ART STROLL AT LAKE IVANHOE, ORLANDO FLORIDA

WHEN:        Friday, July 2, 2010  

WHERE:     Lake Ivanhoe Village
                       Orlando Florida                
TIME:          6:00 pm  to 9:00 pm

DESCRIPTION:
The Ivanhoe Village Main Street & The Arts Hub present the 1st Fridays Art Stroll of Ivanhoe Village. The Art Stroll will start on Orange Ave., Ivanhoe Village (Antique Row), Orlando, FL, at
6pm until 9pm.

This Art Stroll will feature Local artists from the Orlando community. The Art Stroll will feature live painters creating artwork on the sidewalk, original Fine Art for sale by some of the region’s emerging and accomplished artists, and live music.

Come out and join me at the ART STROLL.  All my wildlife original art will be on display and for sale.  ALL paintings are priced under $25.00.  Come to shop or simply stop by and say hello.  -See you there!

Finished Florida Wood Stork

Ok. So here is the completed painting. After leaving it alone for a while, I decided to blur out the background a bit to make the bird 'pop' a little better and to bring it really into the forefront of the painting. I like it a lot and now am thinking of doing something similar (bird oriented) but a bit smaller.

Blogging & Painting

Ok so I have this blog which I rant and comment on my work and new things I find. I truly wish I was a better writer. I am not very talented at expressing myself in writing and I suppose it's not a animated as some of the other blogs I read which really entertain me. This feels like I'm talking to myself (self? are you listening to me??) which feels sorta funny cause I'm not the "talking to myself" sorta person but anyway.... Here is the latest of my wildlife paintings. I began this yesterday and as you can see, it is not completed.

I have to travel today to West Palm Beach to visit with my mom and sister for a week, so I suppose storkie will need to wait until I return. Gee that's a long time...maybe I'll take my painting with me and complete it there!

I am working with better lighting in my paintings to give them a better 'pop'. As always, your comments are always appreciated. Stay tooned for the completed bird!

DAILY PAINTING

I recently discovered a new site called The Daily Painters Gallery. It really has some great artwork on it and of course all of it is for sale. Please stop by and visit it by clicking the scrolling link to the left.

Over to the right is my very first collage piece. I recently attended a weekend workshop with a very talented local collage artist by the name of ELIZABETH ST. HILAIRE NELSON. Her instructions were wonderful and she is considered a 'paper painter'. Her works are more like portraits and very realistic which is, in my humble opinion, not usually the style of collage paintings but hers are extraordinary. Anyway, this is the piece I walked away with after a 3 day lesson on painting paper, selecting a good subjectmatter and preparing your surface. Comments?