Another Alla Prima

I have another painting to post...alla prima. I think we'll do pears for a couple days.

Hope all you Mothers out there had as good of a Mothers Day as I did. My eldest son, Willie, took me to a movie, along with buying popcorn & beers. Then the youngest, Mike, had us over for steaks and we watched another movie. It was the best Moms Day yet. Thanks you guys!

Yesterday I dropped off my tulip painting for the art exhibit at the Bakken. Opens on Thursday. Lots of talented artist and their work will be up until August. The day of running around Minneapolis went like "clock work". It was a great day!

Back to internet...

When we go to our home in Rochester, usually over the weekends we don't have internet there yet, so...I have to wait to do all the "connected" stuff until we get back to Menomonie. Kinda stinks, but we will be connected there soon. Had a good weekend and got more things organized. We have one more week of school and then it will be summer break, with just regular work in the gallery.

Today I am posting another alla prima, all of these were done with the timer set at one hour.
Oil on canvas panel, 6 x 8 inches. "Ode to lemon".
Hope you have a fabulous day! The sun is FINALLY out here today.

Another painting...Germany/ Poland.

I best get back to posting some paintings... My intention is to find a GOOD inspiring workshop and get back to painting. I have to quit with the excuses and just get started. Especially that I have one of the two stained glass windows put together that I have been meaning to finish for the last couple years. Back to painting>>>

This painting was done in a class last year, worked from a photo I took when we were in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. We traveled there with our friends, Ken & Eva, to go back and locate Eva's childhood home. It was a cool damp morning and this hazy hillside was just down the road from the homestead that is still there. She had not seen it since 1944, when her family was forced to leave in the middle of the night during the war. It is actually now part of Poland, but was German back when she still lived there. We had a great trip exploring and visiting her relatives that still live in Germany.
Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16 inches.

Better late than never...

Here is the photo of the stained glass window I have for my son. It's pretty cool that my dad, who just turned 84, helped me put the final side on this window last weekend. So there have been three generations of our family that have worked to complete this "big guy". Once we get installed I will post another finished product photo, but for now here is what I've been doing...

 Left side detail

 Over view shot.

Center section detail. It's hard to get a good photo from a goofy angle while it is still on the bench.

Sorry for the delay

Sorry there has been no posts for a while...Family commitments have taken over my life for the moment. Stay tuned though I have been working on a couple of things.

One of which is the HUGE Stained Glass Window (6 x 2 foot) I am putting together for my son. My dad and I worked all day on Sunday and it is now all leaded. Whew, What a relief that is! Now it's just soldering it and getting to "my boy". I'll take some photos of it and show you how it turns out.

Once that is off the bench I plan to start a mosaic and get back painting again.

HAPPY SPRING!

Had a bit of a scare but all is GOOD!

I have been dealing with a continual headache for about two months, but thanks to the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and their "super-duper MRI team" they found nothing unusual in this brain of mine, only some strange thoughts possibly floating around in there. Thanks also to my Neurologist, Dr. Drubach, for giving me such good news.

I am now striving to get back to the activities I love and being creative with paint & glass is a BIG STEP towards this.
Thank God it's Spring and that I am going to be around to enjoy it.
My family & friends have been very supportive and I want them to know how much this means to me and love to all of  you.

Thanks Again and let's get on with LIFE!!!

Happy Spring!

Productive weekend...

The weekend turned out a bit different than I had planned but it was still productive. I have a basic start on the mosaic...not too far though.

But, did find out I have artwork juried into an exhibit for the Minnesota School of Botanical Art. This exhibit will run from May 17 - August 11, 2012 at the Bakken Museum in south Minneapolis. My selected piece is one of my heirloom tulip paintings "Duc van Tol Red & Yellow 1595" There is an  image in a previous blog postings, but I'll make it easy and here it is again.