Please understand that I am not bragging…I am so sincerely humbled and thrilled at being selected by Kennedy Publishing to have two of my paintings juried in to be published in their new book, “Best of Worldwide Mixed Media Artists, Vol. l”. The book is supposed to be available for purchase in April. I received an email from them this week saying the proofs are on the way and I should receive them sometime next week. Once approved, then it will be the waiting period until the book is actually published and available for purchase. For anyone interested…stay tuned and check back often…as soon as I have detailed information that it is available and where/how the book can be purchased, I will post it here.
Got some much needed sleep last night…not as much as I’d like but enough to keep me going for another day. Yesterday (Thursday morning) I delivered eight paintings (including the two new ones) as planned and everything was approved and accepted. As of 3 PM they were happily enjoying the view from the 16th floor penthouse condo at Center Pointe on Elm overlooking the city of Greensboro with a view of the Allegheny mountain range in the distance. Wish I could have stayed with them….the view was gorgeous! They will remain there until January…unless of course they sell before then and that would be wonderful.
A huge thank you to Jim Wolfe of Wolfe Homes and the designer as well as Meg Sternberg of Heart of Living Home Gallery, all of whom made this possible. The stamina and vision came as needed to complete this project. It was definitely a stretch for me but God supplied as He is so faithful to do.
My walls at home and in the studio are stripped bare….guess I need to start painting again but maybe I’ll take a break until after Christmas….unless I really get the urge to address all the creative thoughts rushing through my brain. ...... Another heartfelt thank you to all involved!
Well, I made the deadline….finished two paintings in 24 hours….dry, sealed, and ready to hang….now to catch up on some much needed sleep. God definitely gave me the strength I needed.
This is a first for me today…trying to finish up two paintings in one day. Whew! The creativity seems to be flowing so far… if only the paint will dry fast enough. Hopefully I can somehow manage to get all the layers on that need to be applied….only time will tell. Generally I have much time between layers to see where the painting is going to take me next, so this is a real challenge. I am thankful the texture was already applied to the canvases or it would have surely been impossible. Not only do the layers of paint need to be applied, but once finished each one has to be sealed, photographed, named, hanging wires attached, title cards made, etc. I sure need some Divine help today….they need to be finished and submitted for acceptance by tonight so they can be hung tomorrow. It’s one of those days where I keep telling myself, “Nothing is impossible with God”.
Parting is such sweet sorrow….Four paintings in the past month have made their journey to new homes. Two of the paintings,“Passing Thoughts” and “Matters Not”, sold before I got them posted to the website….I’ll still try to get photos up just for the record. The other two, “Wings” and “Touched by Love” sold this weekend and I delivered the last of the two today. I become quite attached to my paintings after spending so many hours of pouring myself into them and sometimes it’s sentimental to let them go, but it always helps when I am able to meet and get to know the collectors. Seeing that the paintings are going to wonderful homes where they will be loved and appreciated means a great deal to me. A special THANK YOU goes out to the two collectors of these four paintings. I sincerely hope they will bring each of you many years of enjoyment.
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