After hanging this on the wall at my cafe, a friend asked, “Who is She?” I honestly had no answer for him. I wasn’t sure. She was just there, in my head, and I hadn’t put much thought into the who. So I sat down later that week and meditated on the question. I gotContinue reading “Danu”
Category Archives: art
New You Tube Slideshow
Hi all, I’ve been travelling, teaching a workshop and working on commissions for the past month, so I haven’t got any new artwork to show you, but I have a little slideshow set to music that I made up today. Enjoy!
My Little Artist
“My Little Artist” 18 x 24 oil on canvas $800.00 Here’s another fairly recent painting from my gallery show. Please excuse the horrible glare in the photo. It isn’t there in real life.I caught Jacob in a beam of light through our big sliding glass windows, and I couldn’t resist painting the play of lightContinue reading “My Little Artist”
Commissions!!
I’m back…I can’t believe it’s been almost two months since my last post. Talk about inconsistent posting! I’m going to have to change the name of my blog soon if I don’t get back on track somehow. I’m very sorry to anybody who actually follows this thing. It seems that it has taken much longerContinue reading “Commissions!!”
Nap Time #3 (in progress)
Okay, this isn’t really only the third painting session, but I didn’t dare show you all the previous two or three before this! Frightening! For literally 15 painting hours, I went backwards. Once again, I seemed to forget everything I learned. I’m starting to question the whole inspiration thing. Every successfull artist I’ve ever readContinue reading “Nap Time #3 (in progress)”
5 Ways to be More Creative
<!– amzn_cl_tag=”wwwtahirihsbl-20″;//–> Three of a Kind ~ 6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel $60.00 CAN <input type="hidden" name="encrypted" value="—–BEGIN PKCS7—–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—–END PKCS7—–“> I finally got some photos taken of the paintings I’ve been working on this week. I did a series of three tomato paintings and this is the first.It’s called “Three of aContinue reading “5 Ways to be More Creative”
My Painted Life 