30 in 30 - Day 10

12x12 Stretched Canvas

Hey Friends,  Day 10 is here and almost gone !  I was invited by a sweet lady named Lavon to try out the "Paint New Mexico Challenge".  And they have a new photo for you to paint from every month and January's has flowers in it.  A good combo I thought.

"Pelargoniums on Turquoise" is the title and It's available in my Etsy Shop . I used a pallette knife a lot on this one and several coming up.  Enjoyed playing with these knives.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Trails

ORIGINAL PAINTING OF WINDOW SEAT IN A GARDEN

Hey Friends,  This little pretty is listed on EBAY, CLICK HERE.

Would make a sweet gift for all the flower loving gardeners in your life.

Happy Trails

Geraniums in Old Window

Hey Friends,  I've been playing with the pen, ink and water color for about a week now.  Mostly at night, in front of TV.   I'm still enjoying it.  I'm doing a bit of this and that.  Some birds, some windows, some doors, mailboxes, and some chickens.  I need to find a pheasant photo.  I got some pheasant photos of my neighbors exotic pheasants (beautiful birds) but not the common North American variety.  Here is link to my Etsy shop.
Yesterday I took a short trip around Salem, getting some photos of the fall colors.  The colors don't seem to be so great this year.   I don't understand why the colors can be SO different from one year to the next.
In the morning I will meet my plein-aire group, the Double Line Painters, and we will be making deli-papers.  These are colorful papers for collages.  To me making these papers is the most fun part of collages.
DLP also hung a big show at the Jefferson Center this morning and a smaller one at the Salem Museum this afternoon.  Both shows will hang through the end of December, so you have lots of time to go by and find a unique gift for any occasion this year. 

 Judy took this photo of Linda and me, hanging work at the Salem Museum.

And here Linda is demonstrating how to hang a mini-painting on a tree.  Yeah, we can get pretty goofy at times.   Click here for the DLP blog to see more photos.

IMPATIENS

This is an 8"x10" acrylic on canvas panel of the flowers "impatiens" along with grapes obviously at a window. Sometimes we simply paint things because of the light or we want to practice the act of painting. Hope you like it! I think I remember this size canvas ships for about $8.00, I know thats a bit more than usual but gasoline prices just won't stop! Just a little side note: I need to have a little work done on my studio (which some of you may know is my fathers old workshop/garage). I need to replace an old rickety sliding/rolling 8' door with some french doors given to me from my sister. So I've got to move a ton of stuff so they can actually see the doorway. Therefore I'm planning to have a little STUDIO CLEARANCE/REMODELING SALE!!! Soon I hope. I have to take photos or scan the artwork, so that could take a while. Any way, have a great evening and CLICK HERE if you would like to own this painting. Thanks

PSS - I'm really sorry I must cancel the ebay listing for this piece. I dropped it and it needs a little reworking. I just don't have time right now. I have 3 commissions I'm worried about finishing, so I'll have to work on this piece later. I'll post it again and hope no one is disappointed they can't bid right now! Thank all of you very much, Sincerely, Sue

Piano Room

My sister does have a piano, its just not this one. I thought a baby grand would make a bigger statement... To purchase please click here