Wednesday, July 11, 2012

LIMITED SERIES OF TEN - PLANNING STAGES


Gloss black on cedar shakes, to be background for brightly colored ... flowers? ... trees? ... designs? ...
One of the irks of a creative temperament, as well as one of the joys, is that one can never be quite EXACTLY SURE
no matter how well-planned a project may be ahead of time
HOW IT WILL TURN OUT!


Monday, July 9, 2012

SOME OF MY ARTWORK HEADING FOR SISTER'S SHOP

Here's a sampling of some of my work that may be showing up in my sister's shop:














My sister has opened up a small shop called 'Close to Home' at the edge of our little town, and some of my artwork will be finding a home there.

Right now it's mostly a binder of rough cut small peices done over the course of the years and tucked away just because I wanted to keep them.

A couple of bigger pieces, the Wolf and Raven silhouette and my Carnival Life, are there as well.

I had a very few cedar shake skyscape/silhouette pieces but they need finishing up work so they're home with me.

Also still at home with me but slated for development are lots of photos. They will be used in any number of ways: postcards, greeting cards, prints of different sizes, posters, backgrounds for personal silhouettes, etc. I've gotten most of the photos sorted out according to general location (i.e. Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado) and have chosen groupings within those categories as well, so there's been at least a LITTLE progress on that front!

As the seasons will be changing (as they always do in this neck of the non-woods) there will be new photos to add to the collection, and new directions for the developments to take. I'm looking forward to working on the seasonal projects!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Upper Plains


Acrylic on cedar shake.
Upper Plains landscape with barn.

WHAT?!?!


I'm constantly surprised at what decides to show up.
This was just a warm-up exercise as I was getting ready to do a mountain landscape.
Then this BIRD flies in! 
When I stood back to see how the colors were working, there it was. 
I'm assuming Raven.

Aspen With Mountains


Acrylic on fabric.
I have painted quite a number on this theme.
Since I have none left, I'm thinking I had better paint myself one to KEEP!


Representing Dakota


Acrylic on fabric, silhouette.

Raven and Wolf


Because generally speaking wolves and ravens are often found sharing a similar habitat, one would expect that there would be myths and legends regarding them.  It's something to look into.  I read somewhere that seeing them together is supposed to indicate good fortune.

Dakota Skyscape


This is one I kind of wish I had kept.
It went to a ND Women's Ag event as a door prize.
Another acrylic on cedar shake.

Pregnant Woman In Rock


A rockscape on a 100 year old cedar shake was just a kind of fun exercise for me.
When it was finished I set it aside as I am wont to do, to look at later.
When I looked at it later, I was surprised to see the pregnant woman as I had no idea she was there.