Spring is Here!

Spring is here! My yurt is up and running and having more space in which to work is wonderful. I have been very busy getting ready for the big show now hanging at the County Commissioner's Office, the office of Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins. The reception is to occur on April 5th Friday from 5:00PM - 6:30PM. I am hoping I will see some of my new friends from NM and to have a great time!

In case you would like to come to the opening, the event is at One Civic Plaza in downtown Albuquerque on the 10th floor. 

I have another show in April at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery. I was in quite the huge hurry to create some pieces for this show as the Commissioner show took more art than I originally anticipated. I will be unveiling some brand new pieces there. Here is a sneak peak!

2 Western Bluebirds with Red tailed Hawk

Robins Reunion

3 Burrowing Owls

This piece serves a dual purpose. I was asked to provide a logo for the Central New Mexico Audubon Society and this is one of my submissions for that. It was finished just in time for the April show!

While waiting for paint to dry I always do more painting! I have decided to work on some landscapes in a loose and fun fashion. I have started several and just finished this one I call Citrus Landscape.

I am having fun playing with color and using looser more expressionistic painting in with these landscapes. I needed to break free from the tighter portraits for a while. This is the first of a series I will post here. 

I have many upcoming projects to work on in April and am up to the task. A new logo for the Friends of Balcones Bird Festival in Texas, a logo for Mono Lake Bird Chautauqua Birding Festival in California, the rest of my landscape series, and I have started a series of East Mountains Churches. There are so many cute and charming churches from Madrid to Mountainair. I thought that it would be fun to paint a few of those! I also started a coupe of the Quarai Ruins. Stay tuned for pics as I finish them!

Please also see my Happy Wren Facebook Page! I post a piece of art almost every single day. Some

brand new, some rather old. I hope for you to "Like" my page!

Thanks and Happy Spring!

Happy 2013!

 Happy New Year!

 Well it is a new year, and a couple of new opportunities have come my way. I am still looking for venues to show and sell my work so if you know of any, locally or not, please send me an email! I have been creating some new pieces. A gallery in Black Mountain, North Carolina will soon carry my work. It is called Mountain Nest. I am busy creating a body of work, eastern bird portraits, for them. I have decided to put a few pieces on Ebay this winter. A link to one of those is here: Art for Sale on Ebay. The colder temps of the winter keep me inside and when I am inside I am creating! Here are some new pieces I have been working on this new year. 

I noticed that many of my  new pieces are done in blues. I suppose the cold temps are prompting me to use cooler colors.

 I got the itch to do some collage-y pieces. I used hand cut stamps, collage, paint, and scratching back into paint for these more textural owls. The experimentation keeps my work fresh. I learn so much with dabbling in other media, and it releases my creative surges so I can focus on my other work.

I am still patiently awaiting the perfect days to set up the yurt. No wind, not too cold, lining up help. But it will come soon enough. Meanwhile, I have straightened up the loft so I can work in a neater environment. I am learning that the smaller the space you are in, the more organized you have to be!

Stay tuned for my next post. Please email me with any questions or comments. 

Happy and Prosperous New Year!

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!

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.