tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53880351538428239632024-03-13T09:48:38.832-06:00ANOTHER ARTFULL DAYall art copyrighted by artist Linda Drake and cannot be copied or used without artist's permission. Plus it's really bad karma to steal...Artist Linda Drake and Lunar Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848526673599445690noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388035153842823963.post-70626512584477727102013-06-19T10:59:00.000-06:002013-06-19T10:59:12.111-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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in the garden. I have been working in our garden.. and look at the wonderful garden bed my sweet husband built for the backyard. It is amazing! I have planted carrots, okra and more. Now just add water and lots of sweet sunshine.</div>
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Marley monkey napping. Now that is true art.</div>
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in the studio. Having FUN doing some new art using a new technique. I am planning much much more.</div>
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Keeping the funky in the garden. Just always makes me smile.</div>
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I was delighted to be commissioned to do the art for our local Strawberry Days t-shirts.</div>
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I will have my booth selling my own designs on kitchen towels, etc and lots of my original art.</div>
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Looking forward to the FUN.</div>
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A local public bench in downtown painted by me and and idea has been launched for more</div>
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art benches. Such a lovely bright and colorful way to art up the town.</div>
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I have been remiss in blogging but not remiss in my art. Lots keeping me busy... and art is still a big part of my daily life. LIFE IS GOOD. </div>
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Hello Spring!</div>
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We have had a wonderful spring, lots of snow, lots of rain, and FINALLY some nice</div>
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weather! Dan and I loaded up the RV and Marley and did a 2 1/2 week road trip to Florida and back.</div>
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It was delightfully fun. We avoided the freeways, and found ourselves traveling through small towns and seeing the most beautiful green scenery. It was so relaxing. We stopped for a week in Valdosta, Georgia</div>
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to visit with Dan's daughter, husband and our sweet grandkids.. which was so fun. We got to see Jillian</div>
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horseback riding and Seamus doing his karate. Then we headed to a beach with everyone and had a wonderful weekend camping near the ocean. Then we hugged and kissed everyone goodbye and </div>
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Dan and I and Marley headed south into the land of palm trees and retired people.. Florida. We stopped</div>
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to visit some distant cousins of Dan and enjoyed cooler than normal weather and saw so many great things.</div>
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Manatees, stingrays, a real live armadillo ( I have seen a zillion dead ones on the highways) and we ate and drank and laughed... it was just the best time. I loved spending quality time with Dan.. he is such a happy go lucky guy and and I am so grateful for that energy of happy that is his natural state. It was what attracted me to him in the first place. I am very blessed. And Marley was such a great dog.. all 100 pounds of him. </div>
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Thank goodness we have a big RV! I now understand why most RV folk have little dogs. But of course, we wouldn't trade Marley in for the world, but he is a big, adorable galoopa. </div>
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But, dang it, it was time to head west towards home and jobs and we almost made it but then hit a snowstorm so we stayed the last night of our vacation in a small mtn town and then headed over a pass with an elevation of over 11,000 feet early the next morning arriving home on Sunday. </div>
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We are back to our normal lives now, and enjoying some great spring weather. After I cleaned the deck last weekend, Willie our cat, promptly claimed the swing as his favorite napping spot... as you can see. We are now in the process of cleaning the yard and getting ready for summer.</div>
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The apple tree is in full bloom!</div>
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The cherry tree somehow managed to survive all the snow storms and we</div>
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have baby cherries and now keeping our fingers crossed that we don't get a frost.</div>
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No frost would mean we will have a bumper crop of cherries... always an iffy</div>
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I am working fast and furious getting orders out and doing a show this weekend at the </div>
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Four Mile Bed and Breakfast.. the annual spring Whimsical Women of the West show Friday and Saturday.</div>
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And tomorrow I will be doing another art demo day at Confetti Designs.. a wonderful women's boutique here in town. Here I am doing the art demo last month. It was really fun.</div>
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They are doing a big window display today at Confetti with my art and when I go there tomorrow, I will take pictures of the window. I am going to be art painting the outdoor wooden bench! Taking a big tarp and lots of bright colors, and will have a blast painting outdoors. I love doing this kind of thing... and that's a big step out of my comfort zone, because the actual "doing" has always been a very personal thing for me. </div>
