Forest Path - WIP

Here is my current painting that is in process and is still on my easel. I got a new slr camera yesterday so I'm trying it out. The Nikon D3000 is my Christmas present.....Santa just delivered it early! He arrived in a wonderful disguise yesterday driving a big brown truck and wearing a brown uniform. Santa has way too many packages to deliver this year so I was among the lucky ones that received mine early. I'm sure it's because I've been such a nice girl all year.

Rooster and Hens

I took the above photo at Tina's farm last spring when I went there to do some plein air painting. I like chickens so I tried my hand at painting them. I'm not really pleased with the painting and I've been having serious doubts about my abilities to paint. I guess that's normal for an artist and maybe those feelings of inadequacy is what drives us to try harder.

OVAC 12 x 12 Coming Soon

This photo was taken at the 2008 12x12 event by Xegunda Photo Werkes. The person in the photo is looking at the felted piece I made for the 12x12 last year. OVAC has preview photos of the artwork that will be for sell at this years event on their website, click here. More information about the event is printed there along with the locations where tickets can be purchased.

FAD September Meeting

We had our FAD meeting Monday night at Carla's new house. I actually remembered to get out my camera and take photos this time! You may think from looking at the photos that our meeting went to the dogs but you would be mistaken. LOL! Lynn is pictured at the top holding cute little Odie which is Carla's youngest Pomeranian. The other photo is Carla holding her other Pom, Lil Bear, which is older than Odie but much smaller. I think they enjoyed attending our meeting too and they were so well behaved.

Seven-State Biennial Exhibit

I just mailed off my entry to the Seven-State Biennial Exhibition that will debut in Chickasha, OK at the art gallery on the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma campus. I've entered this exhibit several times before and haven't been accepted so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I will get in this year. I hate to get rejection letters but for some reason I feel the need to keep trying. They call it Seven-State because anyone living in a state that touches the Oklahoma state line and is over the age of 18 is eligible to enter. So besides Oklahoma that includes Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and New Mexico.

I entered three of my felted fiber pieces in the Seven-State. I feel like my fiber pieces are much stronger than my paintings. However, I will enter two paintings in the Oklahoma Art Guild members show in October. It's not juried but they have a judge that will award prizes. Any OAG member that enters will have their work in the show which is nice but I think competition exhibits have a higher quality work on display.