Happy Birthday Dreama!

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Some of my favorite Dream Tolle Perry Paintings!

If you have been reading my blog for a while, or even a short time, you will know that my best art friend in the whole wide world is Dreama Tolle Perry! Although we have only met once (she lives in Kentucky and I live in California) she is simply wonderful and we do talk every day. Ok, perhaps two or three times a day. Ok, sometimes four. 

I often refer to her as my "business partner". I mean ... we do co-host a radio show together. So, today is her birthday and even though I tease her a lot about "not having resources in Kentucky", I would love it if you all wished her a Happy Birthday! Her blog is http://dreamatolleperry.blogspot.com/. 

Have a wonderful birthday my dear friend! 

Sunset on the Beach - SOLD

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"Sunset on the Beach"

Oil, 6" x 6" on canvas panel.

$200 with display easel.

Sold.

As summer has finally settled in to our household (an my oldest son has already left for six weeks ... sob ...) I can't help but get excited about the workshop I am teaching in September. I am thrilled to be co-teaching a workshop with Dreama Tolle Perry , my "artist best friend" and "art marketing" buddy. Dreama and I met through blogging and finally met in person a few months ago. We decided over lunch that day that we absolutely had to teach a workshop together. After some thorough brainstorming, we are convinced our workshop will not be like most other workshops!

Our workshop offers three days packed full of incredible color demos using palette knives and brushes, paint along demos, jam session paint alongs, and one on one easel time. We have one intention - to inspire, elevate, and help you to discover (or re-discover) the joy in painting!

This workshop combines daily painting instruction with evening fireside chats.  During the day we will work hard to become better painters.  We will talk a lot about color and highlight Dreama's amazing brushwork and my palette knife techniques.  We will push you out of your comfort zone and at the same time bring to the surface all the reasons you love to paint.  We will help you bring out the joy in your art.  And that's just the daytime .... after an evening gourmet meal prepared by "yours truly", we will spend time sharing, brainstorming and taking time to ask the questions you have been longing to ask about your art--questions you have never had a chance to ask or were maybe afraid to....

So, if you are looking for three incredible days of painting, two gourmet yummy dinners, late night chats about how you can get your art career going or perhaps you just want to find the "fun" again in painting, then join us. September 23 - 25th. Plus, we are offering a one day marketing workshop on September 26th. For more information, click here. 

Second Wind

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"Second Wind"

Oil, 6" x 6" on canvas panel.

Sold.

OK, so I m back. I feel as if my little "Olympics" paintings were a nice change of pace and it forced me to paint scenes that I never would normally paint! It did require me to get out of my comfort zone and there were many great things that came from it. I found myself reading a lot more about the Vancouver Olympics and the heartfelt stories about the Canadian people and their incredible generosity. I love Canada!

So, back to boats for a while. I am working on a few commissions and my big April show so I will probably post a lot of these small fun ones. The reflections in the water make me smile so I will probably continue to paint them for a very long time.

Speaking of things that make me smile, one of the advantages of having a blog has been the wonderful people I have met. It seems odd to call someone you have never met a "dear friend" but I must say there's one woman out there in "blogspace" that I want to make sure you know about. Dreama Tolle Perry has become not only one of my favorite artists, but she is also one of my favorite people. It is funny how I can just pick up the phone and call her at any time and we can talk forever. We are having fun trying to figure out how artists should take advantage of the incredible opportunities via the internet and she has been a wonderful mentor and teacher. She has way more art experience than I do yet she is so willing to discuss my crazy marketing ideas (at any hour). If you haven't had a chance to check out her art, please do!

Afternoon Sail

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Afternoon Sail

Oil, 6" x 6" on canvas panel

This painting is sold.

I am having a lot of fun painting boats and using the 27 Birthday Boat paintings for inspiration. I was also thrilled to learn that my paintings also served as an inspiration for a workshop held by Dreama Tolle Perry. Go to her blog Dreama's Day to Day Paintings to see her amazingly creative idea. The post is titled "We're all in the Same Boat". Very clever.
I am amazed at the resources that I have found through my blog. Ever since I finished the 27 boat paintings I have been searching for a reasonably priced 6" x 6" frame. I was looking at Jennifer McChristian's blog the other day and she suggested http://www.kingofframe.com/ and sure enough .... I found the most wonderful frames for $30.00! They have already arrived and they are exactly what I was looking for!