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Next month I will start doing two farmer markets a week.. whoopie.. there comes a busy summer. And I am starting two new exciting adventures..more about that another time.... It's never a dull moment around here!</div>
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I worked a show in Denver for three days and part of the deal for the entry fee was I had to demo my art.</div>
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I grabbed a bag of art supplies and during the lulls, I would work on some art. It was a wonderful way</div>
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to pass the slow times.. and I thoroughly enjoyed working instead of sitting idly between customers.</div>
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I have decided this will be a tradition for me when I am doing these shows. </div>
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It was a decent spring show though three days is a bit of a haul. I met some really wonderful artists and</div>
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that is always such a bonus when I do these shows. And of course, the customers are always so fun to chat with.</div>
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One woman in particular, caught my attention. She was near my age I think, and nearly bald. In the world of what many would call beauty, she was not a likely candidate. But she had such an aura of joy and beauty that she brought tears to my eyes. She was with a group of her friends and they were laughing and chatting and I was so awe struck by this woman, I had to step out of my booth and approach her. I told her she was so beautiful that she brought tears to my eyes and I hugged her. She was surprised but smiled her glorious smile and told me I gave her goosebumps. There passed between us a sense of heart touching. I am continually struck at how shallow some people are.. there seems to be a great deal of presentation and little heart. But here was a woman who had transcended surface beauty and let her inner beauty radiate from her. </div>
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I was so grateful I had spoke to her. It's one of the perks of getting older I suppose. And it truly was a moment of encouragement that humans have the ability to be real. And when they are REAL, their inner</div>
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Finished the "topper" from the scrap arch shaped wood I found</div>
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in the woodshop's dumpster. I bought the wooden feet at Lowe's</div>
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and attached them to the base just to give it a more finished look.</div>
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I attached the middle heart cut from painted linoleum as are the two red leaves using</div>
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the middle heart are cut from dictionary paper and painted with watercolor and then sealed of course.</div>
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I used my favorite pencil to draw the swirls and curls and a few leaves. I had collaged some other</div>
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hearts but was not happy the way it was turning out, so I painted over them and started all over again.</div>
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Much happier with this combo. The top of the arch is about 2 inches thick and it's painted black and</div>
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white stripes as well. I should also mention the black and white stripe on the front bottom is paper that</div>
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I collaged on. When I need striped black and white paper, I make my own. I simply take a sheet</div>
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of paper and use my Sharpie Magnum marker.. it's huge btw, and make the stripes. Then I can</div>
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make copies to use in collage. I like that the stripes are loser and not so precise. I finished the </div>
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piece by spraying it with my favorite clear acrylic spray that looks so glossy. Love this stuff.</div>
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It's at the picturesque Four Mile Bed and Breakfast on the road to</div>
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Sunlight here in Glenwood Springs. A wonderful group of women</div>
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with talent galore and I plan on having some different art this year besides my</div>
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OKAY MONDAY<br />seriously need to get to work.</div>
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PILES of to-do-s</div>
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these arches are wood scrapes that I scored at the dumpster behind the cabinet woodshop.</div>
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What I love about these, is they make cool art pieces that I can sit on mantels, high dressers, etc.</div>
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in a very different but very cool shape!</div>
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I am thinking these will be fun to art up for the May show at Whimsical Wild Women of the West. I would love to get more of these, so will plan on popping into the woodshop and ask if they have more, or if they don't, will they hold them for me. Obviously they chuck these out.. and I am happy to rescue them.</div>
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Here's the first one I did. I painted it turquoise and I added a heart from dictionary pages and then wings from various found objects. I had the iron blackbirds with their nests and they immediately found a home around the new art piece. </div>
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The other rescue was this rattan headboard I found in the alley ready for trash pickup. I knew it would be too wide but figured I would try it anyway. I couldn't even fit it in my Subaru Forester - too long! So, thankfully, I found 3 bungees and a cell phone cord and lashed it on top of my rack on the car. Perfect.</div>
