Current Painting

It has been 10 months since I posted on this blog. I keep forgetting that I have it. These are pics from the current painting I am working on. It is on a 16 by 20 canvas with acrylic paints. It is slowly coming along. I got some books out of the library to see how to do shade/shadowing on the house. And learn to do some techniques with the brushes. Got a way to go still. Hope to finish it sometime in January.

Painting Number 5

I have finally completed the fifth painting. The title will be "Cat at the Door".

 

A Friend's Vision

A friend of mine called this afternoon to tell me he had a vision in his dreams last night. He could see very clearly a painting I would be working on, showing the inside of a kitchen with big bold tiles on the walls and floor, dark countertops, a screen door and a cat with black coloring in its fur looking out in the yard. I have not told him what I am working on now and it seems weird cause I am painting the back of a house with a screen door of a Victorian House, a cat with black markings looking out through the door. I believe it is the kitchen inside. I took this photo back in the mid 90's of a Bed and Breakfast place in Victoria. Oh he said something big is going to happen with this painting. So we shall see.....

A Country Bedroom

My latest painting done with Acrylics, water color and Gauche paints.

 

The Rut

My canvas waits patiently for me, as my paints and brushes. I have gone to the art table to look at the painting, and walked away. I don't feel inspired at the moment. It is the New Year, this morning started off with me baking some bran muffins, then the smoke detector went off and continued beeping for the longest time despite putting the fans on, opening all the windows freezing both hubby and I to death, the cats cowering under the bed to get some relief from that awful sound. I said to Dave, wish the downstair tenant be home so we could have access to the fuse box. Which she did finally make an appearance and we got that darn thing off. We dismantled it and will have to see about getting a replacement or get it fixed.

The muffins turned out good, I put the Christmas decorations away, while doing that I managed to get my foot caught on something in the living room and managed to have a fall. Needless to say, I think my pride was hurt more than hurting myself. Not a good start to the New Year. It is a beautiful day...I could be out taking photos....I personally cannot stand cold weather and don't tolerate the cold anymore. So I sit inside looking out wishing to be outside taking pictures.

Back to the canvas, I hope to find my way back to painting. I had a good run in November, felt really good with what I had accomplished. I need a good push to get me back to it.

In the meantime, be creative in whatever you do.

Greetings!

December has come by quickly and about to leave us for good. Soon it will be the New Year. I have started only one painting compared to three in November. Seems other events took precedence over my painting. I hope to remedy that next week. It is easy to get into a rut and hard to get motivated to the things you want done on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. One thing I do know is...stay away from toxic people, negative influences and the almighty computer. Yes the computer and other latest technology do get in the way. When was the last time you wrote a letter and sent it snail mail? When was the last time you left your cell phone at home? When was the last time you actually talked to a person in person without the use of the computer, cellphone or whatever gadget you use to communicate with?

Christmas came and went and our phone did not ring once in four days, before during and after Christmas. It used to ring a lot when we lived in Vancouver but not here. We are now long distanced from most people and family we know and yet no one thought of calling. Instead we got a lot of emails. Would be nice to hear a friendly voice over the telephone. Especially during Christmas.

My present painting is another bedroom with part of a bed, wall hangings, a window looking outside and other furniture in the room. Hope to get it completed soon as I have a mess of photos I was to paint from. They are more interior shots and when I get it out of my system to paint interiors, will venture into doing a scenery. It is not my cup of tea to do that. I admire other artists works doing scenery. I don't quite know what my style is yet, though I have been told "Oh I love your style!", Or " I love your work!" Nice to hear these comments. My paintings hung in Pearl Ellis Gallery for three weeks collecting dust getting comments, admiration and perhaps some distaste from visitors. They are now home hanging in my home. I hope to produce more paintings and down the road to perhaps which is my one wish to sell at least one painting. When the current one is done, I will post it. In the meantime, have a Happy New Year.

Third Completed Painting

Calling this one "Golden Corner"