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I have just added an original painting to my etsy shop.
I think I would like to update my etsy shop once a week, Mondays would be good.

I also wrote a little bit describing my thoughts behind this piece...
























on etsy here

3.3.11

A work in progress. Sometimes I think it's done, other times, not so much.

iPhone

I am conducting a grand experiment,
Updating my blog through my iPhone.

If you're reading this it means IT WORKED!



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wings

not a work in progress, a finished piece :)
on ebay now

March 1

It looks like I'll be surviving another winter.
I feel the energy of spring, just under foot whenever I walk around in my soggy yard.
It makes me feel productive,
it makes things feel possible.

I think I will try listing works in progress (wips) everyday on my blog again, like I did in Jan.
It keeps me honest ;) and most importantly it keeps me in the studio.

So to begin the month, here is a painting I have just listed on ebay Here

CAFE

i'm baaack

on ebay here

day 27

90% finished i think.
the top is pretty washed out from too much light shining on it, but you get the idea :)
i'm considering darkening some of the top, maybe along the edges, to tie it in with the bottom. i love how darkening the bottom improved the piece. i used a few layers of glaze. it started light blue, then i glazed with quad nickel, then raw umber.
I also glazed over her dress, wiping some off before it dried.

little lila sat by me painting too. i was in charge of washing her brush between color changes, which was like every two brush strokes. oh well, she was so happy not to have muddy colors all over her piece, it was worth it.

day 26

more work in progress

it's funny how many emotions a person can go through in the course of one painting

i love it

i hate it

finally a breakthrough

what was i thinking?!

it's not so bad

and finally when peace is brokered, I can call it finished.

still negotiating with this one

connection

on ebay HERE

day 24

this poor painting, it's been through the ringer. i can just hear it complaining.
it was painted over at least twice and has since become a two-headed enigma

maybe it's a self portrait of me fighting with myself over which direction to take
hmmmm, i quite like that idea

i could

on ebay HERE

day 21

on ebay HERE

ANOTHER snow day, but really I don't mind. We had a good morning, the kids and I.
Bread co for pastries, Trader Joes for groceries, Red Box for movies, and Build a Bear for new dresses. Are you guys familiar with Build a Bear? It's a company that started in St. Louis, but I think they have gone national. Well they sent a coupon, and i'm a sucker for a coupon. $10 off $30. Lila got her bear 'Berry' and an outfit in september for her birthday. Since then Berry has become her one of her prized possessions. She sleeps with her and Berry is always the guest of honor at frequent tea parties. So it was time to expand her wardrobe. Let me tell you, if you haven't been, this store is fun. Dresses, shoes, accessories, all really creative and well made. Most importantly, Lila can easily dress and undress her bear. Really fun, really cute.

day 20

finished.

today was another snow day. paul built a little snow man named gus. gus was built in the cul-de-sac then paul realized that the snow plow might come and demolish him. so paul rebuilt his body in a toy wheelbarrow and moved gus's head to the new body, then wheeled him over to our front yard.

gus is safe and sound in paul's snow fort now. apparently for quite awhile, temperatures are predicted to stay low for several days.

day 19

fought with this one, still fighting actually...
we'll see where it goes tomorrow

day 18

quite different from yesterday, may go through even more changes yet...

Day 17

Very early and very rough work.
Lot's of decisions left to make...







































a scanned image of my latest painting, 'vessel' now available on ebay HERE

day 16

finished piece, I don't have a title yet...
too tired to think, or write.
I watched the Kings Speech last night, the late show, so didn't get to bed till after midnight...
w a y past my bedtime.

so till tomorrow

Day 15

this painting on ebay HERE

why is it when you're feeling run down is when you eat crappy food that makes you feel worse!?
dinner tonight was pistachios, a spicy v-8 and two packs of raspberry pez.
now i'm full and don't want to eat anything that might make me feel better, like fruit or yogurt or pasta.

anyway

the derby is over and a good time was had by all. Paul ran his car in four races and he placed second in all four. his overall times had him finishing 5th out of the 12 tiger scouts. a respectable showing if i say so myself. obviously i was never in scouts and my husband never was either so we were truly first timers.

also!

i sent my slides over to an art fair i'm interested in. i find out if i was accepted on feb. 20.

so my two deadlines are met and now i can busy myself with other things, like MORE PAINTING :)