Personal show

I haven't had a personal show in ages.  I was complaining about not being able to show that acrylic nude I painted a couple of months ago - that most venues are worried about showing nudes.  A friend who works at an artists' supply store in the next town to mine, arranged with her boss to let me hang things there for the months of May and June.  They gave me 16 foot of wall space, so I grabbed up as many pieces as I could.  I ended up hanging 18 items - both watercolor and acrylic.  I realize it will be mostly other artists that see these, but I am just happy to have them out of the house for "some air".
Artist's Edge, Silverdale, WA

"Afterglow"

This acrylic is much smaller - 11" X 14".  It's somewhat of a companion piece to the one called "Glow" further down in this blog. 

Something huge

     I've had this canvass around forever - it's 36" by 40" -- and I haven't been painting this size for a long time.   This is something of a protest piece.   At one of our art league group displays, in a local market, one of our artists hung four (somewhat abstract) nudes.   We were told they had offended a few customers; and we had to take them down.   Then we were researching new venues - one in a upscale coffee shop and another in the conference room at the public library.   In both of those we were told "no politics", "no religion" and absolutely "no nudes".   So I've used this large canvass to paint a nude.  It's called "Inside The Box" -- because for crying out loud, don't think outside the box. 
     Anyway, it's done in acrylics with iridescent gold mixed into the other colors - so that the skin tones have a glow to them.  I may never be able to display this anywhere - at least not in this town.   Too bad.

First new artwork for 2016

This acrylic memorializes what I spend a good deal of time on - when I'm not painting.
And...I have another two canvasses in the works.
"Still-life With Dehydrator"

Something a little different

This one is called "Electric Butterfly" - and yes, it does contain a lot of special effects acrylic paint that doesn't really show up in the photo.  I wanted to try something totally different than my usual work.  (24" X 30")

Oh, and then there is my Christmas card design for this year - this in watercolor and closer to 8.5" X 11".

 

Newest Acrylic

Yes. I know, it's been a while. 
"My Kitchen Window"

A lot has been going on these last two months.  My art group participated in the annual arts fair in our town; and since I was the President this year, I was pretty involved.  I won't go into great detail here; but suffice it to say, it's a LOT of work.  To make matters worse, the first day we had a downpour which meant a lot of scrambling around, cut down on the display time and made for a lot fewer sales.
Last month was handling the group financials (because the Treasurer was ill).  That's all finished now -- and at the fall business meeting, we installed the new board members.
So now, after fall garden clean-up at home, maybe I can find more time to actually paint.

Back to watercolor...

...at least for a little while.  I wanted to try something different - fantasy subjects that I've done in the past - with iridescent pigments mixed in - AND part of the image cut out and lifted out over the matt.  I don't usually upload posts showing the frame; but in this case, I wanted to show the whole effect.  And yes, those are real shells. 
"Neptune's Consort"

As a side note...

I do have an acrylic in-process and a couple of new ideas to start after that; however I wanted to post this JPG.  I have an extensive background in computer graphics and wanted to display this old black and white that I've colorized - a photo of my Mom when she was in high school circa 1930.  Fun project!

It's Been a While...

Finally! A new piece.  Lots of distractions in my life lately. 
The "glow" around the lamps is done in iridescent gold.  It makes for an interesting effect as you walk past the canvas and in different lights.  Sometimes the glow is bright and sometimes it disappears almost entirely.  The tallest lamp is an antique one that use to be my mother's.  I even remember her using it during power outages.
"Glow"

Extra large project

I haven't painted this size for a while - 23" X 36".  It's a re-purposed canvas - trust me, what was on there before wasn't worth keeping.  Once again, this is specialty acrylics with glitter and interference colors.  The aim was to work with special lighting effects.  I must love a challenge...

"Spotlight"

First new art for the year

I DO have others started.  This is just the first one to be completed for the year.  I'm going to have to make prints; as my husband doesn't want the original to "leave the house". 

"Peanut"  (watercolor)

Holiday card for 2014

I'm posting my finished art for this year's holiday season early.  I went back to watercolor for this one - and left plenty of room at the top and bottom for text to be added later.