Mural at Burlap & Bean Coffee

I apologize for not posting this sooner.

I did this mural at Burlap & Bean Coffee last summer.

If you would like to see it in person, feel free to stop by and have a cup of their delicious coffee.

http://www.burlapandbean.com/

Thank you to Gabe Cariola for taking such wonderful photographs.

 

 

 

Current

In the studio I currently have 3 different on going projects...

A (large) planter that I am doing for a donation and trying desperately to wrap up before the open studio tour in May
(Because it is indeed large and takes up much needed space).
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A commission piece based on a dear friend/ performer done freely in an abstract style but influenced by Leroy Neiman's "Satchmo"...
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And my new paintings for my events in the spring / summer, which I'm excited about right now and aching to attend to...

(Not to mention a new series that I'm chomping at the bit to get started on, but will probably not be able to start until late summer )

Whew! Juggling all of that with a very active- hitting the terrible two's early-wonderful 17 month old and an almost full time job bar tending- I am tired!
But thank God, I'm not uninspired.

I'm ashamed to say that I had not heard of Leroy Neiman before I was approached by this client. His work challenges me in my color theory and looking at his work again and again on line, I've become a fan.

Here is "Satchmo" (for those that don't recognize the name, it was Louis Armstrong's nickname.)

http://www.doubletakeart.com/cgi-bin/dtg/dtg.sla?ca=&hc=2&cc=dtg&al=&zm=x&ac=&alc=&pg=&ai=00400*482

Abstraction

I took this photograph on my birthday at The MOMA. It is above the entrance of the awesome "Inventing Abstraction" exhibition that I highly recommend seeing.

Horrace Pippin on NPR

This wonderful man!s studio/home was a stones throw from mine...
http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2013/02/25/the-life-and-work-of-horace-pippin/

Break

Catching my breath. Though I'm in "the zone" tonight, sometimes I need to look away so that I can see my work again. This is my view...

Series

While investigating how to get from the wonderful "here" I find myself in, on to the "next level", one thing has become abundantly clear-
People- both viewers, collectors and gallery owners like artists to work in series.
Why I have I not done this?
It never really occurred to me. My work is usually all stemming from the same inspirations. I believe I have under estimated the power of working in a series and my aim is to give it a try.
Below I am posting a link to site that lauds the power of working in such a way. I'm itching to finish my current work and give it a try...

http://www.artbusiness.com/advantages-for-artists-to-making-art-in-series.html

RED

by the time i finally call it a night in the studio, i'm usually quite exhausted.

last week i was trying to juggle too many things as i was shutting down (unwise, because i know that i am clumsy) and i dropped a container of watered down red paint from a project i have been working on.

i was entertained as the paint began to travel across my obviously not level studio floor, so i took this photo.

 

 

a week later the property manager of my building (who has his business upstairs) contacted me asking me to please get rid of the bloody red paint on my door.

apparently my door was open when this incident occurred and blood red paint got splashed on the door and doorway. his customers had commented on it and worried that something horrible had happened inside. i felt bad but at the same time found it hilarious.

needless to say, i have painted over the evidence of my serial clumsiness.