I've had such fun with these! Will make bright and beautiful clothing for sure!!! Working on a black and white one today and will post when finished!!
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I always paint the backgrounds first in case I screw them up!!! And plain black is kinda boring to me so added some silver webbing spray! Ready to paint some flowers!  My first sale since I joined again nearly two years ago! Dropped my prices to $1 an inch both there and Corner at 216. Hoping to sell more art! And if I don't, it brings me such joy to do. Here is the painting that sold! Stained glass effect of Rosemont Wine and Art Festival.  Each year Karin Kuhn sponsors Catfish Art Crawl, which she came up with! And every year I do an entry for fun! Haven't won any prizes, but love participating in it and supporting her. This year I did a color collage titled "Finally!!!"  Gosh, I haven't done a blog in so very long. I've been painting a lot - for Rosemont and the Corner at 216. We even did a show at the Fine Arts Center where I featured Clarksville in Stained Glass and it was such fun! I've learned a new technique, collages - they are so much fun! I have 14 ready to begin of many rock stars that I am so excited about. Learned this technique from my special artist friend, Suzy Powell, who was such a great teacher and I'm forever grateful! I will post them when I finish!!! I did my first one of dear friend, Kevin Kuhn and he loves it! Stay tuned for more pics as I finish them. Thank you for stopping by!!! Three Women Art Show at Clarksville Fine Arts Center I have had so much fun creating abstracts using techniques learned in Laurie Goldstein-Warren's last abstract class. You can see the full series here
Well, I didn't win, but I gave it my best shot! A Graphic Artist I am NOT and that's ok!!! I still think it would've looked cool on shirts!  This is such a fun event! Many artisans participate in all forms of artwork you can imagine! Such creativity. The Artcrawl was created and sponsored by REALTOR Karin Kuhn. This is my entry this year. It will be displayed at The Corner at 216. I will post all of the entries after they are all up after 8/6.  Artwork has been delivered and hung! I'm so pleased to be part of this winery's Art Group again! Such a gorgeous setting!!! I'm so excited about this! Still have to mat, frame and wire these, but have another full day tomorrow to play away! Whew! These will be on display (and for sale) at Rosemont 7/27 til mid November! Come taste some fabulous wine and soak up some amazing artwork by the wonderful artists of the Rosemont Art Group! And see my display too!!! I'm so excited to be a part of this Winery again! Here are some pics from today's Art and Wine Festival!I have been invited to be the Guest Artist at Rosemont Winery 7/27/23 - mid October! I am so excited! I was a member of this art group for many years and left probably 5 years ago. It's such a lovely venue and It's definitely time to come back!!! I need to bring 12 paintings so have some work to do between now and then! And a great purpose!!! I just finished these two and they will be part of it for sure!
 I've decided to do my storefront on Le Galeriste again. Put everything at 30% OFF through the end of the year. A Corner at 216, where my artwork is for sale, has agreed to sell my Le Galeriste scarves - they should arrive in 30 days or less. I won't be going after boutiques again, just staying small and stress free! I'm really excited. Nearly finished with my first new painting to be turned into Wearable Art by Andrea Burke - I'd forgotten how much fun it is to paint for clothes!! Color me HAPPY!!!! www.legaleriste.com/andrea.burke
I had donated 8 paintings to the VA Avenue Mall for their auction. Janet, one of the employees, really wanted the sunflower painting, but the bids got too high for her budget. So I painted this one for her just cuz she's such an amazing woman! Delivering it this afternoon!  I struggled and struggled with these paintiings and opted to start over and I'm so glad I did! Finally happy with them! Whew!     It's that time again, switching out artwork at The Corner at 216. I'm hoping people will want to buy these to put in their "grandkids room" when they visit! It could happen!!!! I love this vineyard. Love the family who own and run it. Love the wine. Love that they are having huge success with their many, many events being held in the big beautiful barn! Gave this painting to Ren Hite because she does so much to help the vineyard and plays major park in keeping it so beautifully decorated!!!  I follow a page on Facebook "Free Reference Photos for Artists". They have fabulous photographers submitting photos all the time - I broke my own rules of only painting from my photos and I used them for my "Bugs Island" series and my "Animal" series. Anyway, they had a contest to paint their winning photo for January and I jumped in:  These are ready for the next time I change out artwork. Have been trying some new things - landscapes, animals, bugs....it's been fun and I've learned a lot. It's time for me to paint slowly as if I am entering juried shows and be the best that I can be again. Painting for clothes was a wonderful experience - no rules, judges, etc., - just fun designs for clothes. Need to get back into the "game". In the meantime, I'm hoping these animals might be a welcome addition to children or grandchildren and their bedroom walls!     |
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