I'm busy getting ready for the Three Rivers Artist Guild Holiday Show. I have less than a week until my scheduled set up time. I have so much to do. I have to make price tags and painting labels, I must do a bio update. I have greeting cards to print. I have to decide how to do my display. The list goes on and on.
I did a few last minute paintings. The first two photos are of what I call "old" paintings. They are some of my best selling designs which I have painted many versions of in the past. Each version has sold. The first one is my classic "Endless Rose" on a 12X12 stretch canvas. The second one is "Equine Mystic". I recently did a larger 11X14 version which I am showing at LA's Coffee Cafe. I chose to do a smaller 8X10 for this show.
I also did a new design which was inspired by a duck decoy that I found at a yard sale. I am displaying it on my new shelf unit. It is on the bottom shelf with another duck on a stick.
I had been wanting to do a still life painting for the holiday show. In most of my still life paintings I feature a container of flowers with some object or piece of fruit at the base. I knew I wanted to do an arrangement with sunflowers but couldn't decide what else to put in the painting until I had an ah-ha moment and decided on the duck decoy. I was trying to come up with something that would look more mid-western then all my previous south-western still live paintings. I think I accomplished my goal with "Duck Decoy Still Life". Size of this one is 16X12
So you have seen my something old and something new, now for the something recycled.
I wanted another floral painting for the holiday show but knew I didn't have time to do one. Then I remembered I had a box of paintings that I had taken out of frames when I was packing up for the move from Tucson to Michigan. I found the box and discovered this painting titled "Pink Blush". I went though my frames and decided on one that seemed to be a perfect match for this 20X16 painting. It gave new life to a painting that has been tucked away in a box for over a year. Hopefully it will find a home here in Michigan.
