Throwback Thursday! - Summer Art Shows

 Its been a little while since I've posted anything art related, which is kind of funny considering how much I've been doing with it recently.

A long long time ago, all the way back in April, I did the Pancakes and Booze show at El Corazon downtown. It was a great show where I met new artist friends and dipped my toes into all that is showing art... That night was a blast, I got rid of a few prints, had my face painted and got to test the water before my show in June - this was my first real event.

June came up fast but I produced a TON of new work to show. I started doing some dot work and really tried stretching my concepts; working on bigger canvas and venturing into a new realm of control for my work. It was time consuming but it paid off! The RAW show was amazing!!!! Set up went smoothly, I got rid of a ton of work and really came out of there stunned with how far this has come since I started a couple years ago! I finally felt like I had done something big! RAW has been a great platform for me. They even made this little artist interview!

I'm gearing up now for another Pancakes and Booze show in November where I'll be showing new work done on wood panels rather than canvas and I'm really excited about the new art that's been happening (I've ventured a bit from sea to land), but alas - that is for a different post!

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New art is underway

Well I made it home from Hawaii - talk about an adventure! I can't wait to write my entry about it and share that adventure with you but tonight its about art. I came back from my trip feeling really revived - encouraged to pursue my biggest dreams, to broaden my horizons, and embrace where I'm at.

I have to take a moment to say, I am so thankful for everyone that has supported me up to this point, especially to those in the beginning that really believed in me when I doubted myself. Without your faith and encouragement I may never have considered myself an artist, I may never have reached out to share my work with others; I may have never learned to freely give my heart and soul to those around me. I am so thankful to those now, who are with me in this fresh beginning, who see what I've been doing inside my shell and are calling me out into the light and finally I am SO incredibly thankful for those who will be there in my next beginning, my next project, my next style... I'm thankful for all the blessings that are already on their way to me. THANK YOU!

OKAY sappiness is over.

LOOK! I drew something ugly and mean looking!

 Its an angler fish... creeepy eh? it's not the cutest thing I've ever drawn but I like the idea of doing a small series of somewhat "rough" looking creatures and really, what better subjects than deep sea animals..... fish with razor teeth are pretty rough if you ask me.

Also, I sold my first mermaid girl... Maybe it just the fact that she was kind of different from my other paintings... maybe it was just that she didn't get to hang out very long.... but she was a hard one to let go of... I know there will be more but she was the first ya' know? (I apparently lied about the sappy part being over).

I'm trying really hard to figure out what my new routine will look like. Its time to start training for my half marathon but I have a lot of positive energy going with my art (and even my cupcakes) so this will be an interesting run. Good thing I got a lot of practice last year!

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Ya know, I think I may have posted an entry  melting my very first wax painting creation thing and its kind of fun watching the progress I've made with the medium. I know I posted a bunch from my collection last year when I did the show at Starbucks but since then art has really taken the back burner... I did some drawings in Feb-March that I might revisit at some point but it was nothing that stuck... I dabbled with watercolors the last 6 months maybe and will continue playing with them because I enjoy their fluidity but recently I have found myself circling back to my roots - digging through my boxes (and bowls) of crayons and blasting away with my heat gun. I just thought I'd share really quick a few of the new paintings I've busted out this week. I'd like to do an underwater series since I've been drawn that category recently (no pun intended) I really loved using a different color in these ones... all of my paintings prior to this had the line work done in black and white but there's something special about the yellow in these ones... it works if you ask me. : )

So while we're on the topic of arts - about 4 months ago my little sister got me into hula hooping... Eventually I'll get down to making a fun post about it because next month I'm going to HAWAII for a hoop retreat! HOW FUN!?!?! I've never been to hawaii and I'm really looking forward to this! Does anyone else already have plans to make 2014 an awesome year?