Cold Life Cut Short

Finally, my third video is up! I have been having some technical difficulties creating videos for YouTube, which is why I don't have all the content of the painting process for this one. I am excited that I was able to get my favorite part, the tape! Hopefully I will be able to do more videos like this one very soon.

This painting was inspired by a hike my boyfriend and I went on the other weekend up in the Adirondacks. It was not the trail we were looking for but we were not disappointed at all. The trail we ended up taking started at an old abandon steel mill furnace. The old stone work on the stove was covered in spots of lush green moss and among this there was a little stomp. I love the idea that a tree could grow so much out of the stones. Sad that it was cut but I know someone probably did it to preserve what is left of the furnace.

If you would like, you can read more about this little ghost town and surrounding area here.

Materials:

Alvin .9mm Draft-matic Machanical Pencil

Winsor & Newton Gouache Paint

Dr Ph Martin's Concentrated Watercolors

Hand-book Journal Co. Trevelogue Landscape

Moon Tree - Speed Drawing

I’m so excited to share with you my first video posted to YouTube!!

New Event & Pieces

I will be selling prints and some originals at Arts in the Park in my little home town of Gouverneur on Saturday, September 20th. The event is held right at the village park and in case of rain, like last year, it will be moved to the St James school. Come check out some of my new pieces I have not yet posted anywhere online!

Rainy Day Arts in the Park

The rainy Saturday turned Arts in the Park to Arts in the Gym. My first show displaying my artwork and selling it went very well. Meeting new people from my home town, seeing familiar faces and even seeing someone who's ordered a print from me online! It was all enjoyable, getting feed back of my work to making new contacts like a local winery. I was thrilled to be interviewed and photographed by some great people from the Watertown Daily Times. They got a nice shot of me talking to Mrs. Sterling, the co-owner of TLC reality, about doing paintings of dogs. It was great fun going from selling my work from behind my computer screen to doing it in person at the elementary I used to attend! I'm very grateful that my first time showing got to be shared in two Northern New York Papers and online at the Watertown Daily Times.  

Photo by Jason Hunter from the Watertown Daily Times

International Juried Art Exhibit

The Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg, New York is holding their 8th biannual International Juried Art Exhibit! Just received news they picked one of my pieces to be displayed! Sad to have it gone for about four months but I'm certain it will be a nice temporary home for the raccoon. Seems weird that it'll be hanging in a museum seeing it just dried a couple weeks ago.

The Exhibit will be opening September 21st with a reception at 2 to 4 o'clock and will be on display until January 7th. The museum hours are 10 to 5 o'clock everyday but on Sundays, Sunday hours run from 1 to 5 o'clock. Come check out my Raccoon in Flowers oil painting in person along with 37 other pieces of artwork done by artists from this region!