"Things Treasured: Christmas 1981"

12" x 12"
Oil on Canvas

I have been working on this piece for the Open Studios show. For the show, all artists participating in Open Studios can submit a piece that must measure 12" x 12". This piece was done from my favorite picture of all time. It is of myself and my older sister, and my mom has written "Christmas 1981" on the back. I would have just turned 2, and Anna was about 4 1/2. And, yes, my pants were plaid!

"Gazing Into the Whitness"

14"x18"
Oil on Masonite
$200

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If you were ever to watch me paint, this is the posture that you would see most often- complete with baggy, paint covered jeans and bare feet. I was going to include the easel in this piece, but as I completed the figure, it was almost as if I had stepped into the world of the canvas, rather than being outside of it. For me, it is not so much the fear of putting the first marks on a blank canvas (the beauty of paint being that you can alway paint over it), but just having this whole world of your own to create, and needing to decide what should go in it.

"Treasure Among Weeds: A Portrait of the Artist"

16"x16"
Oil and Paper on Canvas

This piece was one of those that came together so easily and quickly that it shocked even me. I was especially happy with the ease of this one because it is the last piece for my show opening in June. More details to come on that very soon! And, yes, this one is a portrait of me as a little girl.

Self Portrait Saturday

6" x 6"
Oil on Masonite
SOLD

As you can tell from the lack of posts last week, I didn't get much painting in. Part of that was because it was a very busy week, but I was also having some problems with motivation. To help get myself out of that, I decided on Saturday to paint something completely different than my typical daily painting. A self portrait is something I haven't done for a while, but I also approached this one with a little more of a free, expressionistic style. I believe it served its purpose. Now, back to work...