My favorite nephew is here with us this week.

We have a busy week ahead of us and I still don't have my video issues resolved. Calvin said he might be able to help me  :  )  If nothing else he has been able to capture the studio from his eye level that will be added to my ever evolving video. Today he & I are alone together, while uncle Mike works and Hannah's at school. He requested to stay in, play video games and do art. We will be picking Hannah up from school and then going over and getting Eleanor from school. I'm sure they will want 7/11

I want to give a big double hand wave out to my church family :  ) 

Thank you for taking the time to touch base with me yesterday.

While at church yesterday I picked up a painting that I had left there three yrs ago. Three years ago I was invited to hang a piece of art in the sanctuary and this painting on your right was what I painted, well once they put it on this ginormous wall, this 3x4ft painting was dwarfed, so I went back home and Suzanne & I met at Dick Blicks and she was able to put the 5 footer on her van, so this one I forgot about I guess.

The tree on your left I painted last week

I love to see things from the past to see where I may have grown.

Here I see my backgrounds have changed dramatically, I don't use iridescent as much as I use to I also see more of a freer tree then the one from 2008

My plan is to either paint the tree turquoise or cover it completely.

 I love this shot of us a few weeks ago

Saturday my girl turns 16

Have a great week

Lisa

My blog turns three today

Please forgive me for not showing up with my video yet.

Life has been hectic. Mike is my go to man for my computer needs and now that he is working again I've tried to keep my needs few and far between, so I haven't asked for help yet with my camera or my new printer. Suzanne is coming by today and she is a bit more techy then I, so we'll see if she can figure it out for me.

When I started my blog three years ago, I was looking for a way to connect with other artists. I have achieved success with that! This month also marks me becoming an artist eight years ago! I never planned on being an artist, but doing art everyday has taken me now to places I would never have thought to travel.

I've been consumed with painting and preparing for two big shows this summer and of course my canvases are almost as big as Iam and it takes a lot of time to cover them. I will do my best to always post on Mondays and get this dang video up asap.

Have a great day

Love to you all

Lisa D.

I'll be right back

This weekend I celebrated my birthday :  )  

One of my many gifts was a camcorder, sony bloggie actually, so I've been taping everything in my path! 

The photo here is a peek at the wedding book I was commissioned to do.

   

Me at 43

Always with a scarf and bibs.

I'll be back on Wednesday with a video from this past weekend.

Hugs

Lisa D.

Athletes and travel journals

Hannah was published in her high school newspaper, she was interviewed for an article on wheelchair basketball.  She was such the star :  )  Here she is in the car on our way out to dinner to celebrate her celebrity.

 

Last week I was contacted to do a few travel journals and a love book for a wedding gift!

This is one of the tables this morning.

XoX

Lucky Girl

Lisa D.

I'm still trying to keep to a "work" schedule...but dang it...I'm ahead of myself. Now I seem to just want to keep adding things to my Etsy. I'm an artaholic! 

I made this 1.5x2 for Mike today.

I love those Artchix clipart!

XoX

I always have such a hard time with titles

   Some new art blocks

 

I love how you can take some wood and make a little piece of art out of it.

 

I'll be posting a few on Etsy later today.

 

"Working" has taken my art journaling time away! 

I did manage to sew in a few things though.

 

This Creed image is from a calendar Zack gave me instead of putting it in the recycle bin when the year was over. I decided to use it for the envelopes for the round robin.

Aren't they great!  .

 

While moving things around in the art room this weekend I came across this 5x7 painting. 

Eleanor painted this for Chunk last September. She wanted it hung near the floor for him to enjoy. LoL!

Have a great day today!

Lisa D.

Happy Friday to ya! or as Hannah likes...TGIF!

  I average six hours of sleep a night.

 Here are two shots of my travel journal. I haven't had much "free" play time in the studio to add more images, but as you can see in the photo above I have been collecting things to adhere to it this weekend.

 

 Here are a few blocks I worked on this morning.

 I was asked to hang my art again at The Glenwood this summer :  ) Wahoo!  So excited for that! What an experience, having my stuff out there for all to see. LOVED IT! 

The photo below are a few paintings I've started on to get me going for this summer!  All I can think about is big canvases on those lovely large walls.

My mother in law (granny) who is also an artist and continues to live uprooted in Atlanta has been having a hard time getting motivated to work in her journal. Because I'm so far away from her I was trying to figure out a way to help her from here.



While my mind was trying to move things around to make room for new thoughts and ideas, I decided I would start a "round robin" type thing with her, myself and 3 of her arty lady friends.
I mailed out everyones 8X10 canvas boards this week and am looking forward to getting started on that : )

Hugs

Lisa D.