Smaller Sized Paintings

I spent the 10 days since we came back from our trip working on small paintings. I completed six 8X10's and one 5X7. They are smaller versions of some of my larger paintings. I will need these for the art fair in the fall and for the showing at DeGrazia next Feburary. I think I will continue to work on more paintings in these sizes since I will need a lot of them. They seem to be my best sellers at art fairs.

The Painting Continues

I finished the two paintings I mentioned I had started in my last post. Here they are. One is a critter and the other is a cactus. I'll be working on some smaller paintings next. I will need those when I show at the DeGrazia Little Gallery next year. Earl Wettstein invited me to be part of his exhibition. The titles of the paintings are "Albino Saguaro" which is 24X12 and "Coyote Serenade" which is 17X7. For some reason I am unable to list the names of the paintings under the photo. They have made some changes on the blog and it doesn't work the same. I am not happy about that!

Large rose painting update

Since I didn't hear back from the woman who showed an interest in the large rose painting I did at Splash last week I decided to extend the rose to the edges of the canvas including the wrap around. That is what I had hoped to do orginally but was unable to finish it in the two hour time limit so I left it as a large rose painting you saw a few posts back. Now that I extended the petals to the edges it is a very large version of my "Endless Rose" painting. I like it much better this way. I will return the painting to SAACA and it will be for sale at another event they are having at La Encantada in August.

Santa Rita in Bloom

This is my newest painting. It is titled "Santa Rita in Bloom" and is 22X26. I lost count of how many paintings I have completed this year but think I am keeping to my goal of at least one a week. Since I have an art fair and another possible group exhibition later this year and two exhibitions on the schedule for early 2013 I have to continue to paint, paint, paint. Good thing I love every minute I spend creating new art!

A Fun Event

Below are a series of photos showing me in the process of creating the four foot square painting I did last night at Splash. There were five artists who each did a painting in a 2 and a half hour time frame. People strolled by and watched us as we painted and offered nice comments. I believe the event was successful. There were many people attending. The food was great as was the fashion show and entertainment. Along with the attractive human models were the canine variety. They were dogs who were available to be adopted. Each was attired in their own doggie fashions. La Encantada was a beautiful venue and the weather was comfortable. I am glad I was able to participate in this event.



This is the completed painting.  I titled it "Rose Red".  I talked to someone who is interested in buying it.  I have it at home to finish it with a protective coating of polycrlic.  The prospected buyer will give me a call.