BUSY BUSY BUSY WEEKEND!! HAPPY MONDAY MORNING!!

Well..I certainly had a very productive weekend! I hope it went as well for all of you!! I painted yesterday from 10 am -- past midnight..I then played on the computer until 3am..then went to bed. I woke up 3 hours later..and here I sit..I am going back to bed...as soon as I finish this post.

I have been praying for Japan, and it's people. I have watched 20+ videos of the tsunami hitting them..and praying. It's so strange to see water doing damage of that magnitude. I have lived in Florida all of my life (until I met Nature Boy online about 10 years ago..), and I have seen what Mother Nature can do as far as damage. I have never seen damage like the Japan videos. The first ones that I saw..I sat there and saw water with a lot of debris..it was just washing over fields, and I said to myself..that doesn't look TOO bad..then, I realized that the "debris" was cars and houses, burning buildings, ships...and the depth of  water, and the severity of it all hit my brain. What shocked me the most was that 1. There were no people in the water, and 2. There were people standing on rooftops, and watching it all. Can you imagine..standing on a building, and watching all of that go on 15 feet below you.

Ok..I don't have anything else to say..I'm still exhausted from yesterday..Other than painting, the weekend was pretty uneventful..unless you count me cooking the BEST tasting ribs EVER yesterday as excitement...so, I guess I'll close..hehehe.
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WORK WORK WORK!!!

Hello!! It's 1:30 AM, and I am painting away.. this is all that I have done in the last few days--The fish is so cool. He's 12 inches x 48 inches...he was fun to do!! I am painting, painting, painting...in hopes that when we go to our first show down near Montgomery, AL that we can just take a couple of days off and go down to Florida, and have 3 days there before our second show. But, to pull this off--I have to have enough paintings to carry two full shows!! So, right now, I am the little engine that thinks she can. LOL..Ok..paint should be dry..more work to do..Cross  your fingers for me.
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Whew..Sorry for the overload, but I had to delete the post that had several of these paintings because the blog messed up...so I reloaded them (the ones at the bottom), and uploaded new ones...SO..that's it...
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GOOD EVENING!!

Good Evening. I am a woman obsessed! I am slowly getting my inventory up! I have done 3 tonight, and will do one more before I allow myself to try and sleep. I have a single-minded focus going on, and I don't want to stop...because any day now, I expect to wake up and this productivity will come to a screeching halt. I found the bottom one (ginkgo biloba leaves) in a magazine. It was a photograph, and an advertisement for the ginkgo pills. I just loved them..so I painted them on a background that I made last night. Gotta run now, and get back to painting..got to do it, while the muse is with me.
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TWO OWL PAINTINGS!

Hello! These are the latest of my paintings! The top one is 12 x 20, and the bottom one is 12 x 12.
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FOUR MORE PAINTINGS and I JOINED THE DOLMAN GEIMAN LODGE CLUB!!

Hello! I have followed this artist's work for a few years now, and absolutely love his style! While I was looking around on his site--I found that he does a link exchange, and I thought that I would share him with you! He does a fascinating mixture of collage, mixed-media and assemblage! You can check out his website HERE, and his blog HERE. I have also added a permanent button to the right hand side, so you can always easily find him! If you have never seen his work, You are in for a special treat!!

I got in one of my crazy painting moods today! I painted four--the top one is 15 x 15, and the others are 12 x 12.  Not too happy with the cow, but..it'll do..I loved painting the top one, because I was just relaxing and watching TV..and painting..

Anyway--that's about all for today.
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FOUR NEW PAINTINGS!!

Hello! Hello! Hello!! I have been working (it seems like ALL the time)...and these are the 4 new works that I have come up with. The latest one is the girl at the top. I literally have spent all day working on her, changing her, painting and re-painting...got her almost finished and HATED HER....so, I threw my hands up in the air..and randomly tore out some eyes, and boobie...glued them on, and threw some paint on there. I did all of that in less than 10 minutes..not really caring a bit, and finished her! Now, I really like her...

Nothing much else is going on..I am starting to organize for shows...blah blah blah...same old, same old.

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TWO NEW ABSTRACTS AND AN OWL!!

Just worked today. It finally hit me that I have approx. ONE month before shows start up again...working..working... All 3 are 18 x 18 inches, acrylic on wood.
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AN ABSTRACT...

Oh!! What a LONG day this was! Last night, I finally went to bed around 4am, and at 7am I was awakened by some serious bird chirping. My first thought this morning was.."WHO AM I..SNOW WHITE???"..The birds were singing like crazy..it made me want to wear a long, flowing blue dress and sing to the deer...NOT...I almost wanted to go out there (after only 3 hours sleep), and beat the poop out of some birds...hahahha...but, then it dawned on me..the birds chirping means the coming of spring, and warm weather..so, I immediately went back to feeling all warm and fuzzy about the beauty of the sound...So..THEN..I JUMPED up..I had to get applications done..because since I suffer from Severe Procrastination Disease..I had to wait until the LAST day to get a couple of them turned in...As I was filling out applications, I decided to CALL one in Florida, to see if I could still turn an application in...WOOHOOO..She let me send her the application...so, I am VERY excited about THAT show..I hope I get in!! By noon, I had gotten all of my responsibilities done, and ran to the post office to send them in..

Came home from that and eating lunch out with Nature Boy, and HAD to get some sleep...and here I am ...almost 4 am AGAIN..and STILL AWAKE...geesh!!

I did manage to do this painting. It has many, many layers on it, and is actually prettier in real life..because it's got a base of turquoise and hot pink..hehehehe. You can see random flakes in it. I took a steel wool pad and scrubbed it when I was almost done with it...so the texture is lovely......But, anyway..that's all....a long and generally boring day!! Live Artfully!!!

A CHICKEN AND A TEAPOT..

Wow..I have been busy today..Completed two 12 x 24 paintings, transfered ALL the numbers and addresses that I had lying around into my phone book, finished cleaning the studio..blah, blah, blah.

Nothing much else..B-O-R-I-N-G......
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TONIGHT I SAID I NEED MORE PAINT--ONE OUT OF SIX...

Well..It's 5 am! Good Morning!! I am spring cleaning the studio (and have been all night!)..and earlier tonight I said to Nature Boy.."Honey, I need more paint"..I kept cleaning, and kept cleaning. This is ONE out of SIX containers that I have of paint. I had about half that much before I went on a deep cleaning spree, and kept finding bottles and bottles and bottles of paint. Not to mention that I also found 2 metal tins of Inktense pencils, and colored pencils, and Oh Dear!! ...we are NOT discussing HOW MANY gel pens, colored paint pens, magic markers..etc..that I found..I could open my own Dick Blick store ...I have said it before...I will say it again...I have a SICKNESS...hahaha...I am addicted to art supplies..but, oh what a wonderful addiction to have. Back to cleaning...
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ANOTHER ONE..

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