We had a long magical weekend at the beach. Counting the days until we can go back…
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Happy long weekend!
To those of you here in the states have a wonderfully long 4th of July weekend!
Thank you guys for your comments on the new paintings, it really makes my day to hear what you think!
The art of the artist statement
found via art and lair
summer so far
some of the things I’m loving about summer so far…
my peonies are finally in bloom
eating my favorite sandwich for lunch, every. single. day.
turning the chore of shaving our dog into entertainment for the whole family. Here he is sporting his mowhawk (hard to photograph, but makes me laugh everytime I look at him).
art in the home
There is a small tour (and interview) of art in our home today over at bloesom blog if you’d like to take a peek!
the midas touch
I used up the last of my gold spray paint the other day. We had some vases that I just didn’t use, so I thought, why not? Here’s the result. Have an awesome weekend!
weekend
Today I’m working, working, working to finish portrait orders! Here are a few pics from our weekend. Our boy celebrated his birthday (better late than never) with a Voodoo Doughnut birthday cake. Yes, a giant two doughnut cake, yumm.
Friday random corners
Happy weekend! We are due to have our first ‘summer like’ weekend in these parts. I am so ready for some sun! What are you up to, anything fun? I think I may have to try my hand at an elderflower drink, by Chelsea Fuss as seen over Design Sponge today.
(loving bright pink lips right now;)
What’s left behind
So I was recently cleaning my studio (something way, WAY past due) and was replacing my work table surface with fresh canvas. I cover my big work table where I due most of my painting with canvas so I can just make a mess and not worry about it. I think the smudges and drips left behind from are quite pretty, so I took a couple of pieces and saved them. One section got stretched onto a 10″x10″ wood frame and a smaller 4″x4″ section got framed. I will be putting these up in my etsy shop later today if anyone is interested!
Friday random corners
Have a wonderful weekend! I am hoping to get a little work done in the yard this weekend, fingers crossed for some sun breaks!
beginning to end
Here are some pics I took of a recent painting from beginning to end. It is a HUGE painting (acrylic on paper) roughly 3ft by 5ft.
i see a trend emerging
The last few personal paintings I’ve completed have a common thread. I suppose it was only a matter of time before horses became a subject of my work….
floored
For some reason, I find myself doing a lot of my painting on the floor recently. I’ve been doing some work on large paper and like being able to spread it out and see it all at once. Unfortunately, this also means our dining room has paints and brushes and all sorts of messy rags about. Ah well, such is life I suppose!
weekend
I hope you had a lovely weekend! We had quite a good one. The West Elm event went really well and then on Sunday my daughter had a horse show. I’m totally jealous of her little horse trophy!
Friday random corners
Here are a few random corners around here, happy weekend!
pdxers!
I will be here this Saturday, please stop by and say hi!
love this
I spotted this on pinterest the other day and instantly decided this project was in my future. Lotta Jansdotter took some plain white tea cups and drew on them using porcelain pens. I see a summer activity in the future for the kids and I.
(photo via Lotta Jansdotter)
underwater
Somewhere back in the chaos of the last month we took a family vacation to Hawaii. These are a few of my favorite photos. I purchased a digital underwater camera this time instead of the disposable ones I usually use, mainly for the freedom to shoot a ton of photos. I love the results!
I’m back
Hi there, I’m back. The last month has gone by in a blur of plane rides, sad goodbyes and ended with a fun virus that made its way through the family (probably picked up on one of those plane rides).
I am anxious to get back into my daily routine and catch up on all my work. I have an event coming up this week that I will be back in a bit to share! Happy Monday!
I grabbed a handful of these blue bells from our yard yesterday, spring is in full bloom here.
May
Thank you for all the concern and kind words put my way recently. April was a rough month around here with health problems affecting both mine and my husband’s family. We had a vacation scheduled, that we decided to move forward with that also lent to my absence here. Then this past weekend my father in law passed away. We will again be out of town so it will quiet here until we return. It felt strange to be blogging with so many other things going on. For a while it seemed like every time I checked email I would hear about another tragedy that had struck someone I knew.
I am so hoping April showers will indeed bring May flowers.