Thank you for bearing with me as I've updated this blog with posts from August through today catching up. I intended to update by January 1st and that got away from me. I appreciate each and every person who takes the time to read my art blog, it is my way of journaling my journey being an artist with the twists and turns life throws in. Thank you for those mentoring, encouraging, supporting and buying my art, I love being an artist and sharing the gifts my Creator has blessed me with and in no way take any of that for granted. I'm grateful that with this posting I will have met my goal and can keep my art blog updated from now on.Above are photos of Destiny Buck with the commissioned oil painting I completed of her and her cousin "Wanapum Pride" on 16"x20" canvas.
I reworked a painting that began as an abstract and never quite "spoke to me". Some of it is straight from my memory and mind and some from photos and places I have been in New Mexico.
Challenge 4 LPNM was indeed a challenge for me as it includes a truck and landscapes are really what I love to paint. I did make a conscious decision last year to paint every single challenge painting given to me. Some participating artists choose not to paint some of the challenges though, for me, I have felt growth and expansion in myself and my art by having to look deep for beauty, color, and substance in some common or average scenes. I love challenging myself to paint every one of them and like the feeling of accomplishment once it's painted. So here is my oil painting "Albuquerque Vintage" on 8"x10" canvas.
I started an oil painting on 16"x20" canvas of the area around Abiquiu, New Mexico and then felt like I needed a break from oil painting so I started some colorful painting on birdhouses I bought. These are all still in progress so stay tuned as I do more detail and painting on both the oil painting and the birdhouses. A great thing that happened is as soon as I posted this photo on Facebook another artist that I admire asked if I sell the birdhouses and said she wanted to buy one, so she gets first choice when they are finished.
Another break from oil painting is this original acrylic painting "Taos St Francis Church" I painted on 4"x6" Canson watercolor postcard.
Challenge 5 LPNM is "Sacred El Santuario de Chimayo" my oil painting on 8"x10" canvas. Having visited this special, sacred church and viewing the photos people place to be blessed and watched over, watching as people gather some of the soil said to have healing powers, during Holy Week the pilgrimage of so many on the high road to Taos carrying crosses and walking with the sick I felt very inspired while painting.
More work on my still in progress oil painting on 16"x20" canvas of the mountains around Abiquiu and feeling accomplished and good that with this post I am now up to date and have fulfilled my goal.
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