More Altered Flower Photos...

Datura (C) gls POR

Familiar (C) gls POR

Water Lettuce (C) gls POR

Water Hyacinth 1 (C) gls POR

Lamb's Ears (C) gls POR

Hydrangea (C) gls POR

Phlox 1 (C) gls POR

Phlox 2 (C) gls POR

Datura 2 (C) gls POR

Crocosmia (C) gls POR

August Flowers

All spring and summer, I have enjoyed gardening. My quest was to re-plant where I had put in a rock wall in the back yard and to add to the two new beds I created. I am in the process of photographing some of the flowers.

Waiting for a snow day (yeah...snow...) so I can paint these on canvas.

Datura Blossom (C) photograph 8" x 10" POR

Peony (C) photograph 6" x 6" POR

Another Woodcut

'Kingfisher'

Printmaking

I got involved with Green Door 's International Print Exchange. I like challenges and accept quite a few of them ranging from jewelry making, collage, and now printmaking.

I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the simplicity of the wood block prints.

Wood block printing can be quite involved, especially when you get into layers and different colors, etc. For this project I created just a simple black and white image of 'Jazz' my now 14 year old cat who loves the garden.

Garden Cat woodcut (C)

Garden Cat photo (C)

Large Pastels

I was going through works, straightening out files, etc.

I came across a few of the many pastels I did one summer.

Gee, I think I will do a few more....soon!

Along the Lake pastel (C) 14 x 14

New River Light pastel (C) 14 x 14

Waterway pastel (C) sold 12 x 16

Coastal View, California pastel (C) sold 14 x 14

Flowers...

This piece is called, Resemblance of Flowers.

I thought this image was appropriate to post because this morning, upon waking and stepping outside for my morning coffee, I noticed the tall phlox and cone flowers were gone. ....

There is a very hungry doe that lives nearby. (It makes me sad to she her all skin and bones.) Apparently, she decided to come in a little closer last night and have a midnight snack...I hope the pruned flowers will come back.....I also hope she finds other foliage in the woods to feed on...

Belle Armoire Jewelry

YAY!

Belle Armoire Jewelry (Stampington.com) included a few of my jewelry pieces in the Summer 2010 issue! I am so excited and appreciate the opportunity to be featured (pages 122-23) in their gallery section!
Thank you!

*I was also featured in Volume 3, September 2007!
http://www.stampington.com/html/ba_jewelry_vol3.html

Rain Makes Fog

Fog makes for mystical mornings!

Morning Flowers mixed media

Sidewalk Art Show 2010

Saturday's display

Sunday's display

View of the Market and Show

This is my friend, David Eakin's display of magnificent art!

What a great show! I was so happy the weather held out! It was fantastic, hot, but fantastic! Good friends, good weather, and fantastic art!

Sidewalk art show winners announced

The show featured artists from all over the country, but Virginia had a strong representation.

By Lerone Graham lerone.graham@roanoke.com 381-8621

The Taubman Museum of Art announced the winners of the 52nd annual Sidewalk Art Show on Saturday.

Some 160 artists displayed their wares outside of the museum, giving them the chance to meet and talk with patrons. The show featured artists from all over the country, though there was a strong representation of Virginia artists.

Gary Dodson of Arrington took home Best in Show, with Kurt Kindermann of Bedford and John Wilson of Roanoke receiving second and third prizes, respectively.

Memorial awards were given to Jamie Nervo of Boones Mill, John Wilson of Roanoke, Vera Dickerson of Troutville and Robert Flowers of Summerfield, N.C.

Awards for various categories were given to a number of artists. Gina Louthian-Stanley of Roanoke received the drawing/original printmaking award, Brian Sykes of Charlotte, N.C., received the fine craft award, David Eakin of Lynchburg received the mixed media award, Nancy Stark of Roanoke received the painting award, Susan Bidwell of Roanoke received the photography award, Robin and Daniel Cater of Sparta, N.C., received the sculpture award and Vonnie Whitworth of Virginia Beach received the watercolor award.

More creating....

earth 6

earth 11

earth 10

earth 9

earth 7

A Day to Create

New works...

Stars in the Sky

Earth # 2

Earth # 3

Earth # 1

Earth #4 (won 2nd place mixed media, Bath County Art Show 2010/SOLD)

New Acrylics

I really should be doing the

things I need to do...

but...

Spring Garden (C)

New acrylics on paper are being born.

Still working on my figurative series. Many of these began as collaged greeting cards many, many years ago. These are a few of the painted interpretations of them. More to come...

Yarrow (C)

Warm Soul (C)

Truth Seekers (C)

Soulful Waters (C) monotype on clayboard gls (POR)

I love the misty rains of spring. Time for the earth and spirit to come alive again.

It sure was a long winter. I had forgotten how amazing spring really is.

Busy Days

Last night was the opening reception for the All This I am art show opening. You can read more about it here

http://jacksonvillecenter.org/

What a wonderful evening with a wonderful art community! Thanks to everyone for all their hard work in putting this show together!

Soon, June 5 and 6, 2010, I will be doing the sidewalk Art Show.

Unfortunately this will be, after 30 years, the last year I will do this show. I have mixed emotions and have struggled with those emotions. It is time to begin new adventures. I do not know yet what those adventures will be, but it is time to create and go with the flow. Making and sharing the art is what matters...

Please stop by and see me!

Highlights

http://www.healingwoman.blogspot.com/

Cheryl Dolby did a great job covering the Ope Studio Tours this past weekend! I got to get a feel of what the other artists had going on! I hate I could not go visit myself.

Cheryl, thanks for posting this and I really enjoyed meeting everyone! There were so many new folks that visited this year...it was refreshing!

A special thanks to Mary Bullington for letting me show at her home.

The Doorway

Here is my last new work for the week. It is called, 'The Doorway'. This piece is another Citra Solv collage. What a fun and interesting way to create unpredictable textures, patterns, and images.

The reason this is the last piece of the week, is because Saturday is Open Studios Tour. This will be our 10th anniversary (my 7th). Please follow the link to check out all the wonderful artists that will be part of this tour. Please come out, check out the art, and visit awhile. It' s free!

http://www.openstudiosofroanoke.com/artist/stanley.html

Hope to see you soon, I am off to frame.

All This I Am

I am excited! I just got notification that I had a piece of work accepted into the juried show, “All This I Am” – Honoring Women Through the Arts that will be at the Hayloft Gallery in the Jacksonville Center in Floyd! My watercolor, Emerging Spirit was the piece accepted!

Juror lecture and awards reception May 15th 5:00 pm

May 7 to July 11, 2010

This is a juried exhibition in conjunction with a statewide focus on Women in the Arts, “Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts”

Artist Greeting Cards Are Miniature Works of ART

Hidden Spirit acrylic, presented as a 5" x 7" greeting card. The cards I will have at Open Studios will be be all new acrylics and watercolors. They make great gifts for your art loving friends and they are a great, affordable way to add to your art collection.

Faint, Fresh Colors of Spring

The landscape around us is becoming alive.

Four Cherry Trees acrylic 5" x 5" (C) gls

Three Yellow Trees acrylic 5" x 5" (C) gls

Four Yellow Trees acrylic 5" x 5" (C) gls

Flowers...

I am falling in love with my garden again!