Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Gratitude and a link
FASO, (my website provider), randomly selects and posts one of my artworks. Today it was "Gratitude," a plein air pastel of the garden outside my Studio. It is tucked away somewhere in my flat files but I was happy to see it again online.
If you have time, take a look at A follow-up to my last post on my Golden Years blog.
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Saturday, April 30, 2022
AIS 2nd Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition
Very happy to be included in the American Impressionist Society 2nd Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition. Take a look here.
Friday, April 22, 2022
Heartsong Revisited
About a year ago I completed a pastel painting, framed it and hung it in the guest bathroom. Today I unframed it and fixed a small area that has been bugging me.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Studio Stuff Sale
Thursday, March 31, 2022
March! Spring is springing
Monday, February 28, 2022
Every Day Mocha Moment
In follow up to yesterday's post, here are the first two steps of today's painting. These paintings aren't completed in one day but I will need 10 - 12 of them in about 8 weeks so my goal is to start a new one each day or two. After the blue pastel pencil sketch, the acrylic foundation is next, then to the oil easel for a couple sessions. After that, each painting will sit (and dry) while I figure out what to do with it next.
Sunday, February 27, 2022
My Every Day Project
My horoscope today tells me to write my story and share it; add illustrations. So, here I am this Sunday morning to share the backstory of my latest series, Every Day. This project will take me into gardening season so I have about 6 weeks to develop it. It is a body of work of every day still life scenes from where I live, Mill Pond Cottage.
Each of us has had an opportunity over the past two years of COVID to enjoy more time in our personal spaces - not just our studios but whatever encompasses what we call home. I believe it is important to express gratitude and appreciation for every-day small pleasures. For an artist, many of those pleasures are visual.
These still life paintings may be the lead-in to a series of interiors, something I've wanted to do for a few years. There just aren't enough hours and/or energy in the day and life gets in the way. Well, that's the my current story.
And, now a few illustrations.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
The Meet Me There Project Wrap-up
I've been working on my "Meet Me There Project" most of the month and it has been a good way to loosen up at the beginning of a new painting year. But suddenly, it is nearly the end of January and I have to move on to other commitments. These mini pastels can be viewed larger by clicking on the group image or by visiting my website.
Saturday, January 15, 2022
The Meet Me There Project
A new project for the new year! Mini landscape memory paintings in pastel. Each painting is pastel, 3.5 x 5.5 inches, matted, and ready for a standard 5x7 frame with glass. Free shipping within USA. We each have memories of places we've been, real or imagined. Sometimes, we see them as we are drifting off to sleep.
The "Meet Me There" project: I've just completed number 8 of 25.