Impatiently waiting

for a special order glass cutter so I can finish my latest commission. It's looking pretty good, so far.
I'll post pics when it's done. And the process pictures. :]

Update on the Angry Chair

It's coming along! It's angry, it's red; it's uncomfortable. I need a better camera, I know the top image is darker than it should be. The bottom image gives a better indication of the actual colouring.

Work in Progress- Angry Chair

The next in the chair series is on the easel, and coming out very well. I've had to struggle a bit with the shadow under the chair. Next is the background work!
The blue one is the prussian blue underpainting. It really pops out that red!
The red is where it's at right now. I have a commission to finish, and then I get to work on the Chair.
It's oil on birch panel. I used Dorland's Wax Medium in the oils, it gives it a really visible texturing.
I need to get a better camera, there's some really nice texture that isn't showing up as well as I'd like, in the hills behind the Chair.
But! I think with the right camera I'll be able to better reproduce my art.
I'm happy that the tax season is nearly here, Happy Tax Day gets a new camera for me!!

Happy Turkey Day, all of you lovely people!

I had a great day! I saw grandkids, I ate turkey and sweet treats! Then I came home and painted!
What a great day!!!
I'm still working on my Angry Chair; I'm pleased with the way it's coming out. It looks like ANGRY!
I'm off to the easel, now. I have a show to get ready for and a painting to finish!

It's been awhile but I've been REALLY busy!

I've unbelievably busy! I've been working on commissions, working part time, and attending Portland State University full time!

I've also managed to squeeze in an opening, and the start of a new painting.

This is the second in my chair series. This is the start of The Angry Chair. I've gotten more done, but no pic at the moment. Will post one when I get a chance!

The chair is going to be many different shades of red. Thorny, angry reds.

Summer is almost gone, Sigh...

I'm sitting here at the computer looking out at the grey, wet day and I'm missing summer already.

The maple trees down by the local Fred Meyer's are turning from green to gold and red. Nice. I don't like the coldness of Fall, but I do love the colors!

Now's my real productive time. Here in Oregon, Fall and Winter are very wet and muddy, so we Oregonians pretty much just suck it up and get on with life.

I've just moved into a new place and as soon as I'm done unpacking, I actually now have a studio of my own instead of a corner of a tiny living room. Yippeeeeeee!!!!

It's not the greatest space, but it's a space dedicated to the creation of art.

I'll be really happy to be done with this unpacking. I haven't been able to do any art and it's making me want to chew nails! I don't smoke, I don't really drink, my addiction is the creation of art, so doing without is really making me a crabby individual.

I have two different series that I'm in the middle of; moving has really put a crimp into my addiction. ARGHHH!!!

This is my segue into talk about those series...

I'm doing another goddess, Inanna, as I've posted before, that's coming along nicely. I found this glass that looks watery. My plan is for that glass to be dark when the lights are on, so that the flowers and the branches of Inanna's symbol and the Tree of Life stand out. We've finally gotten to my statue, now I have to find the glass and the glue.

The second project is another chair. This one is the Angry Chair. It's on paper waiting to go onto the prepared birch panel. I'm doing it in oils. That's the pic of the red chair up top. I'm going to get it started as soon as I get all of these dratted boxes put away. If it wasn't for my husband and the help of my youngest son's best friend, Hobo, I'd have melted down into a quivering pile of pigmented jelly by now!

Busy, busy, busy!!

It's been a very busy time since I've been here last. I've had a gallery opening, birthdays and I've been working on art. I have a new piece done, I've started Inanna, and I have an oil on the easel! Not to mention work and some play. ;]
What's life without some playtime? Boring, that's what!
Tonight, I'm meeting with the folks I'm doing the commission for. I've got the graphic for the letterhead done, now I just need the approval to start on the encaustic part of this. It's been very challenging, making my head go from art to design, all in one project. :]
Very cool!!