HOO BOY!! I AM BEHIND IN MY BLOGGING!! LAST WEEK'S PAINTINGS!

Whew..This is last week's stuff..about 9 of them, or things that I don't think that I have shown you. I am so far behind in blogging, and posting on FLICKR...I need to get my butt in gear... THIS WEEK, I have completed SIX paintings thus far..so, I am busy..I am just holding my breath until the first week of December is over, and I can have a breather, and not have to keep up with my sales at the Chattanooga Market. It amazes me that I have done 27 "shows" this year..and I can't wait for next year!! On top of the Market though next year, I hope to add about 30+ art shows...it should be interesting!Ok..back to painting..It's 1:36 AM, and I am sure that I can finish another painting if I hurry. Live Artfully!

NATURE BOY'S ART..and it's A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

OK..I am a slacker. I haven't made any new art this past week. I spent all of my time being a couch potato, and playing Facebook games...so I had to steal Nature Boy's pics and use them to tantalize and amuse you. It's such a beautiful day. The sun is shining, which it didn't do all last week, and I have already been outside, sitting in our new van..enjoying the warmth, and re-planning my market strategies....I hope everyone has a beautiful, happy, joyous day!!! Live Artfully!!

YOU JUST NEVER KNOW...OUR "NEW" TOYOTA SIENNA

Well, Nature Boy and I have been quite busy--we did take time off last night to go see "Where the Wild Things Are", and I have to say that it was a dissapointment to say the least. I was looking for a happy, fun "escape" movie, and it was full of anger and angst, and made no sense to me, and the ending stunk...but, that's just my opinion, and since I am not a movie critic...you might like it. Let me know. I don't want to be the only one out there that hated it.

Yesterday, we were at a gas station, which was across the street from the Toyota dealership in our little town, and we saw a really big, black truck that Nature Boy wanted to look at. We have been eye-balling "vehicles" that are suited to do big art shows...and we ended up going to look at the big truck. We did a drive-by, and realized it was just a typical truck, and went to turn around. I drove around a bunch of cars, and as I was turning around, Nature Boy said.."that's what we need"...upon further inspection, I saw that it was a Toyota. I didn't even know that Toyota made a van..LOL..it really surprised me. I don't know why we got out of the car, why we looked at this van, why we even smiled at the salesman..we were not looking to actually BUY a van yet. We were going to wait 6 months, and just make do with what we had. So, I told the man that we were just "looking", and not buying, and that we didn't want to waste his time. He was super friendly...and asked that we think about it, and come back tomorrow...etc....Well, we got up today, and went down there to re-look at the van..and well..we BOUGHT it. It was a very pleasant, easy thing, and just felt "right". We didn't NEED it today--I mean we have two good, operable vehicles..we weren't in a hurry to buy one...but the guy was SO NICE about it all..and so we brought it home. Nature Boy spent two hours playing with all the gadgets and such..LOL. It's wonderfully nice, and completely electronic, and has a sound system in it that would make a teenager happy..hehehe..The volume goes to 60!!!OMG!! I can blast the wheels off of the thing. It's beautiful. I love it. It's a great pre-owned vehicle, and we got a great deal on it...which makes me even happier!!

We are all packed for the Chattanooga Market tomorrow...with a ton of room to spare. It's gonna be different actually not being smooshed and cramped in our Corolla. I haven't done much art this week. I think I did about 5 or 6 small paintings, and that is about it...I have been lazy..it suddenly turned cold this week, and you all know that I go into hibernate mood...so, until later..Live Artfully!

WOOOHOOOOO FRIDAY!!!!!!!

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NUMBER SEVEN FOR THIS WEEK!

I am constructively working through my loss. I also paint more when I am angry and vengeful..but fortunately, that doesn't happen often. It is so therapeutic to paint anything when your heart hurts.
Live Artfully!

I WAS BOARD..hehehe..YES! I KNOW IT"S MISPELLED...

Tonight I painted on a BOARD..4 inches wide x 20 inches long.
Live Artfully!

THREE ANGRY FISH

12 x 12--acrylic on wood.

REVISION

TWO PAINTINGS

Hello! The top painting was shown yesterday, but I had to get up this morning, and redo the bird..yesterday's bird looked like someone had dropped a concrete block on his head, smooshing him into a warp...I like the more proportionate crow...:::smile:::. It is 15 x 15 on wood.

The bottom abstract is also 15 x 15 on wood. I am running now, so I can get another painting started before I go to bed.

Live Artfully!

TODAY'S WORK

The one with numbers has a large metal part attached (the part has the numbers on it). All are acrylic on wood. The bottom one is painted, even though I think it looks like a collaged background.