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After I got it set up, hey, I even liked that it was oversized! The tapering design works for the wider expanse. Perfect. FREE. Perfect. If you notice the walls in the guest bedroom are gray. At first, I wanted to paint them a different color. But now I like the gray. It's a nice neutral and creates a comforting color for the room. </div>
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I made the front page of our wonderful local newspaper.</div>
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I did an art demo day at my good friend's adorable boutique Confetti Designs yesterday.</div>
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It was easy and FUN! And I think people enjoyed seeing me sitting in my corner arting away! </div>
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This is really a biggie for me by the way.. I have always felt really uncomfortable doing art with someone watching. Well, I guess I finally conquered that yesterday!!!! YIPPEEEE!</div>
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of mat medium and a few paper plates. and a travel blow dryer completed my stash. Oh.. I also brought two pair of scissors.. one regular and one crimping.. though of course, I tore a lot. And a set of alphabet stamps with black stamp pad and a four sided design stamp too plus a roll of paper towels and a bottle of water. </div>
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What I discovered while I was working yesterday, is after coloring the dictionary paper with watercolor, blowing it dry quickly with a little travel blow dryer, and then a light coat of mat medium over the watercolor which then quickly sealed the paint so I could continue working without smearing the watercolor. It worked perfectly! Collaging then using my favorite pencil to outline and texture elements.. was really a fun process. I liked using my own art to pull images from rather than a magazine.. making my collage a lot more personal! I was collaging on scrap cuts of wood from my neighborhood's cabinet shop (free) that I had prepainted for these demos. By the late afternoon, I had done 3 of these and the last one I had to resort to using cardboard with dictionary paper collaged on to create one more design. </div>
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This morning I scanned one of the collages from yesterday and in photoshop did a bit more designing and added the words for a new design for Lunar Designs! </div>
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To finish off the original art boards, I spray paint them with Krylon's Triple-Thick Crystal Clear Glaze. </div>
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I spray it on thick and it gives it a really deep glaze.. a "bright, glass-like coating" as the can says.</div>
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Just finished this fun bird this morning...</div>
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I am blooming with COLOR!</div>
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A few tweaks to my garden angel..</div>
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She needed a skirt bursting with ladeda.</div>
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It ties the four pieces together for the trunk show</div>
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Doing art makes me smile and raises my spirit.</div>
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Here's the sunrise that greeted us this morning when I </div>
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art time today in the studio</div>
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prepping boards for something ART-y to follow!</div>
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Flower girl</div>
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Silver belt buckle for her head and then a tea stainer for wings. A heart made out of linoleum</div>
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painted red. The handle of the tea strainer is her body wrapped in blue silk fabric. Her skirt is</div>
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She's ready to bless Spring!</div>
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Happy Birthday to my DAD</div>
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Yesterday you would of been 86.</div>
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I visited your grave yesterday.</div>
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Just to kiss the top of the headstone imagining it was the top of your head.</div>
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It was a typical WINDY March day and the leaves were whipping around in a happy dance.</div>
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The winter spring squalls were jumping around the valley. Your backyard view</div>
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Grand Mesa was covered in a big snow storm when I drove into the Grand Valley</div>
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I spotted the snow bear and winked at him. </div>
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I remember so much of my childhood spending time with you discovering new and wonderous things.</div>
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We would sit for hours looking through my favorite big Life Magazine that had dinosaurs arranged in their chronological order. You never got tired of explaining my endless questions. When the big thunder storms would come through we would sit in our lawn chairs with the garage door wide open and watch the lightening. You took the time to show me so many things in nature and the world. I have always believed that because of your wonder at life and it's amazing abundance, you inspired me to be an artist. To create wonder and joy in my small way. I so wish you could be here to spend time with Emalie. You would of adored her. She loves wild animals and nature and for a 7 year old, she is really smart about these subjects. She is a wiz in math. You would of loved watching nature shows with her. If you ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, she says a veterinarian. I imagine her in Africa someday working on a game reserve, or some exotic place doing what she loves. You two would of been the best buds. </div>
