Another newbie

"Believing it Would Grow"

13" x 16" acrylic and collage on canvas

Prints available at Imagekind.com and my Etsy Shop

I seem to be at a loss for words today (I know that's unusual, James!)...so I am just going to post this new painting. If any words come to YOUR mind when you see it...I would love to hear them.

One of Maisie's boyfriends is coming over for a play date tonight. If they slow down long enough for me to take a picture, I'll post one tomorrow. They are so adorable together!

A Painting and a Playdate!

"Inner Circle #2"

6" x 6" acrylic, ink, collage on canvas

available on Etsy here

Here's the second installment of my "Inner Circle" series...this one, a little more bold and graphic than the first.

Below, we have a moment in history...Maisie's first playdate! We have been trying to hook her up with Lucy the Lab for four months now but something always got in the way. First it was the kennel cough, then it was the stomach surgery...then of course, the infamous cast. Well, Saturday...she had her day in the sun...and loved every minute of it. She and Lucy romped, rolled, tumbled and teased each other for a long, long time. Maisie was so tired the next day that she slept through most of it. It was the best tired she ever had though.

Aren't they ADORABLE?! Have a marvelous Monday! xox

Perdy Pear

"Red Pear"
6" x 7" acrylic and collage on canvas
available in my Etsy Shop

Just finished this perdy pear last night. There's an abundance of lovely little pears in the stores right now...so many different colors and shapes. Uh oh...I feel a pear painting frenzy coming on!
Hey Ro...I used yet another one of your incredible papers in this one. I love them!

And when you have a moment...pop on over to Michele Maule's blog. Besides the fact that she just got a new Boston Terrier puppy (cutie pie!)...she's an amazing Artist. Her mixed media paintings incorporating graphite, paint, handmade gesso, collage and wax are just beautiful. Really nice work, Michele!

"Little Bottles" 3" x 3" by Michele Maule

paint, collage, beeswax, graphite and gesso on panel

Happy House

"Happy House"
6" x 7" acrylic on canvas

I guess the ol' mind/body connection did me in this week as I've had a nasty cold the last few days. I was so upset about the whole house deal that I think my immune system crashed and let all those buggie boos in. At least I'm better now...after 10 boxes of kleenex!

I did the above piece last Tuesday. I guess I needed to paint a "happy" house...one that James and I will find soon in our future. I was inspired by two very wonderful artists...Ro Bruhn, who sent me the beautiful hand painted paper peeking through the background AND Jamie Johnson, who's paintings of houses I just adore.

Have a nice weekend! xo

New painting & stuff

"The Rider" 5" x 6"
acrylic and collage on paper

This is one of those "ya do one painting, then another one on top of that, then the final one of top of THAT before it finally comes together" paintings. It started out as something so completely different than the way it ended up...but I'm very happy with the final results. My art critic husband, James...describes the painting like this, "The object that his spear points toward gives it/him focus and the coolito circle mobius thingie in the sky unites horse and rider in the spirit of symbiosis". I love that!...especially the serious critical terms he uses like coolito and thingie.

I'm working hard on two other paintings right now...a potbelly piggy and a cat. Hopefully I will be able to show them to you next week. They're both pretty complicated though so are taking me longer than usual to complete. It's fun to stretch and do other animal tribes and I'm a total pig nut so painting her is a real piggy pleasure.

James and I are heading to San Francisco tomorrow for four days of whirlwind family and friend visits. It'll be great though...especially to see our beautiful city by the bay. I'll be back in touch next Tuesday. Have a great weekend! xoxo