Starlit

Starlit

14" by 18" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted

425.

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Awesome day today in my studio.  It was raining and dark at the beach so it was the perfect day to get some tea and head to my favorite place full of the smell of oil paint and beautiful colors.  I did quite a bit of work on my new mac computer...I do love it!  And planning shows and new ideas for paintings.

But then I decided to do today's cow in a more expressionistic style and it was fun.  I love the looseness and freedom and know that I will be doing more paintings like this!

Hope your Wednesday is awesome!  I will be in the studio again!! I want to try some florals and a red bird tomorrow!  I am in the mood for red!  I have my tree up already and it is the first time ever that I have it up this early.  I grew up in a home where we put our tree up on Christmas Eve so I had to be brought SLOWLY in this direction.  I loved our tradition but you can't fight city hall and so now mine is up and ready for the holidays...no presents yet but the house looks good!  

Tomorrow I will be picking this month's winner for the painting that I had in my last newsletter.  If you have not signed up for my newsletter, go the the link above and sign up so you can be eligible for specials and free stuff!!  

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Holiday Commissions And More!

Anne's Commission

 More fun with family this weekend and also some preparation for the coming weeks...finishing up a commission seen above hanging in my home!  She will be heading to a collector in England soon.  I often do paintings for people who want a painting in a particular size or subject.  Many of my paintings shown on my web site are smaller in size but I have painted pieces as large as four feet by four feet!  If you would like to discuss having one painted for you, contact me at normasart@cox.net and I will give you an idea of pricing and how long it will take to get it done. There is still time for the holidays!  And calendars are now available for purchase and will be ready to ship this week!

A Year Of Paintings
2012

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MANY THANKS to all who participated in naming yesterday's chicken!

The name chosen on random.org is FEATHERS AND FLUFF!  As always, it was so much fun hearing from people from my blog, daily painters, facebook, and my web site!  Some of the other names submitted were Ruby, Fancy, Broody, Rolly Polly, Fluffed Up, Dustcatcher, I'm Glad I'm Not A Turkey!, Gotcher Feathers Ruffled?, Bid Daddy, King Of The Roost, and Bianca!  I appreciate the fun of getting all your emails and knowing you are there!  Have a great Tuesday!!

There are 3 ways you can make a real difference on this blog: 1. Tell a friend. Share the link to this site with just one other person. 2. Post your thoughts in the comment section. 3. Email any questions or suggestions to me at normasart@cox.net. My blog: http://normasdailypaintings.blogspot.com. My website: http://www.normawilsonfineart.com

Feather's And Fluff

Feathers And Fluff! SOLD

6" by 6" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted.

150.

As I sit here writing, the food fairy who is really more of a devil is sitting on my shoulder whispering...get another piece of pecan pie, and another piece of strawberry pie too!  She really is relentless.  What a great feast we had yesterday and such fun spending time with family and friends.  I even got my son to bring in the Christmas tree which I hope to have trimmed this weekend which will be a first for me to get it doe this early but I am inspired by my new surroundings at the beach and want to deck the halls of my new beach cottage!  The dogs sure had fun running on the beach yesterday and Bailee who wouldn't even go within 

fifty feet of the ocean, showed off to her buddy, Jet how brave she is and even got her feet wet!  They were chasing my oldest son, Patrick all over the place as well as a few other people on the beach!  

Hope you have a great relaxing weekend that officially kicks off the holiday festivities.  Stay safe and thanks for stopping by!

There are 3 ways you can make a real difference on this blog: 1. Tell a friend. Share the link to this site with just one other person. 2. Post your thoughts in the comment section. 3. Email any questions or suggestions to me at normasart@cox.net. My blog: http://normasdailypaintings.blogspot.com. My website: http://www.normawilsonfineart.com

A Few Of My Favorite Things!

A Few Of My Favorite Things!

    WOW! I have so much to share!  I had another wonderful session, with artist, Leslie Saeta last week who shares so much of he knowledge of marketing our art and has an

incredible infectious enthusiasm.   Since that time, I have been feeling like I can leap

tall buildings in a single bound and have been selling paintings and having a great time

of it in my studio.  We talked about my work and what I like to paint and decided that I like

to paint my favorite things!  This collage is filled with my favorite things...animals, birds,

the seaside, pets and food!  I need to do a painting of chocolate and cookies next! If

you paint what you love and love to paint...it doesn't get much better!

   Next things I wanted to share is that I got a MAC!  I know that there is a big divide between

PC lovers and Mac lovers that almost rivals political points of view but if you are visual 

inclined...it is heaven!  I also love that I can take unlimited classes because there are so many things about computers in general that I don't know so I can finally have a place to go to get smarter about what I can do with them!  My son is a big gamer and is loving his new PC and it certainly has some fun features.  He uses his fingerprint to access sites!  So they are all good!

   Friday night was the opening at London Square Gallery and it was great!  If you have never been to a show there, I highly recommend it.  This current show will be up until the holidays!  I sold a painting of one of my shore birds and here is my new collector standing by it!

   Hope you will check out my available paintings and if you are not sure which to purchase for a loved one, you can also consider buying a gift certificate! You can choose the amount you'd like to give and print it out!  It doesn't

get any easier.  If you'd like I can send you a handwritten not on my card stock with one of my paintings on it to personalize it for you!  Hope you have a fantastic Monday!

SOLD Moonlight Becomes You!

Moonlight Becomes You!

6" by 6" original acrylic on wrap around canvas

150.

