All Dressed Up

I finished this 8 x 10 oil painting last night and decided to name it "All Dressed Up". Isn't he a pretty rooster? I took it outside in the full sunlight to photograph it which may have been a mistake. It's darker in appearance indoors so I may do some more experimenting with it later.

Trip to Arizona

I took a trip to Arizona this past week and had a blast visiting with my two college roommates, Carol Lyons and Erika Folmer. We hadn't spent any quality time together since we graduated in 1971! I put personal photos of us on my Facebook page so I'll just post scenery photos here on my blog.

 

Our first stop was in Sedona. This was taken at our hotel.

 

Hotel fountain with a great mountain view.

This was the view from our hotel room balcony.

This was taken during the train ride.

When I first glanced at this statue in Sedona I thought the little girl taking a photo of the statue was real!

 

We took a ride on the Verde Canyon Railway. It runs from Clarkdale to Perkinsville where the engine changes positions so it can pull us back to Clarkdale. The Perkinsville junction was in the movie of How the West Was Won. Debbie Reynolds got off the train at this station. Now the boards are all rotted!

Mario and Hot Pepper

I'm still working on this felted piece that I'm calling "Hot Pepper", I may change the name later. I posted a photo of it a few months ago after I felted it but before I did any embroidery stitches. I'm still working on the embroidery but I hope to have it finished in time to enter Fiberworks 2010 the middle of June. I may be removing some of the stitches that I don't like but I will ask the ladies in the FAD Group tomorrow at our meeting to get their opinion. I'll be mounting this piece on a painted gallery wrap canvas when this is finished.

I finished "Mario" so now he is ready for a frame. "It's an 11" x 14" oil painting.

Chef Painting

I don't think this painting is quite finished yet but it's getting close. I still have a few minor things to do. I think his teeth are too white, his chin needs work, and I need to darken the background. I'm calling him Chef Mario, which is just a made-up name, but he is a happy man so I'm sure he loves to eat.

A customer brought me a rose last week when she came to pick up her new computer so I set up this little still life and painted it before it's life expired. It's not a very good painting, I couldn't get the vase shaped right....too many curves!

Surprise for Nathan

My family came today to see my paintings at the gallery. I had painted a portrait of my 3 year old great nephew, Nathan, as a surprise. He recognized it immediately and said, "Look! It's a picture of me!" so that made my day. He's onery and wouldn't pose nicely for me without making a face, but isn't he cute!

Nathan and his lovely sister, Laryssa, wanted their photos taken in front of Carla's paintings. Carla is my painting buddy and our artwork is on the same wall at the gallery. Nathan really liked her horses and the big landscape with the forrest.

50 Penn Place Display

I went to 50 Penn Place Art Gallery saturday morning to hang my artwork and the above is the result. Carla is making a name sign for me to hang but otherwise my display is completed. The opening reception isn't until Friday, May 14th.