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I am grateful for my memories and the dear times we had as a family. After I left the cemetary, I headed down Unaweep on my way out town. I turned off onto Cedar Street to drive by Grandad's and Bubba's house.. one of those incredibly sad things that was changed. But despite the sad appearance of the house and yard, I still could feel the good times and the sweet memories of the place. How we would sit in the backyard and pit cherries or eat watermelon. The gardens in the backyard that were riotous in summer....the firepit where Grandad would burn rubbish.... The house is still painted cream but now with a spring green trim. I am glad the red is gone because that was Grandad's color. The gardens are long gone now but those peach and green fiberglass panels are still up on the side by the carport. Mrs Trinklien's house looks like a shanty now.. the whole neighborhood is a sad run down place. It's heart wrenching. I didn't drive by our old house yesterday.. enough sadness for one day.</div>
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On the way out of town, I drove through DeBeque Canyon and spotted the huge rock formation that looks like a chipmunk climbing up the rock wall. I passed the big hump in the highway where there was a big rock slide years ago that took out the electrical lines and kept you and your crew working up there for days. These are the things I hold in my heart, that will never change, thankfully. Wonderful reminders that will always be there to touch my heart and make me think of you Dad. I never can look at these mountains without thinking of you and wishing you were still here. I guess in a lot of ways, you still are.</div>
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has many friends. I am so happy for her. I know you are looking out for her as well. I wish I lived closer so I could be more helpful to her. She said she lit a candle for you yesterday. She misses you as much as is humanly possible. There will be a great reunion for you both someday. It will give me great joy to know you two will be reunited when the time comes. </div>
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So Dad I hope you are enjoying paradise and your eternal rest. I can imagine you exploring the universe between your naps. Perhaps Dumas and Sadie are with you, napping and trekking along. Maybe Grandad joins you on your adventures. And someday, Mom too.</div>
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My greatest creations..</div>
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Stephanie and Chris</div>
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my amazing wonderful loving kids.</div>
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I am so blessed to have these two kids.</div>
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They have grown into two beautiful kind loving adults.</div>
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It's what every mother prays for.</div>
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We had the most amazing day yesterday. Chris, who lives in Tahoe, surprised us yesterday with a visit.</div>
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Tasa, his sweet honey, was with him along with their two dogs: Nacho and Osa. It was pure rapture for me.</div>
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To have my two kids here together... it's been a long time.. I am thinking at least 12 years. Now that Stephanie, Robert and Emalie are moving back to Hawaii soon, who knows when this will happen again.</div>
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I am sooooo grateful that Chris and Tasa made the effort to come see us. Our lives are so busy, we all go</div>
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100 miles an hour and moments like these are precious and to be savored for the rest of our lives.</div>
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So this was truly an artfull day for me. </div>
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I was totally blissed out.</div>
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I buy these paint samples .. often grab them off the paint sale table for .50 cents each. These</div>
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I bought at regular price of under $3 each. The girl that mixed my green swore she tightened the</div>
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lid to which I replied well, obviously not tight enough! Nearly 1/2 was in the bag!</div>
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Thank goodness, this paint only flowed into the plastic bag on the way home and not all over my car seat.</div>
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I still had to take the little eye screws out of the 6 plastic bags, which was quite messy.</div>
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A few people have asked me what are cradle boards.</div>
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They are wooden panels with depth. Artists have been painting on these</div>
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for centuries. I like the wood surface better than canvas because it allows me to</div>
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<br />Artist Linda Drake and Lunar Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848526673599445690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388035153842823963.post-74949324533444458552013-02-28T09:52:00.000-07:002013-02-28T09:52:05.159-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More journal art designs coming off my drawing board this morning.</div>
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I am in the "get it done" mode for the upcoming show in Salt Lake next Saturday March 9th.</div>
