15th Street Gallery Show

Here's a picture of the show at 15th Street Gallery. The space is lovely, open and airy, and I loved the way the paintings looked. I'll be sad to see the show come down.

A Pleasure to Meet You

For some reason I've never felt comfortable about writing much of my personal life on this blog. I want it to be about my art and I hope that for the most part my art stands on it's own. But for those of you who might like to get to know me a little bit better, I'd love to have you visit me at my new blog My Next Life. Of course I'll still talk about my art there, but you'll get to hear about the other pieces that add up to make me.

BEES

It may be snowing outside, but it's all flowers in here. I'm not a big fan of bees in real life, except for their honey, but they've been fun to paint.

15th Street Gallery

Opening tonight at the 15th Street Gallery. This pair of paintings are some of my favorite paintings that I've done it quite some time. I loved the pallet, so bright and airy and I'm looking forward to revisiting it again very soon.

PRETTY PLEASE

This is a fun new painting that's on press this week. I can't wait to see how it turns out. Right now I'm busily painting some new pieces for an upcoming show at the 15th Street Gallery here in Salt Lake. The space is beautiful and the gallery is a great gathering space for talks and readings. Just down the street from the gallery is my favorite bookstore, The King's English. And it must be noted that directly across the street is the little bagel shop where I met my husband when we both worked there as teenagers. Needless to say, the spot is close to my heart.

NEW PAINTINGS

Here'sa fun little piece that I painted up recently for Poems. Who knows if any client will snatch it up, but I think it's really cute. I also did a similar version with bees and butterflies (to be posted soon).

WELL ROUNDED BIRDS

The birds are really flying off the page!

I've been wanting to make 3D birds for a few years now and finally I decided the time had come to follow through. This paper mache fellow is still a work in progress. I'm trying to figure out how subtly or strongly I want the pattern to show. There are a few other birds awaiting paint.

I'm really having fun with this new medium. Next I'm thinking of branching off into something figurative, although I'll still keep some birdies around.