It is January 8th and I am just getting around to wishing everyone a Happy New Year 2021. My only excuse for not doing it sooner is that in the past week we have been busy with home improvement projects and I have been enjoying working on paintings in my new art studio and we binge watched Bridgerton. I am finally getting around to my first post of 2021. Better late than never!
Shortly before Christmas I sold 2 paintings and a domino train station. I was surprised at which painting sold at the Owl & Rabbit Gallery. Earlier this year Roger suggested I do one of my most popular southwest painting and show it in the gallery to see if anyone in North Carolina would buy something with a western theme. I lost count on how many versions of "Surreal Saguaro" that I sold in Arizona but I wasn't sure if it would sell in North Carolina. I took Roger's suggestion and I'm glad I did. It sold at the gallery in November. Here is that painting.
I had a neighbor who's cousin was visiting from out of town. The cousin's name was Pam and she was also an artist. My neighbor brought her to my house so she could see my art and they both bought something. Pam fell in love with my Mighty Mustang painting and Gay bought a train station for her son. Here are photos of both items.
Here are the three new paintings I did. When "Mighty Mustang" sold I decided to do a smaller version of the same painting. The one that sold was 20X16 and the new one is 14X11. Here is that painting.
Another one of my popular paintings is "Endless Rose". I came up with the idea for that painting 10 years ago when I lived in Arizona. I have done many versions of it in various sizes and every painting sold. When I moved to Michigan it was just as popular. I did another one when I moved to North Carolina and it sold. When we remolded our loft I thought that I "Endless Rose" would look good hanging in our new sitting room. When I went through my inventory of paintings I realized I had sold the last one that I did so I had to paint another 16 x20 version for my self. This one is all mine!
I did one other item for myself. It is an oval box that I painted to set on a small 3 drawer stand that I painted for my powder room in Michigan. When we moved here I had in my then loft/art studio. When we remodeled that area I decided I had the perfect spot for it downstairs next to my pantry. During the holidays I set a small Christmas tree on it. When I took down all the decorations I realized I needed some thing to set on it so painted this small box. The pattern I used is the same bird that I used for the cabinet I painted for the loft. It is one of my favorite patterns. Here are two photos.
I started work on a small decorative table today that I will keep for myself. When I am done with that I will do another southwest painting. This one will be a desert scene. I sold many of them in Tucson.
