BLOG RE-OPENING!!

GOOD MORNING!! Well..today..I have closed my website, and re-opened my blog! The website is not profitable, and it's basically a waste of my time and energy. So, here I am again! I have missed blogging, even if no one reads it, or gives a shit about it. I have missed just randomly "talking" about things, about art, and about life.

The art show season is almost over for me--I have one more show, and then I will be done until 2017. I don't even know if I want to do shows anymore. Right now, at this moment, I just want to reclaim my love for creating art...with no worries as to where that will take me, or what I will do with it.

So..that's it for now. I will be back soon if I do not completely lose my mind before the election on Nov. 8th! I'M WITH HER..just in case any of you care....hehehehe.

Live Artfully!

NEW WORK

50 TEARS FOR ORLANDO

I am very sad for Orlando today. This is so sad and scary, I just have no words.

300 PAINT BRUSHES

Well..well..well..Guess what I did today?? I got up this morning at 7am..and went to work..Not really..I'm on vacation for 3 months, remember? I got up, made some coffee..and ordered 100 canvases!! I also ordered BIG jars of my favorite paint..and some new brushes..Then I decided I better straighten up the studio..and I DID go to work doing just that. I threw away about 300 paint brushes..This is a garbage can almost full of them...The sad thing is ..I kept about 300..REALLY?? Do I NEED 300 paint brushes?? Well..NO, I do not..but they seem to multiply like rabbits in my studio...But at least the ones I have are in great shape, and many are unused..so, I'm good to go for about 5 years (or more)..hahaha...

Then I decided to go through a huge tub of magic markers, colored pencils, charcoal and wax pencils...etc...Made sure each one of those actually worked...if they didn't..I threw them away..

THENNNN..I thought I better go through my paints..I divided them up into separate containers of colors..and I didn't NEED new paint..I needed to put them all together where I KNEW what I had...but..anyway...I love buying art supplies..so no harm, no foul.

Now..it's time to binge watch some "West Wing" on Netflix, and catch up on all the pieces that I have to send out on Monday..got to paint the edges and backs, and then Nature Boy can do his part, and box them up. Life is good..AND "Orange is The New Black" starts in about a week...and I cannot wait! Makes Life even better!!

Live Artfully!

JUST PAINT IT OVER AND OVER UNTIL IT IS PERFECT...AND IT SOLD!!

OK..So today, this morning, I painted 3 dogs..(Top picture)...Then I changed the middle dog into a woman..and I ended up with a mediocre pile of CRAP (Middle Picture)...THEN..THEN...I fixed it ALL..and I may have ended up with my most favorite painting OF ALL TIME. It is PERFECTION..I love it! (I don't "love" most of my work..so, if I "love" something...it's amazing!!..Not being egotistical or bragging..I promise!)

Well..I put it on Facebook..and it sold in under 30 minutes..Sigh..I was hoping no one would buy it. It would have been the ONE painting that I kept. It was FUN...and A LOT of hard work..(about 12 -13 hours of work..)..been painting and repainting ALL DAY LONG.

Andrea Baumann--The question of what is my style is not stupid..not at all..I wish that I had a definite answer for you, but I don't. Several people call it Suzanism...hahaha...One man said it was "Better than Folk Art, but not as good as Fine Art"..I just make art...and don't worry about labels, and styles, etc...Hope that answers your question...

Live Artfully!!

CRASH AND BURN YESTERDAY..BACK TODAY!!

Good Afternoon--Well, yesterday was a complete bust..I crashed and burned..and did NOTHING all day..(Good thing for Nature Boy that I had dinner already cooked, and only had to heat it up..or he might have starved)..I couldn't get in gear to save my life..I kept ending up on the couch..going from napping, to watching "Lucifer" and "Empire" on HULU..I didn't even eat much yesterday..and by "much" , I mean I had about 5 ounces of pork roast with some Sriracha..and a piece of cheddar cheese..THAT's it...Anyway..I was just EXHAUSTED..I know I haven't been drinking enough water and I haven't taken my vitamins ..and with the way I eat, these are essential...So...Today, I'm back!! I slept in, and then got up and went to work!

I found this photo of 3 dogs on the internet, and decided to try to do them..I'm not happy with the middle one's face, so I will be changing it as soon as I figure out what is wrong with it. That is the bad thing about being "self taught", sometime you don't know what will "fix" things, and sometimes you don't realize how bad something looks...and you just go on like all happy slappy..and what you've painted looks like crap..I am so hard and critical on myself. I'm never happy with things...I think I might be happy if I could I could paint like Van Gogh or Picasso...hahahaha.

So..I'm going to cheat on my "challenges" today..Instead of one animal, I did three..that is one for yesterday, one for today, and one for tomorrow...hehehe. I have to do TWO people today, and TWO fruits or veggies. and TWO flowers...Shoot...This challenge thing is HARD!! haha

Anyway..better get to work...
Live Artfully, Make Original One of a KIND art!!

WHAT I PAINTED LATE LAST NIGHT AND TODAY

Lordy, Lordy...Today has been a whirlwind in my painting world. I had a challenge..One fruit or veggie, One flower painting, One animal, One Person..I did the bell pepper that I showed you earlier, and the flowers with hydrangeas..which was ugly..so I corrected it..It just needed a solid yellow background. Then I began a series painted from vintage mugshots that I found on Pinterest....Last night I did the painting of the girls, and that kept me up to almost 4am...So..I had done them all except an animal for today..I had made a background using an old stove eye (the circular ones)...and I just make a leaping bunny out of it. Not much of an animal "painting", but I really like it!! I wonder to myself, just how long I can keep up this pace?? I painted the veggie, the flowers, and the blue/gray man, and had to take a nap..hahaha..Painting just makes me exhausted, but in a total great way..like when you go to the beach all day long, and you swim in the ocean..and you come home sunburnt and empty of any energy..THAT is how a day of painting makes me feel. I'm at peace with myself and the universe.

It is almost 2 am..and I just had another idea pop up ..so, instead of sleep, I am going to paint some more. I guess I have about 4 months of painting to catch up on. Anyway..I'm off to paint Superman..and roses...just because I think it will be cool.

Live Artfully and Create Original Art!!