Hello there Mr. what are you doing to my wall?

This year's Say Si event was great, minus a few hiccups with their new silent auction bidding system through the phone.  I am not a techy type of person, and I use my phone for phone calls, a few texts and photographs, that's it. To input CC information and any other info on that tiny little screen of my android is not what I do. Anyway, the great news is that by the end of the night I ended up winning the artwork that I bid on.  Yay for me!!!  I love art and a variety of it.  This particular piece of art was done by a student of Say Si. The way I interpret the artwork is that it is a picture of the artist creating a self portrait, and yes, I do like good street art, better known as graffiti. I would list the artist name, but since he is underage I don't want to cause any problems for myself or for him.

"Hello there Mr. what are you doing to my wall?"

As far as the piece of art that I donated, I am pleased to announce that it sold pre auction night, above the retail price!  I hope whomever bought it enjoys it! (this picture of my art is not the best).

"Peaceful Day"

On another note, I mentioned in a previous post that I planted a new rose garden in my front yard. The roses are starting to bloom and my husband picked the first one for me this morning. 

It's so beautiful!!!!!

Spring time!!

Spring is my favorite time of year! The flowers and trees are blooming, and I've been planting things in my yard and pots like crazy!  We bought two little peach trees with some blooms on them and planted them about two weeks ago. They are already green and have tiny little peaches on them!! I also talked my husband into buying a purple wisteria and planted it up against the back fence in a corner.  I hope to see it travel along the entire fence line and bloom like crazy!! I also created a new rose garden in the front yard. I planted white, purple, red, yellow and pink rose bushes. I can't wait till there all in bloom!!!!  My potted Japanese magnolia also started to bloom!  It's amazing that it flowers first then gets it's green leaves.

 Japanese magnolia

This weekend I participated in the gallery show and I enjoyed it. I didn't sell any art, but it has motivated me to continue creating, so that's a good thing.

Sunrise at the cabin

I just finished the fifth powder glass/acrylic paint piece that I will be submitting at the gallery on the 17th of this month for a 2 day show on the 18th & 19th.  I have one more to finish. I'm not sure how they will be received, however I do have wall space in my house to hang them if there is no interest. After this show I will be working on my paintings, stained glass octagon window and my poetry in glass. All of this is for myself, without any deadlines and without any shows. I have gone back to writing poetry in my little journal after many years of not writing.
 

Sunrise at the cabin

Two more pieces of art to go

As looked at the art I have already completed (flowers), I decided I did like them just the way they are.  This morning I took out my hot air balloons from the kiln and I was pleased with the way they look especially with the background I chose for them.  I strayed from drawing strictly with black glass powder and incorporated colorful glass, I think that's ok. Now I just have two more pieces to create and my artists statement to submit.  I hope the show goes well otherwise I will have my own artwork to hang on my walls. If that happens that's okay too.  

art & do overs...

I signed up for a gallery show to present six pieces of art.  It was supposed to be on March 4th & 5th.  Luckily for me the gallery owner changed the date to the 13 & 14th of March. I'm not done, and what is done, I'm not sure I'm happy with it.  The little flowers are really nagging me... "Do over", "do over".... I need six pieces total, I have finished 3, the 4th is in the kiln and I still need two more. I might need 3 more since I really don't know if I want the flowers.....  I still have to write an artist statement, and send her pictures of the completed work.   I kind of feel like backing out, but at the same time she did move the date so I can do things over..... well here are my pieces so far (minus the flowers since I'm still debating, and don't wan the online world to see it just yet......

fused glass birds on clear Tekta, painted background in shadow box 8"x10"

Fused glass light house & birds on clear Tekta, painted background in shadow box 8x10"

limping along

Take foot and insert in mouth. That's what I did when I agreed to having not one, not two, but SIX pieces of art available for a show on March 4th & 5th....  I like the idea that it's a galley show instead of me having to be there for both days all day. Anyway, since I only have my small kiln available I have to create ONE PIECE AT A TIME. Which wouldn't be a problem if I didn't procrastinate, and things didn't sidetrack me.  

This is the first finished piece:

                                        Fused glass birds with painted background in shadow box.

    On another note, I received my official emailed "unconditional acceptance letter from the Incarnate Word University Online program" this morning. My stomach is doing flips, a little from excitement but mostly of uncertainty. My mind just flipflops. If I do this I HAVE to see it through until I'm finished.  It's an investment in myself. I am trying to rationalize the expense of the education, which I believe is going to cost around 40K and take approximately 3 years to complete.  I can buy a 30K+ car to drive to work and around town, knowing that just driving it off the lot it depreciated in value, and if and when I decide to trade it in it will only be worth a fraction of what I paid for it. I am trying really hard to see this education as an investment in myself, for myself without a depreciating factor. Can I see it through till the end???? 

Poetry in Glass

I finally broke down and used the fusible decal paper I bought over a year ago.  I took my poem to work and printed it out on the laser printer and crossed my fingers that there would be enough iron oxide in the toner to burn into the glass. And there was! I wrote this poem quite a few years ago, and out of all the poems I have written, this my favorite.  It's a nostalgic part of my life spending my childhood summers in Rockaway, New York.

 I will be incorporating this piece with a couple of others to make a larger panel.