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Its been since May 18th since I last blogged? Wow.. Where does the time go. :P
The 20x20 I posted below sold pretty quick and the other 20x20 with the bright orange background just sold. I FINALLY finished one of the commission paintings and I'm almost finished with the 10x30. My stained glass weimer painting sold this weekend and I'm thinking about doing more of those in different breeds.
I'm having a hard time finding a good place to paint around here. The upstairs bathroom is huge and has been where I've done most of it so far, but its roasting up there! I need to invest in another fan. I was going to include some pictures, but they're on a different computer. Hafta do that later..

Painting again!

I'm able to paint again! Yay! Here and there I've managed to find time and I'm moving things around trying to make space so I can paint more often. Its hard to keep the little peoples tiny fingers off my paint and brushes right now too. I did a couple 20x20's and now I'm working on a 10x30 and a 10x10 commission. I had one of my loyal customers ask if I could reproduce paintings they had donated for dane rescue so I'm finally able to work on that. Hopefully it won't take me long to get those done.
I'm going to whip up some paintings of different breeds and get back with the art gallery in toccoa. I think that would be a fun road trip and theres a cave up there! Toccoa Falls...that'd be fun. :)
Here's pics of the new 20x20's and they're both on eBay right now.

Update..

I am really not in the mood for blogging, but wanted to update whats going on. I doubt I'll be running any new paintings for a short while. I lost Sampson (my blue harl dane) Monday morning to bloat, I got thrown out of my home Sunday and half of my paintings were destroyed in the process. So if anyone wants to send any positive energy my way I can sure use it!!
I do have something positive to share.. Hannah got adopted about 2 weeks ago and I held my breath until I heard from her adopter a couple days ago. Shes doing great, has been spayed and updated on her vax and shes being spoiled and loved.
That makes it all worth while! All the nights of leash walking her in the rain and freezing cold because I didn't have a fence.. but I knew she didn't deserve the pound and there was a great home out there for her somewhere.
Yay!!!
Geez.. can ya tell that was half hearted? I can't even fake joy over the internet. lol
Ok.. so.. I have plenty of things to do to keep my mind off the negative.. its just a matter of getting out of my pity party and doing them.

Can't Sleep..again..

I've been having trouble sleeping here lately. Not good considering I need to be up to take my oldest son to the doctor tomorrow. I've learned one thing though.. Don't try to stay up all night thinking thats better than getting one or two hours of sleep. I did that before Jr's surgery Monday night and boy did I regret that! I think I got a total of 4 or 5 hours sleep while at the hospital with him. You'd think I'd come home and sleep like the dead, but now I'm having trouble going to sleep at night.
I never did hear back from the lady who had the wreck so I ran her painting on eBay. Can't wait forever! :/ If she happens to contact me in the future I'll whip up another one for her.
During my insomnia last night I painted a cute 8x10 of a merle great dane and tonight I did a cobalt blue lab/dane lookin dog. Its also an 8x10.. I think its the last of that size that I had here. Doesn't seem to be a very popular size anyways. Here lately everyone wants these ginormous 20x20's and what not.
I worked on the 20x20 inch commission for about 10 minutes tonight. I gotta get motivated to do more on that thing. I have a decent amount of time to finish it in, but I don't want to keep throwing it aside while I do other things.
I need to get some smaller canvas..some 9x12's and 11x14's.. I'm out of those.
I wouldn't mind having more 4x4 inches too. Those sell pretty good.
Maybe I can swing by blick next weekend..I'd like to take Jeannie there for her bday anyways.

Friday!

Tomorrow is Jr's pre op appointment. They called today and ask if we could be there an hour earlier than scheduled and then his surgery is Tuesday. I thought it was odd that the pre op was so far from the surgery, but oh well.
I tried a new paint technique yesterday and wasn't real happy with the results.. I liked the first layer, but as I added on I found certain things I didn't like about it. It was an experiment so I'm going to keep messing around with it. I'll attach a picture of it. I guess it falls into the abstract category, which is one that I'm not really comfortable with. I love attempting abstracts, but I'm never happy with how they turn out. I have some ideas I want to try with this technique so we'll see how it goes..

Its Sunday..

I haven't blogged in a few days.. I think the Winter/Spring transition is bumming me out. I love to watch everything bloom in the spring and I LOVE the smell of freshly cut grass, but fall and winter are my favorite seasons. So I'm thinking maybe thats what has me so down lately. We drove up to Dacula yesterday to see Spencers family and his mom made me this beautiful fleece poncho thats reversible. Its sooooo warm. She made one for Jr too :)
We ended up having to leave there early because Spencer realized he had forgotten his wallet at home and I would have to be the one to drive back. I didn't get enough sleep for that and barely made it home. I was literally holding my eyes open with my fingers. lol I FINALLY did the background for the 20x20 I'm doing. I dunno if its what the lady had in mind or not. I'm tempted to show it to her and see what she thinks just in case, but some people have no imagination and they see a blank canvas with just the background colors and can't imagine the rest of the picture there. So maybe I'll just hold off and if she doesn't like the finished product I'll just paint another one. :)


Ok..so I just attached the background pic and its going to have her three sons and their two lab mixes on there. Not sure what else I'm going to throw in just yet. I was sketching and nothing came to mind yet. So we'll see..

Its raining..

I use to love the rain. When I didn't have children to worry about keeping dry or getting sick. When I was a teenager and it was still fun to walk in it. I didn't freak out about my hair getting wet or my clothes getting soaked. At what point does all that change?
I remember when I was my daughters age or maybe a few years older.. I would run through the woods with my dogs all day and never worry about stepping on a snake or getting ticks on me. Now thats the first thing I think of...ticks.. lol
I just don't recall a changing point... I don't remember a light bulb going off and everything just changing. It snuck up on me! Just like these dark bags under my eyes. Goobers..
I was driving home today from picking the kids up from school and listening to my relaxing celtic music. This one particular song was about a young girl who offers for a stranger to stay in their home and she cares for him and then he ask her to marry him and she declines because she has a man over seas that she has promised to wait for.
Boy have times changed... lol People use to choose their mates by their ability to provide for a family, make a home, be a good mother/father. There was no long ass engagement! There was no $10,000 wedding with fancy ass cake, flowers and expensive dresses and suits. Geez.. I wish it was like that now. There's just too much "junk" involved now. Trust was never an issue back then and its the main concern now... Now the top priority for people..well.. I won't say everyone, but the majority of people put looks at the top of their list when selecting a mate. I agree that looks matter to a certain extent. I mean you don't want to be stuck with someone that makes you cringe when you look at them. lol Its just weird to think back to how people lived then and how we live now and how we're constantly changing.
I'm going to blame all these weird thoughts and ranting on the rain. That and the celtic music. I've gotta go help the kids with their home work, get them fed and head out to karate class. Wheres my cape? lol