Current Oil Paintings and Fabric Painting

I'm not the type of person to work on one thing at a time. Maybe that's because I'm a Gemini....who knows but I have to have several projects going at all times.


I painted this green canvas fabric years ago. It's at least 5 or 6 years old. Four years ago it accompanied me to a SDA workshop I attended with Mary Ruth Smith. There I embroidered the larger circle inside the copper colored square and the odd shaped wavy circle outline in blue thread then stopped. It has been in my closet since that time sitting patiently just waiting on me to pick it up again. It shouted at me a few weeks ago so I began working on it. I added blue paint to the inner area outlined with the blue thread because I thought that area needed more attention and all the other embroidery stitches you see now. I like it better now so it may actually get finished!

I took a painting workshop with Dan Robinson back in February and we painted still life's. I wasn't happy with the painting I did in class but I liked the setup so I painted this 6" x 8" the other day using my original painting and the photographs that I took as reference. I like this painting much better than the one I painted in class....hey, maybe that means my painting skills are improving? I want to enter this in a show coming up the first part of August.

This last painting with the orange/pink flowers and blue background is really silly but it's growing on me. I like a little whimsy in my life so this fills that void. I might frame it or it may end up in my ever growing stack of Misforgotten Paintings which is growing by leaps and bounds!

Modern Materials

I'm going to attend the opening of Modern Materials tonight at the Untitled [ArtSpace] Gallery in OKC. This is an invitational curated exhibit by Jill Rumoshosky Werner that includes an impressive list of fiber artists! Only two artists from Oklahoma were invited and both of them are good friends of mine, Elia Woods and Jean Ann Fausser, so I'm excited about seeing the show tonight!

Possible 12 x 12 Oil Painting

Here is the 12" x 12" oil painting that I could use for OVAC's annual event that is called the 12 x 12. I still haven't decided if I will give them the fiber piece that I posted yesterday or this oil painting. I'm open for suggestions!

Possible 12 x 12 Felted Piece

I've been invited to participate in OVAC's 12 x 12 exhibit again this year. I love to attend this event so I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to participate. OVAC supplies the canvas, you can choose to donate the work or receive a 50% commission when it sells, and you get two free tickets to the event! What a deal because two tickets cost at least $50.

I have a dilemma this year because I can't decide whether to do a fiber piece or an oil painting so I'm making one of each.....then I'll have to decide. This is the fiber piece I've made but I haven't named it yet.

I made a trip back to the IAO Gallery where the Fiberworks 2009 exhibit is on display to take photos. All the lights were not on so they didn't turn out very well. Carla took her fancy camera so maybe her photos will turn out better than mine.

The green felted & knotted vessel that is pictured was made by Stephanie Grubbs. This is just a close up view so you can't see the whole sculpture but I liked the way the photo turned out and you can see inside the vessel from this angle.




The next photo is part of a knitted chess set by Sara Braden. She uses recycled silk yarn and the little chess pieces are so cute and tiny! Sara buys sweaters from the thrift shop then unravels them so that's what I meant by 'recycled silk yarn'. You can see part of the gallery in the background.





The last photo won "Most Innovative" and is made by Michi Susan. It's mounted behind plexiglass and is constructed of hand made paper, twigs, and found objects like bottle caps and other things.

Tomorrow is the last day that Fiberworks 2009 will be on display. It will be sad to see it disassembled on Monday when the artists come to pick up their work.