Art Candy

Finally an end to Ground Hog Day!

Ground Hog Day is over! My art fair season has come to an end which means no more weekends of hauling and setting up art in all kinds of weather. I am back in the studio which means after an opening all I have to do is close the doors and go home... no tear down to deal with. There have been a few changes to my studio- for one my roomie decided to work from home, so she moved out this month. Alas...alone again. At any rate I have all of this extra space again which inspired me to move some things around... now I have a cool little office and some more wall space to hang work. I have also gotten around to finishing up some of my commissioned pieces- It's nice to actually have a good block of time to work now that the kids are back in school.

 

Floral and Floppy

A while ago I posted a few pictures from what I have dubbed the floppy hat series. It was originally inspired by a picture that a friend of mine posted on face book. She was in Egypt and was laying by a pool at her hotel wearing this gloriously oversized floppy hat... she looked like she belonged in a period movie from the 1940's. I loved how it obscured her face and all you were left with was the pose of her body. I have always been intrigued with body language and the story it tells. I ended up continuing on with the series and have added three more paintings.

I have also continued on with my floral fetish as well. Most of my images usually have some sort of chaos surrounding the figure, but I liked the florals because of the calming effect. I also started to add books, partly because I think they add to the escapism feeling of the paintings and also as an aid to further obscure the faces in the pieces. I have a few more ideas in mind for the series, but I am feeling the need to add more of the detritus of life surrounding the figures. I guess it is because life is getting a bit stressful with school starting and deadlines looming over my head. Maybe I should stick with the flowers they put me in my happy place!