A New Gallery

I have just this weekend been accepted into another gallery! This one is in Ft. Lauderdale, FL--Artists' Haven Gallery. They are "johnny-on-the-spot" with posting my work to their web site: Artists' Haven Gallery --very cool!

The first event for me at Artists' Haven will be having a few pieces in an all-gallery group show. Stay posted for more details.

Meanwhile, I've been hard at work getting some underpaintings done for a new series of horses. You might enjoy seeing one that I'll be sending to Rive Gauche Gallery in Scottsdale soon. It's called "Am I Blue?", 30"x30" oil on gallery-wrapped canvas.

Coming Back to Myself

Whew! Being gone for over a week really takes its toll! It's taken me even longer to "come back to myself" than I anticipated. My discipline and ability to resist distractions such as babysitting my beautiful granddaughter seem to be really challenged right now. Plus--my computer acted up and kept me from being able to post pictures and update this blog.

I have been revisiting the works of Alphonse Mucha, a fabulous artist from the Art Nouveau period of art. Mucha truly defined what we recognize as Art Nouveau, creating magnificent posters, paintings, stained glass, decorative silverware, and many other objets d'art and even beautiful everyday items. His artwork on such items as soap bars and cigarettes were every bit as beautiful as his posters of famous actress Sarah Bernhardt.

I'm not sure that the small painting of the angel comes from my studies, but the idea of creating beauty certainly does. It's a study in orange and blue-green. I'm not sure the colors are yet accurate, but I really wanted to get this up!