"Catalicious Cat Tail and Roses" SOLD

"Catalicious Cat Tail and Roses"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

It is guaranteed, if I start doing anything, hoping that Eddie will not involve himself,  he will appear lightening fast. 

I have a workshop, specifically still life workshop, coming up this week. 

Playing with some ideas, seriously hoping no one ,(Ed), would show up while I'm working and eat my roses. 

Doesn't seem like a lot to ask.

May as well hoped he (Ed) had purchased a winning lotto ticket with intentions of sharing it with me. 

Of course he showed up.  And stayed.  Knocked  things over, chewed on a few flowers, then sprawled out to soak up (and block) the sun.

It's Ed.

That's how Ed rolls.

On a more personal note:  This is one time Eddie "showing his tail" worked to my advantage....

Please Note:  This is No. 6 in the "Catalicious Series" and has earned the prestigious EBSA award (Eddie Bill Seal of Approval). 

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"Catalicious Kit Kat" SOLD

"Catalicious Kit Kat"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

The fine art of focusing as defined by Kit Kat.  

Spotted  bug on ceiling, stared at  bug  so long  sleep ensued,  Head left  tilted  in bug watch position. 

Zen masters ain't got nothin' on Kit Kat.

 Kit Kat lives with Alivia. 

Thought for the day from Alivia? 

" 'We'll see' is part of no, and that's not good ." (Overheard shortly after toy request at store.)

Alivias and Kit Kats.  Much to be learned from both....

Please Note:  This is No. 5 in the "Catalicious Series" and has earned the prestigious EBSA (Eddie Bill Seal of Approval).  Above painting done prior to bug watching episode...



In Other News:

As mentioned in a previous post, the Daily Paintworks group that I belong to has an ongoing weekly painting challenge --and  I was asked to create a challenge for it!  It starts Saturday, May 14th.  The name of the challenge....The Whole Cat and Caboodle Challenge...of course:))  Click here to find out how to participate.

Email me the name of your all time, can't live without it, would rescue from a burning building, art book--and tell me why it's your fav!  It's next week's show on Artists Helping Artists internet radio show that I co-host.  We are going to share  the scoop with everyone--expect to be surprised and learn of some great art books you didn't even know existed!  We want your 2 cents worth:))

And one more thing--if you have fun receiving my blog posts in your inbox and would like to share it with a friend--Ed and I would be most honored:))  Your friends can sign up to receive it too by clicking here.

That's all.  I must now go practice bug watching.  Eddie is holding a workshop on it and said I could come for free and bring a friend.  Any takers??? Pin It

"Magical Morning Sun" SOLD

"Magical Morning Sun"

6 x6" oil on museum quality panel

$200

Old stones warming in the sun 

 Bees humming a dance to the fragrance of the rose

The sameness of it all brings comfort to passing days 

 Our "transience" is the complement to their timelessness 

Houses like a living thing, harbouring all of our lives,

guarding our hearts to be awakened to another day by

 Old stones warming in the sun

Wild bees humming a dance to the fragrance of the rose

All by the beauty of  magical morning sun

Just an FYI---if you ever need to find a specific blog post I've done, there are two ways to search for it.  Well, three actually-- if you want to add you spending an entire day looking over 300 plus postings by the old scroll method.
I'm gonna guess you would be interested more in the first two:))

First, click here to ensure that you are indeed on my blog and not a) on your email  or b) on the portion of my blog embedded in my website. Then...

Way No. 1:  On right hand side of my blog, scroll down the page until you see my smiling face and the blurb about me.  Directly under that you will see a small box that says above it "Search This Blog".  Type in any word, phrase, etc. that may be a clue to what you are looking for.  Your answers will appear at the top of the blog.  Just like magic!!    Note:  The first four will be listed, but if there are more posts (like there are about Eddie) you will see page numbers at the bottom, denoting more pages to view in your search.

Way No. 2:  On right hand side of my blog, scroll down 'til the very last thing called "Labels".  This generally groups like artwork together.  Generally.  It is only as effective as the guy who "tagged" the paintings with the label, which in this case would be Eddie.  Please direct all complaints for errors to him. 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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"Don't Tell Dreama" SOLD

"Don't Tell Dreama"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

Whispers.
 Snickering. 
And then... dead silence when I walk in the room.  Eddie is up to something, I just haven't figured out  what.  There are some clues, but all seem  unrelated.  First, he has been watching a lot of TV lately, which normally I don't mind since it keeps him out of my hair.  But then I walked in and caught a glimpse of what he's been watching......

Yesterday a signed contract where he has hired a stunt double (see photo of Mickey) turned up in the mail.

Mickey, Eddie's Stunt Double

And perhaps most disturbing of all, a proposal to do a reality TV show..... at my house.
Phyllis let it slip that he's now interested in adding Edditing to his credentials. Translation?  Hours of filming  condensed to make himself look like---well, probably Eddie  Depp
and hours of film edited to making me look like......
Like I said.  I'm worried. 

