Elodie Sleeping

This painting almost fell off my brush...a lovely sensation. Its done from a photo of my daughter Elodie a few years ago.

Two paintings I actually like in two days.

Im pretty happy; painted one of these yesterday...liked it and thought I wouldnt get time today to paint but I did, and I like that one too. If I can keep this up, this exhibition thing will be no problemo.

Yay!

I entered my first oil masterpiece in a local show, and it turns out that the judge was an artist who pains abstract australian landscape...so my traditional portrait just wasnt gonna cut it...should have put in some watercolours! But I wasnt that organised. I attended the show opening, my first that Ive ever been too...with my friend Merissa who is a total dag and we had a great time!
Anyhow, I didnt win a prize as such, BUT I sold my painting and I won the Peoples Choice award...so that makes up for it; almost!
I have a bit of a fire in my belly to paint; got lots to do to prepare for my local exhibition in February if I am going to fill an entire gallery with my work exclusively! Aaagh!
Im back into watercolours, so one of my fans will breathe a sigh of relief...but gonna do some oils too, IF I have the time. They take so long! Watercolour is definately the better choice for a Mum with three kids and a short attention span. :)

Zella of Florentino's

Ok, so I think she's finished! Yay! So happy to be able to sign it and say, ok, finito, ...I think! What do you think??? For my first official "gonna put it out there" oil?? I have lots to learn, but it feels like an achievement! :)

Epic oil

Well epic for me anyhow. Ive been tackling this one on and off for a while now. I do a bit, then it gets on my goat. Its pretty tight, but hey Im still getting used to this oils caper. It will be called "Zella of Florentinos" - the woman Zella (awesome name- so suits her) runs Florentinos, a great cafe filled with interesting things she has collected, artworks and poems and artifacts; and serves great coffee and food. Its always busy! Zella is beautiful and intriguing- strength mixed with frailty, and I suspect many interesting stories from life to tell.

New Year?

K so not so sure what the year is going to hold...never am. But got a commissioned portrait on the go (good start), and have some plans boiling away on the back burner. Im never short of ideas. Perhaps a slighty larger portion of discipline wouldnt go astray!
For now its school hols and so plenty of distraction around - its always difficult to do a great amount with kidlets underfoot. Not good for concentration or production.
But the beach is BEAutiful and were enjoying a splendid summer in SA!
Will keep you posted!

Stop Press!

This is a momentous occasion. I am actually updating my blog...crazy I know! So...havent really had access to the net and havent written a thing on here for nearly twelve months. But all thats history. This year I have managed to pick up a couple of minor awards, made a few painting sales....not too shabby. Been working on an oil that gets fitted in between other more pressing demands. I shall upload a pic shortly. Todays big achievements included figuring out how to get back into here as I could not for the life of me remember what my password was, but even worse, what email addy I had used to set up the account. Kind of problematic. The other great achievement today was catching 6 crabs....yeah! Just down the road. Din dins.