"Mated"

This is one half of my entry for the Valentine show at darklight Art Gallery. Each artist is invited to submit two pieces, one for the more rosy side of love and one for the other side (the dark side, lol). This is my "hapy" piece which I named "Mated". I tried to convey that the crows in the trees were two souls that were finally coming together.

My second piece will be named "Hated" and will be dark and probably very gothic. I've started on it and have decided to make it a mixed media collage piece. I can do so much more that way than with just mere paint and this piece is one I want to really put some work into. I'll keep you posted on the progress of the second piece!

Serenity

What do you think about the box? I love the whimsy of it. I'm thinking I might include it in a goodie package that I'm planning on sending a new friend of mine. I'm having a hard time getting my pics any better. I think I might have to break donw and buy a great camera one of thses days, instead of the cheapy Kmart camera I have now, lol. Hey, you know what they say about starving artists!!!

Home Painting

This is the painting I did last night. I'm a little pleased with it, but not much, lol. I had no clue what I was painting pretty much the entire time, but, hey........I was painting more for release than anything else. Too much damn stress and a paintbrush does my body good.

Ho, Ho, Ho Everyone!

Here are a few new paintings I've done in the past few weeks. I'm playing with a new style and loving every minute of it. My aim is to combine both my love for contemporary and whimsical into my love for folk art (dirty, heavily shaded areas). I think I'm doing pretty good! I'm also half done with my piece for the Valentine show at darklight. I really like this one and I think Amanda (the gallery owner) will too.