"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

– Winston Churchill

After a year of recovery from a fractured forearm (thank God the fracture  wasn't in my right arm), I realized the time has come to re-focus on my lifelong passion for painting. I was a prolific daily painter prior to becoming a gallery director for the DaVinci Artists Gallery in Tomball, Texas, and then owner and director of Spring Cottage Gallery in Spring, Texas. For most of the past eight years, I haven't painted. Management took up most of my time. That is changing. The former gallery space is being converted to art studio space where I can paint new works, offer a few art lessons to the public, and hold an occasional Open Studio event on a weekend. Follow https://vernitahoyt.com for Open Studio Events to be announced.

Closing out 23 artists at Spring Cottage Gallery has been a bigger job than I expected. I so enjoyed showing all the wonderful artworks of many more than 23 artists from November 2017 - July 2026. I equally enjoyed meeting a variety of customers and browsers at Spring Cottage Gallery in Old Town Spring (just north of Houston). People who love art always find common interests in art and other subjects.

This baby boomer isn't ready to sit down and retire. As Winston Churchill said, "It is the courage to continue that counts."