Miss Accident Prone

Maisie and her boo boo

For those of you who haven't been following my facebook page, you probably don't know that my accident prone dog, Maisie had a "squirrel chasing incident" over the weekend. She tore her carpal pad almost completely off so our Vet had to take the rest of it off and sew her back up. At least this time (remember the broken toe?) she only has to have the bandage on for two weeks instead of two months. No dog parkin' and no play dates though and she is not too happy about that!

Sooo...I won't be blogging again until next week as James is in Chicago and I have full Maisie supervision duty so she won't chew off her bandage. If she does she might have to face THE CONE and we don't like to talk about that around here. I'll be painting...but sporadically until James gets back on Friday.

Coupla things that might be of interest to you today though...I discovered this Artist when we were in Denver for our anniversary and thought her work was pretty amazing and unique. Also recently came across this blog that I thought you might enjoy too.

Have a good week! See you soon!

Weekend of Art Snooping

Hi everyone...thanks for the nice anniversary wishes! James and I had a great time celebrating in Denver over the weekend.

We both wanted to see lots of art while we were there so we went to several galleries and the Denver Art Museum. The main draw for me at the museum was a new exhibit by Fritz Scholder, one of my favorite American Artists. The exhibit was called, "A New Indian Image" and he had some fantastic paintings and prints on display.

"Red #6"
80" x 68" acrylic on canvas
Fritz Scholder, 1994

The other exhibit we saw was an installation by Sandy Skogland called "Fox Games". The photo below is only a partial view of the entire piece. You can actually walk through the installation and experience this awesome scene as if you were in it. It was truly mind altering. It looked a little like "Maisie" dogs gone wild!

"Fox Games"
Sandy Skogland, 1989

Last but not least, we went to one of our favorite cooperative galleries called, "Zip 37". We both really enjoyed the work of Denver Artist, Danyl Cook. Danyl had a solo exhibit which included several small 6" x 6" portrait paintings that we just loved. My favorite one was the one below, his self-portrait.

"Self"
6" x 6" acrylic on canvas
Danyl Cook, 2010

So now that I've been inspired by so many incredible Artists...I'd best get back to painting! Hope to show you some new work very soon.

PAWS for Charity Book Arrived!

PAWS for Charity Art Book

purchase one here

I haven't been bloggin' much this week as I've been in my own little world painting away AND celebrating my 10th wedding anniversary. James and I are heading to Denver for a little anniversary getaway this weekend and we plan to see lots of good art, eat lots of good food and drink lots of good wine!

I did want to let you know that I received my copy of the PAWS for Charity Art Book today and it's beautiful! Below is a sample of the inside with my page on the right. I think all of you animals lovers out there would absolutely love this book...so please support breast cancer charity and go purchase one at Blurb.com. You won't be disappointed. I think I will also be buying a second hard cover copy of the book. If you'd like to see the difference between hard and soft covers...head to the PAWS for Charity blog here.

Hope you all have a wonderful spring weekend. See you next week!

New painting 'n stuff

"Daydream"
20" x 20" acrylic and collage on canvas
Prints available for sale at Imagekind.com

Here's the painting I worked on all last week. It finally came together Friday after changing gears a little. I altered the color scheme a bit, added a few more layers of paint and finally got what I was after. Hope you like it!

Hope you all had a good Easter weekend too! James and I kicked it off by going to the "First Friday" Boulder Art walk. We saw some great work including several beautiful and unique paintings by Michael Gadlin of Denver. Here's a link to his Facebook page so you can check out some of his work.

I'm working on finishing another abstract today so back soon with more new art!

Easter wishes

"Mr. Rabbit"
6" x 7" acrylic and collage on canvas

This wee little painting is from a couple of years ago...but it's here today to wish you a very happy Easter.

This afternoon, I'm finishing up the 20" x 20" abstract that I've been working on all week so I will show it to you on Monday. I have another 12" x 13" going too...but that one isn't quite ready yet.

So have a wonderful weekend...hope the flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and the dogs are dancing wherever you are!

PAWS for Charity book launch!

PAWS for Charity Art Book

Cover Photo by Stephanie Balcom

April is Cancer Awareness month...so what better time to launch the PAWS for Charity Art Book! As of today, you can purchase a soft or hardcover version of the book here at Blurb.com. This would make a wonderful gift for anyone in your life...plus all funds raised from the sale of these books are donated to The Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade.

Thanks again to Sara Harley who put this project together and created such a beautiful book. I'm honored to be among all the Artists involved.