painting of the day: Fry Stand by Shawn Huckins

180B - Fry Stand

2009

acrylic on canvas mounted on MDF

49 x 40 in (124 x 102 cm)

I was first introduced to Shawn Huckins after seeing the Paint Chip Series, featured on The Jealous Curator (great art blog). 

The Paint Chip Series features several large canvases painted to resemble various color swatches you'd pick up at Home Depot or Sherwin Williams before covering your living room in "Pacific Sea Teal." Each "chip" also incorporates some mundane image drawn from the everyday—a Walmart employee pushing shopping carts across a "Sweet Corn" landscape; cars sinking into a "Honey Beige" flood. 


More from the paint chip series....

380B - Brown Paper Bag,

Artists with Huge Egos

2009

acrylic + latex on canvas mounted on MDF

49 x 40 in (124 x 102 cm)

460F - Self Portrait I + II with Flannel Shirt

2009

acrylic on canvas mounted on MDF

49 x 40 in (124 x 102 cm)

New 4" x 4"s

I finished a series of small paintings last month for my open studio -- 4" x 4" mini canvas paintings. Super cute! Here are the girls.....

 Party Dresses

 Cocktails

Drama Queen

 Beer Can Rollers

Sunday Afternoon

Saturday Afternoon

Which is your favorite?

locals welcome! art exhibit at Stifel and Capra

The city of Falls Church hosts a monthly FIRSTfriday event for participating shops and restaurants. I will be the featured artist at Stifel and Capra thru May. Opening reception is from 5-8 pm on Friday, May 3rd. I will be exhibiting new paintings, new littles and matted prints. Stop by and feel free to bring friends. 

you can find cool stuff anywhere!

I was in my husband's hometown, Altoona, Pa, over Easter weekend. I was driving through my in-law's neighborhood when I came upon what appeared to be a yard sale. I BRAKE FOR YARD SALES! should be a bumper sticker on my suv. It mortifies my kids but they should be used to it by now.  Anyway, I looked at the few items this man was selling against his chain-linked fence.  He had made these drum shaped coffee tables out of wood.  I asked how much and he said $25. I rarely have cash in my wallet and told him I would be back. A few hours later, I saw he was putting everything away and it looked like he hadn't sold a single table. He was so happy I had returned and liked his tables... he gave me two for one!

Very West Elm-like

The small one is 18" diameter and large one is 26" diameter. I think both made of hickory.

Elm Wood Coffee Table

 I love a good find!!!!!!!

eclectic style

Eclectic style is the great equalizer. It reshuffles the rule book, mixing and matching old and new, East and West, luxe and humble, showy and quiet. It invites you to fill a space  with objects you love and unique finds that strike your fancy. Simply put, it's you, curated. Try to redecorate a room using your favorite objects -- pillows, lamps, art, etc. Avoid symmetry.

I began this inspiration board with my painting "woodsy girl" and worked around her. The painting of the seated woman is mine too.

a special commission

A good friend's mother asked me a year ago to paint her 10 grandchildren. The commission was to be painted on three 24" x 24" size canvases, a triptych.  The idea was clever and creative. She sent me photos of the kids taken at a rodeo in Beaver Creek, Colorado, where they have a home. I liked it because they were posed looking at the rodeo (just the back views of the children.) 

Here are the paintings..... she loved them and I honestly think they turned out great.

The paintings were a surprise to the family and presented Christmas morning.......

My job can be so rewarding.

Best art walls

Kirra Jamison

Weisshouse

They speak for themselves.

excited to share portraits by ny artist, Hope Gangloff

Hope Gangloff is known for creating vibrant and truthful portraits of her friends as a way to share her view of modern American life. By capturing this generation of young adults in her illustrations and paintings, she documents this era's struggle during these tumultuous economic times. 

Don't you love it?