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Bread on the Table


Rusty's Birds - 36"x48"  Mixed Media on Canvas

Many artists I know shy away from commission work unless they must strive to be less starving and more artist.  Personally, I find that doing a commission piece is challenging, yet nerve wracking.  There is always the fear that your best isn’t good enough for the client.  However, there is also a sense of satisfaction when you can provide someone with a custom piece of your soul that they had a hand in helping build.  This is especially true when you can (hopefully) create inspiring pieces for someone who is already inspiring and creative themselves.  I recently had the pleasure to do so for a good friend and musician extraordinaire.   This was to be a gift from his wonderful wife Sarah to be hung in their Piano Room.   I’ve known Rusty for many years and hope that I captured something that is special to him and his awesome family.  I don’t usually post pics of all my commission works because I believe they are special to the client and their privilege to promote if they choose to do so, but this painting was special and I almost didn’t want to hand it over.
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The Daily White Board

So Bfs does this great thing every morning at work while having his coffee. He does a progressional comic on the whiteboard behind his desk. Usually, it’s to commemorate or count down an event happening in the office. In the latest one, I was really invested in seeing if the giraffe escaped the clutches of the alligator in the countdown to a coworker’s African vacation. This is great stuff folks! He is now making it available to all at http://thedailywhiteboard.com. Check it out and add it to your RSS feeds because you will want to see what happens every day.

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Self Portrait of Hope

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them. ~Vincent McNabb

I love these words! Mainly because I am a big ol’ human vessel of fears. Although, I’m getting better every day. I still feel afraid of leaping into the unknown. Will I even like being a super famous artist!? Haha are you kidding!? It’s my biggest dream!

Feel free to check out my paintings over at my etsy shop at Http://www.etsy.com/shop/wenderflonia

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Works in Progress

There is a seriously serious thunderstorm rolling through at the moment, and I am finding it difficult to sleep. I might as well post a few low quality, camera phone pictures of my works in progress this week. Most of which seem to have taken on a dream like quality that I really dig.

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Confiscated

What a week it has been hanging out at my parent’s house. The week really has flown by. However, I’ve managed to get a little work done. Funnily enough, the first painting I completed was confiscated. My mother is right though, this one really does look good on her mantle.

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Lazy Days of Summer

I am hanging out at my parent’s all this week. Yay for summer vacations! My mother is getting all the grandbaby time she can handle. Which is awesome for me! I get to catch up with some old friends and get some paint time in. The only bad thing is that my folks live on a farm in the middle of nowhere, which in itself is awesome, but makes internet usage almost impossible. I’m am surviving basically on my iphone. Don’t worry I have enough apps to keep things in business. Blogging is a bit primitive but totally possible.

Here are a few pics of what I worked on today. All works in progress mind you.

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FLY

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying.  The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

~Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Oh how true that is Mr Adams!  It seems lately I am on the cusp of something.  I feel it nagging and whispering at me.  I try to pay attention to what it is saying and more often than not, I feel like I am flying by the seat of my pants.  Right now my thoughts are so scattered.  Trying to get a creative business of the ground and keep my family grounded is confusing.  I am not sure what way is up these days.  I am mostly sure it is the lack of sleep causing it…..mostly.  I jut pray I don’t fly right into the light pole while trying to take off!! What is going on in the Land of Wenderflonia?…… TIME is fleeting!  Where is it going?!?  In order to get any blogging done, paintings painted or photos edited I have to stay up until 2am.  Now that Baby J is sleeping through the night I really should be taking advantage of the sleep time but It’s too delectable to have me time for a few hours. In other news, I had a few wonderful commission opportunities this past month.  One has been mailed off and was well received, one was personally delivered yesterday and the other needs to get it’s self in the mail asap.  I will be getting pictures up soon. YAY for working.  I really am digging the new style that is developing  because of it.

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Love, Bird

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
~Henri B. Stendhal

Everything is tied together.  Funny how that works. To have love without hope makes whatever one loves a little less meaningless.   This is my train of thought as I think about the journeys we travel throughout life.  As a newly revived in spirit artist, I find that hope does drive me in my creative life, but love is what steers me true.  Each of these feelings rely on each other to keep my dream alive.  But without a doubt, if there is not genuine love for what I am doing or creating then there would be no point.  When it is all put together then hopes are manifested into dreams, and a love for the dream creates flight.

My hope is that my dreams are recognized by the love that I have for my creative spirit.  In doing so I can fly.

err…..guess what tomorrow’s little birdie painting post will be?…….FLY!!! LOL

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Dream

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

~Walt Disney (Now this is a man I can believe knew his stuff)

I pray every day for courage!  Especially the courage to dream and dream big!  The one thing I have learned about dreaming is to keep doing it.  The path might not always be too clear (mostly a murky muddy swamp actually), and many times we get lost along the way, but  it is way better than sitting blindly on a stump.  Now if I can just figure out the time to dream actualization ratio.  I’m overabundant with dreams but, especially of late, falling short on time.  The day is already closing by the time I have a minute to spare.  I suppose this is also something that will work itself out in time.  For the time being, I will just go with the flow and see what happens.

The above painting is two of four mini bird series that I am posting over the next few days.  The original Hope Bird is available for purchase here. Price is $20.00+s/h.  I am also selling prints through Fotomoto.  These birds would look great as a blank greeting card.  See the link under the photo.