Chairs!

Oh my gosh, these chairs are so cute. I however, have realized that I am a lazy artist because I prefer to paint on a nice flat surface. I do not know how my mom does it all the time. All those corners and curves and crevices. No thanks! My husband says I should make more for the art fairs because mine turned out so great. Hmmmm.

Before Wood Icing and paint was applied.

We made these for the Chesterfield Arts fundraiser this year they were used as centerpieces at Art Feast and then were auctioned off. They were so cute on all the tables!

Here's Mine:

Front

Back

and here is my mom's:

If you would like to see more photos from the big Art Feast Gala, click here to peruse Dawson Morgan's photo album on her FB page. She took some great photos of the chairs.

Far and Wide

Tomorrow, I will be delivering this painting to Chesterfield Arts for inclusion in the Celebrate and Recognize exhibit at CA featuring artists members' work. My fellow artists at Wood Icing, Dawson and Mary Beth will have work in this exhibit too. The Exhibit runs from Jan 13 - March 2, 2012. The reception is Friday, January 13th from 6-8pm. Thank you Tracy, Nicole, Stacey, Annie and Nancy for giving us artists such great opportunities all of the time!

Far and Wide 16"x32" Click HERE for purchase

I loved making this painting and I am really happy with it. The super wide and narrow board I painted on just begged for this tree to be drawn into it! It is very similar to Cerebral Tree (the first in this series of paintings), but I wanted to really push the edges out to exaggerate the wide shape. The etched in tree pattern is actually green, which I haven't tried before and I loved painting that turquoise on the ledge! I can't pretend there is some deep meaning to this painting, because there isn't, but I am attached to it anyway. Probably because it made me happy to create it!