Friday, April 17, 2009

Black Chair

OKAY, WHAT HAPPENED?

I was writing away about my art shows, getting ready for some new ones, wanting to enter into some competitions and trying to get my house ready for the summer, when I took a little rest to read what I had written and I noticed this Monetize a the top of the page. I got curious and clicked on it, just to see what it was, and everything I had just written disappeared. So now there is a half finished blog floating around the internet somewhere.
Like I was saying, it's been a while since my last blog because I have been so busy with art, everyday stuff, fixing up my house and of course helping to take care of our beautiful puppies, Bella and Leo, King Leonidas and Queen Bella that is. Let me tell you, they both think they are royalty for sure. Bella walks into a room and expects all to bow to her and pet her head immediately. Leo comes into a room as if he were just shot out of a cannon. He wants everyone to notice him right away. One thing I can say is we are a fun household and Leo and Bella make it a very playful place.
Last night I had my grandson's family over for dinner. He has two darling little boys who are a lot of fun. I went to Costco and they had fresh Alaskan Halibut. I just put some lemon pepper and garlic on it and grilled it on the BBQ. I can't tell you how good it was. Even all the children ate it without turning up their noses. There wasn't a crumb left over. Well I have lots to do today as usual so I better get started. Here's another piece of art work.
Have a wonderful day!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

PHEW! I'M FINALLY DONE!

Yesterday I finished and delivered all the paintings for my art show at the Silk Purse Gallery in Redding, CA. I have 20 paintings that will be hung in the gallery along with my colleague and artist friend, she also has 20 paintings. We will be featured together and our show will open April 3 and close in June but I forgot the date. What's great about this show is our styles are totally different. There will be a lot to see. My friend is more of a realistic artist, she does pastels, and oils and a little watercolor. Her paintings are of landscapes, seascapes, mountains, etc. Her work is absolutely beautiful. My work on the other hand is so far from hers. It is big and bold and I use lots of bright colors. I use acrylics and oils for my paintings, I work in watercolor sometimes too but I really prefer acrylics and oils. My trees are hot pink or turquoise, sometimes purple, I love shapes and lots of thick paint and some splattering. I'm very abstract and I love it. I do realism sometimes, however, sometimes I cry because it take so long, because everything has to be so perfect and I'm not the most patient person. I like to see results right away. I really like things that are slightly off center too, kind of like Henri Matisse. I dearly love Matisses' paintings. I also love Wolf Khan, Van Gogh, Kandinsky to name a few. Hopefully we'll sell a lot of paintings and I can go on a vacation, maybe to Italy, just kidding! I'll post one of my paintings from my show. Hopefully I can remember how to do it.
Have a wonderful day!