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 :)

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.

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............

Another new piece

Just finished this assemblage today!

"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.

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 :)

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.

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 !

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.

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!