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and thankfully going down in elevation means easy peasy until I get into the mtns in Utah which will be later morning so no problems. My trusty Subaru Forester ( and I do LOVE that car) will be loaded to the hilt for my one day show. I was so blessed to hook up with a FB art friend who has graciously invited me to stay at her house!!! We have only met online and are both looking forward to meeting in person. I love FB for the connections. I joined FB with the intention of promoting my art and it works over and over again. </div>
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fortunate to get in. And side attraction..I can stay with my mom who is happy to have me.. thanks mom! Having the big spring shows is wonderful because I usually am not doing shows in the spring. So I am thrilled to have these on the calendar. </div>
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My goal for this year is to create more flow with production and get my name out more. I was so busy </div>
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working last year, that I did little in the way of promoting. I have several new ideas for products and at these spring shows I can test their sellability -- if that is even a word!</div>
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The studio is being used at it's max with extra tables holding WIP that I am working on daily. And I am happy to conquer the to do list everyday with a smile and and song in my heart. </div>
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I love the assurance of this saying</div>
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because we all have our struggles and concerns.</div>
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but this morning when I went outside, I felt spring.. sunshine,</div>
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So of course, I am planning shows. </div>
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Two on my radar for Spring.</div>
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One in Salt Lake City March 9</div>
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Denver April 5-7</div>
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These fell into my lap from the sky and I am </div>
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Persistent and determined.</div>
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I am CRANKIN' out these tiles. It's exciting to do these.. I have to revamp my designs that are all 8.5 x 11 that I use on my kitchen towels, aprons, etc. These tiles are 6 x 6 so I have had to jump on my computer to re-size these to fit. Which is just plain fun in photoshop. I want to sell these locally at shops and fairs to</div>
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see if they will be successful enough to invest in some new equipment to produce these much easier and faster. But this "cottage industry process" is doing great with production here in my little studio!</div>
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I also have a stockpile of cradle boards to do more on. Originally bought them from Blicks, but found a much better deal from Cheap Joe's Art Stuff. These take more time because I have to paint them.. so they will be selling for more. </div>
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And I got to spend some quality time with my little chickapea Emalie this weekend.</div>
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She loves to hang out with me here in the studio.. while I am working she's playing dragon games on my kindle. And smiling her sweet toothless grin. I so love this kid to the moon and back. </div>
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My husband is a car nut. His cars is to him, as my art is to me. The beauty of this, is we let each other be what we want to be. Cars in the driveway, I lose count sometimes. Some actually are driveable, others</div>
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I have been working fast and furiously with my books. Bookkeeping isn't something I love doing.</div>
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I avoid it and now I am paying the price! Catching up.. my brain is now properly fried. Tedious. I so appreciate anyone who does this for a living. Because it rattles my brain after too many hours. </div>
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So closing down the studio for the day, spruce up the house a bit, get dinner in the works and ease into the evening. Tomorrow is MONDAY and I have a heavy duty week ahead. Getting ready for a show in early March and doing a lot of new products in addition to the kitchen towels. </div>
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But must show this cool picture to Dan. Plus it has rock work to boot. Another passion of his.</div>
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I finished this gift of art for my daughter and her husband. Today is their 8th wedding anniversary. and it's Valentine's Day. Romantic, yes?</div>
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I used a piece of scrap wood from the local cabinet shop. I prefer working on wood, and love when I can</div>
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pick up free wood and save it from being discarded. This piece measures appox 12 x 8 and is an inch thick.</div>
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using Mod Podge. After that dried I used a graphite pencil (my favorite is Kimberly 525 9xxb) to sketch in more of the details of the tree bark. This pencil by Kimberly is nice and soft and will draw on a lot of different surfaces.. I use it often. Next I painted the 8 red hearts ( from another sample paint pot I had) and then decided the texture of the pattern stamp would add a nice romantic look. </div>
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their daughter's initial. It now makes it a family tree.. and I smiled. I was happy with the finished project.</div>
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This has been fun working on wooden wall prints for Lunar Designs. I am experimenting on trying new</div>
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These are ceramic tiles .. trivets.. that I am working on techniques for.</div>
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A beautiful sunrise this morning!</div>
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My ART at a really sweet wonderful fun shop here in Glenwood Springs!</div>
