I stayed a pretty busy artist this weekend. After battling several bouts of different kinds of flu at the beginning of the month and visiting a hospitalized family member it felt good to let my creative self be in charge for a change.
Friday, I fulfilled my galley sitting duty at the Boulder City Art Gallery. I'm pretty sure the co-op gallery scene is where many artist find their start and I'm currently involved in two different galleries. I love the Boulder City Gallery because everything is neat, orderly and the walls are filled with really nice art. We just had a change out of artwork so everything was new and fresh and it was just a real pleasure to be there.
Saturday, I gave my first painting lesson of 2016. My two young students are in the middle of painting eagles that they started back around the first of November. We spent the entire hour lesson just working on the details in their eagle feathers.
There was also plenty of time on Saturday and Sunday for me to work on my own piece. I blogged the other week about this piece and have posted several progression photos along the way. Sorry for the blurry cell phone photo but I will post high resolution pictures when I get the piece finished. I'm still working my way around the canvas on the small details and at 24 x 36 inches this is by far the largest cow I have painted. Painting large adds a level of difficulty because the details have to be so exaggerated to be convincing. I've got things pretty well blocked in with the composition and am happy with the addition of the "Momma Jersey cow" complete with her licking her nose. I plan on add some wildflowers in the foreground and of course the barbed wire but that will be when I am finished with the morning glories and these cute bovines.
Friday, I fulfilled my galley sitting duty at the Boulder City Art Gallery. I'm pretty sure the co-op gallery scene is where many artist find their start and I'm currently involved in two different galleries. I love the Boulder City Gallery because everything is neat, orderly and the walls are filled with really nice art. We just had a change out of artwork so everything was new and fresh and it was just a real pleasure to be there.
Saturday, I gave my first painting lesson of 2016. My two young students are in the middle of painting eagles that they started back around the first of November. We spent the entire hour lesson just working on the details in their eagle feathers.
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| The student area of my studio-Everything laid out and ready for their lesson |
There was also plenty of time on Saturday and Sunday for me to work on my own piece. I blogged the other week about this piece and have posted several progression photos along the way. Sorry for the blurry cell phone photo but I will post high resolution pictures when I get the piece finished. I'm still working my way around the canvas on the small details and at 24 x 36 inches this is by far the largest cow I have painted. Painting large adds a level of difficulty because the details have to be so exaggerated to be convincing. I've got things pretty well blocked in with the composition and am happy with the addition of the "Momma Jersey cow" complete with her licking her nose. I plan on add some wildflowers in the foreground and of course the barbed wire but that will be when I am finished with the morning glories and these cute bovines.
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| Current Work in Progress- # 3 in my Country Life Series |
I was excited to hear that my piece that I call "First Light" sold yesterday to a wonderful couple visiting the Boulder City Art Gallery. I was told they knew right away when they saw it that they wanted to buy it. It is a small 11 x 14 acrylic piece but it thought it turned out to be impacting. I guess they thought so too.
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| Sold this piece yesterday at the Boulder City Art Gallery |
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