SHORT AND SWEET

Hey Friends,  A couple shots from the art festival held this past Saturday at EC Glass HiSchool.

This is my display up there.  Lots of kind comments and some OOOH's and AAAHHH's.

Sold several pieces of small things and a bunch of cards.

The crowd seemed to be a lot thinner than the past festivals.  This fella here in the top hat was an unusual fella passing thru and carefully judging the works.  I liked his hat and flip flips.

Are outdoor art festivals becoming another art venue that will bite the dust soon (like galleries)??

If you have any thoughts I'd love to hear them.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Trails

Time Again for the Lynchburg Art Festival

Hey Friends,  This is a new piece from me.  A view of Smith Mtn. Lake with a big sky!  I have painted several similar in that they are pretty minimal.

I have been trying out abstracts too.  They have been fairly minimal too.  They are more fun than I thought they would be.  And thanks to Judy, there is a place than I can actually operate to put my paintings on their wall.!  I love how they show up.

These will be at the Lynchburg Art Festival held on the grounds of EC Glass High School this Sat. Sept. 17th from 10 'til 4 pm.

The link will give you more info if needed.

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