Madison Street Festival

Come join us on Saturday from 8:30 -4:00 pm downtown Madison Al. , Main street for the Madison Street Festival, October 3rd.
It's a big event and I plan on bringing some very new stuff. A lot of large canvases will be for sale.
Come and plan on spending the day there. There will be other vendors and artists as well as a car show and a parade in the morning.
It's just a giant street party!
I look forward to seeing you.

Intimacy's Fire

As promised, new off the easel, "Intimacy's Fire". I had done this painting last month just as flames and thought that it was finished as it was. I soon found out that it was to evolve a great deal more.I think that the barbed wire adds a very masculine and sexy feel to the painting. I am not sure how to interpret this painting. I was the channel through which it came about but I don't always know what they mean. I would be very interested in hearing your interpretation of the painting.
Below is a close up of the barbed wire.

New on the Easel

Well, I'm inspired again. Took the painting,"Intimacies Fire" and am now enhancing it with a bit more detail. Stay tuned. Should be posted by late weekend. I love it so far. It's definitely masculine.

Plein Air day

Today my friend and I went out into the woods on her father-in-laws estate. We packed up all our painting supplies and loaded up the "Dune Buggy" and hit the trails. We settled on a little spot where two paths converged. I liked this spot because one path was well trodden and the intersecting path was overgrown. Kinda like the path, "
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
So, Although this little painting does not do Robert Frost's poem justice, it did make me think, must I always follow the well lit and and most trodden path, or,Should I take a chance that more will be revealed when I say "YES" to the road less traveled?
Funny thoughts for such a carefree Sunday.
I had fun and I DEFINITELY need more instruction on Plein air painting techniques.

can't see the forest for the trees

Well, this one has a story.
A friend of mine came over and for a few days running she and I would talk about our issues while I painted. And, as each issue was discussed , I painted another tree. I soon had a forest. But the neat thing about it was that we each got lost in the particulars of the issues and were missing the big picture, hence, can't see the forest for the trees. When I stood back a lovely forest appeared and with it the path that I had taken on this latest journey through my issues. I can look at the whole picture now and see that my Higher Power has it all in control, and there is a master plan in place. I need not fret the particulars.

My Sister

Recently, I got an opportunity to visit with my sister. She is quite a remarkable woman and I wanted to paint a picture to celebrate her. This painting depicts Mind, Body and Soul. The little jacks is about her childlike playfulness, that's the "Mind" part. The "Body" is represented by the pink ribbon, yes, she is a breast cancer survivor. And lastly the purple Irises, her favorite flower. This is her "Soul". Purple is a royal, regal color and she is royalty to me.
I hope to send it along to her soon.
Luv you Sis

Art Show

Pics of the display at today's art show. We got rained on so we had to pack it up an hour and a half into it. Oh well.
Next show will be in October on the 3rd for the Madison Street Festival. That will be the last show of the year for us. I have had fun and learned a lot about people and how they shop. It's been really tough out there with the recession going on but the people still like to have a good time and look even if they can't purchase.And I really like that aspect of these events too. I get to know some very special folks.
I will continue to paint through the year so keep checking back on the blog for new postings. I've got a painting on the easel now..!

Saturday, Art on Main

Tomorrow from 10am-2pm we will be in Madison, Al. for the last show of the Art on Main series. As always I will bring an extra chair for you to stay and visit awhile. Should be a beautiful day. Come and enjoy some art.

Autumn's Glory- Finished

Well,
I think she's done. I made a few miner adjustments to sky color and some shading here and there, added some fallen leaves on the grass and fatten a tree up. Now I think I am just gonna get lost in it if I keep going with the brush. So, I'm setting down the brushes on this one. I can FEEL the crisp air and hear the rustling of the leaves. Ann really knew what she was suggesting when she asked me to put myself in the scene.
I hope you all like it.