A Variety of Items

I have been busy since the start of Holidazzle.  I have been painting but didn't have time to take photos and  do a blog post.  I finally am making time.  I had a commission to do a Cowboy Santa painting on canvas.  Here he is.

I also did him on a cutting board which I took to the Holidazzle Gallery but forgot to take a photo.  He looks just like this one.

I did a few craft items that I put in the show to replace items I sold.  Here are a couple of bowls and an oval box.

Roger has been busy too and recently finished a couple of stained glass windows.  These were done as companions to a window he did last year.

The top two are the new windows which are on the side of a room and were done to compliment the window below which is a front facing window.

It is very hard to get good photos of stained glass.  The colors don't always come out true.  As an example, the rocks in the bottom picture look yellow but are really the same color as the rocks in the 2 pictures above.  Another example is the color of the sun in the top picture is pretty close to what it really is but the sun in the photo below looks white while in reality it is the same as the one above.

I am ready to start a new project but haven't decided what it will be yet.  Maybe I will work on the table and chair that I prepped.  I've put off doing them because I haven't decided what subject matter to paint on them.  I also have some more small bowls ready to go but again, I have to decide what to paint on them.  Decisions, Decisions!

Holidazzle 2014

It is time for the SAAG Holidazzle Show.  See the flyer below for all the details on where we are located and times we are open and reception information. To make it bigger click on it.

Here is my display

This is a great show with over 30 artists displaying their creations.  Come do your holiday shopping. We will be open everyday from 11 to 7 except for Christmas Eve when we close at 3.  We will be closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

4 Commissions Done

The time since the Sun City Art Festival has been very relaxing for me.  I unpacked and rearranged both my home gallery and shop.  I took some days off from painting.  I felt refreshed and ready to get back to work.  I had four commissioned jobs that I got at the festival.  Three were for domino train stations and 1 was for an 11X14 painting.  I finished them today and am ready to call the clients for pick up.  Here are photos of the completed projects.

The train station orders were for a gecko on black, pots and plant on orange and three brown dachshunds on yellow.  I have painted the first two subjects many times but I had never painted a dachshund before.  I did some internet research to make sure I had them correct.  I think they are cute little critters.  Hopefully they will meet the customer's expectations.

I also had to do a painting.  The customer liked my painting titled "Phantom Herd".  She owns a palomino horse named Pal.  What she wanted was something similar to "Phantom Herd" but featuring only a palomino.  Here is a photo of each painting.

"Pal"

"Phantom Herd"

Now that I have all my commissions done I am free to paint whatever I want.  I'm debating on what project I want to do next.  I have a couple of small things that I had base coated for the festival but didn't have time to finish so think I will complete those first.  Then I may tackle a table and chair that I bought at a yard sales back in April.  I have been putting that job off in order to paint things that I knew would sell at the festival.  Now might be the time paint the table and chair!

Holidazzle will be opening on November 14.  That is a six week show put on by SAAG.  I'll post more information about it next week.