Horse painting

next layer on horse... I'm trying to decide if it's done

techie paintings- adding the layers, continued!

My palette and brushes- nothing special-
I use and old plastic cutting board, and my brushes are probably 25 years old!
Cheap plastic water dishes suffice! You can see I paint in my kitchen.

closer view

I keep my paints in this plastic container.

added some darks tonight...

lots more layers to go...

JCAA Critique night with Heiner Hertling

Heiner critiquing a member's painting.

Heiner's beautiful painting of deer. Love the backlighting <3

What a lovely couple, Heiner Hertling and his wife. I was delighted to be able to attend this critique.

Great Gatsby Girls

I sent 9 postcard sized paintings of roaring '20s style girls for the bash at Ella Sharp. It was a fund raiser for the museum.  They had a petite painting sale. Here's a sampling, these images show the raw edges which were covered by the frame:

eternal trees

More 4 x 6 paintings for sale.

These look awesome when displayed in an array. I have 12 available. The painting itself is postcard size. You can purchase an original work of art for the price of a nice dinner out! These are $20 each!

Ella Sharp Statewide Fine Arts Competition

Hooray! Cara and I just heard that we were both selected for the 2011 Ella Sharp Statewide Fine Arts Competition! We were thrilled last year, and we are even more thrilled this year! Cara's super sweet little sculpture "Beatrice the Bee Nymph" got in! 2 of my paintings were chosen. "Neighbors", and "Four Cupcakes". Yeah!
The reception is January 15th from 2-4 at Ella Sharp Museum. The exhibit closes March 26th.

more work on diptych

Art Shows!

Art show at Baker college is up! and I delivered paintings today to Art 634 for the ArtPrize in Jackson show coming in a few days.

in progress

This is the diptych I have been working on forever! I'm getting pretty close to being done- Last night I worked the leaves some more- I added a couple detail views. I'm really liking the maple leaves. The tree needs more detail, and the sky color needs to be brought up some more... I can't wait to work more on it!

Monday Night Class

This class is awesome!  These are their underpaintings so far.  Pretty incredible- and they told me they were beginners...

Art Prize starts this week!

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Hi Art Friends!

ArtPrize: September 22 - October 10

Don't Miss it! It starts this week!

I'm an official artprize artist! Please vote for me!

look me up at 

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Julia Garnett's 

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My painting "Farmscape" is showing at O'Tooles 

juliaspaintings.blogspot.com

Venue information

O'Tooles Public House

448 Bridge Street NW

Grand Rapids

Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair '10

We're back from A2 Fair!  It was busy and exhausting.  The weather was hot and rainy.  We even had tornado warnings!  Fortunately none of my work was damaged...  all in all it was an enjoyable experience.  I met some great people, saw some wonderful old friends, had some of my art students stop by to see me, and I had some time with my family!  I'm thankful.

Thanks, as always, to my wonderful family for making this work!  Jamie, Cara, and Mary who are with me in this.  and my Jena even drove 7 hours to be here!

The next big adventure is Art Prize in September.  I can't wait!

Ann Arbor Art Fair '10

I'm getting ready for the A2 fair. I'm getting my paintings stacked up and ready to load in the car. I set up on Tues. and the Fair begins wed.  July 21-24. Booth #259 on Libery across from the library.

Art Prize

The matching window for Artists and Venues is now closed, and I have connected with O'Tooles!  I'm proud to be exhibiting at an Irish Pub. I love the idea of displaying a painting of farmland with wheat in the foreground at a restaurant- the field to table journey is an intricate one.  There are so many steps and so many people involved along the way.  Food is not only important to survival, but it is integral to the social structure of every culture.  I'm lucky to live where I am surrounded by beautiful farmland.  Just yesterday they were baling hay in my backyard!  Farmers work endless hours in the summer.  The other night we got home about 11 pm and a tractor was cutting the hay on the dark, we could see the headlights glowing up and down the rows...

Art and Flowers- with Cara, Mary, and Grandma!

Thanks to all who came by to see us at Art and Flowers. We had a great day together. Really enjoyed doing a hometown event and seeing so many of our friends! Thanks to Joan Larsen for organizing the event, and to Van Thorre's Greenhouse for such a beautiful location. 

Cara, me, Grandma

Me, Cara, Mary - Grandpa sitting in the background.

Mary and I in the booth.  It took a little longer to set up than it should have. The ground was soft, so we had to put little blocks of wood under the legs. Every time we would get one block in place another would come out! Pam and her family came by and helped us... thanks Pam and fam!

Art 634 Exhibit

This Sunday from 2-4 PM I'll be at art 634 for a meet and greet. My flower paintings are up all month, including the date of the spectacular Fairy Festival. On Saturday the 24th is the 3rd Annual Fairy Festival from 11-5 PM. There will be lots of things going on for kids, and all kinds of cute Fairy artwork. Don't miss it! 634 Mechanic Street, Jackson.

RED Cross Pop Up Gallery

Here are some photos from the Red Cross Pop Up Gallery:
Cara's sculpture is in the middle of this wall:

Mary Lou's paper painting:
Mary's paintings:
Cara's sculpture:
My snow paintings on this wall: