CLEARING HOUSE!

So the holiday shows are over and I have packed and unpacked my truck several times lately. And I have several large pieces that I would love to find new homes for. I do not want to store any large canvases! I want to clear out some space and motivate myself to create some very new pieces. Soooo...lets help each other, shall we?!?! I want to make my affordable art even MORE AFFORDABLE and in return, I get some space in my downstairs studio. Ahhh....space....yummy yummy space...something an artist always needs more of.

The pieces below are for sale for new super low prices...pretty much the cost of the canvases. So get someone the gift of art for the holidays or even just treat yourself! It will be first come, first serve so drop me an email (yellowdogart@aol.com) quick if you have any questions. These are large pieces and shipping would be ~$150; I will ship if necessary but I am really hoping for pick up/local delivery only.

First up: DREAMING

This piece was originally $300. It is now on sale for $75. It is 36"x48". This was one of my favorites so I want it to find a good home.

Next up: FRISBEE?

This piece was originally $250 but is now also on sale for $75! This piece was done on a very cool 36"x36" square canvas. The square canvases are a little more expensive but I love the look of them.

Next: BALL?

This piece is also a cool 36"x36" square canvas and was intentionally made as a great match with FRISBEE? up above. It was also originally $250 and is now on sale for $75!

And the final holiday bargain: TULIP FIELD

This piece is 36"x48" with GORGEOUS COLORS! It was originally $250 but is now on sale for $50! Yup, $50. I got the canvas on sale so it is even cheaper for you.

All pieces are on gallery wrapped canvas and ready to hang.

So if you are interested in any of these pieces drop me an email at yellowdogart@aol.com and lets chat!

I have seen other artists offer to make trades for art when really trying to open up studio space so I am willing to try that here. I have to admit, I am pretty picky about trades because I am really looking to free up space in my home and studios so please dont be offended if I am not open to all offers! But it is the holidays and I an open to giving it a try!

I LOVE THIS WEATHER

OK, I really gotta go paint and I have one unbelievably exhausted dog so this is going to be quick. It was gorgeous out today! Chilly but beautiful. It is November for crying out loud and so far I have to fall on my ass due to a stray ice patch. *knock on wood*


The front tip of my poor dirty neglected kayak. It is November and I vow to change that.
Look at the pretty pretty water. ..


And the pretty pretty shoreline? Kind of gray at this point. But still....


In a little over a week I will be at the UVM Holiday sale. When not painting and the weather forces me inside, I still need to stay sane and busy so I work on other projects. Well, I used to. All of those other little goodies that most of you look for at the UVM sale will be on sale--as in cheap! I need to clean out some of my stock so I can move on to other things.

Time to paint...

Where and when to get your holiday goodies

It has been so long since I posted on here that I forgot my username! Terrible *shamed shake of head* Things have been crazy. I will spare you all. And by 'you all' I mean the few people that might still be checking in here since I became a huge blogging slacker.

I have lots of new goodies so although I am only doing two shows this holiday season, I hope you can stop by and say hello. My first show will be at the UVM Holiday Show on December 3rd in the Davis Center. Tell everyone you know! There are lots of cool goodies and very nice people but almost NO advertising. Take advantage of this. Have a casual look at lots of good stuff without the holiday crowds and then even hit some UVM stores in the DC while you are there.

My second show is a new show that I am very excited to be part of. I will post more info when I know but for now I can tell you that it will be for pet lovers, for those that want cool original gift ideas for pet lovers and those that just want to help support the homeless animals in the area. It will be at Play Dog Play on Pine Street on Saturday, December 12th. There will be amazing items on display (and sale!) as well as official pet portraits being taken right there on site.

I will have new items at each show so stop by, say hello and meet some of my friends. Check back soon for some pictures of my newest pieces as well as more info on the upcoming events and even where to find some of these new things out around the area.

SOUTH END ART HOP 2009!

This was my first Art Hop and it was a blast. I was a little stressed to get everything done but I was more stressed by Saturdays weather. We held out and ended up having a great Friday evening and an excellent Saturday.

I met some super people and got to listen to some excellent music. I am HUGE music fan and an even bigger live music fan. I heard Marty Power play for the first time and cant figure out how I had never heard of this guy??!! Things were too crazy for me to mingle too much but I got to observe and listen to Marty and found my new favorite local musician. He seems like a super nice guy and I could have listened to him all weekend. Saturday ended with the public debut of the Haymakers. They were great as well. It was there first outside-the-garage- performance and they played only original stuff. Gutsy and worth it I think. Good job guys!

Now some pics! I was too busy to pull my camera out after the event started but at least I caught a few images of the mural and the artwork on display.

Above you see Poco, Uli, Roscoe, Brian and Yazzy.


Here you see Mickey and friends. I couldnt resist the cute butt angle.

Above you see Lucy and her favorite (slightly torn) red sweatshirt. Too cute!

My display of smaller items. They were the big hit this show. Luckily I love making these items. They are all original pieces of art but not all paintings. It makes for a nice break but still allows me to be productive and play around a little with color without having to bust out all the paint!

The first corner of the open show area.

Here is the furthest wall of the open show area. I liked this wall a lot. I think Masha and Ryan had a great idea to display the pieces all along the fencing.

Above is the last wall of the display area as you are about to exit the area. It was a grouping of the pieces that didnt really match with all the others and it was kind of a last minute move. Another artist was expected but he never showed. He dropped some stuff off a week or so ago so they put it up but he never made an appearance. The guy missed out!

