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Leafs are not leaving...

1/15/2015

I am still on the "leaf" path.

I have been exploring colors and textures and shapes.

I have been waiting for the next big thing to come to me so I could paint it. In the meantime, I puttered around painting a little of this and a little of that...

I have been looking at the fig tree out the back, now that the leaves are gone, and admiring the wavy lines and curls of the branches.

I stand at the sink when I am washing out my paint brushes and look out the back at this view.
Well, that view took shape and color on canvas....

Now, I know this does not "look" like the fig tree, but it is totally inspired by the fig tree!

Another background in progress...

One of the great things about being an artist, is that I can think of something and then just do it! I wondered what a version of the fig tree would look like in a very muted palette. Well, Heck! I can just DO THAT!

It is not the same thing as wondering about if I can fly a plane. I cannot.

I can actually think of something tangible and make it happen! I have that magic in me! oooh!

Everyday, I reach into the unknown and unseen and bring it to canvas.

I am humbled and amazed.

Thanks for checking in on my doings!

Happy New Year.

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A virtual view

12/17/2014

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It took me a long time to figure out how to put my paintings on a "virtual" wall.

I think it really gives a person an idea of how my art will display on a
wall in their own place.

Here are some photos of art that I listed on Artfinder.com in the last couple of weeks....

Pretty cool, eh?

Here is a link to my page on Artfinder.com

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A New Gallery for Me!

11/30/2014

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I just delivered 7 paintings to my NEWEST art gallery!
Ryan Art Gallery
in Lincoln City, Oregon.

They have been there 29 years and they are going strong!

The gallery is open everyday
from 10am-5pm.
Stop by next time you head to the beach.
Say hello to Emily for me!
I took some pear paintings to her!

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New Math

11/20/2014

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This was a "Fish Stick" painting I did a year or so ago.
I like the long tall size.
But nobody bought this fish stick so I started to paint a mid century inspired design over the top and there it sat.
It was not working for me.
So I painted over it.
Again.

This is called,
"3 over Pear1"

Sounds like a
mathematical
term to me.

Long and TALL.
48" X 7"

I painted this last year and used colors that I normally don't use.
Nobody bought this painting that I called, "Shrimp and Grits," so now it is gone to be a Math Pear.

This was a very ugly part of the transition.
That just looks bad.
Like a red rotting fig.
Had to make drastic changes...

Whew!
This looks SO much better!
"3 over Pear2"

Sometimes ya just have to persist until the right thing happens.
Then you have to know when to stop.

This was about the third go-around on this painting...

Still on the pear kick...
But these did not please me.
I tried too hard, and it showed.

"7 Over Pear2"
This one pleases me very much.

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I have been waiting

11/14/2014

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I have been waiting for the next series of paintings to begin.
Waiting.
Painting owls.
Waiting.
  Painting backgrounds.
Waiting.

Found it last night!

Today the idea came to fruition and I can just feel it!

Yahoo!

Fruit.

Yep.

Fruit.

I know this is not fruit.
These are abstract flowers.
I had some odd shaped pieces of canvas laying about and decided to just use them up.
Often the best things happen because I am not really trying and just "letting."

The next painting on scrap canvas was just OK and then I just went too far an totally ruined it.
That happens.
But what happened next is where I am going...

This is what happened on top
of those flowers!
I LOVE THIS.

When this is on stretcher bars - this is about what it will look like.

And this is how a series is born.

This background was already done.
So I started with orange circles.

Painted yellow around the oranges and framed up the other side with gray and now for some green!

Now I know I am making a deconstructed fruit bowl.
Oranges on the left and a pink pear will go on the right...

Might be done.

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Owl the Time

11/12/2014

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Shelly, the gallery owner at Off The Walls Gallery in Shelton, Washington, just upped and demanded I make her some of these owls! Happy to accommodate!

These are mostly done and I will have them stretched on to bars and they will be ready in a week or so for a trip northward!

Ha ha.
Just seeing if you
are paying attention.
This is a fish.

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Life on the Edge

10/22/2014

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Terry, who owns the gallery, "The Studio" in New Hope, PA asked me to create paintings with deep edges on them.

Since I paint on unstretched canvas - flat on my work table - that is pretty easy for me to accommodate.

I just have to get fatter wood to stretch the painting onto when I am done.

I LOVE THE FAT EDGES!

Here is the one I am working on right now.

I drew a 3"-ish edge that in this form, is rather like a border around the painting.

This "border" will become the edge of the painting when it is stretched onto the wood.

Sorta like this!
This is actually the bottom of
a different painting.

This is what has my brain in
high gear lately.

I imagine this painting is in a hallway and you are walking down the hall and there you see an individual painting
that is long and thin.

THAT should pique your interest and when you get to the front of the painting...
viola! Another painting!

Yep.

Then when you pass the painting you can look back and see ANOTHER long tall painting on the other edge.

Bonus, if you are short, and you can see the individual painting on the bottom edge
and likewise if you are tall, you can see the separate painting on the top edge.

Left side.

Front

Bottom

Fronts

Side paintings.

Gotta go finish this one now!

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Stop by and say hello!

10/14/2014

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This weekend, October 18th and 19th - I will have my studio open for visitors!
This will be the 4th year that I am participating in a county-wide open studio weekend.
FREE!
There are about 40 artists who are participating. ALL kinds of artists.
Ceramic
Encaustic
Watercolors
Bookmaking
and me with my house paint!

If you say you saw this post on my blog - I will happily give you 10% off anything you purchase from me.

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OK. Back to your regularly scheduled postings....

10/8/2014

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Just finished the 30 day painting challenge and I am super excited to get back to my regular schedule of painting lots of paintings at the same time.
The 30 challenge was to go from blank canvas to finished product in one day.
That meant that I could only work on ONE painting per day, as I had to paint each part and get it DRY to move on to the next part.

Often, I was painting with one hand and blow drying another section with the other hand. Yes. For real!

SO, now I will get back to my own pace and production level. Stay tuned!

You can read about each and every day of the challenge - over there on the left side of this page. Click on the "30 Day Challenge."

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Leafs are not leaving...

Leaf it to me.

A virtual view

A New Gallery for Me!

New Math

I have been waiting

This background was already done.
So I started with orange circles.

Owl the Time

Life on the Edge

Left side.

Front

Bottom

Fronts

Side paintings.

Stop by and say hello!

OK. Back to your regularly scheduled postings....

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This background was already done.So I started with orange circles.

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Front

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Fronts

Side paintings.

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This background was already done.
So I started with orange circles.