Autumn Love

 Autumn is such a cozy time of year. I enjoy sitting outside in the late afternoon with my creamy cup of chai tea. It's watching the slow turning of the leaves to brilliant shades of multi colors, hearing the anxious honking of the geese flying past (and they are noisy buggers, lol) and an occasional hoot of a hunting owl, that for some unknown reason, I find very comforting. Thoughts of the coming winter chill and all the complications that winter brings are on the back burner for now. Right now, today, I'm reveling in the gorgeousness of the clear blue sky and the crisply cool air.

This is the time of year that I start to work on my dolls and and other fabric projects. The Bone Sisters were able to make their appearance a little earlier this year, they showed up in August.

 

AnnaBella is heading to Georgia for trick or treats.

 

Wensdae is happily sharing a shelf of honor in NY with two other of these mischievous pixies.

 

Aranea and her spider buddy are still waiting to travel.

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Others have made their way to lovely homes, I have so much fun fun creating these little Halloween pixies. This coming week I will be working on new designs, the Harvest Moon will be featured.....

 

Thank you for visiting.   

Gallery Art Shows

 

 

This little blog of mine has been neglected for far too long and if you have been stopping by and reading my older posts I thank you very much!

I have been busy, with four back to back group shows. I am so blessed to be a part of a few artist groups and all the participating artists are so talented and amazing people to know. 

I have been playing around with a new technique for me, I'm trying to loosen up and develop a different style. I'm calling this a impressionistic/pointillism type style. 

 This was my section of the gallery wall at Live 4 Art in the lovely village of Pawling, NY. We will be back there in October.  The small riverscape sold, thank you Mary!

This series of tiny birds is currently in the Spring Pop-up at Mid Hudson Arts on rt.44 in Poughkeepsie along with a few other artworks and pendants.

This saw whet owl is also in that show.

Just smile nice I asked.....lol!

And I did some target shooting and this is currently on display on my refrigerator :)

I hope you all have an amazing week!

Studio Photography

Taking photos of my pendants has been a challenge. Trying to 

minimize the reflections on the glass dome covering the artwork

is probably best left to the professionals. However that delightful service

 is not in my budget (yet).

This picture taken with my Pixel phone is not too bad, I am sure that a professional could make it much better, but for my purposes I'm pleased. There is a slight bit of reflective glare on the right side but not enough to be distorting. If you look closely, you can see my reflection in the bail, lol!

So this is what I've come up with using my photo box that my son gifted me for  Christmas one year. I placed a piece of fabric across the top.

It's set up near the window to get the natural diffused light on one side and the clip on light on the other. After I set up the shot, the white fabric gets pulled down in front and just my arms and camera poke through.

There is quite a bit of revision made after each shot but I can do that immediately after each one.

I do love this phone's camera....

Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Waiting for Spring and New Pendants in My Etsy Shop

For this series of pendants I used a smaller, lighter, sterling silver plated tray. With a shorter 18 inch chain and added a swarovski birthstone crystal to each month.

They are perfect for the warmer weather and will look great with summery dresses or a pair of shorts and a tee shirt.

Still based on my original artwork on vintage paper.

A beautiful view of the snow covered Catskill Mountains, I could look at this all day long!!

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Autumn

Layers, sweaters, boots!

Reds, golds, oranges and browns!

Apples, ciders, doughnuts, figs!

A favorite time of year for me and many other people also, 

even my dog Rocky seems to be a little more excited to be outside.

The leaves are just starting to drop,

 when we went to the zoo this week we spotted a few gold and orange leaves.

Very shortly, this scene from the train will be much more colorful, but I

love the greens and golds and greys together.

 

The asters seem to be extra vibrant this year, aren't these gorgeous?

Frida Bones is especially happy to be traveling in cooler weather.

She is joining her sisters in upstate NY where the colors will be really popping 

by the time she gets there.

Hopefully by Wednesday this week, I will have these girls ready

 to be listed in my Etsy and Ebay  Shops.

Enjoy your week!

Lucky Black Cat

Never too early for Halloween Shenanigans!!!

This handsome fellow is ready to come and help celebrate Halloween with you.

 

He is a sweet celebration mate and will always laugh at any and all Halloween jokes.

 

A wire armature was used so that his arms and legs and tail can be bent to many positions,

 and to assist in helping him to stand on his own.

I made his Trick or Treat bag from a small orange bag and decorated it with one of my Halloween artworks.  It has a wire handle and can be filled with your choice of sweets.

The crepe paper covered mast that he holds is also displaying another piece of my holiday artwork the scary cats inspired by vintage ones. The mast also aids in helping Lucky to stand on his own.

He is listed in my Etsy Store and here is the link:

 

www.etsy.com/listing/629701751/halloween-black-cat-handmade-collectible?ref=shop_home_active_1

The Dog Days of Summer

It's wonderful to be near water when the weather is so terribly hot. After lunch in NewPaltz we took a ride out to Tuthilltown Distillery and walked the grounds a bit. The restaurant there overlooks this stream running under the old mill.

Time spent by the beautiful Hudson River is always rejuvenating for me, this day the Sloop was out in all it's glory!

Lunch with two very dear friends at the Culinary Institute of America in the newly revamped Apple Pie Cafe was amazing! This fountain is out in front of the building and overlooks the river.

I am busy getting ready for the fall with some new artwork and ideas, thankfully my lower level studio is so nice and cool!

On My Drawing Table

Last year I did a tiny little watercolor and ink on a small square of wood.

I loved how this came out.

I started a larger one last week and there needs to be a series of these little butterflies.

The first layer of watercolor and white ink.

 

 

I then framed it in vintage dictionary pages.

 

 

All gets covered with a layer of beeswax and a gentle sprinkling of mica flakes.The pictures really aren't capturing the lovely sheen that the beeswax adds to it.

This one is currently listed in my Etsy Shop.

 

Art Prints and Springtime

This snowy cold winter is loathe to leave us here in the northeast. We awake to snow or frost on many days that should be warming the soil.

I haven't given up on spring, it's on the way, it has just been slowly awakening.

This little man had a wonderful time searching for eggs this Easter. With the 

spring comes his birthday, three already!

Many train rides to NYC for not so great reasons....but the marsh views are beginning to

perk up.

Most days I have been in production mode, there are quite a few steps to producing these art blocks. It's important to have the wood cut cleanly and straight and my husband does a wonderful job of this with his big table saw.
Sanding the edges and then covering with vintage paper is accomplished with the help of a very sweet dear friend.
I print on a Epson Artisan printer on a lovely satiny finished paper, then mount it on the wood block.

This batch of 5x5 Art Prints on Wood are heading to 

Arts Mid-Hudson's Dutchess Handmade Pop-up Shop

Starting April 27th until May 19th.

They are located at 696 Dutchess Turnpike, Suite E

Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

www.artsmidhudson.org

Hope to see you there!

It's been awhile.....

since my last posting here. 

The summer flew by and it was a busy one!

Lots of family time...

 

 

 

and jumping in muddy puddles!

 

 

 

Now that it's autumn and back to a regular schedule (of sorts, lol)

I am busy listing and creating and getting my show schedule firmed up.

 

The Bone Sisters are currently keeping me very occupied.

 

They adore posing for photos...

 

 

and traveling......

 

 

and a day out!

 

 

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Enjoy your day!