Weather affects everything!

So it turns out I was up (almost) all night. On about 2 hours of sleep I exhibited at the show yesterday. It was a dreary rainy day. The hall was cramped and so warm and muggy. I thought I really might melt. After a few hours though the a/c kicked in and some even complained it was too cold. Things worked out with regard to the space we had to work with. It was nice to be there with all the other women exhibitors and talk about our businesses. Unfortunately the weather kept the shoppers indoors and at home. I really do enjoy the social aspect of the shows though.

Anyway, I thought I would share one of my new paintings with you. Thanks so much for visiting today.

Up all night?

Well good evening my friends. I know it's been a little while since I last updated my blog. Unfortunately when I get busy preparing for shows, the blog tends to be one of those things that suffers. I'm glad you've stuck around though! Thank you!

Tomorrow is what promises to be an awesome show. It's called the Ultimate Home Party. As you can tell by the name, most of the businesses are home party plan businesses. There will also be many artists and other businesses there as well. Even a jeweler will be there to buy unwanted gold! we've had lots of publicity so I'm hoping for a good turn out.

I've connected with a group of ladies here in London and we call our group Women Helping Women. It's an amazing bunch of ladies. Most have a business of some sort and we network and support each other. But the main focus of the group is to support women in our community. This show I'm doing tomorrow is all to benefit 2 really important Women's organizations in London. This is the reason I joined this group! I love that we're helping out women who are in need.

It's almost 1am here now and I am just finished painting. Well, I could keep going but then I'd be up all night and I wouldn't be much good at the show tomorrow! So instead, I'll head to bed and hope I can sleep. Hope you can come out and see me. 10am to 3pm at Aeolian Hall in the East Village. Bring your girlfriends, your money and your old gold! See you there!

I love to paint

I truly do. But sometimes, ok often I doubt my abilities. I have trouble coming up with ideas. Or when I have an idea I just can't seem to translate it the way I want to onto a canvas. This is what causes my artist block. Really It's just that I am afraid to try some things.

Last week I threw caution to the wind and put a 16x20" canvas on the easel and started painting. It was scary! I knew what I wanted to create, what colors I wanted to use, how I wanted it to look. The hard part was actually achieving those things. I got to a certain point and needed it to dry before continuing. So I put it aside and *gasp* I put another big canvas on the easel! Started painting and painting and painting and I didn't want to stop. One thing was that I was afraid I'd lose my nerve and not go back to them. But I did. And I got to a point with the first one that I wasn't sure if it was quite finished. I left for the weekend to visit my father and obsessed about it the entire weekend.

Monday evening after returning from work, my husband says "oh yeah, I forgot to tell you..." He loved the painting! He happened to be near my studio and saw it on the easel. Let me tell you! He has never offered an opinion on any of my pieces before! And for him to volunteer this, and the fact that he liked it! I was so thrilled.

Anyway. I found a quote today and it made so much sense I thought I'd share it.

Uh oh!

Here it is 5 days into September and I have totally forgotten about the 29 faces in September challenge that I joined! Boy do I have some catching up to do!

In addition to that, I am in full-on paint mode! I am prepping for the busy show season (winter/Christmas) and I just joined another challenge of 30 paintings in 30 days. So I'm to complete 1 painting a day for the next 30 days. Maybe I can roll that into the 29 faces challenge.

I don't know much, except I better get to work!

Thanks for stopping by today. Enjoy your day!