I am working like a mad person..the only time that I can quiet my thoughts of Petey..is when I am painting. I miss him so bad. Words can't even describe it.

Live Artfully!

THIS WEEK'S PAINTINGS

I did all of these before yesterday. They are all 9 x12 --acrylics on wood.

Suzan.

R.I.P. PETEY THE WONDERDOG

I am very, very sad and crying. Petey the Wonderful died today. He was running in the woods with Nature Boy, and we think he got bit by a snake. He was running full blast, and just fell over. Rest in Peace my sweet friend.

MY NEWEST PROJECT-- A PEDAL ART CAR!!

This is my latest wonderful find. I traded an antique for it, one that I had bought on the World's Longest Yard Sale--the cost $10!! It's amazing. It's an old steel pedal car for children, and I adore it!! We are going to sand it, and I am going to paint it like an art car! It'll be SO COOL!! I have two options at that point--One, will be to have a sign maker do a tiny "Suzan Buckner Art" wording for the doors, and take it to art shows as my "banner"..OR to make it where it's sellable as a piece of art...Decisions, decisions...But, either way..I am excited to have it, and for the possibilities that it holds...we shall see....
Live Artfully!!

MEMORIES..PAST WORKS FROM THE SOLD SET ON FLICKR..AND TONIGHT'S PAINTING!!

Tonight's Painting..15 x 15 x 3/4 on wood. Done in Acrylics..blah..blah..blah...hehehe.
And.....

WOW...It looks like a crazy person went further off the deep end, doesn't it? hahahah...I was feeling kind of nostalgic..and looking back on my works that have sold, and then started playing with Flickr/BigHugeLabs, and ended up making mosaics of my past work. There was another page, which I didn't save...but, all in all..this is most of what I have sold in the last year and few months. I made my first sale on April 30,2008. Seventeen months ago. It seems like lifetimes ago. I look at most of it, and ask myself .."How did I do that??". This all started when someone told me to start at the beginning again--after I had whined that I was uninspired.

I was uninspired because of an accidental mold situation. (Nature Boy probably thinks I am crazy..) I came back from Folk Fest about 3 weeks ago...and got sick. Then in 3 days, I was well again. Then, I got what I THOUGHT was a serious sinus infection. I was so tired all day, not in a good mood, couldn't think..and was thinking that I probably had something SERIOUS wrong with me. So, the other day, as I laid down for my SECOND nap of the day, I was thinking to myself..what have I changed in the last 3 weeks..did I put a plant in the house, did I change laundry soaps, did I start drinking/eating something different...NO,NO, NO...Then, it HIT me. A small child's table that I had put in my art room. I had bought it awhile back at a yard sale, and had my husband put it in the art room. It had been in there for about 3 weeks!!. I pulled myself up, and went to look at it, flipped it over, and there it WAS---MOLD!!! I immediately had it removed, and sprayed EVERYTHING in the art room with Lysol..and within 30 minutes, I was feeling ALIVE again. I have been so happy (to feel like I'm NOT dying is TRUELY a blessing!!)...and so..Where was I going with this story?? ...oh well..LOST THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT..maybe I could blame it on the mold...hehehhe.

Anyway..Live Artfully! ~~Suzan~~

NATURE BOY'S NEW BLOG!!

Check it out HERE!

Leave comments...heheheh.

RE-OPENING MY ETSY SHOP!!!

I should be re-opened by tomorrow! Hope you all come and visit.!!WHHOOOOO!!!!!!

Good Morning Everyone!! Well..Nothing much is going on. I have been a slug, and this is all I did last week. It's time to get busy. I have literally stopped working. I feel yucky, and unhappy, because I am not making anything. Today is going to be different. Last week, we sold at 2 different places, for 3 different days, and it tired us out. Of course--Mr. Big Man Nature Boy got 7 assemblage dolls completed, and actually sold more than I did at the Market on Sunday. He's showing me up..heheheh..can't let that happen. I am going to power paint this week. I am going to slap some major paint on some major wood pieces, and make dolls like my rear is on fire. I also have to find the time to make about 100-200 domino pendants, because I am nearly out of those too. So..I am off of here..and in the studio...Live Artfully!

ART JOURNALS--CHECK OUT THIS INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST!!

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Start on page 4. This lady makes me want to journal again. Her stuff is amazingly cool.
Live Artfully! ~~Suzan~~

THREE NEW PAINTINGS!!

Hello!! I forgot to put these up..as I have been throwing away my studio this whole past week, and cleaning it up, and fighting HUGE piles of STUFF...good lord--I could make 1000 art dolls, and not touch the mess in there...I want to streamline, and ORGANIZE..Anyway..the top two paintings are 15 x 15 inches, wood, done in acrylics. The bottom one is a 8 x 8 "doodle" painting. You know--the one where I was sitting there watching tv, and swishing paint around.

