making cards

I've been thinking of putting some of my photos on cards for a long time and finally did it. They are so cute! Last week I happened upon a pack of 25 cards with envelopes for only three bucks. Then I had 4x4 pix printed for only 0.17 each. I plan to keep it up.

Party on!

It was a big weekend at Studio 15 and the rest of the places under our big roof.
Fourth Friday is always a blast. It is like throwing a party the easy way. We had lots of visitors this month. It was a first for many. They love to look around, to talk with us, and they are always in awe! I find that pretty cool. Sometimes they buy. When a piece of art is sold, we are all happy.
Then on Saturday evening there was a nice party to recognize four local people/groups who had won awards for achievements in art. All of the set up, catering and music was taken care of by the guy putting it on. We only spiffed up our studios. I was thrilled with the great turnout.
I am so glad to be connected with this fun place.

the AB of vegetables

The plan I had to paint vegetables A to Z has not amounted to much so far. However, a new idea surfaced while I was in HT yesterday morning.
 I was in the same aisle as an fellow who was using one of those motorized carts, and I spied in his basket a bunch of beautiful maroon colored asparagus. Wow! I wanted some for myself! I hightailed it back over to produce and found the awesome Asparagus right next to the Broccolini. Then it hit me. Why not photograph vegetables A to Z instead of painting them?
I am not going to go too fast with the rest of the alphabet, because I must also eat the veggies. Healthier meals are ahead!

The latest

I've been working on this one lately and am close to finished. Since I am not trained in how to paint properly, I just spread paint and experiment. Ignorance is bliss.

another shell

did something clever with this one!

Shells

today's output

Since a painting sold yesterday, and a few other pieces have sold recently, I thought I needed to get to work to replenish my stock. This is an uncropped, unedited photo of what I did today. I rather like it, and have decided to quit making excuses for preferring to do non-representational art.

Art and Love

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others. 

Vincent Van Gogh

Art and Flowers

I am posting this photo not for the clear shot/great iPhone image but to get back in the game here.

This evening I went to a pretty cool art event.
It is hard to explain, but it was about flowers imitating art and art imitating flowers. Get it? I didn't either until I saw for myself. This photo is from a demonstration I attended in which the artist was representing the flower arrangement in a pastel painting. It was just one part of an interesting evening.