"FIVE ACORNS" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA PAINTING OF ACORNS ON PAPER © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Five Acorns"

13"x10" mixed media on w/c paper

20" x 16" finished size

$275 ON HOLD PENDING SHOW NOTIFICATION

 

This is my entry for the Colorado Watercolor Society state show that will be March 2, 2013 through the end of the month.  It will be held at our own Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado. This one is definately large enough...but I will not be notified of acceptance (hopefully) until the end of December. 

 

I don't often paint on paper anymore, so to make me feel a little better I coated the 140 lb paper with custom patch (a less expensive but superior product that mimics Golden flexible molding paste) for some light texture.  The background is painted with acrylic, a little more watery than I usually do...it is much like watercolor only it dries a bit darker and you can't rework it! I included some paper, as I love to do, that I made myself (a requirement of the prospectus for CWS on the state show).  The acorns and leaves are painted in acrylic just like I would have painted them in oil...only blending is a little more challenging. 

 

I matted and framed this under plexiglas (another requirement of the Foothills Art Center) and it is already entered.  I'm not sure why we have to enter this show so early, but I squeaked it in right before the deadline.  Wish me luck!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I am happily boarding a plane for a visit with my wonderful daughter, her hubby and my sweet grandson Paxton.  I am SO excited!  He has begun walking all over the place since I last saw him, so I just HAD to go! My goal for the trip is to try to entice him to say NANA...for obvious reasons! HA!  I'm not above holding a banana next to my face if that will help!  Wish me luck on that one too!!

 

I feel quite sure I will be posting a photo or two of this part of my most loved family...so thank you in advance for your indulgence!!

 

HAPPY CREATING!!

"ACORN TRIO" © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY AND MORE FROM TEDDY SCHMEDEKE LEE

"Acorn Trio"

12 x 12" mixed media on cradled panel

$300 includes shipping in the US

You may be wondering why I am posting a previously posted painting...WELL, I have an answer...I've recently joined Daily Paintworks; a fairly new on-line gallery that was started by Carol Marine and is run by her family.  Every day the first painting posted on my blog will be pulled and put on the Daily Paintworks site, so this is an experiment to see if I've done it correctly!...So, you will be revisiting earlier paintings from time to time as I add paintings to this site.  I can go in and add them manually, but I'm testing this avenue as well...ALWAYS EXPERIMENTING!!  Plus, it is a nice reminder of work I still have in my home studio!

As promised I am now adding a second video taken by me of parts of the workshop I attended on figure drawing and painting by Teddy Schmedeke Lee yesterday.  This is about 10 minutes as she describes the first thing her mother taught her about shading...as I believe you will see she also describes that this method works on all subject matter...so, ENJOY!!  If you click on the utube symbol it will take you to the site on u tube and you can click full screen.  Sorry I'm such a novice!!

I've entered these paintings in the Lakewood Arts Council "Colorado's Best" show that will open on February 27, 2012 and run through March 1, 2012.  If you live in the area I invite you to pop by to see the paintings that get in.  This show is juried by national award winner Chuck Danford!

"Acorn Duo", "Sitting Pretty", "Sunflower" and "Among the Trees"

Stay tuned to see if any of these get in!!

HAPPY CREATING!

"RED BUDS" ORIGINAL PAPER CAST MIXED MEDIA PAINTING OF ACORNS © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Red Buds"

5"x5" image size

10"x10" finished size

paper cast mixed media

SOLD (thanks Wendy!)

Found a bit of time to complete this fun contemporary take on acorns and their little bud balls.  The acorns are paper cast painted with oil and the beads are some ephemera I found at my local craft store.  The substrate on this is 300lb watercolor paper and stamped with my original oak leaf stamps for a rather abstract background that just gives you enough of a feeling to know it is among the tree leaves!  Put it all together and you have a contemporary take on acorns.  FUN DOINS! PS...I think I'm going to make this my Christmas Card...kill two birds with one stone kind of thing...:)

My little baby in Omaha's latest is he can sit in his boppo (I think it is called that) at the tender age of 3.75 mos!  He is very independent, and mom had to hold her hand very near by to take this pic as he still bobs about in the head...but he LOVES his boppo...and I'm just this minute thinking I may try to paint this...too adorable...stay tuned on which one is second in my Christmas paintings of Paxton series!

HAPPY CREATING!

THE THING ABOUT COMMISSION..."THREE ACORNS" MIXED MEDIA ON STRETCHED CANVAS © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Three Acorns"

12x10" mixed media on gallery wrap canvas

COMMISSION...we will see...

A few days ago a collector called me with a request to do another acorn piece like "Acorn Duo" but not...ha.  I get tickled at those requests.  I respect people who want something I've done...and I understand that they found something they liked.  This collector needed a different size, and after a couple of conversations I learned she wanted something a little different.  We had some conversations and after I understood what I THINK she was after I created this piece.  

She liked the color of the acorns...she liked part of the background color and the depth the dark purply/brown of the bottom...but, after she realized the shape of the canvas was in different proportions she decided that I was right that it needed a little bit more.  So, I did it.

This process is fun sometimes, but I remember my days when I did many more commission pieces and the frustrations I felt as well as the collectors.  It is HARD to take information from one person's mind and get it to match with the other persons mind...I haven't heard back from her yet to know if this is what she wanted...so we shall see.

I often wonder if I should even be doing commission work...and I change my mind constantly.  I love, love working like I do...but I feel frustrated when I can figure out what the collector is thinking of.  Not their fault, and not mine...so, it is a gamble...This one was pretty ok cuz I was in the mood to do another acorn piece...but for the future of me doing commission work...I'm not sure...

HAPPY CREATING!!