These will be for sale on Saturday, 12/7 at the Cherokee Print Bazaar. They are all Missouri natives and done in pen and ink of heavy acid free watercolor paper.
Prickly Pear
Black Eyed Susan
Coneflowers
Asters
Iris
Peonies- ok not native but still beautiful.
I’ll have this small handful of plein air watercolor landscapes for sale along with the selection of prints this Saturday. Come see me at the Cherokee Print Bazaar, I’ll be at Flood Plain Gallery.
Saguaro National Park
Saguaro National Park
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Somewhere off the coast of Maui
More originals for sale on Saturday at the Cherokee Street Print Bazaar. They will be $75 each, but I’ll have print of them for sale for $12! Come see me at Flood Plain Gallery!
This guy already sold! Eastern Bluebird
Blue Jay
Robin
Starling
Bluejay
Eastern Bluebird
House finches
I’ll see everyone on Saturday at Flood Plain Gallery! This is my second year at the Print Bazaar. This year there are 110 artists participating, so you will be sure to find a unique, handmade gift for everyone on your list! And a few for yourself.
Earlier this year I finished a few 9x12 landscapes in oil which will be available at the Cherokee League Print sale on Dec 7th! Here’s one of them, from my trip to Saguaro National Park in January 2019.
Clearly I am terrible at keeping a blog, but I am not terrible about producing art. I’m getting ready for the Cherokee Print League sale on December 7, 2020 in St. Louis. I’ll have a variety of new hand colored prints of snakes and flowers. Hope you can make it.
This was painted in my car in the Spring of 2019 in Lone Elk County Park, in St. Louis. You aren’t allowed to get out of the car but the woods looked so beautiful with the blooming trees that I couldn’t resist.
The holiday season is always the busiest time for pet portraits! As soon as I turned in my final paper for the semester I got to work. 5 down, 4 to go!
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Cherokee Street Print Bazaar on Saturday! I sold out of almost everything! It was a whirlwind experience and I cannot wait to do it again next year!
On Sunday I spent 6.5 indigo dying silk scarves! I learned the process from Kelsey at Viola Textile Studio - http://www.violatextiles.com/ a few weeks ago, and thought they would make great Christmas gifts. It was a long, MESSY process, but they turned out great! I’ll post another photo of how they turned out individually when I am finished ironing them.
Finished this strip quilt a few weeks ago. In true strip quilt fashion, I did not purchase a bit of fabric for this one- 100% scraps!
I finished this very sweet kitty commission last night! She's a cutie.
I officially opened an etsy store last week! I will be selling prints of all the birds, flowers, and National Park landscapes I have been doing. Please check it out!
www.etsy.com/shop/PrettyOutside
For this project, I wanted to bring the traditionally feminine art of quilting into the patriarchal tradition of abstract expressionism. Long before women could vote, they inserted their political opinions into quilt designs. This log cabin quilt pattern became popular in the 1860s as a way to show support for President Lincoln, who was born in a log cabin.
Here's my new iris painting and a few of the steps along the way. It's going to my Grandmother who just turned 90. I hope she loves it! I'll post another picture when it is all framed.
Last Sunday my dear sweet grandmother turned 90. I noticed that she has too much blank space on the walls at her assisted living apartment so I am painting some irises for her- she loves flowers. I probably have one more 3 hour session to finish this up. The is my second attempt at an acrylic painting so I am still getting to know my new paints. I love the freedom of fast drying paint! But I do miss the nice glazes and the truer color I get from oil paints. We will see where this takes me!
This new work references Jasper John's "Flag", adapted to refrence the feminist craft of quilting.
A Feminist Flag- Cotton fabric on canvas, quilted.
Quilting is both distinctly feminine and distinctly American. The earliest quilts were strictly utilitarian; their primary purpose was to provide comfort and warmth for its recipient. Gradually, quilts also became an important outlet of artistic expression for the women who made them. They are an ideal medium for producing works of art which are reflections of modern society and political climates. Because quilting has traditionally been “women’s work”, the discipline has not yet been fully accepted as fine art. This new work challenges this notion.
A Woman's Work. Cotton sewing scraps from my mother and grandmother, acrylic paint.
