A FUN and CREATIVE evening!

Last night we went to our most local fireworks show at Indian Hills (the town just below us)...and it was FUN!...for $6,000 this town put on quite a show...I was proud of them for not going over the top and making such a beautiful show!...There was ICE CREAM...

and rides on their vintage FIRETRUCK for any who wanted...

and probably close to 8,000 people laying on blankets and sitting and playing with sparklers...it was a blast!...I loved seeing wholesome fun up here in what will most likely be our last year on the mountain...So, buckle down and see some more pics...to see the whole album friend me on facebook...I'm thinking that you abstract artists out there might just get a little inspiration for something!...FUN DOINS!!

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!!

"COLORADO ASPEN" COMPLETED © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Colorado Aspen" FINAL VERSION

2' x 4' 

I FINALLY got Colorado Aspen like I wanted it!  This is the painting that my step-son and his fiancee will get for their wedding present.  As I've stated I had to re-work it as the dark areas developed a bloom over the surface due to the varnish that was first applied.  After much research I found a Polymer Varnish made by Golden that I think will work...whew!  Lesson Learned!

I'm going to be busy in the studio the next couple weeks working on commission pieces...one being another Mt. Evans piece 18" x 48"...that will be FUN!

HAPPY CREATING!

A QUIET MARKET DAYZ BUT ALWAYS FUN!

Well, it was a quiet night at Market Dayz...but I was glad to go out to try to support my friend Cynthia who is owner of LUNA'S MANDALA  and the organizer of this event.  Cynthia has a wonderful little shop full of jewelry, art from local artisans and music that soothes the soul!

Cynthia works hard to bring people up the mountain to see what we have to offer up here...It was quiet and some people didn't show up as promised, ...but I have learned that things are different up the mountain.  I admire Cynthia for working to try to bring us together to try to have an artistic presence!  For those of you who remember the many months I spent trying to get a group started up here you will remember it was all up hill.  It isn't that people are bad or not excellent at what they have to offer...I think it is possibly that people move up here to escape many of the busy days that live down the mountain and they relish their privacy...perhaps...it was my final observation anyway...but I could be wrong...but I don't think I am! HA...so on we plug...trying as we can to do what we can do!  so I say.."I'm PROUD of you Cynthia...HANG IN THERE!!"...there's always next month!

Below is another of my little aspen paper cast pieces...I adore working with my paper casts!...This one my husband named..."Aspen Gold"...and, I thank my blogger friends Autumn Leaves and Wendy for their contributions to the name game...I will use BOTH...as I am often stumped as to another name to attach to yet ANOTHER aspen piece!...THANKS GIRLS!

and...on we go!  HAPPY CREATING!, and oh...a friend mentioned I didn't name the names...they were...Aspen Magic and Aspen Shadows

TWO NEW PAPER CAST ASPEN...© SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Aspen Melody"

image 4x4"

with mat and frame 8x8"

$52 (includes shipping)

if you come on up to Market Dayz they are only $45...no need for shipping!

So...I thought I was finished with outdoor things...BUT as I said yesterday I decided to support our current local art scene and do a few hours at an outdoor event folks up here in Conifer are calling "Market Dayz"...which will be at the shops just south of King Soopers up in Conifer the last Saturday of each month through September...This is the first one...so, if you have time...hop on up and say hi.  I'll be there from 4-8 p.m.  Aspen Melody is my newest small paper cast aspen piece under glass.  I enjoy doing these SO much!...

This has no name...I do SO MANY aspen pieces I'm blank on this one...any suggestions??  sigh...I need it by tomorrow night!  This little one was fun because I stamped into wet molding paste to bet some texture and then stamped some shadowyish in paint...then I added the trees.  You really do have to see these in person...the pics don't show the 3-D look the paper cast gives off!

Well...I have a couple more up my sleeve...!

HAPPY CREATING