Switchplates

Here is another licensed imaged being produced into

switchplate covers. Click the link to see what's available.

They have 4 of my images that they are producing, three

florals and one rooster. Can't wait to walk into a store and

see them on display...but that probably won't happen anytime

soon, since alot of business is being conducted over the internet.

I was recently contacted by someone who googled my name

after seeing my work in the Coldwater Creek catalog. It's amazing

how you can instantly be in touch with someone who is on the web.

Amazing...I'm taking the rest of the week off from my blogorama

for Thanksgiving...so enjoy all, be thankful.

Waitsfield Farm

"Waitsfield Farm" 15" x 22" at Green Mountain Fine Art in Stowe

I just delivered this painting to my gallery in Stowe..the

first (recent) landscape to be shown! Can't wait to find out

what the feedback is. I need to start thinking about a holiday

card...might even be a little late with that, but hey a mere

mortal can only do so much. I didn't see Twilight this weekend,

but I hear vampires can fly and make lots of teenage girls swoon!

I'm trying to remember what movie hottie was out there when I was

that age...maybe John Travolta in Grease? Anyway, that doesn't

have much to do with painting and I actually got to put some paint

on some paper yesterday! Maybe my efforts will be revealed to

you sometime soon. I have not been able to go to the figure sessions

lately, but hope to pick that up again. Maybe some self-portraits

in the meantime? I've tried that before and it's amazing how much I

don't look like me.

"O Solo Mio"

"O Solo Mio" 7.5" x 7.5" click here to bid

Okay it's official...I have my first painting for sale on Ebay.

You can click the link above to go to the auction page. As

this is a work in progress I am sure I will be encountering

some new obstacles. I will start to list my ebay paintings

with a label of "available" and will update my blog as they

get sold with a "sold" label. Seems simple enough, but we'll

have to see. Again, I will start off slow and see how this

new adventure progresses. I know Ebay has been around

for a long time and artists have been successfully selling their

work through their site...so here's hoping I'll become one of them!

Hearts of Gold

As you can tell I work alot with the color wheel when
I design my paintings. This one showing the blues and

purples and then complementing them with oranges

and yellows. I love playing with color that way. I think

they "POP" more. I will be framing today to get ready to

drop off some new paintings in Stowe at my gallery there.

I don't know if anyone has been trying to get in touch with

me via my website, but the "contact" link wasn't working...

I don't know for how long, but it is now fixed...so for those

of you who thought I didn't answer my emails...I apologize,

but the problem seems to be fixed now!

Online woes

private collection

For those of you keeping track...yes I didn't

get to post yesterday, because my cable was

down and I couldn't get online all day! It's

amazing how the computer rules the world!

Well...maybe not, but if you are used to getting

your emails first thing in the morning and then

posting to your blog and that doesn't happen!

Watch out, change in plans for the day, run around

thinking it's your modem, call the cable company

(after you've gone there to switch out your modem),

come to find out there is a problem in your neighborhood

with your service...AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH! But anyway,

I'm here and posting again! I want to thank everyone who

has been commenting on a regular basis! I love reading

all your comments, keep 'em coming! Tomorrow I continue

my quest for selling on ebay or etsy as some of you have

suggested.

The Letter

"The Letter" 15" x 22"

This painting was a study in oranges and reds...obviously.

But it was also a combination of shapes and textures, lost

and found edges, soft and hard edges, overlapping shapes

and some negative space. I just got two potted amaryllis

bulbs and they are already shooting up their tall heads. One

is orange and the other a candy cane stripe. I have some

paperwhites ready to go as well, but I need to put those in

some sort of vessel and put the marbles around their bases.

I really like seeing their roots twirl around through the glass.

So I am growing some new subject matter, right here in my

living room!

Orchid offering

"Orchid Offering"

I will be picking this painting up from the

Middlebury Frog Hollow this weekend. It's

been on display for a while and it's time to change

things up. I am also going to be part of a winter

group show at Furchgott and Sourdiffe gallery in

Shelburne. The show opens with a reception

on Friday December 5th. I am still thinking about

selling a few pieces from my blog. By no means would

this be a daily thing, but an occassional thing. I've

followed some daily painters blogs and I think just

listing each entry, plus the painting, the shipping

and mere organization would become a full-time job!

