[i] LoveLife

Giveaway.

I feel like giving away a couple of sets of the Peace + Love postcards. They are amazing and that's coming from a postcard junkie. Leave me a comment if you might like the chance to win a set - and within that comment tell me what you do to find your own wings...

And then there were two.

Two painting days left before my art show. The photo above is OSB (taken by Tammy). It's a project that Tammy + Jared are working on for me and it's a concept that awesome Tamara and I hammered out while she was cutting my hair. Personally, OSB is one of my favourite textures to paint on. It's crazy. And relentless and somehow very forgiving. And really, really heavy. My first love-affair-with-birds painting is on OSB. That would be Mavis. She will be making a show appearance and she is worth seeing in person. She was inspired by a hawk owl that I met at a gala that totally and completely changed the way I felt about birds. Owls to be specific.

THE FIRST ROUND OF PRINTS HAVE SHIPPED. If you ordered a gallery print - it's on the way (unless it was the painting called Joy and then it's being picked up from the printer tomorrow).

Today: I want to drive to a Starbuck's drive thru and order the biggest half sweet vanilla latte - but, I CAN'T WASTE TIME. I better paint. Watch for a surprise post or two in the later afternoon.

ART SHOW UPDATE: 7 days. 2 painting days.

GO!

Baking stars.

We spent the morning making peanutbutter cookies. Actually, Pilot and I did that and poor cranky, grumpy, sad, teething Penn rocked around gnawing on everything and crying her eyeballs out. Which hasn't been fun for my eardrums so it can't be fun for her either. Poor baby. I think a little shopping might help. ;)

Not so good + Great.

Slowly, slowly. Here's a peek at what I wrestled with yesterday. There's a awful lot of work left on this little guy and I am getting where I'm going very, very slowly. It's kind of frustrating. That's the NOT SO GOOD part. I started fast and then I just kind of got stuck in this spotted feather loop that kept going and going and going. And going. And I kept getting lost. I really want to finish this one. He's a Great Horned Owl and I did a little research last night and found out that the average Great Horned Owl has a wing span just under 5 feet and weighs about 3 pounds. I am 5 and a half feet tall and if I weighed 3 pounds I betcha I could fly, too. So there.

ANSWERING QUESTIONS:
What type of lights do I use? Anything that throws light.
Do my canvasses ever get stuck to the easel. Yes, but I just rip them off.
Am I doing a sandpiper? Done.
Would I like a vanilla latte? Yes, please.

Today: making lists and making cookies. It's not a painting day and as the clock ticks it's sort of hurting me not to be painting, but that's too bad I guess. I am searching for a sitter for Thursday to buy my self 6 or 7 more hours. I am crafting up some fun stuff with the ladies and crossing my fingers for long naps because I have a LOT OF SHOW STUFF TO DO and I am starting to panic refuse to get worked up. Where is BabaLuba (my mom) when I need her????

ART SHOW UPDATE: 8 days. Please help me get the word out. I'm doing a terrible job and I need help. (Thanks!)

GO!

On deck.

I have three paintings on deck today. It's seriously time to cut to the jugular and round out the collection with the pieces that mean the most to me. UNFORTUNATELY, that means that there are several really, really awesome birds that aren't going to be at the show. But, they can take that up with me at a later date.