My brother-in-law, Tío Lauro, is a painter with a fairly large and growing body of work. He works in oils, acrylics, and etchings. Yesterday, he started up a blog: lauropedraza.art. His plan is not just to put show his art, but also talk about some of his previous works and what he was thinking and doing when created them. In addition to all this, he has in the middle of the creation of a different kind of art, the creation of an atelier that is uniquely his style. That atelier is located right next to Allende, Nuevo Leon, the pastoral and classically Mexican pubelo of his ancestors. He started with a very much rundown, but quite old home in a quiet area close to the river that is not quite in the country, but not really in the city either. The atelier is really taking shape–after getting some basic work and reshaping done on the house itself, he has been working mostly on the gardens for the last little while. I expect to see pictures of the atelier, life in Mexico, food, and music in addition to his always stellar art.