WEDDING BLISS AND MORE HAPPY NEWS!

 

This past weekend my stepson Scott and his now beautiful wife Katie were married at the Bluefin resort in Minnesota a mere 50 miles from Canada!  Our family is growing!  The photographer is Carr Photography in Minnesota.  I've seen some of the photos and they are beautifully done...can't wait to get them so we can enlarge our picture wall at home!  Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Scott Galloway!!  HAPPY DAYS!!

The collector contacted me today about "Mt. Evans Panorama II" and they LOVE it, so will be coming up to my studio on Saturday to pick it up...another one happily gone to it's new home!

AND, as if that wasn't enough I am also thrilled to report that after 6 months of unemployment limbo we are now EMPLOYED!!  My husband will be working for his dream company starting next week! YEA and YIPPEE!!  Now life can move forward!  A big thank you to all of you who sent their well wishes and prayers our way...GOD IS GOOD!

Now we can begin packing and looking for that next spot to move to that will be a little less wild animal infested and isolated..whew...

AND...I'm already back at my easel working on a poppy piece commission and something that is just cuz I wanted to do it! FUN DOINS at the Galloway household!

HAPPY CREATING!!

"MT. EVANS PANORAMA II" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF MT. EVANS © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Mt. Evans Panorama II"

18" x 48"

mixed media on cradled, stained panel

I hesitate to post this pic as I took it during a rainstorm.  It has been dark a good bit of the past 5 days here...with just moments of sun peeking through...sheesh...an artist can't wait forever!!  So, here it is...The collector asked for the same orange to be in the foreground that I had put in Arapahoe Peaks...so, of course I did that.  I enjoy all my paintings, but I find a special satisfaction in proving to myself that I didn't just accidentally create something...HA!

So, now it is on to the next commission...poppies in jewel tone colors...but...I might squeeze a piece of my own thinking in first! YEA!

I'm also happy to announce that I got three pieces in the upcoming NEW TRENDS show for Colorado Watercolor Society...will be shown in a gallery on Santa Fe in September...Come see these three in person!

HAPPY CREATING!!

IN PROCESS...still...

Yesterday between gullywashers I began to move across the support surface of my 18x48" cradled surface blocking in my commission of Mt. Evans.  There is a different thought process that wars with the creative side when working on a commission based on another piece I've done.  There is the need to reproduce what the collector found they loved that wars a bit with my creative side.  I want to do what they want, but at the same time give it a freshness that my creative brain needs to do.  I think for this piece it will be in the papers I lay in below this mountain.

I will work my way across this panorama and make sure it is faithfully rendered so as to be recognizable...and at the same time I will work my way down.  As you can see I've begun to block in color that will mostly be covered with paper...but there are those "moments" in the piece where the underpainting will show through...giving it it's freshness.

I usually lay my papers down quickly...just as I paint; which also helps to keep things exciting and fresh...THAT PART I hope to get to today amidst laundry and other things of life that go with a returning spouse from a trip...

So, off to get to it!  HAPPY CREATING!

BEGINNINGS and SKIES

This is just the top right of the 18x48" commission Mt. Evans I've been working on.  Our skies are dark and cloudy as they have been the past week so all my photos are dark...sigh...For a dry climate we have sure had a ton of rain in the past few weeks!  We need the rain, but come on...the humidity is high and my hair is frizzy and I spend a good part of the day running about shutting windows and then opening them again when the showers pass...With three levels I am sure getting my exercise!

Along with trying to work on this large piece I've been fighting a battle with bears.  They seem to love our property...even our house. They have gotten into our deck box and emptied it all over the deck twice... I awoke the other day to big ole smudges and bear fur on my sliding glass door...so, apparently now they are even trying to get inside.  When I caught myself singing a made up song titled "I'm a tasty treat" it really hit me that we need to move! I'm on it the minute we have a job...yep...still working on that one...it's been 6 months...whew...come on ECONOMY!!

I did, however get a beautiful shot of our clouds of late last night...sort of describes how dark, yet beautiful things are around here...still!

Back to the easel...this thing won't paint itself!

HAPPY CREATING!

"ASPEN PATCHWORK" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA ASPEN LANDSCAPE PAINTING © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Aspen Patchwork"

my title

COMMISSION

It is not my favorite thing to do to try to repeat something I've already done...but I do it on occasion for a collector.  I'm always glad to take care of the interests of my collectors if it doesn't take away from what I am as an artist...This one combines my love of paper and paint.  It is very similar to my "Aspen in Collage" done a couple years ago that an admirer saw and wanted but it is sold...so...of course...one very close...but not exactly the same.  I added a subtle stamping of leaves in the background (don't think you can see it here) ...used some different papers in the leaves (the papers I used for leaves was discontinued)....but very similar.  Let's hope the collector likes it!

My next commission is another Mt. Evans Panorama that a couple wants for their anniversary.  They saw the original at the Summer Art Market, but this one sold as well...so off I go to work my hopeful magic for them!...

HAPPY CREATING!