Book Release Party

Some time ago I posted the exciting news that my painting "Clay" was selected for inclusion in Manifest Gallery's International Painting Annual Vol. 2

INPA 2 has now been published and the Book Release Party is this weekend!

Out of 1310 paintings submitted from 452 artists, only 118 works were selected.  I am honored to be one of the 72 artists represented in this amazing publication.

Anyone living in or near Cincinnati stop by the gallery for what I hear is quite a fun event! 

Click HERE for more information about the book and gallery

and HERE for the Facebook Event Page

Thank you Manifest!!

the big and small of it

On the BIG easel today ...

I have been making lots of progress on this painting, I just haven't been posting about it.

It seems my page of in-progress pictures (On my Easel) takes FORever to load because of all the photos so I stopped updating, but ....

only two and a half heads to go!

  

On the Little easel today ...

Yes,

that is a lemon

on a bow

on top of a doll head

and Yes,

I wrote

Beck

Loser Baby

because I was listening to Pandora while painting and Beck's song "Loser" seemed a perfect potential painting title.

Much more direct then I usually go for ...

I was planning on the less obvious title "Lemon"

humm ... we'll see

thanks for tuning in :)

"Stacked"

I feel a spell of yellow comin' on ...

which made me wonder...
is the phrase "spell coming on" widely known or is this a Southern thing?

interpretation..
I can tell I'm about to get really obsessed with (fill in the blank)

in my case yella :)

in progress

oh my, sparkles and delicious yellow thickness ...

each canvas is 6"x6"

... kind of in love so far :)

Oscar Grays

available

The minute I saw this amazing fur hat and bold black and white dress coat on Oscar PR Girl, I knew I HAD to have it!!

Style Council

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I've been very busy this month :)

"Transition"

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Opening Scene:  EXT. MALL PARKING LOT - DUSK

Exterior entrance has cool bluish grays contrasting beautifully with a warm interior glow.  Lead character COLOR speaks first in a conversation with GUT ...

"Center Stage"

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 So it was my birthday mid July ...

and my friend Kate gave me a wonderful huge Moleskine sketchbook wrapped in the above turquoise/everyone-knows-by-now-is-my-favorite-color ribbon.  

This of course beckoned me to take a break from painting doll heads ...

(check out the in-progress pics of the three new heads HERE)

and refresh these doll tired eyes with my fav color 

(in-progress)

This painting started with a basic block-in but, ended up with an interesting combination of thin layered paint, thick paint, scraped back areas, and a section of untouched white gesso...

 

I've been concentrating so much lately on thick paint applications that I had forgotten how much fun it is to push and pull the image out of the canvas.  This multi approach was perfect in capturing the upward 'stage' lighting of this attention seeking drama queen - 

which I admit being guilty of from time to time :)

"Center Stage" is 5" x 7" and is framed in a warm gold floater frame.  

She is $350.00 + $10 shipping in US

Click HERE for more info.

latest in-progress photos

The top head is complete.

Six new in-progress photos are updated on my blog,

check it out HERE

One head down, fourteen more to go ...

a new painting in progress and a new look for my blog

Apple eliminated Mobile Me and replaced with iCloud, which as far as I can tell, no longer hosts websites.  

Soooo ...