Note:  "Don't Tell Dreama" is No. 9 in the Eddie and Phyllis Series.  To see the others, click here:))

Extra Note of a CAT CALL: I have someone wanting a painting of a silver tabby to remind them of a cat they had years ago that they were so fond of.  Eddie refuses to have a make-over to accommodate this, so I am sending out the call.  Calling all silver tabbies--send me some cute photos of yourself to paint:))!  You can email them to Dreama (at) DreamaTollePerry (dot) com.  Eddie will be mad that I am painting you, but he will will get over it when he see's how cute your are:))

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"Opening in France" SOLD

"Opening in France"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

There is always, always, time for the sweet breath of life to blow across the soul.

It is the other things that there may not be time for

And if they fall away

No one will notice

They will not be missed

This quietness, this time of pausing, this is what the world is hinged upon.

It is what must be

 so that all that is unnecessary will fall away

For it is that other that weighs  down, that would prevent the taking of flight

There is always time, time for the sweet breath of life to blow across the soul.

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"A World of Color in France" SOLD

"A World of Color in France"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

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"Bello Balcone" SOLD

 "Bello Balcone"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

A true note, a dance of color, a timely word, fresh rains from the heavens, all in the moments of livingness. 

 A thousand things to give thanks for.

And  there is yet 

more.

Please Note: For those of you who opened my never ending email post yesterday...OOPS!  Just going to blame it on Eddie.  For those of you who missed it--never mind:))  (Actually, I was switching some things around for getting things squared with Daily Paintworks and ..well...can I just say, no one has ever accused me of being a techo-geek nerd.  Well, maybe a nerd, but never a techo-geek nerd.:))

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"On the Catwalk" SOLD

"On the Catwalk"

12" x 6" oil on museum quality panel

$350

Eddie's sound track for life. 

In Other News:

Art inspires art.  Photographer Roger Ballard's work inspires me:))  One of my recent works, Never Never Land, was drawn from imagery captured by Roger's great eye (thanks Roger!)  To enjoy his work as I have, just go to his site, www.PaulRogerBallard.com and take a mini-trip. Get inspired!

Jason Horejs is our guest on AHA radio this week.  He is involved in so many things (owner of Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, author of Starving to Successful, and creator of the art tracking software I use, Arttracker.com, this is going to be one great show!  The show will be live Wed, Feb 9 at 12 noon EST, one day earlier, due to time conflicts.  Click here for more details and to listen to 40 plus shows that have been archived just for you!

Lucky 13!!  DailyPaintworks.com is/was a closed group of 12 artists, whose work I admire, that recently extended an invitation my way to become a partner.  Carol Marine, long a favorite artist of mine, and her husband David, have made me feel delightfully welcome, along with an amazing group of artists.  Click here to  find out what it's all about--and to check out the painting challenges on this site!  
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"Never Never Land" SOLD

"Never Never Land"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

Note:  My canvas is the one I paint on.  It carries me to faraway places on the breeze of imagination:)

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"Hotel Italiano" SOLD

"Hotel Italiano"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

"Be my guest." 
Are those words music to the ears or what? 
It denotes all sorts of things.  Especially when used in conjunction at a hotel.  In Italy. 
I have my own set of definitions for the "be my guest" phrase. It includes things like--
"Be my guest" (Don't make the bed)
"Be my guest" (Don't do laundry)
"Be my guest" (Have breakfast in your room)
"Be my guest (Have breakfast in your room in bed)
"Be my guest" (Have breakfast in your room in bed after sleeping half the day away)
"Be my guest" ( Have breakfast in your room in bed after sleeping half the day away because you are reading a great novel)
"Be my guest" (Have breakfast in your room in bed after sleeping half the day away because you are reading a great novel about this phenomenal woman having this amazing time in Italy)


"Be my guest" (To finish this story however you want.  A hotel, you and Italy-- and nothin' but time on your hands:))

Note:  Don't ever tell Eddie to "be your guest".  He has his own definition.  And no, you probably don't want to know--trust me on this one. 

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"Just Beachy" SOLD

 "Just Beachy"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

Beach Inspired Sonnet No. 54

Oh Sandy Beach Shack, how do I love thee?

I love thee to the heights of thy shabby shiekness 

(means I don't have to attempteth to keep you cleaneth)

I love thee to the depths of the sand that cozyeth up to your fronteth door

(means I'm just a stones throweth from the surfeth)

I love thee freely

(means I have talked someone into loaningeth me their beacheth shack)

I love thee purely

 (purely becauseth I am sure I was born in the tropics and switchedeth at birth)

I love thee with the passion put to use

( to get the hecketh out of dodge before the snoweth geteth to me)

I love thee with the breath, tears, smiles of all my life

And if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death

(but I intendeth to visiteth thee longeth before that happeneth.)

Please holdeth your applause for this master piece of poetry.  Just letteth it sink into your soul and imagine the sand. 

Between your toeths of course.

