Show today!

I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO excited about today. The opening at Stephen Isley Jewelry is later this afternoon/evening. I'll be exhibiting 5 river rock paintings. I have a fascination with little rocks in and around streams, rivers, and lakes. It has been fun exploring different facets of the rocks by painting them. Really studying the color, shape, and texture has made me look at them in a different way. Now I'll look at a rock and think "Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh! This would be a fun rock to paint"! haha!

The finished paintings look so wonderful in the frames. It's amazing how a frame can really enhance what is already there and just make it glow!

I'll be sure to take some photos of the event!

But here is newly finished piece that will be at the exhibit.

Dancing Ribbons

YAY!!!!!! I finished the really tedious rock painting. It was fun but gosh, painting each rock is a lot of work! Fun, but tedious. I'm happy with the end result... I can't wait to do more rock paintings. I got some great reference photos the other day I went exploring with my friend Joyce (who has a blog, btw...check it out HERE). It's going to be hard picking a frame for this piece. Gold? Bronzy/black? Or some extreme color? Hmmmmmmmmm....

Dancing Ribbons, 30x11

Painting on Sunday

After an adventurous day yesterday (went cross country skiing and then chipped ice on my walkway for 2 hours) I definitely needed a quieter day today. I awoke to snow gently falling outside....and an upset stomach. So since I wasn't feeling that great I skipped church and decided to use the time to paint. Soooooooooooooo, all day I painted (I really should have cleaned my apartment though. I have Christmas stuff EVERYWHERE...as well as a pile of stuff to go to goodwill, a garbage pile, and some art bins and things I need to put away *sigh* sometimes getting your house clean is a major undertaking *sigh*)

It snowed pretty much all day. So nice to look up from my work and gaze outside and day dream. :)

I've been working on this piece for a month. It was the perfect piece to work on when I was waiting for something to dry on another piece...partly because it was SO tedious. Some pieces are definitely more of a struggle to work at more than 30 min. at a time.

Middle Fork of the Flathead, 11x19

This next piece was something I've had in my head for awhile. I'm not sure I'm entirely happy with the result. I like it and all, but it didn't turn out the way I imagined it so you might be seeing another version in the next month or so.

Halo, 12x18

I'm happy to report that my tummy is feeling much better. Perhaps I ate something last night that didn't settle well...or maybe too many Swedish Fish? I don't know if any of you play Candy Crush on Facebook and have the same thing happen to you, but anytime I beat a level and those little fish come out I CRAVE Swedish Fish...even if I'm hungry or not! It's crazy. I have never given in to the craving until my Sister-in-law gave me a bag of them for Christmas so I've been munching on them....way too often. They are SOOOOOOOOO not the thing I ought to be eating but it's Christmas time. You can splurge a little... Right?