Happy Halloween

Have fun and please be safe.

Happy home...

10 x 8 canvas

This canvas was inspired by a tray, created by Tracy Nuskey-Dodson, featured in the Summer 2011 issue of Somerset Studio Gallery (page 55).

A fun piece to create...and it sold today.

Quite cold here this weekend, much below normal and our autumn is quickly fading due to lots of wind and rain. A good day to stay indoors...going to watch a bit of college football and create.

Have a great weekend!

Beauty...

let the beauty of what you love be what you do

I love this piece, the quote, the colors, the texture...it's waiting to be framed and then it will be hung in my studio. It's funny that I fell so much in love with this one because it's not at all what I had started out to create. I originally planned on it being a piece for Halloween, which is why I had chosen the colors orange, purple and black, the touches of green came later. While working on this piece, I came across this quote and Halloween was forgotten. It's rare that I keep a piece for myself but I love looking at this one.

I have my first show of the season the first weekend in November and have been working long hours to prepare, not doing much else. It's hectic but I love the challenge.

Hope you are having a great week.

Change is good...

If nothing in the world ever changed there wouldn't be butterflies.

A beautiful time of year for change, what would Autumn be without the beauty of the changing leaves. It's been a week of rain but the trees are still gorgeous.

We are headed out this weekend, to Washington DC, for the ALS Walk on Sunday. We are walking in honor of my brother in law that was diagnosed 4 years ago. Go Team Steadman!

Hope you have a fanastic weekend!

Sun, sand, seashells...

Set of Artist Trading Cards.

Lately, my art has been very beach inspired.

After spending a beautiful week at the

Outer Banks, it's all I can think about.

I'm in love with all shades of turquoise.

Hope you are having a wonderful day, have a great week.

Art and life...

Dreams...

6 x 4 postcard art

Bloom

5 x 7 canvas

The last of the roses...

Madelyn celebrated her 1st birthday in September

She's wondering why everyone is singing.

Sweet face...

One cupcake plus Maddie equals lots of fun!

Hard to believe how fast the time seems to be flying.

My busy season is about to begin, two shows in November and Christmas orders are already coming in. Lots to do!

Hope you have a fantastic day!

Just having fun...

Live in color

4 x 6 on watercolor paper postcard art

I've been creating like mad since I returned home from vacation and getting a lot of pieces ready for the gallery...this piece was just for fun.

Have a great day!

As summer goes...

Sunflower

5 x 7 on canvas

I will miss the sunflowers most of all.

Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Faith...

Faith is spiritualized imagination. Henry Ward Beecher

5 x 7 canvas panel

acrylics, charcoal pencil, glass bead gel

First time I've used glass bead gel, mixed feelings about it, not as much of an impact as I was hoping for.

Enjoy your weekend.

Magical...

Sitting on the beach, listening to the waves crash and watching the most beautiful sunrise...what could be more magical...

I took over a hundred photos that morning, these are some of my favorites. I love the outline around the clouds in the first ones.

Hope you are having a great week.

Playing around...

Before I left for vacation, I finished a couple of pieces...playing around with a few different ideas..

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. John Keats
10 x 8 on canvas
I was inspired by a piece by Rita Maria in the Autumn 2011 issue of Somerset Apprentice.

Waiting on the storm 9 x 6
This is my first ever attempt at doing a watercolor. I've been reading several books on watercolor painting and am fascinated by the process. I'm currently working on a few smaller pieces...still a learning process.
Vacation was absolutely fabulous...lots of photos to share soon.
Hope you are having a great week.

Back from the beach...

Sunrise...Outer Banks, September 15
Wish I was still there. Had a fabulous time, now playing catch up.
Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Life's a beach...

and that's where I'm headed in a few days...a much needed vacation. I plan to read, explore and soak up the sun.

8 x 10 canvas
Hope you are enjoying the end of summer, I sure am loving the cooler nights we've been having lately. Still a bit of packing to do and a few projects to finish up before I leave, have a fantastic weekend.

Small art continued...

A few more Artist Trading Cards to share.

I'm back to working on canvas this week but progressing slowly. Sometimes it happens that way, I'll start out slow and by the end of the week I'll be creating at the speed of light...well, maybe not quite that quickly but you get the picture.

Hope your week is a great one.

A bit of humor...

Just finished up 15 artist trading cards, here a few with a bit of humor...

When pigs fly!

Time flies when you're having fun

Life is good

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Hope your week has been fantastic, have a great weekend.