Show news and paintings

Hope everyone has been staying warm this week, just another typical March here in Hampton Roads.

I have now heard from two of the shows that I applied to. I'll be doing the Chesapeake Art Show and Stockley Gardens this spring. More information on these to follow.

Also, I am posting two new paintings. The one on the left is a row of pears in mixed media. The other is a whimsical guitar painting in water media.

Katie Dog

I haven't painted any of my "Kaleidoscopia" animals in a while, so today I painted one that I had drawn a couple of months ago. I'm trying a new technique that I learned in a workshop where there is some drawing done in acrylic paint.

This is a painting of an English Setter named Katie. We always called her Katie Dog and she was with us for 17 years.

Pairings Series

Here is a painting that I finished in January, but have not posted before. It is mixed media and is part of my "Pairings" series. It is based on a picture that I took in New York city several years ago. When I visit my sister (who lives in NYC) I always take lots of photos.

February Happenings

February has been a busy month so far. I participated in a show at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy and had a couple of sales. Always a good thing. I am working on a painting that will be used as a poster for a show this spring. I'll post it when it's finished.

The most time consuming thing I've been working on is setting up a new computer - installing all my programs and moving data from the old one. I spent most of the weekend on it and I'm still not finished. I am running both of them now - the old one is just about at the end of it's useful life.

Pepper

This is a painting that was just finished this month. It is 5x7 and is a mixture of several different types of water media. It is worked in many layers over an acrylic medium. Paint is put on and taken off until it works. Usually, I would frame something this size to be approximately 14x16, however, it could be framed as is in a 5x7 frame.

January News

I was thinking that things are kind of quiet in the art world, but they really aren't. January has been busy - I just finished participating in a show at Norfolk Collegiate and will be in one at Nansemond Suffolk Academy at the end of the month. Also, this is the time that a lot of show applications go in. Now comes the waiting game to see which ones will result in an acceptance letter. I have also finished two new pieces and have more in progress.

The group of friends that I paint, the Blue Eggs, are participating in a group show at the Larchmont Branch of the Norfolk Public Library.

A friend's son needed help designing a patch for his training squadron. He is a Marine aviator and the training was to be in December. The guys had an idea - a girl in a santa suit, but needed the actual drawing. Several of those asked submitted a design and mine was chosen.

Here is the patch and a picture of the pilots wearing them after their training was completed.

It was exciting to be able to help out and when I received the patch and picture I was just thrilled. It was great to have my work chosen but incredible to see it in use.