NEW PAINTINGS TO GO TO WVTF IN ROANOKE

Hey Friends, I thought I should show you some of my new work that is going up at WVTF Radio Station next week.  I should have about 15 pieces to be in the exhibit with Bonnie Mason.

I so much enjoyed working on this one!  My favorite colors are in it, aqua, pale green, pinks!!

Title is DREAMS OF OUR FUTURE.  It is 24" square and 2 inches deep.

Would look lovely in any home.  It's nice to have a vision of the future.

Thank you for stopping by.

HAPPY TRAILS

EVENTS COMING SOON !!!!

Hey Friends,  A few Happenings to tell you about.

First is a new exhibit opening today at the Alleghany Highlands Arts and Craft Center in Clifton Forge.  Last year I won a very nice award and prize.  More info HERE

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Sunday October 30 - Monday December 4

The Holiday Show for the Double Line Painters of the Blue Ridge will be up at the http://www.jeffcenter.org  Jefferson Center .  We will line the halls with art from the past year.   Plan to come by when you are in the area or attending a concert.  A portion of art sales benefit the Jefferson Center.

Thursday November 3 - Tuesday January 10

The meeting room of the http://salemmuseum.org Salem Museum will be filled with even more art by the Double Line Painters of the Blue Ridge for the holiday season.  Admission to the museum is free and makes a great outing for friends and family during the holidays.  A portion of art sales benefit the Salem Museum.

Hope you can visit one of these shows coming up and that I run into you there

Happy Trails

SUNDAY AT THE SOUTH PEAK PAINT OUT

Hey Friends, this will be a photo post...not much verbiage today.  Only to say what a difference one night can make.  Rain & more rain yesterday.  Wake-up and it's sunny and beautiful (just a bit windy)

Linda and myself had a grand time.  I didn't even mind the wind the first couple hours.

Lots of favorite artists there and among them, Mz.Suz and Charles above.  Then I forgot to get everyone's photo.  Will try harder next year.

Go ahead and pencil it in for 2017.  We will be back.

Thank you Bonnie Hooper and Staff.

Happy Trails

WORK IN PROGRESS

Hey Friends,  Thought perhaps you would enjoy a post about a few of the steps of painting this abstract.  This is ABSTRACT, not an abstracted landscape, which is more of what I want to do.

Above I'm using one of the cheap chip brushes to put the red on the canvas.

Here I'm dipping a piece of Tupperware in paint colors and stamping on the red.

A smaller sized cup for a variety of circle sizes.

Here I'm finished with the circles.  Used iridescent blues, greens, pinks and white.

I put these black and white circles I cut from paper, in a pattern, I thought pleasing.  Then I asked a friend, that likes abstracts, what she thought.

She gave it a thumbs up and said the same thing I was thinking.  That the black & white made it look more complete.

This piece would command attention and be a conversation starter.  Don't be afraid of Red.  It would look great with a lot more than you think.

Come to the Lynchburg Art Festival at EC Glass High School on September 17th and see what I've been working on.  I hope to post more works in Progress before then.

Happy Trails