. Yolanda is a Fulbright scholar, completing her fellowship as a painter in Spain after she graduated from Yale. Her Fulbright project focused on four Spanish painters: El Greco, Goya, Miró and the abstract painter, Tàpies.  (bio from The Schoolhouse Gallery)