Tempest I

Encaustic on Panel, Framed
10" x 10"
$135 + 9.95 S&H

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Urban Dreams II

Acrylic on Canvas
54" x 24" (HUGE)
This piece can be purchased at my Etsy store

Whew! Life just keeps slipping away!

I'm back in town now, so back to creating, gotta love it!

Fiery Passion III

Encaustic on Panel, Framed
10" x 10"
$135 + 9.95 S&H

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Urban Dreams

Acrylic on Canvas
(3) 18" x 24"
SOLD

Um... WOW. I posted this piece at my site on Esty at 4:15pm today. By 4:45 it had SOLD. Ridiculous, but completely exciting. I am trying some different things as far as pricing and materials. Really trying to figure out how to sell work and capture a profit. I think this is going to be a wild ride, but I'll like it

Fiery Passion II

Encaustic on Panel, Framed
10" x 10"
$135 + 9.95 S&H

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Ahhhh, it is another wonderful Friday. The next few weekends will leave little time for relaxing painting, unfortunately. Instead, I have a TON of stuff going on, so that will all be fun. This weekend we are having a garage sale to (literally) clean out the garage. We had been going to auctions and selling antiques for a while, but found we didn't truly have enough time to invest in it - so it is time to get rid of all the extra furniture! Anyone interested in a table? We have about six of them, haha. Anyways, have a wonderful weekend and I will see you again on Monday!

Fiery Passion

Encaustic on Panel, Framed
10" x 10"$135 + 9.95 S&H

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Tropical Heat III

Encaustic on Panel, Framed
10" x 10"
$135 + 9.95 S&H

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Tropical Head II

Encaustic on Panel, Framed
10" x 10"
$135 + 9.95 S&H

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Whew! I am completely and totally dead and sore today. It took all of the effort I had just to drag myself out of bed this morning. Well firstly, I went for a looong run, which I haven't done in a looong time. Then, to top it off, my fiancee and I went and had our very first dance lessons together. We are taking swing, and it is ridiculously fun. In any case, enjoy this fun, light piece!

Tropical Heat I

Encaustic on Panel, Framed
10" x 10"
$100 + 9.95 S&H
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The next couple of weeks are going to have wonderful reds showing, mostly because those were the colors that I mixed (hehe). That is one of the few drawbacks to encaustic. Unlike painting with oil or acrylics, you have to more or less mix the colors (first), then mix the color with wax. At least you can reuse the paint if you cover it with saran wrap and freeze it. I usually mix my colors in either dixie cups or old cat food/tuna containers so that I can heat the color on a hot plate. I also hate to waste any of the paint, so I try to use as much of the colors mixed as possible, which is why you usually see similar color schemes for a couple of days in a row.

In other news, I finally got my camera fixed! That was quite the boon to doing a painting a day. I was still doing them, but unfortunately, had no way of visually recording it. I love how I have actually picked up the intensity of the painting-a-day and am actually doing it every day (well, every working day). In any case, its rainy outside, so I won't be tempted to procrastinate by spending my day outside! Have a wonderful Monday!

Reflections

Oil on Panel
18" x 30"

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Subtleties

Oil on Panel
30" x 30"

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Vintage III

Encaustic on Panel, Framed
8" x 10"
$100 + 9.95 S&H

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Daily Painters

I took a huge gamble yesterday. I have been enjoying this daily painting process so much that I really think I'm going to continue doing it. I have been able to explore color relationships that I normally would not try on a larger piece, simply because I would have invested too much time and paint should it not work. But these smaller, simpler studies in encaustic have allowed me to be adventurous and push some of my color relationships.

So what was my huge gamble? I submitted this blog to Daily Painters. I actually discovered the site sometime in February, after I had started doing a painting a day. Most of the artists on the site are actually realists, but there are a few abstract artists as well. I am hoping that since most of my pieces are encaustic and there is virtually no artists on there in that medium, I might be able to round out that niche. And, let's face it, I would love to sell some art. But we'll see, their message back said it can take weeks to hear a decision. In any case, I'm just going to keep painting away!

Vintage II

Encaustic on Panel, Framed
8" x 10"
$100 + 9.95 S&H

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Vintage I

Encaustic on Panel, Framed
8" x 10"
$100 + 9.95 S&H

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I had SOOO much fun with this. Shouldn't be legal. The inspiration came from a vintage print that had a peachy-orange background and aqua, lime green, and brown paisley print. So amazing. If I had tried to do anything with these colors in oil, I would have probably made a mess out of it, but I think they turned out beautifully. The next two days of posting are going to be awesome!