artist life

This is going to be a lot about art, because it is my passion and it has been since I was very young. My early memories were drawing and colouring on paper. This is what I am going to go back to doing more of, mostly because I have lots of painted canvases all around my house. Paper takes up less room in my house, so it is my plan to work more on this. Another good thing is that paper ships easier to where ever it needs to go to. I really enjoy painting on wood panel, but that takes time to make them just how I like it, so only some times do I use that as my painting surface.

I have a friend who has asked me to make a painting for her to hang in her kitchen. That will be on paper and will start on it soon. Really I will, but it takes planning, like thinking about medium, materials, colours and reference photo. It is in my head as an idea or imagination first before the before the painting can actually begin. She wants some pale blue used in the painting and a scenery showing mountains.

Yesterday I took a painting to the nice shop owner where I have some of my art showing. I painted her dog, I dont really do pets a lot, but this dog is so cute. The dog is called Dixie and it is a friendly and pretty dog. Also, got to hang more paintings in a new massage clinic locally. My paintings look great there, calming nature scenes, or colourful abstracts, often with hearts. I love nature and hearts so that is what I paint a lot. I like the idea that my art may have a relaxing effect on clients there, and the colourful abstracts are ful of energy. The client can leave after a relaxing massage with new energy. Maybe wishful thinking on my part, but still, it is my intention.

So, this was my first blog post, I thank you from my heart for reading it. I obviously dont know what I am doing so please be kind in your comments.

My paintings in massage clinic

Dixie painted from my own photo reference.