I've been finding the nicest emails in my inbox lately, from people who have bought paintings and then are kind enough to send me a note telling me why. Such nice things to find. Always puts a huge smile on my face.Last week I was...
Something about pears.These pears started as paddles.No, it's OK. I know they're awful. I worked and worked and used tubes of paint trying to get this somewhere. It came from a picture that I'd taken that I liked a lot.Man, I like that picture. Those...
Well I'm having a pretty good day! Last night the Anonymous Art Show in North Vancouver opened and this morning I woke up to two really wonderful emails from people who had purchased two of the three pieces I have in the show. Both had delightful...
This one was scary! A commission.I might have had a bit of a panic attack in the middle.But challenges are good right? And mom and dad were happy with the result. And so were the boys, who are now big guys.Whew. Breathe out.It was so...
Yesterday I wrote that I had sold a painting of my cat, Scout. My dad sent a picture reminding me of my first sale. Also of a cat, Kanga. Drawn and sold to him and pinned to his office wall when I was six. I...
I have a soft spot for this painting. It's of the nicer cat, Scout, and she's gifted at making herself sleek and graceful and paintable. Look how she curled her tail around her ankle here. Oh she's good. Sweet, loving, fun. She'd be pretty much...
Oh I know, I know! Awful picture!!! Do you want to know why? I was trying to take a picture of it up here in dark winter Canada and the polar bear I was steadying my camera on was shivering! True story!!!If you sort of squint a...
You might remember these guys. I went on to paint a much bigger one showing all of the bench they're on. I still have to go back in and do detail on the crows on that one, and I'm hesitating because I liked how it went so...
So the last couple of weeks have been sort of wonderful in the painting arena. I've had friends buy a number of paintings from me, and I've had the opportunity to have my paintings in a local fabulous store, Lalli Loves It! And last week two of them sold!...