Where have I been?

I learned today that the gallery sold three paintings. Shown above, they are "Too Young to Be in Love", "The Fiddler and Me" and "Courage", for which I don't have an image. I felt encouraged by this news, because today the economic headlines had me thinking, I'd better get a real job.

That thought, noble though it was, lasted until I caught myself looking once again on Amazon.com for more inspirational books on mixed media painting and collage (knitting and crochet, too). Like I haven't already bought out the entire craft sections of Barnes & Noble and Borders.

So getting back to the question I posed in the headline. I have been doing a lot of knitting this summer because my loft studio has been so hot I couldn't work there. During recent previews of the cooler fall weather, I have started my painting routine again (note cat with arm warmers... detail of a painting). Other ideas are well in the works.

The last photo above shows three facecloths knit in organic cotton, and a knit flower embellishment, created for a special friend. I have knit and designed many items and would like to sell them on Etsy. I'm already selling prints and note cards of paintings at that site. See links on right side of blog page.

Hope everyone had a creative summer. I've had blogger's block, but I'm back!

Sally Struthers Buys Edith!

Yes, it's true, Edith has just been purchased from the Art and Soul Gallery in Ogunquit, Maine by Sally Struthers. For those of you who don't remember Sally, she played Gloria in the ground-breaking sitcom All in the Family back in the 70's. Sally was recently in Ogunquit for an encore presentation of The Full Monty at the Ogunquit Playhouse. I saw her in this musical with my family in June and she was hilarious, as was the play. Part of the appeal of my painting for Sally was perhaps that Edith was the name of one of the characters in the sitcom. The gallery owner, Whitney Ott, said that Sally was "thrilled" with her purchase. I couldn't be happier myself. SOLD