"All Roads Lead Home" SOLD

"All Roads Lead Home"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

Available to Purchase for Help Japan Challenge

Click Here to Bid

May the road rise to meet you,

May the wind be always at your back,

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

May the rains fall soft upon your fields,

And, until we meet again,

May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

Please Note: All profits from this sale will go to the Help Japan Fund. 

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"A Perfect Day for a Slow Getaway in France" SOLD

"A Perfect Day for a Slow Getaway in France"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

There are those days that are perfect for a ride. 

It's in the air

the birds are urging you onward

Everything looks brand spanking new

Outfitted in yellow sunshine

Pedaling feet to take you just where you wish to go
A perfect day for a slow getaway in France:)

The joy of life is in the little things... 

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"La Grand Opening in France"

"La Grand Opening in France"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

With each group of artists that I am honored to spend time with---I am always so touched by their talent, their unique way of being in the world, how they share and care for each other--and cheer each other on as well.  I find each group has its own energy, each its own joy---and I am the lucky person that gets to soak it all in! 

This group of ladies at my Lexington, KY workshop made for a delightful 3 days! Karla made and brought home made candy, Brenda shared her great organizing techniques, Anne decorated her eye especially for us:)), Nita gave us the quote to remember, Anna made sure everyone got to park cheaply, everyone shared paint, forgotten palette knives, mediums, ideas---and this group totally  painted the hours away! 

A very big thank you to each one of you for choosing to study with me--you were a blast!!!

Look what a beautiful crop of day one paintings this group of artists produced!!

Memorable quote of the workshop??  After everyone shared their thoughts on the musical easel session, Nita concluded we were all just a bunch of "loose" women.  (She was referring to our brushwork...I think.  Anyway, what happened in Lexington, stays in Lexington....)

"The Girls"

Moi, Rhojean, Trudi, Karla, Debbie, Faye, Roni, Sherry, Anne, Sarah,

Nita, Linda, Pris, Brenda, Anna, and Sue

AKA.....Loose Women:))

Next workshop??  Nashville Tenn:))  Ready or not--here I come!! (David Gillihan and the Artists on Main--I'm headin' your way and can't wait!!)

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"Contagious Colors of Italy" SOLD

"Contagious Colors of Italy"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

Infectious laughter.

Contagious color.

Deliriously happy.

Insanely good.

May you experience an outbreak of love today:)))

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"Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This"

          " Nurse Ed"

I have been a bit under the weather this past week.  Hence the lack of paintings.  Not that I haven't been painting, but I have not been finishing anything.  Sinus and completion of paintings do not make for a good match I have concluded:))  I think I would have been better much sooner except I got stuck with you know who as my nurse.  Fearing a set back and further "nursing" I have opted to behave myself by resting and drinking lots of liquids:))

Besides--it has given me time to relish and plan my upcoming workshop in Lexington, KY which starts this Thursday:)

And now to the important part and the real reason for posting tonight---the Help Japan Challenge on Daily Paintworks is well underway:

"It has been a little over a week since we saw, in disbelief, shocking images of the devastation of the March 11 earthquake and its subsequent tsunamis in Japan. Now the unprecedented nuclear crisis compounding the misery of the survivors there, many of us are asking, what can we do to help?"  Read More...


Everyone is coming together to help--so far, over $4,000 has been raised in just a couple of days.  Thanks to David Marine and Keiko Tanabe of DailyPaintWorks for putting this together. Pin It

"Just a Simple French Cottage" SOLD

"Just a Simple French Cottage"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

Gotta love the way color bypasses the brain and heads straight for the heart.  The heart is not stimulated by facts and details.  It just knows beauty the minute it sees it.  You can't sell the heart on things that aren't true.  It ignores the facts, fluff and fodder and grabs hold of truth and beauty.  One may see "red", be pea "green" with envy, feel "blue", or be accused of being cowardly "yellow", but that's just the brain trying to fudge in on  color's territory.

Color is beautiful, always,  and it knows it:))

I see your true colors shining through:)

(and you thought your monitor was just one way viewing... in the words of Billy Crystal---

you rook mavelous:)!

