Another Baby Painting

A good friend of mine from San Diego, and her husband, commissioned me to do a painting for their new baby a few months ago. I knew I was going to be flying into San Diego at the end of August, so I was hoping to finish it by that time and take it on the plane with me to avoid shipping charges AND to see the couples faces when I presented the painting. Well, there's nothing like waiting till last minute, and I've found that I'm actually pretty good at it, so it wasn't a surprise that the morning of my flight I was still putting on the finishing touches. The worst part of doing that is never getting to actually enjoy the painting, so my husband and I were both pretty sad to see it go, but to see their reaction was well worth giving it up.

The painting is based on the song "The Sweetest Gift" and you can listen to it here. What a great song.

Eastern Market Painting to Music

We had such wonderful weather last Saturday, it was the perfect setting to be painting outside. And that wasn't even the best part . . . I had a display set up at Eastern Market where anyone could come and paint to the live music by Lonesome Stragglers being played right next to us. It was such a great day, I had to document it. If you missed out on it this summer, I'll be doing it again next summer!

Press!

To my surprise, there was a great article about me and the Abstract Expressionist class I taught last week in the Lititz paper. It was a wonderful promo for my business and led a few people to contact me through it. Thanks Sallie for putting it together!

Abstract Expressionist Painting Workshop

I'll be teaching a class on Abstract Expressionist Painting tonight for the Lititz Village Art Association. If you're interested in learning more about this movement and how to literally "paint your heart out" then check it out tonight at 7pm at the Lititz Library. For more information, visit this link.