Margaret Twitchell Swank Award for Painting

So pleased and honored to have won the Margaret Twitchell Swank Award for Painting with my painting of old dolls titled, "The Congregation", at the Mansfield Art Center's 68th annual May Show. Thank you MAC and juror Gordon Lee.

Spring!

It's finally feeling like spring and things are starting to bloom!  Thank goodness!  But with this spring come so many things... prom is this weekend and we have two kids attending.. dresses, tuxes, flowers, pictures..argh!  Then high school graduation, grad parties..cooking, cleaning, and lot of weeding and gardening!  I will sneak as much studio time in as I can!  I am working on a commission now, but was able to finish a small NYC piece and deliver 3 works to the Hammond Harkins Gallery last week!

Under Construction oil on panel 6" x 6"

Adding Some Zip  oil on panel 8" x 8"

Seltzers oil on panel 8" x 8"

A few small works and a trip to the big apple!

I have been regrouping the last few weeks and have really enjoyed working on smaller paintings.. And next week I'm off to NYC to see my 'baby' girl and celebrate her 23rd birthday with her!  Also gonna do a workshop with the amazing Max Ginsburg!  Can't wait! :)

Seltzers 8" x 8" oil on board

Adding Some Zip oil on board 8" x 8"

Daffs  10 x 8 oil on board

Deer Skull oil on board 10" x 8"

Winter Storm Warning 18" x 24"

Chocolate Milk 8" x 10" oil on board

Waiting for Spring 6" x 6" oil on board

Color Palettes

The past couple of weeks I played around with some different color palettes and really tried to focus on the color harmonies as I painted.  

For Medicinal Purposes Only 30" x 40" oil on canvas

 And, yes, more dead birds. :)

You Call I Cry 8" x 10" oil on panel

You Fall I Die 8" x 10" oil on panel

 

Ready for Friday!

We delivered all the paintings for the Contemporary Realism Show to the Hammond Harkins Gallery on Wednesday.  Phew!  I am very much looking forward to seeing the show hanging at the opening this Friday! Now back to the studio to get ready for a show at The Mansfield Art Center in the Foundations Gallery, opening June 30! 
Here are the works delivered this week!

Got Milk?  30" x 40"

Catching Cold 36" x 60"

Diet Coke 48" x 60"

Left Behind  36" x 48"

Paper 36" x 48"

Rocks 36" x 48"

Scissor 48" x 36"

Tomato Juice 30" x 40"

On the Rocks 36" x 48"

Have a great weekend everyone!

Salon International 2013 at Greenhouse Gallery in San Antonio

SO thrilled to have two pieces selected for the Salon International 2013 at the Greenhouse Gallery in San Antonio, Tx!!  I will be sending off both "Locked" and "Sleep Well Sweet Song" early next month for the show opening April 13, 2013. 

Locked 9" x 12" oil on panel

Sleep Well Sweet Song 11" x 14" oil on panel

Have a great weekend!

 

Piano Man Project

Piano Man Project is a very cool project that my friend, Ken Arthur, is doing.  This show opens tomorrow at the Sandusky Cultural Center.  The show will also feature the work of Gary Spinosa.  If you get a chance to go see this show, I highly recommend doing so!  Two VERY talented artists!  I can't make the opening, but can't wait to see the show next week!

This is my piano man for the project.  The Stand In...

New York City!

Single Fare 3 opens this Wednesday in NYC!  We can't be there for opening night, but I am so excited to go see it over the weekend, and beyond excited to see Cat and Nick and to go gallery hopping!

Opening Reception - February 13th, 6 - 9pm
137 Duane St. NY, NY 10013

When we get back for New York, I will be finishing up work for the upcoming show at the Hammond Haarkins Gallery in Bexley!  Hope to see you there, if not before!

New work on an old series idea

I could paint the metro cards all day.. so much fun!!  But I also need to keep busy on my work for the show at Hammond Harkins Gallery in March, so I started work on some new paintings that are picking up an old series I started years ago.  I am excited to explore this idea a lot more!  Rock, Paper, Scissors.. works in progress... each 36" x 48" oil on canvas

Single Fare 3

There is a really fun show happening next month in NYC!! The Single Fare 3 exhibition at the RH Gallery, NYC, opening February 13, 2013.  

Here is the info..


A big show of small works on MetroCards.

OPENING: February 13, 2013 6pm - 9pm

Following the tremendous success of “Single Fare 2,” Michael Kagan, Jean-Pierre Roy and RH Gallery are pleased to announce “Single Fare 3,” an exhibition of artwork on New York City MTA MetroCards. Inspired by the notion that the city’s subways and buses allow for a kind of creative interchange unmatched in human history, the first “Single Fare” sought to create a unique art event where art and artists could come together to form a monumental event made from a tiny, innocuous piece of plastic: The MetroCard! Single Fare 3 promises to deliver an even more exciting exhibition with more art, more artists and new ways to view and enjoy the work.

www.facebook.com/singlefare3

www.single-fare.com
www.rhgallery.com

Open call for submissions:

http://www.single-fare.com/guidelines.html

Due date for submissions: FEB 3, 201

It's been very fun and interesting painting this small... and a little additive.. and I think I am learning and getting better as I go..  Google search Single Fare 3 and see what other people have done.. Some are absolutely amazing!!!
Here are some of my cards..

 

Facing Fifty

On Friday of this week, I turn 50 years old!.  I don't feel "50".. not even sure what that is supposed to feel like.  Most days I don't think about it, and when I do, I feel like the same awkward, outsider girl I was in high school and I certainly don't feel like a "grown up" even though I have lived this long and have raised children to adulthood.  So to record this milestone in my life, I painted a self portrait.  I wanted it to be a little naked and raw.  No makeup, no hair style, no jewelry, with the scars and wrinkles I've earned along the way.  Just me, reflecting on getting to this point in my life.

Facing Fifty oil on canvas 20" x 30"

Mooooving right along!

I have been working hard on glass paintings for the Contemporary Realism show in March, but Saturday I felt the need to break out a bit.  So I went through my thousands of reference photos and found this old girl asking for a portrait. I had the best time painting her!

How Now, Brown Cow oil on canvas 48" x 48"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 And these two are paintings on which I'm working for the show...

On the Rocks oil on canvas 36" x 48"

Hang Ups  oil on canvas 36" x 60"

Have a great week!

one more doll painting... for now

I finished this painting at the end of last year and have to be done with my doll paintings for a month or two.  I have lots more that I am looking forward to painting, but I will be focusing on getting work done for the Contemporary Realism show at the Hammond Harkins Gallery, opening March 8, 2013!

The Congregation  oil on canvas 36" x 48"

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday and I wish you all the best in the coming year!

Staying busy!

I have been happily busy these last couple of weeks!  I finished and delivered three small ornament paintings and one tiny candy painting to the Hammond Harkins Gallery in Bexley, OH.

 I finished and shipped two commission pieces fro the Wells Gallery in Charleston, SC.

I finished a painting for a cookbook cover,

 and got a new treasure for my studio!!

Small and Wonderful!

Chet from the Hammond Harkins Gallery sent me this photo he took of Matt and myself on Friday, speaking with LaVetta at the Small and Wonderful show opening.

 Loved the event and the picture!
 Hope you can all get in to see the show before it closes in January!