Two Words"

"Colors of the Heart"

Thank you

(I feel better now)

Thank you

(For loving the unlovable in me)

Thank you

(For seeing me)

Thank you

(For hearing me)

Thank you

(For caring)

Thank you

(For making a difference)

Thank you

(For calming my fears)

Thank you

(My strength is renewed)

There is so much good, unspoken, in just two words

So much good unleashed, in just two words.

It has been said before... the most beautiful  excess of all is

excessive gratitude.

Eddie and I are so grateful for you that we arranged a special parade just in your honor.  Unfortunately Eddie is on the budget committee.......

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Words fall short on this last one...it is well worth the time to watch and to share...(make sure to watch this one full screen--just click box in lower right hand corner) "Let the gratefulness flow into blessings all around you..."


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"Good Times, Sunny Days" SOLD

"Good Times, Sunny Days"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

I love happy endings.  Who doesn't?

So it was with my last workshop for 2011.

Three days that  f-l-e-w by

Filled with the Virginia delegation (all 8 of 'em:)

North Carolina and Tennessee

and of course

Kentucky

Gals!

Gloria, Sandra, Lydia, Joanne, Sonia, Jean, Susan N., Maria, Brenda, Evie, Julie, Pris, Sandy, Ann, Donna,  

Marcia, Tricia and Susan Y.

The first day introductions set the tone and the bonding was complete by the last day.

Artists have a way of becoming family very quickly:)!

Beautiful artwork created by each of them.  

And, as always,  musical easels produced some really fun and varied pieces!

Love and  joy shared in coming together---a really important ingredient for the making of a workshop:))

They were, as you might suspect....

Fast, loose women.

but only as it applies to painting:))

A very happy ending:)))

THANKS TO EACH OF YOU WHO STUDIED WITH ME IN 2011--you made it an altogether beautiful year!

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"A Little Piece of Provence" SOLD

"A Little Piece of Provence"

8 X 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

Somethings are just too rich. 
Like an entire slice of "Death by Chocolate" cake
(although, I must admit, sounds like a heck of a way to go:))

Or chocolate milk with a chocolate iced, cream filled donut.

I think, just maybe, that Provence comes under that heading.
That is why today I am just serving you just a slice.
If you sneak back for seconds,
I will not be held responsible.....

In Other News:))

• 

• Carpe Diem!!!--Spots have opened in my Maysville, KY workshop just two weeks away (Oct 25-27)--Email or call--your place awaits:)) Click here to contact me   (Only $225 for 3 Day Oil Painting Workshop) 
• 1 + 1 + 1= Awesome (the Big Three of What Artists Need) this week on my internet radio show, Artists Helping Artists !
• If you are enjoying AHA radio, now you can help support it just by placing your Dick Blick Art Supply order via the Artists Helping Artists site...(all you need to do is click on the Dick Blick logo in the right column of Artists Helping Artists site (click to go)  and a small percentage of the order you place will be funded back to AHA!!) 
• And it's high time I draw for my monthly giveaway:))  July-August-Sept!!  That will happen this week, so check back in for the winners:))  If you aren't signed up to receive my blog/newsletter yet--you might want to do so, as that is where the winners are carefully selected from by Eddie (and random.org).  Just go to the box in the upper right corner of my blog and sign in (click here to go to blog page)--that way you will have your name in for each and every monthly drawing:))
• And last but not least--A digital version of my book, "The Artist's Toolbox" is nearly ready to go public:))  It was written with those folks in mind who are  just getting ready to launch into the marketing of their art--you can read more about it at this link (click to go)  and look at the preview-- the digital version will be out by the end of October for under 20 bucks:))!

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"Bring Me Sunshine" SOLD

"Bring Me Sunshine"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

P.S.  It's been a busy week--I just finished teaching a four day workshop in Pasadena, CA with fellow artist and BFF, Leslie Saeta.   Details to follow:)!!

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"Golden Opportunity" SOLD

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"Golden Opportunity"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350


Of all the opportunities that  come our way, the golden ones are  best.
I mean, when's the last time you heard someone say..."Now that's a silver opportunity, I think you should do it."  or "Wow, what a bronze opportunity!" or "Nickel opportunities like that don't come along everyday."


Yep, gold is good:))


So it's a golden opportunity to stroll down this street and listen to the music.

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"Lunch with the Girls" SOLD

"Lunch With the Girls"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

This is where we are meeting for lunch today:))  

Whoever gets there first--just go ahead and order the wine. 

