"Unbidden Joy" SOLD

"Unbidden Joy"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

When I take a look at life

so many, if indeed not all

of the best, sweetest, dearest things that I have

found Me.

They are not mine because of my

stressing, fretting, striving, controlling

Or any number of things I have done

To try and shape my life.

It is good to pause and remember

Probably the best gifts we have 

in  life
 Have come to us

 Unbidden

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"Be Inspired" SOLD

"Be Inspired"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

The soul has greater need of the ideal than the real.

It is by the real

we  exist,

It is by the ideal

we live.

~Victor Hugo

And now, an  inspiring song/story to start your day with:))  I Dreamed a Dream (Click Here)

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"Primavera Italiana" (Italian Spring) SOLD

"Primavera Italiana"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall.
                                                                                                                                                       ~Nadine Stair

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"A Sunny Morn in Tuscany" SOLD

"A Sunny Morn in Tuscany"
12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel
$550

There is a sacred silence in the way the sun quietly starts our days.  Dusting gold on rims of flowers,  buildings  shaped from the earth, and at last, lingering on our face, warming it with the promise of the hope of a new day.  The sun certainly has its work cut out for it in Italy--it must bend, slide under, and glide around narrow passes to spill its joy onto the streets.  But it does it every day, faithfully.  

There happens to be a red roadster parked just down the street.  It's a beautiful day to grab a friend, roll down the windows and take off  like you haven't a care in the world.  Make the most of this amazing life of yours--just this one day--out of all the thousands you will live...

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"Belle Porte" (Beautiful Doorways) SOLD

"Belle Porte" (Beautiful Doorways)

©Dreama Tolle Perry

6 x 12" oil on museum quality panel

$350

Belle Porte.  Simply irresistible. These doors  have swung wide for many a soul before you--but for today--they are opening up to you!  Slip inside, drop your suitcase by the stairs and step out on the balcony to survey your mini kingdom.  It's a beautiful day and I must say....you look pretty sassy up there..:)!   Even Eddie thinks so (actually he said ciao meow...he thinks he's speaking Italian when he does that).  Oh to be young, naive and Ed.

Note:  This is No. 1 in the French Italian Doorway Series. 

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Perfezione Italiana! (Italian Perfection!) SOLD

Perfezione Italiana! (Italian Perfection!

©Dreama Tolle Perry

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

It's actually difficult for me to think of a more perfect pairing than this. 

A flower shop. 

And not just any  old flower shop.  An Italian flower shop!!   

How many roses do you think the basket on you bicycle can hold??

In Other News:

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  Heading to CA to teach a workshop in Pasadena with artist Leslie Saeta (it starts Thursday)--I am so excited!!  Keeping all bags zipped tight so Eddie won't mysteriously show up with me.
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  My 2011 workshop dates are up.  You can check them out by clicking here.
• Remember, my radio show with Leslie airs on Thursdays and this week's show is on commissions.  All shows are recorded and available as podcasts via ITunes.  You can find out more by clicking here.
• Steve Worthington of "Phyllis the Mouse" fame is showing the Eddie series on his blog along with the some of the other artworks that will be included in his upcoming book that will go to benefit animal shelters.  To see them click here.
• Remeber to sign up for my newsletter if you haven't yet--it's almost time for another monthly drawing to give away one of my petite originals..:))  To sign up, click here.

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"The Color of Italy" SOLD

"The Color of Italy"

6 x 6in on museum quality panel

$200

Remember when you were a kid and the smell of a new box of crayons?  That heady moment of pristine, unbroken magical sticks waiting to be pulled out?  The possibilities of what you could do with that box of color seemed limitless.  Well, here you are with your "box" of Italy.  What are you going to color yourself into today? 

Pure magic.  Go make some for yourself...:)))

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"Accessories From Italy"

"Accessories From Italy"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

I have a friend named Jeffrey .  Jeffrey makes jewelry.  He tells me the only thing that separates me from the *animals (see Eddie) is my ability to accessorize. 

Which I used to believe 'til I saw Eddie wearing my beaded scarf.  So much for that theory! 

However, when it comes to the Italians--they do know how to accessorize.  Color around a window doesn't just have to come in the form of flowers.  It can be fresh laundry, full of color, softly stirring in the breeze.

Now that's something you don't see on HGTV...who knew you could get fashion tips for yourself, your house,  and take a mini trip to Italy all at the same time....
And just so you know that I always tell the truth-- here's Eddie with my scarf. Haven't worn it since then. I hate it when someone looks better in my clothes than I do.....

Note: It was a great show on Artists Helping Artists with Carol Marine, the premiere daily painter.  If you missed it, just remember , they are recorded!  Just click here then scroll down to On Demand Episodes.  Click play and enjoy~

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"Italian Hideaway"

"Italian Hideaway"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

It's Friday.  And I am thinking you are needing a place to get away .  Somewhere where no one knows your name and you can sleep as late as you want and stay up as late as you want and eat what you want.  It's on a side street,  a bit off the beaten path but an easy walk to the corner market to pick  up fresh chevre and some home-made  olive oil to dip your bread in.   There's some great Merlot and lemoncello in the cabinet so help yourself.  My only tip is---don't tell anyone where you're going. Especially if his name starts with an Ed and ends with a 'tude.  Dude with a 'tude.  That's all I'm sayin'.

