Ugly Stage

this is such an "ugly stage" in painting. I have now added the yellow base color in areas.

Photos for Painting

Yesterday, I wne through photos for potential paintings. I have many to use but I also need to do a road trip with my son at the helm again so I can take shots out of the window while moving.

Here are some I already have.

Hay Cow Resting

I have begun a new piece. It will be gouache with pastel on top. I am trying using complimentary colors first as a wash, then the thicker layers of gouache on top.

Approach to the Economy

The Economy is awful. This was not a good time to begin an art business.

I am already offering prints that are less expensive than the originals. The next step is to alter the production of my originals to reduce their prices and my costs. I am going to do more pieces that are the size I can mat and frame myself. I am also going to do more canvases as framing those is less expensive, too. I am going to do one large piece a month that has to be professionally framed. This should keep those costs to $200 or less.

Hope the economy turns around soon so there will be sales.

June Hay

Watercolor and Ink

12" by 16"

2009

Speed

Everything is happening so quickly. It is good but sometimes overwhelming. When I dropped the three pieces off for the Louisa show there were probably over a hundred entries and there was still an hour for work to be submitted. I was doubtful that I would get all three pieces in as they were so big, too. I was disheartened. But alas.....all three got in!! Hooray! Wow. It is all going forward with such speed.

First Sale

I have made my first sale! A "Willa" print sold from the Central library show. Nice to have money coming in instead of so much going out for framing!

Sand Pattern 2

Watercolor and Ink

12" by 16"

2009

Happening

It is all happening so quickly! I just got a one person show at Montpelier Art Center in March 2011! The place is huge so I better get busy!!!

Next Show

For my next show I have the entire display area at Powhatan library -- 78+ feet of wall space!!! i also realized today, that I can also display originals that are not for sale, such as pieces that are owned by my hubby! I am very excited. This is terrific.

First Show Finished

We took down the first show today. Below are some photos:

The next show is in Powhatan. I am not sure if we will have the entire library or just the small conference room. If it is the entire library, then I will include originals with the prints.

Nature Trail

I have named this one and decided to take it in for photographing and then framing. [8/31/09 --- I have reposted the professionally photographed image.]




Ink
22" by 30"
2008

Sand Patterns 1

I still need to stare at this one a while longer before I take it in to be photographed but I think it is finished. It will make great LE prints. [8/31/2009 --- It is finished and I have reposted the professionally photographed image.]






Ink on cold press watercolor paper

16" by 20"

2009

FB

OMG, I went out to FB and my language had changed to some Nordic language with umlauts. If it stays that way, I am not sure what I will do. I need to be able to read things in order to change the language.....

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P sent me instructions on how to change back to English even if I can't read what it says. Thank you!!

I also wonder if it is hackers. What a hoot if it is.

Stuck

I wonder what it means... I have only been able to put 17 items on my "30 things to do before 60" list.

Libraries

I now have libraries lined up to show my prints through April, 2010 (and then again November, 2010. I think I am also going to investigate displays in various arts centers in the area. I know there is one in Orange, Va and Short Pump, VA; and today, my son and I discovered a really nice one in Montpelier, VA. A percentage of each sale goes to the canters but the percentage is usually low like 25% to 30% which is very manageable. Most of the sale price will come back to me (hooray).

Calculus Is Beautiful

Calculus is very abstract. Imagine getting infinitely close to zero but never reaching it. Wonderful. Beautiful.

Things To Do

Lists can be good things. The lists I particularly like are ones like "40 things to do before 40". I started to think of a "60 things to do before 60" but...the list is just too long -- 60 things.

So maybe 40 before 40 is okay but then perhaps subtract 5 for every decade after 40. Ah. Now my list is more approachable. I am going to think of a "30 things to do before 60" list. I better think fast as there are only three more years left!

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See the new entry under my Links section to the right. A work still in process.

Where to start...

One of the libraries has asked for an artist's statement. The problem is; where do I start? There is so much to say. I walk through the world constantly aware of patterns and colors around me. In fact, probably more colors than most people because of my keratoconus. And, I probably see more patterns because of my orientation towards math. When I was adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing at the age of 5, I was also thinking of picture -- glimpses. My path through the world of art has been circuitous to say the least. So, perhaps that is where I should start.

My Birthday

Hah! Everyone is celebrating my birthday, even Google! hahaha