Finally! After 2weeks of blah I feel like painting again. Excited to work on this birthday gift for my mother...3 cats. I think I'll collage some floral pieces into this next. I feel lots of pinks and corals coming...

On the way to Chicago

So we are heading up to the Chicago Tribune North Michigan Ave Art where I will be showing these new paintings for the first time. Almost 9 hours into the 14 hour trip and we are about to go stir crazy. Believe it or not we just made our first Starbucks stop! My traveling companion got tired of country music so we switched to Oingo Boingo. Pray:-)

New pastels

I'm working on a new series for licensing, geared to a younger market. Whatcha think? I want to some textile designs to go with these. The color from my phone doesn't pick up the subtle yellows and greens.

Experimenting

Playing with texture. This is 12x12. I also used a burnt umber oil pastel for the drawing as opposed to the red paint I usually use. I like the aged look to this and the depth in the background.

Been painting up a storm getting ready for the Chicago Show. Here's a new 36x36.

New blues

Experimenting with Golden's new blues today. Very interesting greens as a result. Smalt Hue mixed with raw sienna and unbleached titanium is so mellow. Very nice!

Self employment!

First day at my new job. Optimistic:-)