Author: lauramchugh

I was turned on to a great collaborative art event at the DeYoung by a dear friend. The event invites floral artists to interpret pieces at the DeYoung using flowers. My favorites were the interpretation of Oranges Wrapped in Tissue,

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I hope to have more time next year to really soak up this wonderful event.

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blankets, blue bottles, bug cars, brooms, blackberries, bottles, bicycles….

Today’s photo is from an art project I was invited to partcipate in with a couple of friends. The assignment was to make a photo collage of items around the house that start with the letter “B.”

I found about 15 things pretty fast. I downloaded them, did a little bit of customary Picasa messing with them, then pasted them into Powerpoint for a quick arrangement and PDF’d the whole thing.

I wonder what the next assignment will be?

I’m now in our UK office in Stockley Park (near Heathrow). I’m here to review how we are approaching safety and compliance for our European operations, which is a thrill to finally be doing in my professional, engineering career.

However, the high point of the day was when my sponsor, the Dir of Facilities, asked if I wanted to see some of the art they were considering for the office expansion. He introduced me to Shirley Hudson, who has an art consultancy practice here in the UK.

Shirley had a nice selection of mostly prints in limited editions, including many by Anita Ford, including the one shown above.

I was so excited to see some original art up close and instantly imagined myself in Shirley’s job, which reminded me of the resume I wrote for myself over the holidays:

Resume

Laura D. McHugh, PE, MBA

• Ms. McHugh is retired. As such, Ms. McHugh accepts only short-term management consulting projects where she can limit her involvement to activities that genuinely interest her. If art and/or travel to EU countries are involved in any way, your project has a much higher probability of being accepted.
  
  
• Ms. McHugh is only considering opportunities that allow her to work flexible hours, with minimal or no attendance at routine staff meetings. She is very comfortable making interesting and engaging presentations, if required, and is happiest when she can work in the background to provide high quality value-add results that you can integrate into your planning and implementation without continued reliance on her services.

• Ms. McHugh is not interested in reporting to nor supervising anyone. She works best with no supervision and appreciates the opportunity to develop a clearly defined work scope, which is most enjoyable when it is a non-linear, creative process. She enjoys situations where there is continual feedback and collaboration throughout the term of the project.
  
  
• Ms. McHugh’s hourly rate may be higher than what you are accustomed to for senior level consulting. However, you can rest assured that Ms. McHugh is interested only in efficiently completing your project quickly and completely to your satisfaction so that she is available to return to traveling, creating fine art, and moving on to the next interesting gig.

650.743.2791
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Today I travelled from Cork to Dublin. Because of delays in rail service, I didn’t get to Dublin until about 4 pm. Luckily, my hotel was right across the street from Trinity College, which was on my list of “must sees.” This is the best photo of the day – a porcelain vase in a window, inside one of the oldest gates at the college.

The gate, and the red door.