Skyscapes show

Clearing Skies

Sea Roses Afternoon

Violet SKimball Street Studiosky

Opening

I'm still a little jet lagged. My opening was last night and it went GREAT!  A lot of people were there everyone liked the work and there were some people who were interested in buying some paintings. Wow! There is nothing like having a whole bunch of strangers praising your work. It's all very well for  your friends to say nice things you expect that but to have people you've never telling you how good your work is. It's better than any drug.
the show is a Kimball Street Studios  191 Lisbon Street in Lewiston and will be there till the end of July. Anyone who lives nearby should see it.
Things did not go smoothly of course. I was painting till the last minute and  the framing was finished just before the show went up. But they looked great.  Everyone LOVED my bean dip, which I will never be able to recreate because I'm not sure what spices I used and in what amount.  Still a good time was had by all.

I'm exhausted since I ave been working 2 jobs and painting every spare minute. I have week off and start again for my next show which  opens August 3. I'm only doing 7 more new work for that,

I'm Back!

Long time no hear from me. Well I'm back. It was tax season and I was busy, since then I've been creating art and working on getting ready for new shows. I thought I was going to be in a show at a new gallery but when I finally was able to bring my work over I found the owner had only left me a teeny tiny space on one wall.  She was friends with the other 2 artists and wouldn't remove any of their work to give a third of the space. I wish she had told me she didn't want me and saved me traveling to Gray 3 TIMES!
I'm having a show at my friends gallery in Lewiston, Kimball Street Studios, from June29 to July 24. It's some old work and some new they'll be skyscapes.
 I tried doing a video my working on a painting but the wind kept knocking the painting off the easel and I had to return the camera so I'm going to finish here and use my camera to take still pictures every few minutes. It's only going to be a 2-3 minute video for the web so I don't need  a lot of footage. I'll put a copy on this blog too when it's done, but NOT anytime soon.
 Here's the newest painting.

More Work

I'm on a roll. I bought some more wood to make panels and started  2 more paintings.  I'm going out today to take more photos of landscapes. The colors are beautiful.

I'm back

Well anyone following my blog may wonder if I died or fell off the edge of the earth. I was distracted. I haven't been able to do any new paintings I was so depressed. I also helping a friend get her house ready to rent. It took me time than I thought it would. But I finally fee like painting again.
I also did three Healing Art workshops at the Dempsey Cancer Center in Lewiston.
Here's the new painting.

New Job

Well I'm tired of looking for a job so I'm going to create one for myself.  I'm trying to do healing art workshops at the local hospitals and eventually work full time at one or more hospitals.  It's very effective helping with pain and emotional stress.  The trouble is that they don't even know who I should talk to. It's hard to sell something when no one knows who's responsible.

New Work

I can't believe it's been this long since I lasted posted anything. Well I have been busy doing new work for Art in the Garden. I just did the first Friday Art Walk for August. I wanted to have some smaller pieces. The more I use my paint sticks the more I like them. Everyone tells me not to feel discouraged it's the economy not my paintings, but still it is disappointing when people look, tell you how great your work is, and then don't buy.  

I'm really excited about then new work though. I feel I'm finally getting a style that is recognizably MINE. 

It isn't easy getting a show together, even just  few pieces for something like Art in the Garden. I think that panels are the way to go for me with the paint sticks. I like a firm surface to work on. I can get

1/4" birch plywood panels fairly cheaply, then I cut them  to size and back them with 1 x1 pine. They can be hung as they are which makes everything easier. I went up to my friend Kevin's frame shop in Lewiston to cut and mount the pieces. I had to go TWICE and still I need to  glue two panels together.
But I think next year I might do a couple of art shows in the summer. It depends on money, time, and how much work I have done. Also I'll need a new car. So keep praying I get a better paying job. Till next time. I'll try to post more frequently. I promise.