Just another Thursday

Spent the weekend and this past week trying to finish up getting my house back into order from the redecorating. I tiled and painted a bar and cut masonite panels for some small paintings. I also had a baby shower invitation to make and print which I have been working on for two days.

I also painted the wall in my bar after stripping down wallpaper and sanding the wall. Need to finish all this up today so I can start painting again. Must finish my painting for the BCC exhibition on 9/4.

On another note: Exxon had another record breaking profit for this quarter. Explain this to me???

Spent the good part of the day yesterday painting and got a lot done. Made some major adjustments to some parts of the painting, but it is coming along nicely.
Just found out that the painting that was exhibited in Vienna, will now be included in ArtExpo Las Vegas beginning Sep. 19 - 21. Wish I could attend.
Have an idea for a sculpture that I will start working on in the next few weeks. Will keep you updated.

Still no Painting

As of yet, I still haven't managed to get any painting done. Website work took 2 whole days and I still have one I need to finish up. It will get done later in the week, as today I am painting, period! I am really feeling the downs I get when I don't paint. Amazing how stifling something inside you really effects your moods. Listening to some great Motown music today to lift the spirit.

Back in my studio today hoping to finish up my painting. Spent the weekend tiling and trying to get my house back into order. I did manage to get some masonite panels cut for some small encaustics that I have planned. I also need to send out a few prints today and finalize the details of an upcoming show.

Listening to some Sugarland today. In the mood for some country tunes.

TGIF

Tuesday I took my puppy, Bongo, to the vet to get neutered. Por baby, his testicles had never dropped, so they had to do exploratory surgery on him and he has about 20 stitches from where they cut him. I have been doggy nursing him since Tues. He still is having some trouble walking and I can't get the last piece of surgical tape off of him.

Yesterday was our weekly figure painting. I would post some of these, but they are nudes and not sure how the models would feel about being posted on the net. Once I get one that isn't showing much or a consent, I will post some.

Am in the studio today. Trying to finish up a painting that will be exhibited in Ft. Lauderdale at the Broward Community College South Campus in Sept. I will attend the opening as I will be in town for another event.

It's Monday

Besides being extremely exhausted from a weekend of refinishing furniture and getting the house back into some sort of order, I did have a great weekend. There was a repeat of an Interview with the Guerilla Girls Friday night that I watched. This morning I also read a great post on Joanne Mattera's blog from Wed. that was very interesting.

Out of studio work

A full week of house stuff. We have been rearranging and getting rid of furniture. Which of course, is very time consuming. No studio time this week. My house right now is like a war zone. We got rid of a curio, a coffee and end table, a couch and a refrigerator. Now, I have to find places to put all the stuff from these pieces. Lots of sorting through things that I haven't seen in years and decide if they are worth keeping or not. There are also some pieces that need refinishing for new uses and finishing in a way that will match the new dining table we got a while back. This weekend will be filled with sanding, staining and varnishing. Not to mention organizing. Thank goodness I am a Virgo, hah. Oh joy!

Another Day in the Gallery

Well another day of no customers, but lots of success painting. It is actually nice to be away from home and totally emerged in my work. I love working from home, but there are always a ton of interruptions, especially lately. So even if I only had one sale this weekend, I had a very good painting weekend. Almost finished with this piece.

Waiting till 5:00 pm so that I can close up shop, pack up everything and head home. Hubby is preparing a surprise dinner for me, which is really nice, Can't wait to see what he has in the oven. Nice food and some good wine will be the perfect end to a long working weekend.

Washout Day

Well the promising start for the day fizzled. But I did get a lot of progress done on my painting. We will see how tomorrow fares.

Gallery Day

Yesterday I decided to give sitting at the gallery for a bit with some artwork. The 4th of July here is very crazy and we had lots of traffic, but no gallery visitors. I took advantage of this and painted. This is an image of a side street in Piensa that I thought was really awesome. I got paint on the canvas and called it a day.


Today, I came back to the studio and made my first sale. I will be working on my painting some more. It is pretty cool sitting here with my Ipod and speakers blaring my favorite music and painting away without interruptions. I can definitely see myself here more often.

Hope all had a great 4th and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Enjoy the Day

Happy 4th of July to everyone. Be safe.

Old Painting with New Ideas

I decided to revisit an old painting with fresh eyes. I often do that when I am stuck and have problems resolving a piece. This is one I began late last year and just put away. I sat in my studio today and began looking at it again and decided to put it back up on the wall and take a go at it. Still pretty early on, but I like the feeling of it. Since I didn't get any painting done last week or this week, it was a good way to break back into the swing of it.

Tomorrow is figure painting. I am looking forward to it. For three hours. I primed and covered a couple 10 x 10 gesso boards for some small studies.

Another great interview last night on Ovation with Sally Mann. I wrote a paper comparing her nude children images with those of Maplethorp's and the paintings of Balthus' in my last year of college. Pretty interesting on how society views nudity of children in art. I enjoyed hearing her discuss those images, who by the way, were her own children.