 Today's lunch topic??  Food and where we plan on meeting next week of course:))

  One has to keep on track on the important things of life....

See you noonish??? 

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"La Grange Française" (The French Barn) SOLD

"La Grange Française"  (The French Barn)

8 x8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

How come even the barns are pretty in France??  Tile roofs, old stone, flowers creeping 'round  an arched door that allows us to see through to the field beyond. 

I'm thinking that's why the cows party 'til the people come home.

Just sayin'.

Please Note:

Details are now posted for the Jan/2012 "Petite Pleasures"  Marco Island, FL workshop.  Escape the cold and come paint with me:)) 

To view it and my other workshops, just click here.

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"Happy Colors in France" SOLD

 "Happy Colors in France"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

Now what if your window was the one up on the left.

And what if, when you looked out you saw the city lamp with reddish-pinkish-orangish bougainvillea climbing up, around, and giving it a hug. 

And what if, when you looked down, you saw a beautiful blue striped awning sprawled out over a cobblestone street below. 

Call me crazy, but I am thinking you'd be pretty doggone happy about all that color. 

And being in France.

Kind a like getting the cupcake with the most frosting:)))

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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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"The Things We Love" SOLD

"The Things We Love"

12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$550

The things we love make us smile, warm our hearts and keep us coming back for more.  Market umbrellas, a glass of wine shared, and sunshine spilling out over it all---Italy is that and more. Here is the courtyard of Italian Kisses from a slightly different angle--we always return to the things we love:))

In Other News:
How do I love to teach?  Let me count the ways:))
Workshop in Paris (KY) well under way, palettes full of inviting color, laughter of friendship, busy brushes all add up to a very full heart.

 Me--lucky??  You bet the cat's pajamas (yes, Eddie wears pajamas.  Silk, of course, with a smoking jacket.  Cuban catnip cigars.  I know, I didn't know they made such a thing either--there's just no accounting for taste.)

We listened to French songs while painting a bit of Italy.  Tomorrow I guess I must play Pavarotti while painting France:))

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"Italian Kisses" SOLD

"Italian Kisses"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

Every nook and corner of Italy give reason to fall in love all over again 

Vines tenderly holding onto stone

Colors that can only be cultivated by the passing of a century

or two

    or three 

It surely must be 

 Once  kissed by Italy

 Forever in love:))

In Other News:

• My workshop in Paris starts next Monday--can't wait to meet all the new artists coming to paint with me!  If you'd like to make a date to study with me, you can see what workshops are available by just clicking here.
• If you'd like to know what the word on the street is about my workshops, just click here.
• My new favorite movie??  Midnight in Paris.  Shocking I know--me and a movie about Paris.  Who'd a thunk it.  It's out in theaters now and it is one of the most enjoyable movies I have seen in a long time.  Eddie and I are giving it a 4 Paws and 2 Thumbs Up.  We LOVE it!!
• I will be drawing for two winners (May and June) for my monthly giveaway.  If you haven't signed up yet to receive my blog and newsletter, be sure and do so to get your name in the hat---Eddie is charge of the drawing but I am in charge of what the prize is, so you're in luck--otherwise you would be getting an autographed head shot of Ed, suitable for framing (according to him).
• I am going to be taking my newest easel on its maiden voyage at my upcoming workshop.  Can't wait!  It's a James Coulter  design and you can see it by clicking here.  And I have a brand spankin' new wet panel carrier to go with it that keeps the edges of my wet paintings untouched!  I promise to get pictures of it in action at the workshop:)) 
• Any suggestions for names?  I think she (he)  needs a name.

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"A New Day in Italy" SOLD

"A New Day in Italy"

6 x6in oil on museum quality panel

$200

The magic of a new day

Fresh

Nothing written as of yet

Infinite possibilities

Like the first line penned for a novel

The road stretches before

into the unknown

Waiting for us to make it

our story

Our day:))

Re:  Thanks--Just had to say--I am so appreciative of all the sincere thoughts that were expressed in regards to the loss of my mother-in-law, Jewell. It's like an invisible army of love--both Ron and I are very grateful to each of you.



In Other News:

• There are just  4 spots left in the September workshop I am teaching with my artist buddy, Leslie Saeta.  We have more fun than should be legal and would love to have you hang out with us for the four days:))  Here's the link to check it out--just click here.

• My first 5 day workshop has been announced for 2012.  You can read about it by clicking here.

• Eddie and Phyllis are at the beach.  Painting to follow.....  Stay tuned:))

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