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It's been awhile... I have been sooooo busy with ART, LIFE, FAMILY, WORK.. I have not</div>
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I am trying to get more balance in my life.</div>
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But the essential for my soul "stuff", I have been sorely neglecting.</div>
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Doing my morning ART has been scarce. And that is not a good thing for me.</div>
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I started doing more art last week and I swear I could FEEL my world coming back into balance.</div>
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Colors began to brighten, vistas came into focus, LIFE just got better, birds started singing,</div>
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coffee tasted better, my husband fell in love with me all over again, you know, that kind of thing.</div>
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To catch up.. I did a LOT of holiday art fairs this past fall/winter till Christmas. It kept me running</div>
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7 days a week. I managed to stay healthy and pull it off, but I have to admit I was ready for a break.</div>
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But I am now rested and restored and jumping back into more show schedules. Can't keep me away for long! Just signed up for a show in Salt Lake City March 9th called the <a href="http://www.vintagewhitesblog.com/">Vintage Winters Market</a>. That will be a trek to get there (about 5 1/2 hours) but I was so fortunate to be invited to stay with an online artist friend (FB) who has graciously invited me to stay with her. wow.. lucky me. I love hooking up with other artists on FB... we got to be friends virtually and now to have the opportunity to meet her in real.. it's just icing on the cake!</div>
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art is the presentation. It's that HOOK factor that you have to really work on. I have been doing our local Farmer's Market here in town now for 3 years.. a weekly market and that's where I really learned a LOT! I just kept improving on my displays and it helps with your sales! And that's what we are trying to do, right?</div>
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Do it all, but take time to take those big cleansing breaths and just be in the NOW.</div>
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It has been a long summer, even though it's just August. I am feeling a sense of relief and deep LOVE in my heart. The two people who I owe everything to, my mom and dad are in a HAPPY place. Mom has just</div>
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moved into the nicest retirement complex. It's beautiful, it's safe, secure and peaceful. All of which she will</div>
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flourish in. Since my father died, it has been so difficult for mom. I don't think there is a day go by, without mom missing dad immensely. I know my dad is feeling her joy as well. </div>
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It was so touching to hang these two portraits in my mom's new apartment. They were such a beautiful</div>
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of Henry Fonda, when Fonda was really young... like in the Grapes of Wrath. Especially the eyes. </div>
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Mostly, my art has been set aside this summer. I have had time to do some, but more importantly, I have</div>
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been focusing on helping my mom. For someone who had a strong shoulder to lean on her entire life, having dad gone, has really been difficult. But she is rallying in her new apartment. YELLOW is her color and she will fill her apartment with JOY! Having her own space, doing as she pleases is already bringing a spark to her eyes. And I love that she has so many social options open to her now....outings that will keep her busy. </div>
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Plus she can sit on her balcony and look at the beautiful mountains to the west. She will love it even more this fall when the days become cooler. Everyday will be new and fun for her. How wonderful for her! It's her time to have a lightness in her soul. She deserves it. And I know my DAD agrees!</div>
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May has blown by and here I am already running fast in June!!! My kids moved back from Hawaii.. a wonderful blessing. Having them here has been fun, busy, crazy and lots of giggles. They are now nesting in their new little house and I am getting my space back. Still lots of time with my sweet granddaughter is like dessert everyday! <br />
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The Glenwood Downtown Farmer's Market starts up next Tuesday.. and I will have my booth.. And I am doing a booth this year at the Strawberry Festival which starts a week from this Friday. So I am very busy gearing up<br />
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I am turning 61 this month. Last year turning 60 was shocking for me. But I have embraced my age now, so much, that I am letting my silver hair come out. Feel it's time. I have lots of plans for the summer. More ART, more family time, and more gratitude for life. And watching the garden grow. How dearly I love summer. Feel the sun on my face, that smell of the honeysuckle, the strawberry plucked warm from the garden and popped in my mouth. Reminds me of the vegetable garden my parents had when I was a kid.<br />
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A mixed media assemblage of found objects. I have been wanting to do a "recycled garden" for a long time. I have a nice pile of collected things.. been saving odd bits and pieces for years. Yes, it piles up. Yes, I should clear it out. But being an artist who loves to repurpose it just is hard to get rid of the treasures. In my dreams, I would love to spend a week sorting and categorizing everything. Then store in clear containers clearly labeled. But then I wouldn't always experience the serendipitous discovery of reaching for an element (not knowing what I was looking for) and ta-da there it is. </div>