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"Plan A...Italy" SOLD

"Plan A....Italy"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

Risk everything. Plans B, C, D, and E will always be there.  Grab plan A. 

                                                                             ~Jacquelyn Mitchard

My plan A is Italy.  Plan B is France.  Care to join me?

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  Listen in Thursday, June 24, Artists Helping Artists blog radio.This week's guest? Randy Higbee of King of Frames fame, next week's guest? Carol Marine.  12 noon EST--check sidebar on my blog for number to call in and to listen to past recordings.  I and co-host Leslie Saeta will be opening up the lines for real conversations between real artists...that's you!
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  I am warming up my brushes and pipes for a painting demo and presentation on the inspiration for the body of work, Let There Be Love... .  Main stage,  4 pm at Harrodsburg Festival of Books and Arts.
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  It's Time! 1 Day Workshop on Taking Control of Your Art Career--Pasadena, Ca, Sept 26, 2010  (Leslie and I have learned so much to share in this past year--and we are delivering the best at this workshop...:))
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   3 Day Oil Painting Workshop with Captivating Color, Expressive Painting--Pasadena, CA, Sept  23-25 with me and Leslie--full of  instructor demos, paint along demos, jam session musical easels, and extended evenings of gourmet meals and fireside chats on the artist's life.  This is going to be a totally immersive and inspiring workshop experience.  Can you tell I am excited??!!

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"Colore Rosso del Caffè, Italia" (Cafe Red, Italy) SOLD

"Colore Rosso del Caffè, Italia"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

When I tell you to meet me under the red umbrella at the corner cafe around 1 PM, don't try to tell me the reason you are late is because you couldn't find it.....just be honest.  Tell me you slept in , cut some fresh roses from the garden to leave on the worn wooden table at the villa and read 3 chapters in your new novel before heading out on foot so you could totally soak up this gorgeous Italian day.  That I can believe....:)) 

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  Tomorrow (Thursday) starts the first day of my Lexington, KY workshop.  Everything is in place and waiting for  artists to show up with painting gear and happy faces on..:)) How can you not be happy when, of all the things you could be doing, you are getting to paint!!!   Of course, painting in Italy or France could make it a wee bit better....:)) 
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  Thanks to all  of you who have already ordered my new book...:)) Can't wait to hear from you once you have read it!
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  Remember to tune into my and Leslie Saeta's blog radio show this Thursday (info on side bar of my blog).  This week's topic is The Top Ten On-line Marketing Tips Every Artist Should Know.
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  And if you haven't signed up for my blog/newsletter yet, you may want too--I have a monthly drawing and give away one of my blog paintings each month.  The box to sign up is at the top of the sidebar on this blog. 
  
  

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"When in Rome..." SOLD

"When In Rome...."

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

After giving it some serious thought I have concluded that the only way I can hang laundry out my window is if I  move to Rome.  Or Florence.  Or Provence.  Somehow flaunting  your undies from a one level, 3 bedroom, brick  ranch  just doesn't have the same feel...in fact, I'm not sure, but I think it might get you arrested.

....I'm just sayin'. 

That's my excuse.  What's yours??

Tip for the day:  Go green...move to Italy and let Mother nature dry your unmentionables....

And in other news..:))

I am starting to get excited about sharing my new ---soon to be released--book on how to get started marketing your art.  It's the book I wish I'd  had when I first started looking around, trying to decide what to do first to get my career moving.  Here's a sneak peek for your viewing and reading pleasure...:)  The Artist's Toolbox

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"Giorno della Lavanderia in Tuscany" (Laundry Day in Tuscany) SOLD

"Giorno della Lavanderia in Tuscany"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

"Laundry Day in Tuscany"---funny how laundry just sounds better the minute you put Tuscany in the same sentence with it.  Suddenly, I could do it all day, if I was hanging out in Italy....:))  Especially knowing I could "reward" myself later with some gelato......

Bet I could even bribe you to do the laundry....I'm just sayin'.

And now inquiring minds want to know.......

"Where's Your Dreama Original??" Send me a photo of your Dreama original in it's new home-- I would love to see where you put your painting and why you chose that spot...:))... I will be sharing the paintings and their stories on my blog and in upcoming newsletters. Tell me your story!

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"Balcone di Amore" SOLD

"Balcone di Amore"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

Painting this coastal balcony in Italy reminds me--- how precious each little piece of the world that we make ours, actually is.



Hands, not as young as they one time were, spreading out a well worn, but well loved cloth on a table for two.



Plants watered and spoken too.



Deep breaths taken of sun warmed air.



We bring the gift of ourselves to everything we touch. Perhaps that is what makes me so happy when I see these minuto balconies with their arms so full of such things that we humans find precious. What each of us has that goes into all these things---that thing that fills all the space and then some....



Amore....Love!











May you have a love of a day.











May the plants nod their heads to you when you pass.











May the birds sing their song just for you.





Just for the day, may you be infinitely aware!

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