Beautiful sunny day on the prairie
Blue sky, wispy clouds
Title: Warm Summer Day
Acrylic landscape painting on 12×12 canvas
Submitted to Artist Play Room #67
theme: weather
Warm Summer Day – Artist Play Room
Hope
“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –
And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
And sore must be the storm –
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm –
I’ve heard it in the chillest land –
And on the strangest Sea –
Yet – never – in Extremity,
It asked a crumb – of me.
~Emily Dickinson
I recently went through a huge box of old letters that I’ve been toting around with me since forever. Instead of throwing them all away, I’m going to use bits and pieces of them in my artwork. So, I used gel medium, and I glued down torn up words, here and there all over the background of this painting. The word I ended up seeing after covering most of them up with paint is “hope”. It reminded me of this poem by Emily Dickinson. I’ve already titled one of my paintings “Hope is a thing with feathers”, so this one will be just titled Hope.
Sweet Pea, 2 paintings, roses Wordless Wednesday
Sweet Pea, the blind cat, likes to lie down behind my desk chair. Then, I’m her prisoner. lol
Looking down at two painting.
I never get tired of roses from the garden.
If you keep painting, you will improve
Here’s proof that if you keep painting, you’ll improve. The one above is mine from 2008. The one below, I painted in 2010. You’ll have to look hard, I know, but do you notice any difference? hahahha
Sasha
Available here
My advice to any artist is very simple, paint every day.
It will all fall into place from there.
It’s hard to let go, and let it happen
Bold, colorful, NEW 4×4 inch portraits!!
and Layla (she didn’t fit in well with the others)
I’ve had a busy weekend. I absolutely love this new series I’ve been working on. Painting loosely isn’t as easy as it may seem. It’s actually pretty difficult, especially for artists like me who like to control the paint. It’s hard to let go, and let it happen however it’s going to happen. But, that’s what I did, and I love love love these little guys.
Bright, bold colors, lots of different shades of orange in these. Orange is my favorite color, if you haven’t guessed. I think out of all of them, David is my favorite. I feel like keeping him for myself. I feel like keeping them all for myself, but I won’t be greedy.
I think I’m going to call it a night. I’m going downstairs, drink my tea, and collapse in front of Netflix for a while. I’ll try to get around to visit your blogs sometime this week. I’m sorry I’ve been slow doing that lately.
New 8×10 Prints Available
8×10 print
This week I’m focusing on making new prints available. I know not everyone can afford or wants an original painting. If that’s the case, prints may be more of what you’re looking for. These prints are not printed on a home printer. They are professionally printed, and shipped to you directly from my printing service. Prints are made from a 300 dpi digital image of the paintings. What you see on your computer screen is only 72 dpi. The prints are sharp, and clear. You won’t be disappointed. Click on the title of the print to go to my Esty shop to purchase.
At The Lake
8×10 Print
Are You Kidding Me
8×10 print
2 Girls in a Boat
8×10 print
Camouflaged – portrait painting work in progress shots
Camouflaged
10×10 on stretched canvas
Sold!
It’s not polite to ask an artist to lower the price on a painting
Acrylic portrait painting
Oh, Sweet Sunday: Annie and her Horse
Oh, Sweet Sunday: Annie and her Horse
SOLD!!
I have received numerous messages about reducing the price of this painting since I first listed it on Etsy. I just added this little note to the end of the Etsy listing to publicly address the situation…
“Oh, Sweet Sunday is one of my favorite paintings, so please please don’t write me and ask if I’ll lower the price. The price on this painting will never be lowered because it’s at the absolute lowest I can go. I would rather keep it for myself, than sell it any cheaper. Truthfully, it’s a bit insulting to be asked. Remember, I’ll have to let go of an awesome painting when you purchase it. It will hang forever on your wall, but I will never see it again. That, plus, I worked a tremendous amount of time on it. It’s worth every penny of the price for an original, one-of-a-kind painting like this. If you don’t agree, that’s fine, but please don’t write me for a price reduction. Thank you.”
I hope it doesn’t sound rude, but frankly, it’s not polite to ask an artist to lower the price on a painting. Do people ask a barber to lower the price of a hair cut? No. How about a beauty salon when they’re getting their nails done? Nope. How about when they buy drugs at the drugstore? I don’t think so. Food at the supermarket? Absolutely not. So, why do they think they can ask me? Artists typically make far less money than any other profession, but we’re expected to lower our prices and settle for less? Most of us are living below poverty level as it is, yet people think nothing of asking us to live on even less. Is that fair? I don’t think so.
If you’re an artist who is lowering your prices when someone asks you to, stop it! Please! Do not be afraid to say no. xoxo
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