In Other News:

• New Workshop Added to Fall Line-Up!!  Laurie  at the Parish Center for the Arts in Westford, Mass. made me an offer I couldn't refuse:))---she even invited Eddie (although I haven't shared that little tidbit with Mr. Furry Pants himself).  I will be teaching a 3 Day Workshop in Sept, 2011, and you can check it out by clicking here.
• Speaking of Laurie...she is a phenomenal artist with a big heart.  She is auctioning a beautiful painting with all proceeds going to benefit the disaster in Japan.  Here's her link (tell her Eddie sent you). Click Here
• Speaking of Japan--I will be offering a painting up "auction style" via the Daily Paintworks site with all proceeds going to help out our neighbors in Japan.  If you have been wanting to donate, this is going to be a fun auction and a way to do something good and get something nice in return:))  Details to follow:))
• Speaking of getting nice things...I will be drawing this week for January and February give-a-ways...stay tuned:))!
• Speaking of staying tuned....Artists Helping Artists radio show that I co-host is now at 10,000 listeners a month!  You can play past episodes by going to our site --just scroll to the shows you like and click to play! Go Now->->

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"Red Hot Blues" SOLD

"Red Hot Blues"
18 x 18in oil on museum quality panel
SOLD

Be the first to love what you do.

"Art is what we call...

the thing an artist does.

It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human."

                                                                                                                    ~Seth Godin

Be the first to love what you do.

When we are willing to make what wants to be made rather than make what we want, we become open to new directions"

                                                                                                 ~ Julia Cameron

Be the first to love what you do.

"Creativity is the mind at play with the materials that it loves."

                                                                                                                                    ~Carl Jung

Be the first to love what you do.
"Eventually, you will realize that the world didn't give you what is etched on your soul-character, nor can it take it away.  Only you can choose to let it remain unexpressed--don't hang back, waiting for approval from others to be yourself."
                                                                      ~Michael Beckwith

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"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...Who's the Eddiest of Them All??" SOLD

"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...Who's the Eddiest of Them All??"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

In one of those moments of life imitating art...or art imitating life...or Eddie just making stuff up....here's the latest.

Eddie's Story:

He spent the week at the local spa having some beautification rituals performed and making plans for a return visit to have Zoom whitening done on his teeth, tail extension, ear straightening, whisker implants---well, you get the picture.

And according to Eddie, he is now just one degree away from Johnny Depp (you may recall the "twins, separated at birth" theory Eddie has of himself and Mr. Depp),  due to some activity at the spa while he was there.

My Story:

In a much needed break from Eddie, verging on a desperate act, I begged the local vet, Kendra (at Central KY Veterinary Services), to house Eddie for a week and bring him up to speed on his shots and teeth cleaning.  I did not order Zoom whitening and do not believe they offer the nip and tuck things Eddie is talking about.  As to the Johnny Depp, one degree away story...oddly enough, it seems to check out.

The Scoop:

According to unnamed sources.....Evidently, during Eddie's stay, one pot-belly pig was admitted for emergency surgery. 

Guess who the pig belongs too? 

Johnny Depp.

You just can't make the good stuff up.  I am......

Speechless in Paris.

Note:  This is No. 10 in the Eddie and Phyllis Series.  To see the entire collection, click here. Pin It

"Mr. Big Paws" SOLD

 "Mr. Big Paws"

6 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$350

 

To meet Kitten you must take a trip to the country. 

Way out in the country. 

All the way to a road called Toadvine to a place named Sabbath Song. 

 Sabbath Song is a B & B

 owned by a beautiful lady named Carolyn. 

Carolyn is an artist and her husband Wes, is a composer. 

They have horses,

English Mastiffs

and no cats. 

Kitten is the neighbor's cat. 

He came over to visit on my last visit to Sabbath Song. 

 He walked right in the back door of the converted barn that is now the B & B and jumped up in my lap, up on my chest

and started nudging his cheek to mine. 

He made the rounds to all who were there

tried to swipe some food from the table

and then headed back outside to go on a big hunt for the day.

That's just how Mr. Big Paws rolls:))

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"A Very Merry-Go-Round in France" SOLD

"A Very Merry-Go-Round in France" 

8 x 8in oil on panel

$350.

Times spent alone, reading and getting quiet, are the very best of all.   

As the world at its dizzying space 

whirls 'round me

this place is like standing dead center in the merry-go-round.  

I can see everything going round

up and down

lights flashing

laughter

sorrow

and yet I would swear I'm standing on solid, unmoving ground.  

 It's the quiet place in this ride called

Life 

 From there

I can peer out and see that all the tumult and busyness is just an illusion.  

 From there

I can enjoy the beauty, the  music, the sights and sounds.   

From there 

I can love and heal.   

From there 

peace can be experienced.   

From there 

balance can once again be gained 

strength made manifest 

to ride upon the winds of change and time. 

Centered 
in the merry-go-round of Life.   

What a ride

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