I'm finished!!! I'm exhausted, my carpal tunnel is killing me, my head feels like it's going to split in two (and I wish it would just fall off and get it over with), my whole body aches, and I went over my deadline a bit.. but I'm done; and the mixture of relief and pride I felt submitting everything tonight was indescribable! I'm so relieved that I actually Read More
Yesterday I spent nearly the entire day painting and drawing. I stayed up late, and got up early this morning, and I'm already tired LOL. We didn't have much luck finding the right molding for frames at the hardware store. The best we could do is to put two moldings together to make one, then cut and fit them to the painting.. it seems like too much in too Read More
I'm posting a progress report for this week - to act as a starting point for this weekend... a countdown of sorts to the big show deadline. I've actually taken a couple steps backwards with "Knight" the stone bricks just weren't cutting it, so I bought some sea sponges and went to work. As much as I hated the idea of starting them over, (it's a huge setback), but my Read More
I'm having some trouble with the stone bricks in the background, and at this point I'm not sure I'm going to be able to overcome them in time for the show deadline next Tuesday. I may have taken on more than I can chew with this one, but it's a little exciting, and definitely motivating. Today I'm going to take a little time away from working on the Read More
With Christmas over I can finally get back to work; unfortunately, with the deadline two weeks away I don't think I'm going to be able to finish both of the paintings I had hoped to enter. As an alternative to the second painting I've started another drawing to take it's place, something that I can do in stolen moments here and there. Meanwhile, I started re-working the right animal face Read More
I wish I could say I've made a lot of progress on "Knight" but Christmas has put a wrench in the works. I am happy to say, that as of last night I've officially finished all my Christmas shopping; and will have a more time to focus on getting everything ready for the upcoming show. Below are pictures of my progress on "Knight," which consists of re-working the left figures Read More
Below is the painting I referred to the other day titled "Knight." I started this painting in college, unfortunately I don't have any pictures of it before starting re-working it. As it is the only thing that is original is the figure on the right. I've redone the knight and the left figure (which needs work). My challenge is getting everything to appear to go Read More
There is an upcoming show called Art A Lot that I'm working toward. The subject is one near and dear to me - Medieval/Renaissance. I've been captivated by the aesthetics of Armor and architecture since, well, I can remember when. The deadline is the first week of January, so I'm in a rush to finish three pieces before then. One of the pieces called "Knight" has Read More