Changes in 2015

2015 

What will I do differently this year.

I listen to a show on blog talk radio,

Artists Helping Artists by Leslie Saeta.

She's the artist who hosts the 30 paintings in 30 days twice a year.

She hosts a free radio show focusing on marketing art.

She did a show in December of things to do differently in 2015.

I made a list of things I wanted to change about my art

and I'm going to show one of the things I'm doing this year.

Since I've opened River Run Gallery Fun Art Studio

I found I don't have as much time to paint what I'd like to paint,

but I am painting every day.

In a different show, Leslie talked about what to do with older art.

I sort of meshed those two shows in my head and decided this year

I would market my older works better, 

but I would also work on redos of those paintings.

I did this painting in another of Leslies 30 paintings in 30 days.

I've always like it, but it never got much attention or buzz,

so I decided I would start with this painting and change it.

I forget why I thought fugi mums and this painting would work together,

but I did, so I started in on the change.

I started with a photo of a fugi mum on my computer and a determination

I was going to create something different than I normally paint.

So right smack dab in the middle I started with this green, teal, yellow, white mum.

Then I added another and another,

changing the colors a little on each one.

But I still had that odd color at the bottom.

  So, here is the finished painting.

I was a florist for 20 years and the fugi mum is one of the mainstays of the shop,

but I've never painted one,

until today.

These were great fun and not nearly as hard as my brain told me they would be.

These are some of my favorite colors, but I seldom use them.
You will see more of these colors in the coming months.

Thanks for stopping by today.