reindeer card FUN!

I was sending out cards cut from old Starbucks cardboard cozies before painting this little series of funny google-eyed rudolphs. I love them! If you got an upcycled paper cut tree instead of one of these cute little guys... I'm so sorry! Hahaha!

New Painting Fun!

the ole studio

I was up thinking about the clean fresh canvas in the back seat of my car and ran across this little tidbit about my Minneapolis studio published in Hand Made MN. Okay, I do kind of miss those long cold winters where you were forced to paint for hours indoors. Yep, I said it. You win. Minnesota is a beautiful mess of cold, wet, crisp, long, dark hours that keep art important.

Golden Acrylic Mediums

Local artist Brenda péo gave these Golden gel mediums to play with this week! I'm so excited!

Fresh from the studio!

Patinting fun @ Simply Jane in Minneapolis!

We had so much fun at Simply Jane's studio today!

who painted this?

 

calla's art

 


Calla was inspired by our trip to Tubac a few weeks ago. She came home and painted this before going to bed.

plein crazy!

 
Definitely not a “plein” day… and not a fair weather day either. Local artist Alix Orton invited me to paint with her outside today. With paints in hand I hiked up the hill, happily to discover that she was working closer to my house than I thought we would be. At this point we were both laughing at the wind that was progressively picking up speed, and carrying off our materials piece by piece. However that did not stop us from thoroughly enjoying the moment with each other and the beautiful scene. We drew, painted, and chatted about art for close to 2 hours in the freezing gusts until finally the wind won and blew my palette across the desert into a small shrubby cactus. Barely able to maneuver our chairs and easels against the wind, we finally made it back to warmth…

Definition:
A painting done outside rather than in a studio is called a “plein air” painting. The term comes from the French en plein air, meaning 'in the open air'. The Impressionists were particularly interested in the influence of changing light outdoors on color.

Burrrr!