Pots

I wrote last time about re-connceting with old friends. Funny thing, it ended up with my re-connecting with old art inspiration.

So after 20 or so years, I'm making pottery again, throwing on the wheel, slab and pinch work.....aaaaahhhh it feels wonderful!

Also a little insecure...what do you think?

Feedback is always welcome, but especially with this as I feel completely out of my element.

Thanks

Model T for sale (OK, so it's only a drawing)

Pencil drawing of a model T. Image size is 8 x 10, museum quality. Starting price is just $10. (usd) Click on the title of this post or on the link at the right to bid. The auction will begin this afternoon and run for 7 days.

I started to go to car shows a couple of years ago when I started dating a proud '70s Corvette owner. Much to my surprize, I liked it. Particularly the older models. I still know very little about them, but they just look so cool! So, of course I had to start drawing them. The pencil drawings were just for me, most of the paintings were comissioned by the owners of the vehicles.

I decided it was time to let go of some of the drawings I've done, starting with this one. Art by us is a possibly great auction site, all original work sold by the artists themselves. It's very similar to ebay, but free to use (supported by advertising), so the prices don't have to include listing fees unless you want to jazz up the listing . It's gotten so outrageously expensive to get your art listing noticed by even a few people on e-bay that I thought I'd give this a try.

The Band Painting

"The Band" Acrylic mixed media painting on Board. 34" x 36"
Sometimes realism just doesn't show the atmosphere. This painting was done in a somewhat more expressive style as my interest here was to show the effect of the lighting on the members of the band I was watching one evening.

http://kathysgallery.blogspot.com/

"Hope" abstract painting

OK, so I know that this is really different from what I usually post. It started back in College when I was playing with styles. Inspired by movie special effects and some pretty obvious Christian symbolism. I called the sketch "Hope" I decided to make a final painting of it a couple of weeks ago and enter it in the Obama art contest.

Keep your fingers crossed!

paintings, drawings and other stuff

The Team

A painting of my son's Jr High baseball team and their coach leaving the field after a winning game. 36" x 24" Acrylic paint on canvas.

As I was putting the finishing touches on this one, I was told about Molly, a 16 year old student, softball player at the school and all around great kid. After a few months of going to one doctor after another, it was discovered that she has an extremely rare form of cancer and is now very ill. I can't even imagine what that family is going through. All profits from the sale of prints will go to her family to help with expenses.
You can help out buy buying a print at http://www.redbubble.com/people/kathysgallery/art/1428837-1-the-team?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=RB

I'm Back!

Through sheer idiocy on my part, I stopped posting in May. To be honest, I didn't think that it was a big deal as there were only a few hits here per day. It seemed like a waste of time since the majority of my business is local.

Here's the funny thing though, in my absence this blog actually doubled in popularity.

I had learned about an artist blog called http://emptyeasel.com/ and signed up for the newsletter in April. I started going there for tips on how to get my artist blog noticed and while I haven't been able to use all the suggestions, the few I managed to work in must have made the difference.......You found me didn't you :)

So, no new artwork today but hats off to Dan at Emptyeasil.....THANKS!