"ASPEN GOLD" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA PAINTING OF ASPEN © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY AND...PROCESS ON SHABBY CHIC #1 (NO NAME YET)

"Aspen Gold"

2'x2' mixed media on MDF cradle

stained on sides with English Oak

ON SALE FOR A SHORT TIME

$600 includes shipping in the US

I'm happy to say I've put all the codes in for DAILY PAINTWORKS on line gallery and it seems to be revolving just fine...This is one colorful piece!  I always think it would fit so great in a childs room I think because of the colors.  Occasionally I will pull a piece and spontaneously put it on sale for a little while...today this is the sale. yippee!!...

I am having a great time working on my first Shabby Chic piece...laying in things as I go down and then going back up to do some more...FUN DOINS!  I will be putting pine and aspen on the bottom with a little bit of water coming through some awesome boulders I ran across on one of our hikes...It took me a little while to decide just what would go where...but it's looking great in my head! lol

You can see that I've added color and some papers to block in background...and have added a few embellishments that is easier to see in the detail shot below...

It's a little like where's Waldo...you might have to click to make the pic bigger...but there are little brads in there...I'm just playing...but I'm loving the process!!

HAPPY CREATING!!

"MT. EVANS" COMPLETED...© SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

Mask Project is completed...and soon it will go off to it's destination.  On April 14 they will all be on display at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center closing on May 13, 2012.  There is also an on-line auction where the masks will be on display the same dates at:  www.themaskproject.org.  Again, this benefits the Denver Hospice, so if you are so inclined...save the dates and either hop on line or over to Cherry Creek!  As you can see I added my aspen at the bottom, completing this little version of my long skinny type layer paintings.  FUN DOINS!

It was a crazy day yesterday beginning with a run to the emergency room for hubby and I.  He did some damage to his tendons in his upper chest which mimicked heart attack symptoms to a T!  After a little wifely "encouragement" we headed out about 6 a.m. to have it checked out.  Glad it wasn't "the big one"...but we are both left a little light headed and tired today...aaahhh life!

There is this BIG OLE RED ROBIN that's been hanging around the house lately...I've chased that thing with my camera for days...trying to get a pic.  FINALLY it was still long enough for me to at least grab a little photo...or BIG photo...I just had to share this...biggest robin (at least I believe it is a robin) I've ever seen.  If it wasn't winter I'd be sure it was gonna have a million babies or something!...so, sharing!!

and...still snapping those photos of my beautiful Valentine flowers...the roses are opening fast...but had to share another reference for any of you roses painters out there!!

Tomorrow I'm off to play in a figure drawing and painting workshop...mainly to have some FUN...not that I paint that many figures...but it is ALWAYS a good idea to keep fresh and try things...so, off I will go!

HAPPY CREATING!

"ASPEN SIX" ORIGINAL PAPER CAST MIXED MEDIA PAINTING OF ASPEN TREES © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Aspen Six"

20x16" completed size paper cast aspen on paper 

actual image is 13 1/2" x 10" with double white matt

$225.00 includes shipping in the US

This aspen paper cast was fun to do with my abstracted stamped background using a combination of purchased stamp and my own stylized aspen leaf stamp.  The trees are made from my paper cast mold and then painted.

I want to do a couple more this size to play with background!  BUT, first I'm working on a new acorn piece that was commissioned similar to acorn duo.  Love those commissions!

HAPPY CREATING!

WORKING...I PROMISE!

YES...summer is a busy time for all of us...artists are teaching workshops, doing outdoor shows, painting (duh)...and all the regular things that come with summer...trips, family reunions, babies coming (tee hee...that's me)...I'm happy to say that I've been working on a couple of commission pieces.  This one on my board is another one like "Aspen in Collage" that I did a couple years ago...the first one sold, so of course someone wants another one! HA.  I am careful to repeat my work...I want it to be enough like the one that attracted the buyer in the first place, but to still have it's OWN identity.  For this one, I've kept the colors mostly the same, and even the tree placement similar, but there are subtle leaf stamps in the background of this one and the leaves will be a bit different paper...After this I have another commission of Mt. Evans Panorama...I'm already planning my next new piece as well...FUN!

This summer has been fantastic for sales...YEA!...so I'm saying goodbye to these guys and dolls...but I've already got more up my sleeve!

I'm beginning to feel like a broken record..."OUR VISITOR LAST NIGHT"...WAS..."A BEAR"...yeh, yeh Saundra...what's new...I KNOW...but I'm tickled to get their pic in the daylight...our latest little one was after the birdseed that my husband THOUGHT he'd hidden well in a deck box...but this guy opened it, politely closed it and proceeded to eat it all...ha...you'd think hubby dear would learn...but he loves his birds...so I suspect we'll have more visits...I just hope they don't come when I have the backdoor open and freshly baked something to entice him/her! WHEW!

HAPPY CREATING!!

"ASPEN GOLD" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA COLORADO ASPEN LANDSCAPE PAINTING © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Aspen Gold"

2'x2' mixed media on cradled panel with Golden Oak Stained sides

INTRODUCED AT THE SUMMER ART MARKET

JUNE 11-12

2nd and Grant

10-5

COME SEE IN PERSON!

to see more of my mixed media work please visit my website at

www.saundralanegallowayfineart.com 

So, here we are just a few days from the SUMMER ART MARKET and I'm busy at the easel.  At some point I just need to stop, but I'm STILL hoping to crank out a couple more...we shall see...

Aspen Gold was almost called CANDYLAND...this whimsical, colorful piece was a joy to do...and reminds me of candy! FUN...I hope those of you in the area can stop by...my booth number is 6...I'm going to be at Sherman and 3rd just a few from the end...I'm not sure how great that is, and I'm sharing with a potter for this first year (a rule)...but I'll be there with my smile and happy to talk to any that stop by!  HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

HAPPY CREATING!

"ASPEN IN BLUE" COLORFUL CONTEMPORARY MIXED MEDIA LANDSCAPE WITH ASPEN © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Aspen in Blue"

6" x 12" mixed media on 1 3/4" stained cradled sides

$165.00 includes shipping in the US

for information on international shipping or for photos of the sides please contact me at

art4life44@hotmail.com

to see more mixed media work visit my website at

www.saundralanegallowayfineart.com

Boy, I can't believe it took me SO long to finish Aspen in Blue....but FINALLY...here tis!  I've now been feeling the pull to do some more baby animals for my coming grandson's nursery...I've got a Cheetah, Zebra, Impala and Ostrich left to do...FUN!

I have another bit of press, but I think it's funny!  WAY BACK WHEN...I won a contest with Arnold Grummer (the big paper supply company)...and they asked me to write something in the way of a description of my paper casting process and asked me to find green ways to frame my paper casts and wax collages...So, I did...

Yesterday I was just looking around and found a new paper casting book by Arnold Grummer...and lo and behold I found what the editor did to my big long thing...page 81 of his new book titled "trash to treasure papermaking" by Arnold Grummer...a few sentences!  HA...but, I'm very honored to have made this much in the book as I know the editing process is grueling and those that write it often don't have much of a say...life lessons from the world of editing!  I was a little concerned until I found my name in the back under Acknowledgements...so...yea...a little more press; though I doubt anyone who reads how to make their own brass forms like I invented will ever know it was me...sigh...but STILL...a little press!  YEA!  Besides...it is a well written book with some great information for those of us who enjoy working in this medium!

HAPPY CREATING!!