Monday, March 12, 2012

playing around with some abstracts............and my art on display :)

The past week I have been taking care of a sick little girl-she has been sick at least one week out of each month the past few months. It has gone straight to her poor little lungs. I have had to get up in the middle of the night with her to do breathing treatments, etc and let me tell ya-I have been too tired to do much of anything. With her home I can't concentrate much anyhow. I have to have total concentration-if she interrupts me I find it very difficult to get back in my "zone" so I really can't paint when she is home. I have been DYING to though! Like I think I mentioned, I am feeling a serious style change coming.  Right now, I am playing, and trying new things. This will help my growth and I know this year I will grow by leaps and bounds, because that is one of my goals this year.  Today I messed around and did some small abstracts.  Just pure play and joy-painting with my hands. Here is one of them:

Just over a week ago I attended the artist reception for the juried show I am in.  I even got my husband to go with me-imagine that (I usually end up going alone)! Here's my art on display -they had them in  display cases :)

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Juried into Multi Media Mini Show....plus a new adventure

I found out a couple days ago that 2 of the 3 pieces I entered into Redlands Art Association's Multi Media Mini Show have been accepted! What a thrill! I can humbly say that every time I have entered this show I have been fortunate to be juried in.  But getting that piece of mail that says that I was juried in is ALWAYS exciting.  I just love adding these shows to my art resume :) This is the 5th time I have done this particular show.  I look forward to going to the artist reception on Sunday-there is such a wonderful energy at these shows, and being able to mingle with the other artists is always a plus.  Here are the pieces they juried in:




In an effort to really get out of my comfort zone and try something new I signed up for Pam Carriker's class "Pursuing Portraits."  I have always wanted to master sketching a proportionate face, and this seemed like just the class. For my first try I didn't do too bad. I am looking forward to practicing more and also getting to paint them.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Revisiting old art pieces..........plus exciting news

 I was thinking about some of my older pieces last night. I was thinking of what my favorite past art pieces have been. So I thought I would revisit them and share them! I am sure there are more favorites, but have just been thinking of these recently :)









And for some exciting news.........
 I am going to be having my stuff in a gallery in South Dakota soon! Gotta get to work............

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Another new piece


Just finished this assemblage today!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

"The Clock is Ticking" Assemblage

This one feels done to me.........so I am gonna stop right here :)
Its hard to get a really good photo of it-there are so many little details.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Another one in progress......

I'm getting all set for a juried art show that is in my area every year-its for works smaller than 14" (I think). Anyway!  I am really into doing assemblage right now, so chances are thats what I will be entering (we can enter up to 3 pieces). This one has been SO fun to do-just a little more to do and it will be finished. My husband says its a little "bizarre" but I beg to differ on that!  Its FUN. Oh well, he is not into art anyway :)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Letting go of fear..............till I'm blue in the face

Thats the name of this, because that is exactly what went through my mind as I painted away at this. I have never painted so fast in my LIFE!!!  Being I have been doing silly drawings,  it has really freed me up to be more relaxed and just go with the flow.  I wanted this lady to have a blue face. The more I realized it, the more I realized that is what exactly was going on in my mind. And I LIKE the blue face.
This is a 12x16 canvas board.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Assemblage is done.............

It FEELS done to me, so calling this one complete!  Now just to name it......might have to think about it a few days! Have already began the next project !

Monday, February 6, 2012

Picasso Dogs

It was fun to start out the week with a very relaxed , fun exercise out of Carla Sonheim's book "Drawing Lab" called Picasso Dogs. It got to be addicting! I did a whole bunch and I am just sharing a few.


Saturday, February 4, 2012

Playing around in my moleskine

So my husband and son decide to take off for a little bit, and my daughter occupied on her game, I decided to get my new Watercolor Moleskine out to play. I grabbed a back issue of Smithsonian and found a picture of these whooping cranes and drew it out and painted it.  I didn't have any creative playtime at all yesterday-I broke my cycle  :( So today I HAD to do something, even though I didn't really have much time!