Two Sheep

Here's my latest painting of two sheep. I tried to make them look illuminated from behind but I wasn't 100% successful.

I've been working in my studio this afternoon instead of cleaning house but I tend to do what I enjoy most instead of what I need to do. I did wrap all the Christmas presents before I started painting so I'm not totally neglectful!

Blue Bird

I found a photo of this blue bird on Pat Velte's Bird Cam website http://www.backyardbirdcam.com/gallery/gallery.htm so I asked her if I could use the image to paint a picture. She is such a sweet and gracious person.....she actually felt honored that I would want to paint it and granted me permission!

As a child, I remember having a birdhouse in our backyard near our clothesline that was inhabited by blue birds.
They are such beautiful little creatures and I loved to watch them.

smART Exhibit

I entered my three bird paintings into a little juried art show on Paseo called smART Exhibit. They wanted only small pieces (10" maximum on any side including the frame) and they had to be priced between $25 to $199. I enter my fiber work in shows all the time but I had never entered an oil painting. All three were original paintings so I thought what the heck it's time to give it a try. I received an email from them this morning notifying me that the Chickadee painting was accepted! It's the first one pictured in the previous post that's 4" x 6". I thought that was the worst one of the three.....so you see I can NEVER guess what the juror will pick!

The opening reception for the exhibit will be January 2, 2009 from 6 - 10 at the Paseo Art Space on Paseo in Oklahoma City.

Better photos

I finally got some better photos of my little bird paintings. It helps when you figure out how the camera is working, lol!

Here are a couple of oil paintings of Chickadee's and a better photo of the Cardinal painting that I uploaded before. This Chickadee painting is a 4" x 6" on a gallery wrapped canvas so at least I won't have to frame it.

The second Chickadee is on a 6"x6" panel and will need a frame. The Cardinal is on a 4"x6" panel.