When life gives you lemons...

"Lemons on Red Plate"

My Lemons made it into an Etsy Treasury today. I love the burst of yellow color in all of the selections. Thank you, Arlene and Yakira! Here is the print on wood reproduction on Etsy.

In my last post, I mentioned that I had some news for you? I'm honored to have been invited to display my work at "9th Avenue Collection" in Denver. It's an antique and design center that showcases several Colorado Artists along with beautiful furniture, sculpture, and other treasures of design. If you're in the area...stop by and browse around...it's a great place for Christmas gifts!

Hope you're all enjoying the holidays...and not getting too frazzled in the process!

New work #2

"Light As Air"
16" x 16" acrylic and collage on canvas

Here is #2 in my new series. I shifted to a bit of a different color palette and composition with this one. I'm trying to push myself into unknown territories that are not quite as comfortable for me.

So in my last post, I mentioned that I had some exciting news to share with you? Well, I am happy to say that I have another solo show of abstracts scheduled for June! My work will be displayed for a month at a beautiful new Bakery, "My Sweet Bakery" in the Denver Tennyson District. Tennyson St. is booming with new art galleries, shops and restaurants and they have a monthly Artwalk. The Bakery will be part of the Artwalk so I am thrilled to be able to participate!

I'm about half way finished with a new dog painting so I'll be working towards finishing him next. Hope to show you next week!

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.

Cherries anyone?

"Cotton Candy Cherries"
5"h x 7"w
acrylic and collage on canvas
available in my Etsy shop here

Here's a new still life that I just finished today. I know it has kind of an unusual title but it really does make me think of cotton candy! I'm trying to let it flow a little more with my titles anyway...rather than just a boring 'ol "Four Cherries" or something.

I came across the blog of one of my very favorite painter's for the first time today, Kate McPhee. If you don't already know about her then you should because I think she is such a talent! Her paintings are bright and beautiful and have wonderful uplifting meaning to them. James and I purchased three of her paintings when we first moved to Boulder and we love them even more today. Check out her Etsy shop too when you get a chance.

"The Two of Cups"
Kate McPhee

Hope you're having a good Monday out there! xox