Lucky 13 Red Horse

The theme for this month's Lucky 13 artist card is "Animals". This of course made me want to embark on an epic work of arc-like proportions. I think maybe reading all those barnyard bedtime books to Jolie may have been an influence. But before I could begin to figure out how I was going to do that on a 3 by 4 inch card, I had a conversation with my sister where we talked a good deal about horses. Right after that phone call I popped into the studio and made this little painting. Click on the image to see it in a larger size.

New Commission, Sunflowers on Red 24 x24 in.

Here are some photos showing progress on my Sunflowers on Red Commission

Giveaway, we have a winner!

Using a toddler, a name was randomly drawn out of a hat and

the lucky winner of the original watercolor "Night Snowfall" is

Rebecca Anderson!

Thanks for playing everyone :)

a Little bit of Press

Hey my painted bra piece for the Save a Sister show was featured in the Flathead Beacon, cool! It is a piece honoring my late aunt Laurie Shonerd, a wonderful person and an incredible artist. I own a giclee of her gorgeous piece Calla Lily Splash which was my inspiration for the lilies on the bra. Read the article and find out how you can be a part of Save a Sister.

The show is at the Hockaday Museum of Art and is opening Saturday Oct 3rd, then it will travel around the country and come back to the Flathead Valley and be auctioned off next August.

Lucky 13 "Innocence" and Re-dos

Innocence is the theme for this month's Lucky 13 card. It's a sketch of Jolie from a photo taken when she was a week old. Funny little thing :) This one was a bit of a hurry up job because I also needed to finish these...





Apparently there are small time art thieves working within the Mexican postal system so "Water" and "Birds" had to be re-done. I like the Chick one, though the idea is a bit rough and the lettering isn't where I want it. I might use it as a starting point for something else... someday