Sunday, August 28, 2011

Mondays...

... not my favourite day of the week... That 6am alarm is so cruel...

Over the weekend I managed to get some painting done which is always magic... I also managed to upload some art work images onto FineArtAmerica.com, which is a great a social network and e-commerce marketplace for photographers, visual artists, art galleries, and fine art collectors. Visitors to FineArtAmerica.com can choose from over 1.5 million pieces of original artwork including paintings, sculptures, drawings, mixed media, jewelry, and more!

Last night I received some awesome comments about by piece titled "Cape"  One person wrote "I love the oriental mind in art.!!.........this strikes me well. and Love the color pallette and impressionism of it.!!........very nice.!!" and the other "Inspriational". How cool is that...

The other thing I like about Mondays is that the EmptyEasel.com newsletter comes out.. this is always a good read...

Take care

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Snow

Recently we had the unusal but wholly wonderful experience of snow three days in a row... I felt like a big kid, wanting to run out and play... I loved sitting on the window set and watching it fall.. I thought the falling snow against the trees was a beautiful sight.

Sam our Jack Russell loved it after day 2.. Day 1 he was distraught...
I hope you like the pictures.

Sam looking less than impressed with all this white stuff

Front gate - no postie calling

Instant - lemon with ice

I hope all our hedging big and small survives

Yahoo it's Friday!!!

I love Fridays cos I wake thinking last day at work this week so that means time to paint this weekend..

So in readiness for this joyous occasion I waddled all the way up to Gordon Harris to check out some new Golden product and to pick up a new canvas... I also managed to get some Pebo brushes for 1/2 price which I am very pleased about... so my activity list is prime new canvas, finish latest artwork, begin new painting... that's my list, my actual will be very different...

Have fun guys and take care

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

My first post

Hello everyone... it's taken me a while but finally I am up and running on this blog.
I see this blog as a vehicle for talking about art, whether that be painting, Omaru stone carving, crafts, art classes, tips and hints, art places I've been to, and people that I reckon are art gurus..
... so what do folk want to know about me, about my work, my inspirations or lack of some days, my drive, my desires....
It's simple I LOVE ART & ALL THINGS RELATED TO ART. The doing, the sharing, the selling, the creating, the reading, the viewing, the discovering, the heartsches, the humbleness, the aloneness, the escaping, the togetherness, the support.... I dislike the showoffs..
First post is finished... Take care