I finished two new paintings recently! My first was a huge oil painting, a modern/impressionistic attempt. I've had all sorts of interpretations from family members...a man playing a lute on stage, a man on a bicycle escaping a fire, a biker on the highway to hell riding in the lake of fire, a boy on a bike at dusk in the autumn. What do you see?
The second painting was so much fun! It's is a 16x20" mixed media painting of bees!
This one came together easy and I loved working larger than life with the bees, flowers and leaves. It might be one of my favorites so far. I wish the purple shadows on the leaves and vines showed better in the photograph!
Our other big event today was a canning session with our Son, Michael. About once a year he gets the urge to can. Today he pickled salmon and made some 3 Alarm hot sauce! The pickled salmon was an attempt to salvage some of his Dad's last year's catch since the freezer is full of this years salmon, halibut and cod. He added red and green peppers, onions and lemon and fresh fennel from the garden. The hot sauce is a concoction made from ghost chilies, habenero, jalapeno, tabasco, Mescal, vinegar and salt. It is hot!!! He and his Uncle Steve, visiting from Arizona, tried it on their chicken enchilada casserole tonight. I tried a tiny taste on the tip of a toothpick and that burned my tongue for a very long time. It had a good flavor though! I will post a picture of Michael and his bounty.
We are still in deep drought but have a chance at rain in the forecast this weekend! Come on rain! The weather people are saying the projected 12" of rain will be too much for our dry ground, but our ground is not hard packed. It is fine dust, inches deep. Oh, I do hope it rains a good hard rain for a very long time!!!
Your art is amazing! Please let me know if you ever sell that honeybee painting.
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle! Thank you! I am working on a new piece that might be my favorite one yet, but then each one is my favorite at the time! I framed and backed the bee painting this week and plan to take it to the "Gallery Wall" at my friend's business next week. I thought of you and your bees the entire time I painted "Summer Buzz"! I will post a picture of it in it's new frame so you can see. I will put a price tag of $3,250 on it and see if it sells. That would buy a lot of paint and brushes, wouldn't it? The price of paint and good brushes amazes me. I go through a lot of paint! Mom and I are going to a painting workshop in three weeks. We are both so excited!
ReplyDeleteWell now I hear mixed reviews on HOW to sell art. One says by the square inch, no less than $10 an inch. Another says by the square inch, beginning artists, or those who are not yet established should sell at between $3 and $5 per square inch. Pros can sell theirs for $10 to $50 a square inch. Wow...BIG price difference there! :)
ReplyDeleteAbout the impressionistic oil painting, I couldn't make up my mind:
ReplyDelete1. an angel reaping the final harvest
2. a biker on the highway to hell riding in the lake of fire (which was already submitted by one of your relatives and gave me a good laugh).
I liked that definition best too, Cyndi! :) I did this one in oil and now I find thick paint like I used on this painting takes forEVER and a day to dry, then it has to be varnished??? Maybe a year from now??? Sigh..... This makes me think I might like Acrylics best! :)
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