New Logo on Black Background

I spent some time on the computer this morning putting my new logo on a black background.  I wanted to add it under the southwest saguaro logo but have no idea how to do that.  It is soooo long since I set up this blog that I have forgotten how to do anything except new posts.  I am afraid to fool around with it for fear I may delete the whole thing.  So, I decided to just post the black background version here.   I wish I had more tech knowledge to add it to the top of the page but until I can find someone to help me, this is the best I can do.  Here it is:

I love the way it looks on black and wish I could afford to print my business cards with the black background but it would use up too much black ink.

New Business Card and Other Things

It is four weeks since our move to Michigan.  Everyday is full of things to do.  We are working on projects around the house both big and small. We have contracted to have a re-do of the kitchen which may take a couple of months to get done.  We have to tile the kitchen floor before the new island and cabinets are installed.  We are currently working on making the master closet more efficient.  This involves many trips to Home Depot and Menard's which is also a home improvement store,  Making choices of flooring and paint and the counter top and many other decisions takes time and thought.  Anyway, between doing all of this we have interaction with family members everyday. I also made time to work on a new business card.  I did a painting of the tree I did a sketch of that I mentioned in my last post but I was not happy with it. That meant coming up with another idea and doing another painting.  I tried a tree in full bloom done in a patchwork fashion.  I liked the way it turned out so I designed a business card using it as the focal point.  Here is what I came up with.

After I unpacked the paintings I brought with me I invited family members to choose what they liked as a gift from me.  Here are the paintings that I gave away.

I still have a few other family members who will choose a painting.  When they decide what they want I will post photos of their choices.

I have some painting projects I want to do for myself that I will be working on next.  I have some pieces of furniture that I decorated for the Arizona house that I will be using here but I want to change the color of part of the paintings to match my new decor.  I'll post before and after photos of what I do.

I am back!

It is over a month since my last post.  In that time we packed up our belongings from our Arizona house and made the move across country to our new home in Three Rivers, Michigan.  After more than two weeks here we finally have Internet and I am able to do a new post.

We are fairly well settled but still have many boxes to unpack.  It will probably take months for me to get my new workshop organized in the way I want it but in the mean time I hope to get a temporary area set up so I can soon get back to painting.

What I am posting today are the doodles I did while I was traveling here.  There is one cactus doodle that I had started before we left that I finished and the rest are ones I did while riding in the car on our trip.

I have been thinking of what logo I will put on my new business cards.  I am not sure I want to use the Surreal Saguaro that is at the top of this page that was what is on my Arizona cards.  I have been tossing around ideas and doing some preliminary sketches of a tree based on my Flamboyant Foliage painting. Here is a doodle I did using that idea.  If I decide on using it I will do a painting with much more detail to use as the template.  I guess I won't be able to make up my mind until I actually do the painting and see how it will look on the new business cards.  I'll post a photo when it is done. Here is the doodle.

I'm glad to be back online and in contact with all of you again.