We sold at our town trade day this morning. We had our stuff out about 3 hours, when we got rained out. It ended up raining all day..but I sold one piece of art, and a few pieces of good "junk". Tomorrow it's off to the Chattanooga Market..and I can't wait. I hate doing the town square thing, there is no fudge, no ice-cream, no pizza, and no one who I really consider myself friends with. Which is quite different than our Sunday Market...which has fudge, ice-cream and pizza (a junk food junkies DREAM), and it also has a wonderful air of camaraderie and friendship.

I am working on a doll...wait till you see him...HE's gonna be SO FUNNY!! He's got a fat, pouty face, and a huge squash/gourd looking body.

On the sad side..I found out today that some bad things are happening to a psycho, ex-friend of mine. I really feel sorry (as in pity) for them. But, it seems to me that you get what you deserve out of life, and what goes around--always comes around. I said my prayers for this person, wishing GOOD things for them. They have had their fair share of bad. Maybe one day, they will change the way they live, and things will get better for them. Then again, maybe not. It just makes me a bit sad.

Nothing much is going on here...Petey and Nature Boy are still having daily adventures, and I keep wishing that I was as spoiled as those two...lol..

OOOOOHHHHH!! Today, I bought an OLD METAL PETAL CAR...well, I didn't actually BUY it, but I traded an antique thingermabobber for it. It's really rusted, but in great condition otherwise..Nature Boy is going to sand it, and I am going to make it my project. I am going to paint it (like an art car, not like a paint job), and I am going to build a doll to drive it. It should make quite a statement...Of course..I am going to have to go buy a bigger vehicle just to lug it around..LOL...but, I need a bigger vehicle anyway...so..

Ok..I am just rambling..making no sense. I just missed blogging, so I came here.

Live Artfully!! ~~Suzan~~

ANOTHER MISTAKE and AN ART DOLL!!!

Well..I spent the day working on the above piece. It was a beautiful photo transfer of an old house, with a pen and ink bird outline beside it. My problems started when I tried to do a faux encaustic technique with Gel Medium, and it wouldn't dry. I waited..I waited...I waited..for hours..I hit it with the hair dryer, I ran around waving it in the air..and I could not get the streakes of murky stuff to clear up...So, being the brilliant (dripping sarcasm, here)artist that I am..I decided that taking a piece of rough sandpaper, and some paint stripper to it would repair it, and leave me with a beautiful masterpiece. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE when it STRIPPED it ALL off...Hahahhaha...After I finished banging my head onto the table, long enough to give myself a sustainable concusion--I FINALLY said FORGET IT. Then, in a headachey haze..I picked up a pen, and then some paint..and this is what I did. The GOOD NEWS is that I LOVE IT...the BAD NEWS is....I sure did travel a million miles to take a few steps...

On another note...I have been holding out. I have been having a horrible week (my artistic brain isn't working)...I have done 9 pieces. With the two I showed you earlier, and the broken fish thing, the one above..that's 4 and this one makes 5. I finished this Wednesday, sat her aside, and immediately forgot about her. She measures about 10 inches tall, and is a cutie!!

Live Artfully!! Suzan

MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE PAINTINGS

I switched things up a bit today..trying to get out of a rut..I have done 5 paintings this week, and aren't happy with any of them. This is #6 and #7, and I like them ok. I just am bored with what I am doing. I have this urge to start working with air-dry stoneware clay..which I don't have..so, I am just passing time until I can get some ..(deciding what to buy is killing me..so any suggestions are welcome!) Anyway..Here's the product of today's labor..have to run. Live Artfully! ~~Suzan~~

NATURE BOY DOES IT AGAIN!!

Her name is Abbie, and she stands about 3 1/2 feet tall. She's a cutie. Made from the tip of a huge old satelite dish..(the kind that use to sit in the yard)...LOL.. I think I love her!
Live Artfully! Suzan

NEW PAINTING!! IT FELL AND BROKE IN HALF!!

Well..sometimes you have to salvage your own stuff. I was happily painting fish this morning (on the smaller center piece), and I took it outside and sat it on the porch rail to see how I liked it thus far, and I no sooner turned around, and the damn thing went flopping to the floor. It split it right in half!! But, I liked my fish (you can't see it in this photo, but the two black areas have the fish drawn in, and it looks cool)...so, I decided I had to "fix" it. I mounted both pieces of the painting to a 12 x 12, added a rusted piece, stamped numbers on that, and painted polka dots on blue around the back. I kinda like the way it turned out!! Live Artfully!! Suzan