This week I’ve been busting my butt catching up. I got a little behind over the Holidays, as well as some other things coming up that were completely unexpected. I’m way behind after having one of those, lay on the couch, covered with a blanket, leave me alone I’m checked out, weeks. That was two… Continue reading A Field of Sticks, Dreams and Heart
Month: January 2016
The Trees
I’ve kind of become known for painting trees. Sometimes when I paint a tree its extremely automatic depending on how decorative the painting is. If it’s something that’s going to match a couch I turn my brain on autopilot, turn into a zombie for a few hours, and then suddenly awake to a finished painting.… Continue reading The Trees
A Forever Growing Heart
I’ve been doing a lot of sketching over the last year. I love coming up with concepts from my imagination. For this painting I was thinking about how, as we get older, it seems our hearts grow in certain ways (metaphorically speaking). Our families have new additions, and at the same time we lose people… Continue reading A Forever Growing Heart
Painting therapy
Thank you to everyone who posted kind messages on my FB page. I’m not quite ready to talk about it, but will fill you all in sometime. It was a rough week for me, and to help that I used painting as therapy. Sometimes it’s good to paint what you feel. It helps you think… Continue reading Painting therapy
Decided to make my latest commission into a series
I recently did a commission painting for a gallery in the mid-west. You can read about it in my previous blogs. I liked the background so much that I decided to focus on a series of paintings. I’m going to start dark and intense and try to move them up to light and airy at… Continue reading Decided to make my latest commission into a series
If I won powerball…
If I won the 1.4 billion dollar powerball I’d be really sad. That is why I’m not playing. “What?” you say. “You’d be… SAD???” Yes, that’s right, I’d be sad. I started thinking about it today, because I can’t get away from the constant reminders that there is a 1.something billion dollar jackpot this week… Continue reading If I won powerball…
Reflecting on my latest workshop trip…
As I sit here in the Boston airport waiting for 2.5 hours for our flight to Presque Isle, ME, I’d like to reflect on my latest painting workshop trip. Seeing familiar faces at workshops is always great. It might be my favorite thing about travelling to the same place twice. I feel like I have… Continue reading Reflecting on my latest workshop trip…
On the road in Nashville
On the flight here, to Nashville, I got the sketchbook out. It’s a great way to pass the time on a flight. Headphones in, sketchbook out, go into my own world. It makes the flight go by much faster. Today is day two of my Nashville workshop. The first day here we went to… Continue reading On the road in Nashville
The Cold Spell
It turned cold here overnight. We’ve been having a pretty mild winter, but last night that changed. I went outside to give the chickens food and water and was attacked by the frosty air every step of the way. It just hurts more and more each step. Like little picks going into your exposed skin.… Continue reading The Cold Spell
Finished!
So for those of you who read yesterday’s post, you know I had a commission I had to finish before I left for Nashville. I had the painting almost done and realized I was doing the wrong painting. That left me with today to finish it. I couldn’t do the late night thing. Just wasn’t… Continue reading Finished!
