yippee for imagekind

I did look into and even join Imagekind a few months ago, but as with most areas of my life, I have put off organizing my gallery there. Yesterday I decided I could wait no longer and have listed some of my paintings on there. This is a wonderful site. Buyers can choose to have a print of my work at a lower cost than my original work plus they can choose a frame and mat.

This is one of the large paintings that I have sold that is now on imagekind.

Oh no, I've given Emily Dickenson a bloody lip!

I have been working on collage ACEO's. I was applying glue to the back of an image of Emily Dickenson and when I turned it over to attach it to my card SHE HAD A BLOODY LIP. Not only was it bloody, but the blood was dripping down her chin. Actually when I laid the image down there was some dried red paint on my work surface. I couldn't decide what to do. Make a statement about abuse? I really didn't want to use Emily for that. I decided to give her a red rose which I painted in. After that, I scrubbed my table. Sometimes accidents add to the creativity of these projects.

A Blah Day Turned Around

This morning started out to be one of "those" days. I couldn't get going. I usually have a system; I turn on my computer, pick up the kettle, fill the kettle, on my way back from the stove I pick up the kitty dishes and put them in the sink to wash, grind my coffee beans, and on and on. I don't like to waste a step. I thought that I wouldn't even bother to turn the PC on yet, I don't have anything finishing on ebay for a couple of days so it can wait until later. But my system has me programmed so well that I did bring up my email and I'm so glad I did. A couple of days ago I was looking at the EBSQ galeries and there is one artist that I keep coming back to. Her work is just so unique and wonderful that I emailed her to tell her how much I love it. (check her out http://drawingghosts.com/home.html ) There was a reply from her and it just "made my day" before it even got started. She is witty as well as talented. Being an artist is such an insular pursuit that it might be weeks before we are able to hear any feedback about our work. I used to do art fairs and shows and I loved talking to the buyers in person but it just got to be too much trouble; getting up at the crack of dawn, loading up, setting up, standing for ten hours, breaking down, packing up, and on and on again. It is especially rewarding to hear from another artist, especially one as talented as Leigh Elise.
So now my day is full of possibilities, and it looks like the sun might even come out! Oh yes, her email also prompted me to write in my blog!

New Work

I am doing a lot more collages this month. After having 11 days of not doing much creative work at all because of the holiday I was starting to get very frustrated. It's hard to explain to a partner that just wants to "get out and have fun" that I really need to create something every day. I did one drawing for a New York City painting and my head was full of ideas for new work which was good. Here is some of the things I have done just in the last week. I am working on a huge abstract of three Statues of Liberty, part of my ongoing New York Times series.

Of course spending time with my grandchildren was wonderful. They change so quickly, they're no longer my little cuddly babies.