So stay tuned...I might delve into this a little further

next week. I'll start simple and slow!

Tulips and friends

"Tulips and friends"

This is another 7.5" x 7.5" image completed in the last

several months. As you can see I've tried to paint it like

one of my larger pieces and get a lot of subject matter on

the paper. I've been thinking lately that I might start to sell

some of these smaller paintings through this blog?? Any thoughts?

I think what I'd do is go through the older posts and see which

paintings I have available and then add a label "available" that

you can search for. Let me know what you think. Ofcourse

my Giclee prints are available right now through my website

and I have a link to paypal...maybe I should just add a page

to my website?

Pink Orchids

"Pink Orchids" 7.5" x 7.5"

These small paintings are fun to do, but sometimes can be

challenging. I'm so used to working on a half sheet (22" x 15"),

that switching to a small piece of paper can be difficult. I really

enjoy working with large brushes and lots of pigment, but I am

forced to change it up for these "micro" paintings. Smaller brush,

but I can still manage a lot of color and lots of water. I find myself

using this format often for my roosters. This Sunday is the Fall meeting

of the Vermont Watercolor Society...it should be a fun one! Plus I am

going to stop by the Middlebury Frog Hollow and change up some

paintings, so they have some fresh work of mine heading in to the

holidays...two birds with one tank of gas!

Class work

I thought I'd share something I did during a class this past

summer. I really enjoy taking workshops and wish I could

participate in more of them on a yearly basis. It's great to

learn from different teachers. Everyone has something new

to add. With so many different styles and philosophies out

there you are bound to pick something up. Plus it's also nice

to paint in a group and have someone else come up with an

assignment! That's why I like the weekly Different Strokes from

Different Folks blog by Karin Jurick. I'm working on this week's

shadows project(not completed yet)...but check out the blogs.

Lemon twins

I thought I'd continue the lemon theme for another day.

The post on Friday was painted at the same time as this

double study. Take advantage of your stilllife set up before

it goes bad! I have started to use fake fruits and veggies

in my floral set ups..they provide the shape I need and

won't go bad! Unfortunately you can't cut them! This way

I save a little in the way of wasting money on something

that'll just sit on a table in the studio for a couple days. I

find that I never use whatever it is I'm painting in any meals!

Unless it's a quick sketch of something that I am cooking.

(see previous posts of basil and bok choy!)

Pigment power

A little sketch of a solo lemon slice. I like it when my paints

are really juicy and I almost put too much color on the paper.

Like in the background here. The pigments always look so good

when they are wet, but always dry just that much lighter. It's hard

to strike that balance between transparent color and working with

the white of the paper and just killing the sparkle. Maybe that's why,

once I frame my watercolors behind shiny glass that they look

finished, almost like they've been varnished with a gloss.

Museum dreaming

"Graceful Forms" actual size: 22" x 15" museum size: very big!

Several blogs I check in with have been posting

their art on museum walls...this is done through

a website called dumpr. So I thought I would visualize

my art on a museum wall as well and wonder what that

would look and feel like. Very impressive, especially

when it's so large and with such a lovely gilded frame!

Make room on the walls Rembrandt and Picasso..well

maybe not quite yet, but hey you never know! We can

dream right and dream big we do!

Stepping out

"Stepping out" 7.5" x 7.5"

Well and step out we did to the voting booths across

America. Thought this red, white and blue rooster was

appropriate a day after electing a new president. Big happenings

across our nation. I'm trying to get back into the swing of painting.

I am looking at redoing my palette and scraping off dried bits

and reinvigorating the colors. Sometimes when the colors have

been spritzed, rewetted, dried and reworked over and over, they

start to look a bit tired and that can translate to your painting.

So with fresh, juicy colors I can tackle some fresh and juicy

paintings...hopefully!