Art Plunge

Been on this painting for a big chunk of the day. Finished the liner work on the purple branch forms and then moved on to the fun stuff....the little meices. This layer isn't finished yet but I am. SO tired and I have to paint for a living so I better hang up the brushes for the night and try to reboot my brain to work murals. Or....how about I just reboot my brain and let it sleep. Yeah. The painting is actually so bright and vibrant in person...can't wait till it's done and I can get it shot professionally. Ok, good night all! :)

detail from latest layer I spent a good chunk of the morning yesterday working on the piece in progress. I have been adding in all the liner work on the branch forms.and it takes a while. I'll be doing more of the same today- all the purpley branches will get lined and then I can start adding in some of the key subject matter and popping in all the little fun details to pull the piece together. Halfway to done? Perhaps. As quick and easy as it is to take photos from my phone you can't even SEE what is going on in the piece so hopefully the next update will be a proper photo taken with my camera. Yesterday I went ahead and bought a new canvas to have at the ready. I have the momentum going and don't want anything ...like not having supplies...to stop me from my pace. My goal is to finish this one and the next one all before May 21- drop off day for the show at Rising Gallery. In other arty news....my interview got postponed til this week sometime. At least my st...

I am that girl you will want to slap for not putting cd's away in their cases.  Whilst cleaning (more like sweeping and finding places to hide things inconspicuously) I discovered that probably 80% of my space is overtaken by a zillion cd's, crates and boxes and shelves of records and a bazillion books. So nice of me to work so hard to keep a roof over these inanimate things and not have room to paint hardly. Aren't I so kind? I have a bad habit of being way too busy to do much in the way of domestic upkeep and the mountain of things has grown....not hoarders style mind you- but not pretty either. NOT PRETTY AT ALL! So i am enacting a plan, every day at least 3 useless things gets put where it will be used by someone else or to the trash if its trash. Like really, why am I holding on to the "bug catching cup" from Taco Cabana? To catch bugs obviously.  Last week my "closet" ( a tiny narrow sliver that must have been where a water heater once w...

(Some of the artists from project 7x7 met at Rising Gallery this past Saturday) There are a couple of things that will make me break out the broom and do some serious cleaning. One- if I have company coming over. Two- if said company is wielding a video camera. Three- if my studio is going to be focused on in said video cameras lens. So all three of those things are coming together this Friday evening. I am doing a tiny short interview for the Project 7 x 7 and it's taking place in my studio/ dining room so...Pledge, broom, dustpan....let's get with it! I needed this to happen to MAKE me clean my studio. Its been a mess since Ive been working full time and not able to catch all the random things my cats have decided to throw in the floor. I also have enough fur swept up to make two whole new pets! So thats what Im doing this week besides battling the horrible PAIN that sets upon me every month for a few days. Not to get too personal in an art blog but I have painful ...

Heres the latest phase of the painting in progress... Ive added in brown wooden features and started to do some liner brush work to start filling in and pulling the thing together. Next phase will be doing the same on the blue branches and adding a completely new layer of organic forms  in another color. Not even close to being done but working steadily on it. I have one piece left to complete for the 7 Project and I'll be free to paint to my hearts content on my own work. That being said- The 7 Project show will be on MAY 26 at RISING GALLERY. Not only will all the collaborations be shown and live auctioned off- each of the 7 artists will have some of their works on display so that means....I'm hustling to get this one done in time and if I'm magical...another piece too! So save the date, I'd love to see you in the same room with this piece!

The new project at work is a 12 foot by 60 foot garden scene. Peaceful, serene and killing me slowly. Working on a ladder is not easy. Not after the first 2 hours anyway. Today I'm switching over to a rolling wooden contraption that was built to make life easier. I call it a "tree house" but its a bit like rolling scaffolding. I'm absolutely sore today from work, my hands are stained hulk green and I'm definitely earning my pay. I also started morning ab work and take a few "weight breaks" at work...lifting some weights for a minute, a few reps. Its hard to fit personal fitness, work, personal artwork, domestic cleaning and um a shower all into one day. Jeez. Trying to stuff things in where they fit. The week is kinda hectic, graphic design deadline got popped on me and between that and my artistic obligations to 7 project and working full time I am trying to remember to breathe. I miss my painting. I'm glad we got to spend some time together la...

Here is the latest layer and ALL I'm going to do today. Geez, talk about a lost weekend. Might as well have been knocked out in an opium haze for all I got done in the housework department. My art department was thoroughly productive, however. In the previous post I mentioned loving the color Paynes Gray. We have since broken up. Its a beautiful color, dont get me wrong...we have had a lot of fun times together but....well, it's very translucent. High maintenance, if you will. He requires more time than any other color and frankly...he's too much for me. He is however the latest color layer. The dark branches are Paynes Gray and I've begun some liner work and a little fleshy color is starting to creep into the mix. Here's a closer look Now eating food might be a good idea. Laundry would also be pretty wise. Yep- it was one of THOSE weekends and I really, really needed to paint for myself. It was like praying, meditating and learning something new all in the...