Memorial Day Update

I survived my public speaking adventures in Virginia and really had fun sharing my new work with the students. I am always surprised how interested they are to hear what I have to say. The more philosophical questions still kill me, but I'm getting better with those. They got to see ten progression images of Gala and had no idea of the scale I was working on until later. It was fun to hear the gasps of amazement. They claimed to have imagined something about 1/4 the scale!

Since my return, I've been working only on the oil painting and almost exclusively on the teal green damask. I just love painting it. I can mix all the colors and then get lost in the work. Because the pattern is disrupted by all the folds and it becomes all about painting the values. When I step away I say, "Wow! What do you know? It's damask!"

Voila. Enjoy.

So Far Behind

I may be neglecting this blog, but I have been getting work done. Entry forms are pouring in for all sorts of competitions. As usual, many overlap their dates and I will have to choose which to enter. Hard decisions when I'd like to try to get in all of them. Must keep the work going and get better on the work flow - the part that involves making hi-res images, pricing and cataloging new works. I have a large amount of figure pieces that need this. I have put them to the side almost completely to dive into the still-life work.

Anyway, last week's painting sessions went very well and I feel like I accomplished more than I set out to. "Now to keep the momentum," she thinks as she types on her laptop...

I promised an image of the brick pastel, so here it is:

A title is coming. I am quite pleased with the results and am excited to start more pastel work soon.

In the mean time, here is the current status of Gala:


Back to the studio!