Friday, December 21, 2012

Happy, happy Holidays!!






On this Solstice eve, I look out my kitchen window and cannot believe my good fortune, to live in a place as beautiful as this! I am getting ready to start creating again and really looking forward to it. Although this holiday season has been a bit slow for me, I have high hopes for the future. Moving always disrupts sales. I have moved enough times now, I should know!! Some pieces I have finished at the end of 2012...posted above...
My yurt has been delivered and I am so excited to get it up and running that I can hardly wait. What a wonderful Yule gift I have received posthumously from my father! It will be a large space to create in. What fun things I have in store for 2013!! Please stay tuned and check out my Etsy Store for my newest creations.
Happy Holidays to All!!

Sunday, December 9, 2012

More Prints...

As of December 15th I will be showing at the Art Barn at Wildlife West in Edgewood. It seems a very appropriate spot for my pieces. I am happy to leave work there. 

Here are some more pieces I finished for the upcoming show...



My artwork is now hanging at the Lovelace Hospital Radiation and Oncology building. I was surprised to see a huge variety of artwork hanging there. I love a city that embraces its artists and Albuquerque is one of those places!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Another Holiday Show

Coming up on December 16th Sunday I will be sharing a booth at the One Stop Coop at the Vista Grande Community Center in Sandia Park, NM. My fellow artist and new friend Brea Gables will be sharing the booth with me. If you are local, come out and see us! I have been busy preparing prints for this show...



But also, I have a few requests for particular species and am busy getting these small paintings completed. Along with those, I have a December commission to start and finish, and am working on a contest submission.

Although I wish I had more time to list all of these available on Etsy, I am falling short of that task. So if you are interested in a print, give me a bird, or animal and chances are that some time in the past 14 years I have painted that critter and I can have a print made for you. If not, I will add it to my list of species to complete!
Happy December!

Monday, November 19, 2012

Holiday Arts and Crafts Show THIS WEEKEND!!

I will be at the Cottonwood Mall 10000 Coors Blvd NW in Albuquerque, November 23, 24, 25! I am participating in the Rescue the Holidays Craft Show benefitting Four Corners Equine Rescue. Friday and Saturday the event starts at 9am-7pm and Sunday 10am-5pm! We will be upstairs in the old Mervyns store. I hope to see the locals out there!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Working Hard

It is nearing the holidays and I am busy creating as fast as I can. My husband and I are taking a trip to Bosque del Apache next week for the Crane Festival. Unfortunately, I could not get in as a vendor, but will scope it out for next year. I just got a large shipment of Mountain Reds and Ringtail shirts (pic to left). Am hoping to sell some at the festival. Email if you are interested in seeing more pics of the shirts or would like to purchase one.
Meanwhile here are the new pieces I have been working on...
A concept revisited, this Crane Cluster is similar to one I called Crane Chaos way back in the early 2000's. I thought it was worth repainting...

Two Rock Squirrels Getting Squirrelly is what I called this one. I was inspired by the numbers of Rock Squirrels in our yard here in New Mexico.

I wanted to work on a couple of smaller ones for my Etsy Store as well. I sent some more eastern art over to my friends who run the Courtyard Gallery in Asheville, NC. If any of you are in the area, stop by the Phil Mechanic Studios in the River Arts District and check out the Courtyard Gallery! It is a wonderful space. 

Thursday, October 18, 2012

New Blog

Welcome to my new blog Happy Wren. 

My husband and I are getting settled into New Mexico and I am ready to start creating full force, but waiting on one very important element, my studio! Meanwhile, I have carved out a little niche in the house to work in. Some current pieces I am working on are posted here.




I hope to create more of these trio critter images in the near future. I am in search of representation in New Mexico. Exploring galleries, coffee shops and the like looking for the right place to hang my work. I had better get busy creating more inventory for that!