Starting over means that I had to put two base coats of white on each pillow.   
Each side of each pillow and cushion....

Does not feel like "art" to me at this point....

Feels like work...

Now, this is getting better....

I seldom draw anything out ahead of time - but repainting these pillows was not on my agenda...

OK.   
Glad I drew it out first.

The back and the insides are covered with pillows and won't show - so I did not paint green all the way to the bottom.
Decided that it would not "feel" complete, unless I painted it all.
(sigh...)

Feels better.
I left those two strips of original fabric - just so that person who buys this is aware of what the sofa started out like.

Yes.  
I am liking this now!

So far, it had only seemed real in my head...

With the side pillows.
Still missing a little "something" though....

Painted that cording black all around the edges...
Still... still... eh, missing "something"....

Pin striping!  
That was what was missing!

Now all I have to do is paint 6 coats of clear sealant on every surface.
Six.
On EVERY surface.

Then I get my worktable back.

I am anxious to paint a painting.

A simple one sided flat painting.

Yep.

I have been busy. 
  Spring cleaning and painting over paintings that were just not "right."   

This is a painting of mine that did not make me happy and I have painted over it and left some of the original under there to peek through.  
 This is not finished yet.

This is what it looked like before. 
 It is one that I made using my styrofoam meat tray - "woodblock" prints.  

I bought this at a yard sale a couple of years ago and it actually looks a little better in this photo than in person.  
  But...
Time for it to reincarnate.

Hideous leafy texture.  
But nice texture, if it is NOT a tree anymore....
Scraped the biggest lumps off and  kept the rest.

And off I go!

Yep.
Same painting.
Getting it put up on the wall of my gallery!
Now titled:
"I know it's only Rock and Roll, but I like it!"

It started with a painting a friend gave me to paint over.
She bought it at at thrift store and did not get around to using it herself.

I have been in a yellow mood lately - so thought I would go with that.

I painted thickly in places and put some texture in there and then splattered some blue/green on top.

See...

 Added some pink and orange over that...

Added black lines.

White stripes.  Check!

Decided I wanted the roundy part at the bottom - so flipped the canvas around and then blocked in a face.

Eyes - mouth - yep.  That's gonna be a face.

Face outline and jaw...

Darker nose and then added hair hair and more hair...

Pink cheeks.

Put some white on the eyes and each eye ended up looking a 
different direction.  
 Ooopsy.

Wiped the paint off.
Several times...

Got the eyes figured out - added more hair and added lines around the pink cheeks.
Done.
I painted the wooden frame black and today will re-assemble it all back together and it will be for sale! 


3'X4' repurposed latex paint on reclaimed canvas!

I painted a "background" on my recycled vinyl flooring....

I painted over my painted background and then "cut" through the top layer of paint to partially reveal the under-painting.   
The best part is, that when I am done with it, you can plop it on the floor and walk all over it!

Working on more for walking on!


Hope to see you there!

I painted an orange background on the vinyl.

Six coats of clear sealant and.....

this art is made for walkin'

This was fun to paint.

This was quite fun to paint.

Oh, yes.  This was fun to paint.

This is going to be fun to finish painting.

Annie picked out a Helvi Smith painting that she will carry with her for a month. 
Everywhere.   
Let's see where Annie and the Helvi Smith painting go, shall we?

Here is the painting that Annie will take with her and she will get to keep this at the end of 30 days.

The hand-off on the porch of my gallery/studio...

Oooh.
I hope there is not a permit required to carry a painting around for 30 day.
I hate red tape....

Looky here!
My painting got to visit a glass gallery in Lincoln City, Oregon.

OK - so this is a teeny photo of the painting in Tillamook, Oregon.
Looks like this painting is gallery-hopping!

Pigeon eradication begins.

I never plan ahead what I am going to do.  

I just start painting.

I found a little tube of ORANGE acrylic paint at Goodwill yesterday and put it to use here.

Added a little of this and a little of that...

and a little of that and a little of this....until "Requiem for Two Pigeons" was completed.