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xoxo's and hearts. So I cut out strips and nailed them to the board creating the depth I was looking for.</div>
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The one flower with the red bullseye is special to me. And it does stand out prominently. The red disk was something I found in my husband's garage trash.. he had cut it out of metal. The center white is a big old washer from my dad's stash that I gleaned from his garage after he passed away. He was a tinker and had boxes of goodies that I have been rationing into my art. The blue and yellow pieces of tin are from a windmill that Dad had made. He made several of these. When I got them, the little motors no longer worked, but I knew I would find a use of the propellers someday. The leaves on this flower are old screen</div>
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I need TIME to create. And that is not always an abundant commodity for me!!!!!</div>
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<br /></div>Artist Linda Drake and Lunar Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848526673599445690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388035153842823963.post-58156439266355940652012-04-17T11:15:00.000-06:002012-04-17T11:15:49.339-06:00JUST LIKE ME<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wtj8HDSVQTA/T42i4Zzd_6I/AAAAAAAABh0/HGySNLxyHtM/s1600/JUST+LIKE+ME.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wtj8HDSVQTA/T42i4Zzd_6I/AAAAAAAABh0/HGySNLxyHtM/s320/JUST+LIKE+ME.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finished this new one.. so much fun creating a whimsical gathering of birds. I love doing birds.. something </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so sweet and comical about the little birds in the spring. Hopping around, busily looking for yummies to eat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hang a bird feeder outside all winter and it's a little sad to pull it down in the spring. Bears love feeders. So the birds on are their own for food.. thankfully there is more to eat now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have a great local outlet for my art... a friend's shop in the downtown area who loves my art and let's me hang as much as I want to bring in. She only charges me a minimum fee for sold work and it's fun for her to hang up the art. She likes the quirky and colorful which is my favorite choice to do!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I have another hanging in June at a great popular breakfast place in Carbondale for the month of June. So I have a lot of art to do.. plus with shows and markets coming up this summer, I want to build my inventory as much as possible. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been neglecting my morning art time.. which has been sorely missed. Always seeming to find "more important things to do" and duh... my daily art time is really critical for me. So having a lot of commitments for my art will get me back in the groove. It's magical to come into my studio and sit at my art desk with my birds chirping over my head and immerse myself in my art. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year I am determined to create at a steady flow.. for many reasons least of all my SELF. I will be posting here more often and hope to soon restock my empty etsy store. tsk tsk. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Funny how I become more stagnant in the winter and when spring rolls around, a time when I have a ton of chores in the garden, I wake up with wanting to do art all the time!!!!! But I do a lot more reading in the winter.. which is lovely. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so that's my game plan...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">plus my kids are moving back to our valley in a few weeks. and I am giddy with excitement.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Artist Linda Drake and Lunar Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848526673599445690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388035153842823963.post-28628147682007678692012-04-02T15:15:00.000-06:002012-04-02T15:15:18.852-06:00NEW ART<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gFvHsyEcgs8/T3oVIUQ9kwI/AAAAAAAABhs/vnvvxVg4gjc/s1600/simplicity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gFvHsyEcgs8/T3oVIUQ9kwI/AAAAAAAABhs/vnvvxVg4gjc/s320/simplicity.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a new fun art for me. Such great FUN!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started out with a multi wash of color.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love watercolor so working on this wood using very wet acrylics</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is as much fun for me as doing watercolors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After this dried,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started adding some wispy plant designs.. again with a wet brush dipped in</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">watered down acrylics, but with enough color to show up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Drying time again. Sometimes I speed this up with my heat gun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I stamped some designs with paint.. for added elements.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then took an old plastic dollie and used it as a stencil to spray paint over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This really gives a nice lacy garden feel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next came the blackbird and the branch. And lastly,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the collaged dictionary pages for the poppies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lastly the berries.. which I loved.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now my artistic juices are flowing,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I want to do MORE!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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