Inching My Way to Finished

This morning I had my kids' things on my mind and it was kind of taking up a lot of my day, but I did manage to get some studio time in. I worked a little more brown into the background of this painting, added gold, and did a few other things. I am finally pretty happy with it, but I need to visit it again on Friday to decide if I think it is finished. That is all the painting I will be getting in today though. The three other paintings are taunting me, but they must wait.

I meant to mention yesterday that I listened to Elizabeth Gilbert's Ted Talk yesterday while I was painting. She is the lady who wrote "Eat Pray Love" (which I still haven't finished). The talk was so good, she talked about the creative genius within us. You should give it a listen. I think I will listen to it again.

Blogging after each day in the studio is fun and difficult. It is hard to keep up with, but I am loving the feeling of marking my progress publicly. Thank you Bren, Kathryn, Karin, Mary, Karen Jo and Sandy! Your comments are really helping me.

And then there were twelve....

My new 8"x8" paintings on display at Wood Icing Studio Gallery

I have been wanting to do this since we opened the gallery and I simply haven't had enough 8" x 8" paintings to do it. Ten of these little lovelies found homes in Chicago and here are the one's that are left. It is very exciting to me to be able to display them in my gallery for a little while before I take them to Memphis in a month.

Next on my list is to work on editing the photos so i can put them on my web site and on Etsy shop. So much to do, so little time....

Alternate Universe

Alternate Universe
8in x 8in
SOLD

I think my 11 year old son is wearing off on me. My latest 8x8's have this science fiction theme and feel to them. It might also be an episode of Fringe I watched that was about an alternate universe. Whereever this is coming from, wouldn't it be great to live in the other universe for a while? This is painting is where I would like to be. Somewhere peaceful, calm and beautiful. Maybe even stress free! There I go with crazy thoughts again....

Crazy Thoughts

Crazy Thoughts

12inx16in

SOLD

I named this painting Crazy Thoughts. Most of my paintings come from the thoughts I have. The way I used color and the way I doodled into the texture is just so indicative of my own crazy thoughts I have while my head is in the clouds. My own crazy thoughts go everywhere and they know no boundaries. It is good and bad for me. Maybe I pinned down a few crazy thoughts that don't need to be in my head any more into this painting!

Did you notice how great the photo is of this painting? That is because I had a professional photograph it for a change! Greg Barth, one of my partners at Wood Icing photographed my four newest paintings so I can make prints of them. He is very reasonably priced if you are looking for someone in the St. Louis area.

Anxiety Box

This is the painting I made for the Open Studios Preview Party at the Contemporary Art Museum - STL. It was pretty popular at the Starving Artist BBQ, but no takers yet. It is the first in a new direction my work seems to be taking. Unfortunately, I made it under emotional duress. Sometimes I just have more anxiety than I know what to do with and thank goodness I have painting. For me this painting represents that feeling of being trapped by my emotions, when everyone else seems to be coping just fine with life's little obstacles. The box in the middle is my window of hope. I've been there, I know it is good. I'll just have to paint my way out of the box.