SOLD

More fun with acrylics!  As I was painting her, the song Moonlight Becomes You came to mind and as you know I am an old movie buff and love to listen to old movies some times when I paint.  I love the song sung by Bing Crosby singing to Dorothy Lamour in Road to Moroco!  I am singing it to a cow!    

Have a great Thursday!  I am so excited to have my youngest son coming home on Friday for the
Thanksgiving holiday.  Time to get the recipes out and get to planning!

Gully

                                                                        Gully

11 by 14 on archival mat board

Contact me if you are interested in this piece.

More fun with acrylics and crayons!  I worked this fellow over the course of two days.  The first session ended up in frustration which led to finger painting.  Looking at it now, it is hard to tell how wild it looked for awhile.

It sat and dried and when I picked up the brushes today the fun began.  I named him Gully cause it seems like the right name.  I finished my commission today which is a 16 by 20 cow for over the mantel!  I am very excited to be included into the show at London Square Gallery this coming Friday night from 6 to 9.  I have several pieces in the show.  I hope you will come out and see them if you live nearby!  

                                                             
Yesterday I took a walk along the beach and took a couple of hundred photos of dogs enjoying the surf and sea gulls and sandpipers.  The light was great at the end of the day and I felt like a fashion photographer
catching all the possible angles of the gulls who were prancing around and seemed to be enjoying the attention!  Can't wait to try out some new possibilities.  Might even try some oil pastels on my next oil.  Have an awesome Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by to check in on me.

New Dawn

New Dawn

11 by 14 original mixed media on mat board 

and is custom framed.

This painting is for sale through London Square Gallery.

For purchase information contact the gallery at 440-0269

"There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost."   Martha Graham

I found this quote today on the calendar at yoga class and loved it.  Thought you might too! 

I had such fun today playing with acrylics and crayons!!  I was inspired by a fellow daily painter, Robert Joyner who works in acrylic and mixed media such as crayon and sharpies.  I decided to give it a try on some mat board I had in the studio and some crayons....a brand new box that has been sitting around for years.  I tried to work much more abstractly like he does and went down to have my dinner pretty disappointed.  I had forgotten how different acrylic looks when it has dried and when I came back I continued to work on it using the loose brush work and lost edges to my advantage and made it my own. It is so exciting to try something new and feel like a kid again!  I will be back in my studio tomorrow finishing up a commission and playing with crayons again!  Have a terrific weekend!

Moooooooooo!

MOOOOOO!

10" by 20" on wrap around canvas with sides painted

Contact me at normasart@cox.net for information on this painting!

“Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means.”

 Robert Louis Stevenson  (1850-1894)

Essayist, Poet, Novelist

I really loved the quote above!  It just really puts things in perspective and pretty much says...life can be a real roller coaster but we only have to take it one day at a time and do our best!

This bovine gal is just about jumping off the canvas to get me to pet her!  I have become quite fond of her spirit in my studio but will part with her to a good home. :-)  

How is  your week going?  Mine got off to a slow start but today was a great day at my easel and with more ideas and inspiration flowing so I am excited tonight.  

I hope you have a wonderful Thursday and come visit me again soon!

Oh, I wanted to share a lamp that I found the other day that makes me smile every time I look at it. It has a vintage feel to it that reminds me of the lamps we had growing up and I was so bummed when my Mom got all modern and bought some 70's style lamps.  Wow, that sounds old now too...   

  

There are 3 ways you can make a real difference on this blog: 1. Tell a friend. Share the link to this site with just one other person. 2. Post your thoughts in the comment section. 3. Email any questions or suggestions to me at normasart@cox.net. My blog: http://normasdailypaintings.blogspot.com. My website: http://www.normawilsonfineart.com

SOLD Cockadoodledoo!!

Cockadoodledoo

5" by 7" original oil on panel

150.

Tonight's post is one of my favorite roosters and I thought I would share it again. I love the texture and colors on this one and I think he has attitude!   I had a REALLY busy day in the studio shipping and working on commissions and a couple of new ones for my blog!  It feels 

great to be finding my routine and building up some steam again!

I am also VERY excited to have several of my paintings in the Artist's Gallery her at the oceanfront.  Tomorrow is it's opening reception between 6:30 and 8:30 and it will run until right before Christmas.  There will be lots of wonderful works in all mediums and handmade jewelry, crafts and wonderful knit

creations.  Hope you can make it out and say hi!

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Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451

    

                                                       Have an awesome weekend!!!

Taking It All In Stride

Taking It All In Stride

8" by 16" oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted

This painting is available through London Square Gallery
at 
757-440-0269

Since my move to the oceanfront of Virginia Beach, I have been seeing a lot of sea gulls every day when I walk my dog, Bailee.  They seem to be taking it all in stride and just spending time by the sea for these walks is helping ME to take it all in stride.  It is so peaceful and soothing and if I go there with any heavy thoughts or worries, they seem to wash away in short order!  I enjoyed spending time with this fella today!  

The other day I mentioned that I had picked a winner for last month's free painting giveaway and wanted to wait to announce her name until I had heard back from her.  Her name is Mary Jane Wolfe and she lives in Duluth, Georgia!  Congratulations to Mary Jane and I will be shipping your painting, Beachscapes to you tomorrow!  I am delighted to have so many subscribers and collectors who are all eligible each month for my giveaway.  If you have not signed up yet, just go to the top of the page and do it!  I also have special V.I.P. discounts that you will hear about!  Hope you week is going well.  This weekend is daylight savings time so get out and soak up some of that sunlight!  I can't believe Thanksgiving is coming so soon!