Helloooooooo, my sweetums! Been a long time. Took the weekend off from posting. Oh man, what a vacation that was. Channeled my creativity into painting. Yes indeed. Got some ART to show you.
But first…the weather report.
Remember all that rain I bitched about rejoiced over last week? Sumthin’ like 12 inches by the Friday evening news. That’s a whole lot ‘o wet. Indeed.
But Saturday we woke up to SUN! Blue skies. Big yellow orb. Heaven. Pure heaven. For a couple of hours.
Walked outside and it was like an enchanted forest around here. All that water going back up to the sky.
But it came down again. Only colder. Next morning we woke up to a different kind of enchantment. The kind that makes the dogs crazy happy.
But that’s enough about weather. Happens one way or another, every day. So let’s move on to ART! YAY!!! Let’s hear it for studio time. YAY!
I can’t hear you. Let’s do it again. LOUDER!
YAY!
Much better. Okay, so here are some works-in-progress. All acrylics. 12×24, (2) 24×24, 40×40. The closest one to being finished is the one with the woman.
'In Her Dreams' by Susan Lobb Porter. Acrylic on canvas, 24x24
Pretty close to being done. Might be, in fact. But until it walks out the door to a new home I always reserve the right to make changes. Just because I can.
Oh, how I enjoyed being in the studio. Enjoyed being productive. Did some thinking while I was painting and realized I need to do more of that. But since there’s only so many hours in the day something’s got to give. So I decided to cut back on the blog schedule. Instead of posting EVERY DAY (Is that nuts or what???) I’m cutting back to three days a week. At least for the time being. To make things easy to remember, I’m thinking Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
So I’ll see you Wednesday. Remember, that’s Random Acts of Art day. If you’ve got a link to share, there’ll be a link up on my blog. You can also send your photos to me and I’ll post them here. If you’re sending photos, be sure I get them by Tuesday afternoon, Pacific time (California). Can’t wait to see what you have to share!
Until then, my sweetums…xo
Oooh love your recent work! Love the colors and just everything about them!
Isn’t March wonderful – rain sun snow – all in the same week!
xxoo
Thanks, Judy! I was torn between doing my more ‘serious’ oil and wax abstracts or this stuff which I suppose you might call whimsical acrylics. Like why can’t I focus on JUST ONE THING? Then I decided to give myself creative permission to do what I want when I want.
Because I can, y’know…
Soon as I told myself it was ok to experiment and play in the studio, I read an article in the Wall Street Journal about German painter Gerhard Richter (who?) He’s the TOP SELLING living artist in the WORLD. And he paints in half dozen completely different styles. Because he can. And he gives himself permission to switch things up when he feels like it.
Oh, I LIKE that man!
As for the weather, we’ve had more winter in spring for the past 4 or 5 years. Last year we may have skipped spring all together. Went straight from winter to summer somewhere in mid-June. I’ve basically given up on doing a vegetable garden. Besides, the grower’s market is like a Saturday morning social event around here.
oh susie, gerhard richter is terrific, and his size would blow you away, wall sizes. Yes you would dig his styles.
have seen his work in Oslo and in Germany, will try and get you some stuff on him when I am in Berlin early may. it will give your spine good ripples and tickles and give you inspiration ( and transpiration)
xxxoo
Thanks, Margie! I was impressed with the stuff they showed in the WSJ but of course it was limited to what they could print in a news article. Loved his big, big abstracts. Loved his little bitty realistics.
You’re going to Berlin? I thought you were going to Paris. To buy me art supplies, remember…
xoxo
we changed our plans, ticket problems. will maybe do paris in september. wanna come?
Paris in September…sounds nice. But will probably have to pass this time.