Princey posing with her new portrait

Ok, so I have all of these empty walls now and need some art to put on them.  I can do it!!  I have many things in the works.  The first thing I did was whip out a painting of my precious pup, Princey while lounging under an umbrella by the pool.

Then, copying a Pinterest post, I made this little art arrangement so I can display my drawings and miscellaneous art musings:

Now I'm working on painting on wood blocks that were left over from my husband's theater seating project.  I'll post what I've done so far tomorrow.  

Today's affirmation:  Today is going to be a good day!!

Zentangling!!

Ok, I discovered this art form while searching for something on Amazon.  I ordered a book about it and became obsessed with it, copying patterns and just doodling my heart out.  Haven't done anything really art worthy yet, but I'm learning and want to incorporate zentangles into my paintings.

I thought about becoming a certified teacher, but with the cost being over $1000, I decided that's not necessary.  Besides, it's not brain surgery.  It's easy to learn by just copying different patterns.  Google it if you are interested in learning more about it.  There are lots of patterns on the internet and examples.  You don't even need to buy a book -- just start copying patterns from online posts.  EASY and very meditative!!

More Mosaic pieces

Ok, so here are the first two mosaic pieces that I have made.  I was walking the dogs and found this terra cotta plant dish thingy in someone's trash.  Perfect for my first experiment!!  I bought some of those 12x12 mirrors from Walmart and then broke them up.  And no, I didn't cut myself until I got crazy with that wall...

 And then next I took an failed piece of artwork on canvas and transformed it into this mosaic.  It's glass mirror and other tiles cut into the shape of my puggle, Princey.

Tomorrow I'll add some of the abstract paintings that I have done over the last year.  They are really fun to make!

Hi! Welcome to my blog.  I will post my art here... I'm in a transition mode whereby I'm trying lots of new things.   A little background if you don't know me:  I'm a 40-something corporate-turned-artist woman.  I "retired" from my full-time job when the company was sold back in 2006.  I have always loved art and am so grateful that I can spend my days (in between everything else that has to be done at home) playing with art stuff!!

For years I did commissioned pet portraits.  That became more technical for me and not creative.  It stifled my creative energy since I procrastinated and the deadlines got on my nerves!! Fussy much?? HA

I have had my art in gallery showings, art festivals, magazine covers, and even in a museum showing with really famous artists!!  (I'm not sure why they thought I was in that category, but hey! it was fun.) My art is going to be a on a playing card that will be printed next year.  More on that in another blog.  Anyway, I'm trying new things and I'm going to just start posting them NOW!

Here's some of the stuff I've been doing over the past 3 months:

I started working with mosaics...  The mirrors attracted me.  We had a new bathroom put into our basement and I designed the elements and made this mosaic countertop.

Then I went a little crazy and did mosaic on the wall and steps going down to our basement.  A little much??!!!

And here is a better shot of the wall.  I made the leaves out of polymer clay. That was also fun and I will be working with that medium more.

And then I did the headboard for the basement bedroom.  It took only a hollow core door from Lowe's, 12x12 mirror tiles and 2 sheets of mosaic tiles and a couple of stones from the dollar store.  Total cost was only $60.

So I'll post more stuff later this week.  Thanks for looking!!