Heirloom Love

 Cara and I have our show next weekend!  The Title is Heirloom Love.  It's a collection of our work.  It's inspired by the bond between mothers and daughters.  We are so fortunate to have each other, and to have the heritage of wonderful mothers, daughters, and grandmothers.  

We are getting our work together and ready to hang this week.  I still have framing to do, and tags to make.  I also want to work on a few paintings a little more.  Hopefully, I'll have time for everything!

going to an Art Show

Today my Student Teacher, and the Intern that was with me in January are having their Senior Art Show.  I'm looking forward to going!  They are both sweet girls, and exceptional artists.  One does acrylic landscapes and the other does mixed media abstract reliefs.  Beautiful work!

My youngest daughter left to go back to school today :(  - but she went with me to see the show when the girls were putting it up, so she got to meet them and see their work.  My oldest is home for the weekend and is going to the show with me today :)

going to an Art Show

Today my Student Teacher, and the Intern that was with me in January are having their Senior Art Show. I'm looking forward to going! They are both sweet girls, and exceptional artists. One does landscapes and the other does mixed media abstracts

week 2 for 4 generations of women

good start...

tues nite

these aren't great pictures, but it gives you an idea of what I got done tonight. The tractor is painted according to the paper with the grayscale. It's going to be part of a mural. There will be 100 paintings that will form a grid and create a bigger picture. It will be unveiled in May. We had to do something with a rural theme.

The quilt pictures are 4 I am working on right now. I have the colors pretty well blocked in...

new mother-daughter paintings

4 new paintings started.  The idea behind them is that a Mother-Daughter relationship changes with age, there are "seasons" to the relationship.  I'll post pictures soon.

writing statements and taping today

C is home and we are trying to get our writing done for the art show!  We got one statement done yesterday.  We need to be done by 3, because I have to start cooking for the Super Bowl Party!  Yeah!  Maybe she can tape after everything is in the oven.  She has to get at least one figure done.

for May 3

C. and I have a lot to do for the May show!  But, this is fun!  I guess May 3rd is  I spent most of Tues. nite painting night making a Dick Blick order.  M. and I both needed paint, and I ordered stretcher bars. -big stretcher bars-  It costs a small fortune... if you paint, you know what I mean.  Those little tubes of paint, on sale, are $$$$$, and I go through them too fast.  M. zips through orange, and I zip through Prussian Blue.  It should come soon.  Hopefully I can get it stretched, gessoed, and sketched before next Tues.  

By the way, at school I've had a wonderful intern all of Jan.  She's going to make a great teacher.  I hope she gets a job right away.  Some school is going to be lucky to get her.  My student teacher starts Mon.  so, I will have both of them for 2 days!  I already know my student teacher, as she was one of my interns last year.  She's so enthusiastic, and she's good with the kids, and she's a talented artist.  It's going to be a great semester, we're going to have fun!

slow progress

I think they're getting close to being done!  This has taken a long time...

commission decision

Our dog groomer asked my husband if he or I would paint a picture of their well loved dog who is no longer alive.  He doesn't really have the time, but I think I might give it a whirl.  I hope I can do it justice since it is a memorial.  I think that is such a sweet thing to do in memory of a pet.  Pets become such a wonderful part of the family.  We sure love our pets, and still miss our old lab Gabrielle who was so dear to us.  I hope I can make something worthy for them.