Contemporary Art Gallery

I received a call from the Contemporary Art Gallery on Paseo inviting me to join their gallery! It's a co-op gallery with a variety of wonderful artists so I am very honored to be included. Here is their website http://www.contemporaryartgalleryokc.com/. For the voting process, I submitted oil paintings and felted mixed media pieces. To my surprise they liked the fiber pieces because they add a variety to the gallery. They have oil, acrylic, watercolor, & pastel painters but no fiber artists. I have a closet full of fiber wall hangings so this will give them a chance to hang in public and come out of the closet!

My work will be hanging in the gallery the 1st of November so I hope all of my friends will be able to attend the 1st Friday Walk on Paseo!

Dreaming of Ewe

I had a hard time naming this little 8 x 10 oil painting but finally decided on "Dreaming of You" then a friend suggested "Dreaming of Ewe" so that name stuck. Now, why didn't I think of that in the first place! It's painted on a gallery wrap canvas. This photo was taken with my IPhone so it's not a high quality photo....I need to get out my camera but I don't have the lighting system that I need here in my little apartment. I've had fun painting sheep! I started on another one this week but it looks horrible and it will end up in the trash. I love the image so I will try again.

Three Bags Full

"Three Bags Full" is a 12" x 16" oil painting that I finished Wednesday afternoon in my painting session with my painting buddy, Carla. I thought I really liked this painting but now that I see the photo I'm not sure I like it after all. Maybe it will grow on me. I took this photo with my IPhone, it's not a bad photo but it's not the quality that my camera will produce.

I've started a smaller 8" x 10" sheep that I plan to work on this afternoon. I guess I'm on a sheep kick again.....I think it's because I'd like to do some felting. I have a piece started but haven't taken the time to work on it and it's been calling my name.

On the Lamb

On the Lamb is a 12" x 12" oil painting that will be up for auction at OVAC 12 x 12 exhibition in OKC on October 1, 2011. I absolutely love this event!

I was going to name this piece "Counting Sheep", then my sister suggested I name it "Mutton Head" and I liked that name. Then a Facebook Friend, Theresa Hurt, suggested "On the Lamb" and that name stuck! Thanks Theresa! Theresa runs Pirates Alley frame shop on Britton Road in OKC. They take care of all my framing and I can highly recommend them.

White Tulips and Carla

This oil painting is 12" x 16". I don't have a good title for it so I'm currently calling it White Tulips. I need to get more creative on my titles! It took me several weeks to finish this painting because Carla hasn't been coming to paint with me very often. Since I moved I haven't felt like staying after work to paint in my studio and my apartment is too small to set up a painting area. Hopefully all that will change soon.

Carla didn't want me to take her picture but I had the camera out and couldn't resist this shot of her with the paint brush in her teeth squeezing the paint tube. We must get the very last drop of paint! We have so much fun painting together and I have learned so much from her over the last 2 or 3 years.



Family of Flower Pots

This is a 12" x 16" oil painting that I finished about three months ago. The rocks were a real challenge for me. I've tried painting rocks and stones in the past and have failed miserably.....these aren't perfect by any means but at least they look like rocks! My dear friend, Erika, bought this painting from me when she came for a visit. She now owns 5 of my paintings and has requested that I paint her a courtyard scene as a companion for this painting. So I must get busy and start painting again, which is my favorite thing to do!

OKC Reunion w/college roomies

Carol Lyons, Erika Folmer, Me, and Paul West

First night of our reunion we ate at Ann's Chicken Fry, which is Erika's favorite place in OKC to eat. The food was great but not very healthful.....but what the heck this was a special occassion. I picked Erika up at the airport that morning and then we met Carol, who was driving her car, at my parents house for a nice visit then proceeded to OKC where we met Paul for dinner.

Ann's Chicken Fry has all these old cars and gas tanks in front of the place so it made for nice photo opps.

Saturday we went to Guthrie to shop. Carol and Erika absolutely loved this Glass Gallery and purchased several items.

We ate lunch in Guthrie at Geno's and the food was great!

Richard Goad, Linda Goad, Me, Carol, Erika, Susie West, Laban West, and Paul.

All good friends from my college years. It was fun to see them all after all these years. Richard is the minister at River of Life church so we attended the Sunday morning service and ate at the church afterwards.

Later Sunday afternoon I took Erika and Carol to Carla's house. I wanted them to meet my painting buddy while they were here. We ate at Ted's and then went downtown OKC to the bombing memorial. We took photos but it was at night and they didn't turn out very well. Here we all are standing behind Carol's car getting ready to say goodbye. Carol is driving back to AZ by herself.

We sent Carol off then I took Erika to the airport. I hated to see them go! We had a blast again this year and I'm already looking forward to our next reunion. Maybe we will have it at Erika's new house in Montana next year!

Blogger Problem

I haven't posted anything in a long time. I've tried to upload photos and for some reason it doesn't work anymore. Since I'm a visual artist and not a writer I don't have a reason to post unless I can also upload a photo.

Tiger Lilies and Friends

Tiger Lilies and Friends is an 11" x 14" oil painting that I finished last night. Carla and I are finially getting back into a schedule of painting and it feels great.