P.S.  I have been warning you if I don't escape the snow, I will not be held responsible for what happens on this blog.

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"Lined Out" SOLD

"Lined Out"
6" x 12" oil on museum quality panel

$350

When I was a kid my Mom would tell me I had better get myself lined out or she would do it for me.  Somehow I don't think she was referring to hanging laundry. 
Well, here I am....a few decades later and I still don't have myself lined out.
But I do like  fresh laundry when it is.
Lined out, I mean.
Does that count????

In Other News:

If you were looking for a sign--there are still a few remaining spots in my first workshop of 2011 in Atlanta with my buddy, Leslie Saeta.  Get your buns in motion and join us:))  You can get the juicy details by clicking here! and here!

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"Snow Blind" SOLD

 "Snow Blind"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

It's a curious thing.  We usually find in life that for which we are looking. 

I always loved the simple test of challenging a room full of people to look around and take note of everything red.  Then have 'em close their eyes and name the blue things in the room.  This is usually met  with dead silence.  When the same folks open their eyes and look around they are surprised to see...blue carpet, blue chairs, BLUE everywhere!  How could they have missed it??  In looking only for the red, they were blind to the blue. 

So I told myself to look for color, lots of it, before I go crazy in this snow. 

At least that's my story and I'm stickin' too it.

Note:  I have some rose color glasses to loan if you need them.

That is if I can get them off of Eddie......he fancies himself as a Johnny Depp look alike with them on (since Johnny is from Louisville and has a home in France, Eddie has drawn the obvious conclusion-- they are twins, separated at birth.)

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"Morning Gold in France" SOLD

"Morning Gold in France"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

 

This pretty much sums up why I paint what I paint.  Call it escape, call it running away, calling it running towards, call it whatever you want.

Just be sure and call me when you get ready to go

I wanna  come too..:))

 

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"Viva, Eddie, Snow, and Jamaica"

"Snow, snow, and did I say....SNOW???"

"Eddie's Failed Attempt to Mail Himself to Jamaica"

It has been snowing since Thanksgiving.  Okay, maybe not everyday, but it has, for the most part, been on the ground  since then.  

Cabin fever has officially hit.  Not that I live in a cabin.  Or have a fever for that matter. 

 But somehow, home-in-the-suburbs-if-I-don't-get-some-sunshine-and-warm-weather-soon-I-am-gonna-scream, 

doesn't have quite the same ring to it.  So we're going with cabin fever.

I have caught Eddie online, twice now, surfing the "all inclusive" resorts in the Caribbean.  Thankfully his searches go something like..."cat resorts, catnip plantation tours, cat-friendly beaches" so I am not too worried on him scoring a place, otherwise I would take back my credit card he has hidden in his room under his bed. 

He asked me to post his painting of him with his grass skirt and island hat (Phyllis on top) to help remind him that balmy days are still happening somewhere on the planet.  

"Eddie Goes Native (and Takes Phyllis with Him)
8 x 8in on museum quality panel
$350

Viva la sunshine!  Viva la balmy breeze!
Viva--------the paper towel I use in my studio.
Sorry folks--I warned you I had cabin fever...:))  

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"Single Tasking in France" SOLD

"Single Tasking in France"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

One wet garment shaken out.  

One corner folded squarely over the clothes line.  

One clothes pin plucked from the apron to secure it.  

One sun to dry and one breeze to blow.  

The beauty of one single thing at a time. 

 Savor your day today, one single thing at a time.

Single tasking.   There is beauty to be found in each portion of your life.  

Single tasking reveals it.

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"Magical Dance of Italy"

Music, color, dance---intoxicating formulas.  Magical even.  Defies understanding or explaining how it bypasses the brain and heads straight to the real us hidden from view to the casual observer.  It is what makes life bearable in our low points and ecstatic in our highs. 

Music is always present in my studio when I am painting, and as a result--I feel it is intrinsically part of each painting.  And just in case you're wondering---I do "dance like no one's watching."  

Only problem is, Eddie is. The little furry dude has a running commentary on my dancing.  

If he happens to post any dance videos on YouTube, if you love me, please let me know. 

I have a reputation  to protect.  

Although it may be too late.  

I mean, when you live with Eddie, there is no where to go but up.

In Other News:
Randy Higbee at www.KingofFrame makes the frames I love.  He was a guest on Artists Helping Artists this week and offered a "Leslie and Dreama Special" on his website--just for you!
Click here to get the details!

My Atlanta workshop with Leslie Saeta is coming up in February10-12.  It is going to be 3 fun-filled days packed full of painting, great food, and comaraderie with artists from all over the US.  Click here for more details--- and make your plans now to join in on the good times ahead! Pin It

"France, the Cat's Meow" (According to Eddie) SOLD

"France, the Cat's Meow"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

Okay, it was late, I had been painting all day and in a weak moment, I asked Eddie to name the painting.  And yeah, that's him, up in the window, doing what Eddie does--acting catty.

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