new works on paper

"Untitled#7"

8" x 8" acrylic and collage on paper

"Untitled#8"

8" x 8" acrylic and collage on paper

Happy Friday, the 18th! These two sweet little paintings have just joined the untitled series I've been working on. Both of these are originals are available in my Etsy Shop here and here.

Thanks to Lidy from HelloLidy.com for featuring my "Windswept" painting as part of her "weekend picks for an office space" post. Her decor and design blog is really fun and inspiring!

Have you been following me on instagram? I wish you would! :)

"Everyone Else is Shouting"

12" x 12" acrylic on paper

2014

Hi everyone...I haven't been paying enough attention to my blog lately. I'm sorry Mr. Blog. Been busy painting away and working on my Etsy shop so I haven't been able to devote much attention to you. I shall try and do better.

Hey...I just purchased a really good art book about Franz Kline. I highly recommend it! 

Are you following me on Instagram? :)

"Transported"

8" x 8" acrylic, collage, ink and crayon on paper

"Float Away"

8" x 8" acrylic and collage on paper

Two new paintings to start off the week! Hope you had a great weekend!

This is a painting I've been working on…with a looser style and quick brush. I considered it about half finished yesterday but today…I'm kinda liking it the way it is. Think I will just make a few minor adjustments and see what happens to the next one.

I'm really liking this canvas size too…24" x 24". Not too large and not too small…just right!

New Abstract on Canvas

"Fearless Heart"

16" x 16" acrylic on canvas

2013

New painting! I also used caran d'ache crayon, black ink, acrylic paint pen and collage paper.

I would love it if you would leave me a comment about what feelings it evokes for you.

New acrylic on paper

"Safe and Sound"

8" x 8" acrylic on paper

2013

Safe and Sound

Streaks of red,

Paint the sky,

Pink, orange, and gold.

Before the sun,

Falls from the sky,

And everything goes cold.

Indigo returns,

As do the stars,

A bright, shining light.

Guiding you back,

To your safe haven,

Away from the frozen, dark night.

But you want to begin again,

Stop feeling so small!

So you wait away,

For the light to peek around,

To make your new start,

This time, safe and sound.

~poem by JustARose

Puzzled

"Puzzle"

8" x 8" acrylic on paper

2013

Besides working on lots of new paintings, I'm sprucing up my studio a bit. Can't show you the whole space just yet because it's still a work in progress. 

I WILL show you these cool new gray chairs and red rug I bought at IKEA for a corner "relax and contemplate" area. You can change out the fabric covers whenever you need to...so if Maisie decides to step in paint and plant her little paw marks on them, well, you get the idea!

Mixed Media on Paper

"Shatter"

8 x 8 mixed media on paper

2013

Sonnet IX: There where the waves shatter

There where the waves shatter on the restless rocks

the clear light bursts and enacts its rose,

and the sea-circle shrinks to a cluster of buds,

to one drop of blue salt, falling.

O bright magnolia bursting in the foam,

magnetic transient whose death blooms

and vanishes--being, nothingness--forever:

broken salt, dazzling lurch of the sea.

You & I, Love, together we ratify the silence,

while the sea destroys its perpetual statues,

collapses its towers of wild speed and whiteness:

because in the weavings of those invisible fabrics,

galloping water, incessant sand,

we make the only permanent tenderness. 

~Pablo Neruda

Impact

"Impact"

8" x 8" acrylic, ink, crayon on paper

2013

Happy June 10th! I've been working on four different paintings...two works on paper just finished and two on canvas waiting to get there. The one above will be available in my Etsy shop very soon.

I feel like I have so many irons in the fire right now...changing my website and totally re-organizing my studio are two of them. Lots of new things coming though...just gotta keep myself from getting dizzy!

Paper and Poetry

"Windswept 4"

acrylic and collage on paper

8" x 8"

It's a warm and a breezy afternoon here in Boulder. My studio door is open, Maisie is laying in front of it...soaking in fresh air and listening to distant bird songs and dog barks. Seems like winter is a long lost dream now.

After the Winter

Some day, when trees have shed their leaves

     And against the morning’s white

The shivering birds beneath the eaves

     Have sheltered for the night,

We’ll turn our faces southward, love,

     Toward the summer isle

Where bamboos spire the shafted grove

     And wide-mouthed orchids smile.

And we will seek the quiet hill

     Where towers the cotton tree,

And leaps the laughing crystal rill,

     And works the droning bee.

And we will build a cottage there

     Beside an open glade,

With black-ribbed blue-bells blowing near,

     And ferns that never fade.

~Claude McKay

Paintings on Paper

"Windswept 3"

acrylic and collage on paper

8" x 8"

This is the third painting on paper in the Windswept series. I'm really enjoying working on paper for a change...and on some smaller pieces.

