Well, it is official, the new owners love their painting and even love the "circles of confusion" that some viewers in the studio have decided are fireflies to their eyes. The painting has gotten a lot of positive feedback in the studio and I am so glad that the piece has met the expectations of the clients. As soon as I can get the shipping materials together I will be creating the FedEx shipment and the painting will make its way to a North Carolina mountaintop... so remote that the husband will have to drive down the mountain to meet the truck. The third of four seasonal paintings, this piece will hang above a gorgeous stone fireplace every Spring.
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I have been working non-stop on the commissioned painting and it is just about complete now and an image has been emailed to the new owner for his input. As soon as I have this painting completed and ready for shipping to the owner I will show you all of my process shots of the painting.... normally you all get to see process photos all the way through, but I wanted the owner to be the first to see it all finished.....
At the end of the studio day yesterday Virginia and I went to Plaza for my new canvas, some paint colors I was running low on, and a couple of new brushes just because. I printed sunflower images from my photo field trip to the sunflower field here in Montgomery County last summer with three tremendous photographer friends, and former resident artists at VisArts. I have a few final touches to add the the commissioned piece and then the sketch will begin for the sunflowers, and I am so excited to be moving on to this painting!
I am also planning to photograph striped rocks in the studio for some paintings, and I have some mixed media boxes planned as well.... so much to do!
Well, now that Hayward has his life back, does anyone besides me wonder why we don't just go back to glass bottles and jars for everything and recycle every bit of glass?
The bookmark design from the peacock postcards is on its way and will be a great addition to postcards and business cards in the studio. People love to walk away with something and the bookmarks have proven to be very popular with my visitors. This is the design (before cropping) sent to the printer. I have been using 4OVER4 with consistently great success.
Virginia took me shopping to stock up on vital studio supplies.... chocolate for visitors and flowers for inspiration and decoration!
I love this time of year when the leaves are fully out on the trees and a rich shade of green.... flowers thrive in profusion and everyone seems so happy to be outside. We spent the day in the studio yesterday, Virginia and I, and although the elevators never opened up for the day to let the public in, we had one special visitor who traveled a long way to come and see the studio. A long time reader of this blog, it was great to meet her and have her there in my space. Hopefully she and her husband will get to visit again when the art center is buzzing and busy. A parade went by outside and the square was crowded with lots of residents and visitors enjoying the festivities.
I turned the music up loud and worked all day on the commissioned piece. It is finally on its way to completion and should need just a few more days of painting to finish before I move on to the next work. This weekend was a nice mix of work time and downtime and I got a lot done. The Artsy Newsletter went out last night and should be waiting in your inbox if you have subscribed:) To subscribe, look in my sidebar to the right!
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To me, it is all about the visual..... it always has been. I paint large-scale florals in juicy acrylic, bits and pieces of the natural world, and abstracted women in watercolor, and I have been painting and muraling for more 30 years. Come and visit my new studio and gallery located in Glen Echo, Maryland.
