One down.... 524 to go.

My blue heron in all his glory.... sort of... despite the unnecessary fluorescence....

My heron painting is at a point where I am this close
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to calling it done! FINALLY!

I've been working on him for a few months now, amongst other projects as well (the Artsfest and Oyster Festival shows). It's taken much longer than I had planned, but soon I won't have to stare at him any longer and I can move on to something new. Too bad I'm still undecided as to what, exactly, that is going to be- still, it's nice to be able to check one thing off my list of about 525 ideas for paintings that I currently have.


Possibilities for my next painting:

Red Poppies (I've already started this- might as well finish it, right?)
4 separate portraits (in the same style as my Louis Armstrong portrait) of all 4 of The Beatles
Portrait of Eric Clapton
Tulip Tree flower(s)
Oleander Moth
Orchids
Bee Moth
Black and white swallowtail butterfly drawing
Some beachy/surfy stuff


We'll see what happens....

Some of my past news...

September '07- Artsfest In Yo Face!

Artsfest was such a great event and I hope I will be able to do it again next year! The weather couldn't have been better- it was absolutely perfect. The rest of this month I'll spend finishing up a couple of paintings, and switching around my inventory in the restaurant, coffee shop, and galleries.


August '07- Getting Ready for Artsfest


That's right! Just one more month until Artsfest 2007 at Ann Marie Garden in Solomon's. I'm excited. . . and nervous. . . and have no idea what to expect, since unfortunately I've never been to Artsfest before.

In preparation for the show, I'm working on my display and hand cutting tons and tons and tons of mats for prints and framed pictures. Cutting my own mats sure is time consuming (and my knuckles are swollen and sore-- eh, that's beside the point), but the results are really sooo worth it, so I'm not complaining. Plus cutting your own saves tons of money and you can pick from a much wider selection of colors (meaning, non-boring navys and brick reds and other colors that have no business being next to my work because they look ridiculous).