I've been preoccupied lately with designing a new website too...I'm using SquareSpace.com. Have you heard about them? I really like what I've seen...simple and clean templates, stylish and contemporary at the same time. The best part is that I will be able to incorporate my website, blog, gallery and Etsy shop all in one place. Easier to use...easier to update. Check them out!

We've gone straight from winter to summer here in Boulder...high 80's today. Might have to get Maisie's kiddie pool out. Wait a minute...I'm not done with spring yet!

New works on paper

"Windswept"

Acrylic and Collage on Paper

8"x 8" 

2013

I'm starting on a new series of Abstracts on Paper (8" x 8" format). Having a lot of fun with them! Paper has such a different feeling than canvas and I think switching the ground you work on is good for variety and new experiences.

I just listed this one in my Etsy shop here.

Have a great weekend!

New Painting and Museum Visit

"Room to Grow"

16" x 16" acrylic on canvas

2013

Here's a new painting, just finished...a little different palette used than in the last few pieces.

James and I went to the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver recently and loved it. The current exhibition is  Red/Yellow/Blue which displays Still's interest in using primary color in many of his works. I was really drawn to this one in his yellow series. Beeeeeautiful!

You can read more about Clyfford Still's life and work on the museum blog here.

Tongue Tied Tuesday

"Somewhere Between"

12" x 24"

Acrylic and Collage on Canvas

New in 2012

"The Dwelling Place"

acrylic and collage on canvas

30" x 30"

Have to admit that I've been taking quite a bit of time away from blogging. I decided I needed to concentrate more on painting and less on posting. I always find that I'm more creative and productive when I do that. I seem to need those blocks of time to float above the technical world.

Here's my first painting of 2012. I have three more in the works so hope to be able to show you those soon. May be revamping and moving my blog as well. Not sure exactly what and when so I'll surprise you!

Hope you're all doing well and loving the New Year so far!

New work!

"Safe Haven"
16 x 16 acrylic and collage on canvas
Available here on Etsy

I'm still here! Recently made a few changes to the blog...and listed this new painting today. Let me know what you think!

Hope you're all doing well! Back soon...

The City of Lights

...in progress

I've been off the blog for a bit...working in the studio on two new abstract paintings. The picture above is part of a large 30" x 30" I'm wrestling with. My communication with the canvas is going up and down, back and forth...and I'm not getting what I want yet. Hopefully a little vacation will ignite some new ideas!

James and I are heading to Paris for a week! Some very generous friends of ours have invited us to stay with them in a beautiful apartment they bid on and won in an auction. We will all stay there for five days...then they fly home. James and I will stay on in a hotel for three more days. We've never been to Paris...so I'm sure we're in for a visual feast!

I'll be back in the studio after the 15th. I hope to have some wonderful pictures to share with you then. Bye for now...xox!

Workshop with Flora Bowley

Our painting workshop space

I had such a great time at my painting workshop at The Makerie Art Retreat in Boulder last Friday. If you get a chance to attend the 2012 Retreat...do it!...because it's such a great experience to be able to explore and expand your creativity with some amazing teachers.

As I've mentioned before, I've been inspired by Flora Bowley's work for some time. Her painting workshop filled every expectation I had...of learning new techniques, letting go of self-imposed expectations and just experiencing the joy of painting for the day. Flora's method of teaching is open, gracious and motivating...allowing all of us to experience a wonderful day of artistic expression.

I'd like to send a big thank you out to Ali Dejohn and her team who brought The Makerie to life and provided such a warm and welcoming environment for all.

And a very special thanks to Flora, for giving all of us in her Friday class a day of art to remember and cherish!

A critique with Flora

Flora and Linda

My workshop painting #1

My workshop painting #2

The Exhibit is Up!

My solo exhibit is finally up! James and I hung the show on Monday...took us about six hours and all went very smoothly. There are 33 paintings stretching all the way down both sides of the Hall. These pictures are not the best but I'm glad we took a few of "the day" the show went up. I'll be going down to the University of Denver this weekend to spend more time taking better ones.

Hope you can stop by and see the show if you live in the area. It will be up until May 31st. Check out my last post for more information and the address.

My incredible exhibit manager and husband, James
putting final touches on the hanging wires.

Cluster of paintings at the end of the Hall.

Paintings are hung all the way to the front entrance on both sides.

Our car in front of The Chambers Center Building
( I can't believe we squeezed 33 paintings into one car!)

I'll be back tomorrow with more good news!

Almost there!

"Merle Chambers Building"
Women's College of the University of Denver
photo courtesy of the Kiewit Corporation

Sorry I've been blog absent...I've been taking care of all the final preparations for my solo exhibit at the University of Denver. It's just a few days away!

This is the building where my work will be for two months...it's the Merle Chambers Center for the Advancement of Women. It's a great space to show my work and I really appreciate them for inviting me to do so.

The DU campus is beautiful too...so if you live in the area...please stop in and view the show. The exhibit is on the first floor and continues through May 31st.