"DREAM CATCHER", AND TWO AFFIRMATION STICKS © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Dream Catcher"

Acrylic on textured gallery wrap canvas

$45

Available at Luna's Mandala

This is one of several pieces I'm doing as a special series specifically for my gallery at Luna's Mandala.  If you have not been up to Conifer to see this special space I hope you do soon!  Luna has a wonderful store that includes original artwork from local artisans...jewelry, wonderful organic and trade free clothing, minerals, crystals and MORE!  I love the atmosphere at Luna's Mandala...it is CALM and INVITING!  She is wonderful about making everyone who stops by feel like they are the one and only!  SO, I am pleased to do work that "fits" in when ever she asks.  "Dream Catcher" is one such piece!  

ALSO specific to Luna's are my "Affirmation Sticks".  These fun little bits o art are my way of reminding us that we are important, and we need to remember it!  I create these affirmation sticks by wrapping a dowel with hemp, leather, and other bits of this or that and then add color and such with beads of different stones.  Then comes the affirmation.  I will use metal pre printed ones if it fits, but if it doesn't fit what I want to say I make my own and encase it in two part epoxy for a permanent application. 

"Do Your Best"

Affirmation Stick

$45

Available at Luna's Mandala

"do your best and let that be enough" is something I say to myself ALL THE TIME!  I think women often push themselves to do so much and then spend so much time regretting that it wasn't enough.  THIS affirmation is for a woman like this!  We need to remember, OUR BEST IS ENOUGH!  Thus the birth of this piece!This wrapped affirmation is attached to old barn wood and is ready to hang!

and, is if that wasn't enough, the little reminder below "truth" should be enough to cement that thought in our minds...IT IS TRUE!  BEST IS BEST! lol (by the way, things coated with epoxy are hard to photograph...the glare is not something I can avoid for straight on shots...i promise it isn't "glarey" in life!) 👍

"Choose Happy"

Affirmation Stick on gallery wrap canvas

$45

Available at Luna's Mandala in Conifer, CO

 "Choose Happy" was a no brainer for me...we are living in some stressful times right now, so I wanted to bring some bright color and a reminder that we CAN "Choose Happy" to make our day tun around.  This Affirmation comes to the person who needs that visual reminder to turn their frown upside down to quote a long loved phrase! 

I will continue to create these fun reminders to self as I am inspired to do so!  We all need to remember to be kind to ourselves!

FIND INSPIRATION WHERE YOU CAN!

"SPRING ASPEN" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA ON CRADLED PANEL © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Spring Aspen"

18"x18" mixed media on cradled panel

$500

To paint aspen for me is a joy!  I spend so much time in and around the aspen tree, I feel like they are family!  This painting was from a need to feel the spring time at the tips of my fingers!  I love the soft colors that bring spring, and that is what this painting is about.  You will see bits of paper peeking through, and a mark or so here and there from charcoal to define a bit of the abstract feel of the leaves.  I usually paint the subject matter in oil, so the top of it all will be oil.  This 18"x18" cradled painting comes ready to hang.

The sides are stained with a grey stain to compliment and unify what you see in the trees themselves.  This gives the painting a completed, contemporary look.

here in this detail shot you can see the paper peeking through and some of the fun stamping that makes for interest.

more fun implied texture and pattern in this detail

KEEP LOOKING FOR THAT INSPIRATION!

"Stretch - an Ostrich" and "Cherries 9"

"Stretch - an Ostrich"

6"x2" FRAMED is 9"x5"

acrylic under glass

$45

"Stretch" framed

"Stretch" is an ostrich that is waiting to be in a small works show at the Acorn Gallery in the Lakewood Arts Council location February 26-March 31, 2017. It is hard to get photos of work as it really is, so I hope you can stop by the LAKEWOOD ARTS COUNCIL right next to Casa Bonita in Lakewood, CO to see these little bitties in person!

"Cherries 9"

2"x6"; Framed 5"x9"

acrylic under glass

$45

FIND INSPIRATION WHERE YOU CAN!!