I am a full time artist living in Orlando Fl, with my husband and our family of 2 Shih Tzus.
Nature Scapes in acrylic are among my favorite things to paint and this blog will show the progress of my works in their different stages. Many of my paintings are created using multiple canvases to create a sculptural affect. If you have any questions you would like me to answer about my work or techniques, please let me know and I will be happy to blog about it.
I am also a busy jewelry artist and will be posting photos of finished pieces of interest.
I'll also be including lots of garden photos and other inspirational pictures along the way.
Friday evening Chris and I jouneyed up to CT to attend the opening reception of the Dynamic Duos event at Celebrations Gallery. Each piece featured in the show was a collaboration between 2 artists coming together to create one unique original work.
These two beautiful floor cloths were front and center when you entered the shows main exhibit space.
Everywhere we turned we could see the color, creativity and diversity of each piece of art on display.
Shown on the top shelf is the necklace that Anna Mancini and I worked on together.
The biggest thrill at this show however was getting to meet one of my first customers since I joined Celebrations Gallery. Mary and her husband Bud were at the show and we had a wonderful time taking lots of photos together. It was so great to meet Mary and Bud and get to spend an hour or so talking with them. It was also very kind of her to bring along photos from her home to share with me how she has displayed my artwork. Mary and I are shown above, seated in front of one of my paintings.
Mary was kind enough to take a photo of Chris and I in front of one of my Monarch butterfly quadtychs.
We did arrive at the show a bit early so it gave me some time to run around the gallery with my camera and take photos of my own work on display. This is the first time I had gotten to see my work shown throughout the gallery so, it was a tremendous amount of fun for me.
They have such a colorful, happy and eclectic mix of artwork at Celebrations and it was lovely to see how all the different pieces were mixed and matched together.
Really a very perfect and fun evening. The artwork, conversation and the food was simply a pleasure to see.