Over The Rainbow

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I have been

💥 BURSTING💥

 with excitement to tell you that several of my paintings are now available through 

Skidmore Contemporary Art!! 

This brand new painting, 

"Over The Rainbow"

 is 

24" x 24" 

and possibly the most colorful EVER of my present series paintings!

Skidmore Contemporary Art is a gallery in Santa Monica, CA that I have known and respected for a long time, so to have my paintings there is a dream come true! 

Of course, I had to straight away attempt to capture this feeling of exploding from the inside out with joy!

excitement that can't be contained and

bursting with color!

Exploding out and gushing over 

color so intense it's bouncing into the colors beside it.

even trying to burst out of the canvas itself!

😃

Then I

gave it a kiss 💋 goodbye,

and sent it on it's way!

I have joy to share! I hope it brightens your day! 

Thank you to everyone out there who has been following my progress for so long!

💕XOXO 💕 

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please contact

Skidmore Contemporary

Milky Way

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This chocolaty nuggety ribbon could easily be about a candy bar. It’s close to Valentine’s Day and it looks yummy

buuuuuut…

that's not the entire story :)

I recently read an article HERE about Milky Ways, the outer space kind ;-) and how they are actually shaped like RIBBONS (!!!!) that wind tightly around (!!!!) :D

The article says that on a really dark night, that ribbon so brightly shines with stars it makes it possible to see what is normally hidden from view…the dark center of the Milky Way! 

So, of course, I HAD to paint that!!

Like the night sky, I have a BIG obsession with staring into the darkest dark of what I'm painting, and putting that dark in first.

I find that the dark helps me see a tremendous variety of color I would not see otherwise.

When I'm painting, I know I will eventually find my way out of the dark.  However, the concept of our universe is like a vapor in my mind I can't quiet make out. A puzzle I'm suppose to figure out. 

I feel if I could only focus my mind in just the right way I might discover understanding of creation itself! 

Or see that there is an analogy I should be grasping about my own darkness showing me the light.

These larger than life mysteries I am convinced I can almost see when I'm painting.

When I slow my eyes down… quiet the spinning stars in my head...and really look into the dark.

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and now Mr. Scotty, beam me up! :)

"Collide"

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"Collide"

8"x8"

oil on cradled panel

 It's been a while since I've painted a bow

but I quickly remembered how obsessed I am with the interlocking shapes and colors.

a jigsaw puzzle of interior and exterior.

A test of what colors my mind sees

 versus the colors my EYES see

PLUS the color I WANT to see :)

I painted a thin underpainting of colors before starting with thicker color

a trial and error to make "gold"

All along I had been thinking of this bow as a star, trying to make it glow and explode with color, and as timing would have it, two actual stars collided!! 

Making a cloud of gold and platinum!

gazillions of particles and colors colliding to make gold! :D

The same particles apparently that make up our world and even us!

WOW

the wonders of creation!

We are all stars :)

Go forth... shine bright! 3>

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thank you for taking a look!

Upcoming Show!

I am super excited and honored to be included in, 

"It's the Simple Things"

If you live in the Atlanta area

drop by Chastain Art Center this coming Friday, June 24th, 6-8pm!

I will be showing my latest series of garnishes, and several other paintings, including this 30x30 study (that I am over the moon delighted was used for the show announcement!)

Hope to see you there!!

:D

Latest Series

I am a serious serial painter :)

I love the organizing/categorizing/grouping/brainstorming

on

multiples

multiples

multiples

SO interesting to me is the possibility of meaning when dissimilar but similar objects are brought together. 

Peace, love, and we-all-can-work-together sort of thing :)

anyhoo….

sandwiches, appetizers, now the latest

Garnishes!

It all began at lunch with a girlfriend.

"Extra Dirty"

6"x6"

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 We ordered Bloody Mary's which came without ANY garnish at all!

:O

As politely as I could, for I did not want to hurt the bartender's feelings, I asked for garnish.

(I mean who has ever heard of a bloody mary with out ANY garnish!)

So then our waiter brought ONE wedge of lime!

OMG

So then I was like ;-)

LOOK!

"Extra Fancy"

6"x6"

available

I want more garnish!!!

Pleading my case I proclaimed, 

I know it doesn't really change the taste of the beverage

but it makes it more FUN for heaven's sake!

It makes it SPECIAL!!

(I am prone to exaggeration)

"Extra Island"

6"x6"

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It makes it more BEAUTIFUL!!

(frequently guilty of using excessive amounts of adjectives)

I mean, don't you out there in the internet, find that sometimes it's the little things, 

maybe things thought of as not necessary 

or extra,

 done purely for fun or beauty that make things special?

"Extra Zest"

6"x6"

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 Garnishes

definitely 

make things special! 

Especially in my visually important, 

delightfully colorful, 

spectrally spectacular world!!

"Extra Manhattan"

6"x6"

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Needless to say we received a plateful of garnishes! :D 

true story

All will be in an exhibit here in Atlanta at the end of the month, more info to follow.

Available for purchase now on my online site.

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for info

peace love and cheers!!

XO

Painting Class starting tomorrow!

Hello Atlanta!

My Beginning Oil Painting Class at Chastain Art Center starts tomorrow, 3/22.

This is a 10 week course

Tuesday evenings from 6:30-9:30.

We will work from still life to learn basic techniques used in oil painting.

AND

since I'm a color nerd

there will be heavy focus on seeing and mixing color :)

PS: This big guy is finished and, thanks to these two strong men, safely traveled to its new home!! :D

Detail and in-progress photos will be posted soon!!

Thank you as always from the bottom of my heart for being there!

Out of Bounds

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This little guy is quite the rebel!

Weighing in at only 5" x 5"

he packs a mighty punch 

plus

a little too colorful for his own good. :)

"Out of Bounds"

is one of my favorite little guys and he found a home today.

Another one leaves the nest… 

and my heart is forever grateful!