I had a great time and I am super thankful that Masha and Ryan invited me to join them. I would love to do it again! I now know what to expect and I had some great ideas on how to make it all smoother (on my end ofcourse) and new things I would love to display. Thank you to everyone that stopped by! Drop me an email and let me know what you thought of the show; I would love to hear from you!

Great painting weather

So I might be a little under the weather but the actual weather is perfect for working on my mural at Play Dog Play. Below is sample of what you will see if you stop in this weekend. Not the best pic but you get the idea!



The above image shows about eight feet of the 97 foot wall. So stop by Play Dog Play this coming Friday night or Saturday and check out the other 89 feet of YellowDog Art! Food, drink, live music, pups and art....what more could you want?? Oh, I know! Nice weather so it can be outside! Well, so far so good. Keep your fingers crossed.

SOUTH END ART HOP

There is less than a week before the South End Art Hop. Less than a week!! Thank you Mother Nature *knock on wood* for the recent beautiful weather; it has really made catching up on the mural possible. I put in a solid 6 hours today and it felt great. I havent felt 100% lately but I finally got some black lines on the wall for definition and Im feeling much much better. My paintings for the Art Hop are almost all done. I have actually kept up on those all along.

I also have some new items to show at the Art Hop. Some Mail Art and the newest of new, cards! Both are on recycled products and each and every little piece is original art. No prints! Oh, and Moleskines! Who doesnt love a good Moleskine journal?! Now you can have original artwork on your Moleskine. They make for excellent gifts. Stop by Play Dog Play on Pine Street Friday night or Saturday, say hello and let me know what you think. There will be drinks, food and live music. If weather permits, we will be outside and your canine friends are more than welcome.

Blogger isnt letting me upload anything right now so I will try again tomorrow to give you a little look at what I worked on today. Even better, check out the Art Hop next weekend; I cant wait to see everyone!

Sunday was NOT a day of rest

I have been trying to post since last Sunday but Blogger wasnt allowing me to upload pictures. Hopefully better late than never!

The wonderful people at Play Dog Play asked me if I could do a couple signs for their fine establishment. When i met Masha at Play Dog Play for the first time, I was incredibly impressed. This is a very cool, very clean and very dog friendly place. You MUST check them out. Seriously, go now and come back and finish reading this later!

Masha also asked if I would be interested in taking part in this years South End Art Hop. I had always wondered about how someone went about taking part in that event so I jumped on her offer to host my work. And then she had one final surprise. She brought me outside to show me a blank canvas. A 12' x 95' wall in need of some artwork. Yup 12' x 95'!!! Check out what it looked like that first day:

Big, huh?! I couldnt say no. The wall had been sealed so first came the priming. Thanks to some major help, in about three hours we covered most of the wall with primer. Did I mention it 94 degrees that day?!?! We ran out of primer and neither my helper nor myself could reach the upper most corner even on ladders so that had to wait until next time. I forgot to take pictures of the primer stage. *sorry* You arent missing much.

Then after the realization I was not going to be able to tackle the last of the priming and the base coat of blue myself, my very busy but very very sweet brother, Randy, came to my rescue. Sorry ladies, he wouldnt let me take pics of him. My niece Sydney joined us and she kicked butt!! She can help anytime. It was in the 90s that day as well but this is what we ended with:

You cant really see beautiful the blue is in this pic but the important part is the wall is now fully covered, top to bottom, with the base coat. Oh, I forgot to mention the tons of other helpers we had all along the way:

Daddy long legs. LOTS of them. When we were priming, it was like they were falling out of the trees above us to see what was going on. While doing the base coat of blue, we didnt see as many but we saw enough. We did our best to not give them a base coat. We were partially successful. I have just decided to spare you the pics of the ones that didnt make it out of the way of our rollers.

Ok, NOW to the happenings of this past Sunday. I headed over in the ate morning to work on the grass. I thought it would be quick an easy but with the temps hitting 108 degrees near the wall, it took me longer than I planned. It is hard when your paint gets to the consistency of glue! But here is the final result and some of the company I had that day:

Oh, and how could I forget?? Here was my bestest buddy on Sunday. Meet Gus:

You cant tell by the pic but Gus is HUGE. He was the first dog to greet me that day and he reminded me very quickly that you should always greet a dog with your mouth closed. I know. Ew. But I never expected this big guy to raise up to be face to face with me to eagerly and so easily. I know, I am an idiot. But cute, huh!?!?

After a yummy milk shake from Champlain Chocolates and some very yummy (so I guess) treats from Pupkat Bakery for Jackson courtesy of Masha, I dragged my tired hot butt home. I unloaded some stuff from the truck and hung with Jack while he ate his treats but then I had to hit the showers.

I could not cool off or relax so I shut out the lights (you cant tell from the pic but it was really dark in there) and resorted to candles. I cant believe I am admitting this but sometimes I am a bit girly I guess. Anyway, then i realized I was starving and there were some booty from the Farmer's Market waiting for me.

My favorite; cucumbers, radishes, cucumbers, baby carrots, cucumbers, Cabot cheddar and did I mention, cucumbers? I added a glass of tea and it was all good. Consider the above the 'before' pic. And here is the 'after':

Yum. Nuff' said 'bout that.

And then I tried typing this blog entry. Blogger just wouldnt accept my pics. I was getting upset and glanced out my window to see this:

If you really look behind the tree in the center of the picture you will see a hot air balloon. NOT a common sight in my neighborhood. The pic stinks because I stood there in awe that a hot air balloon was floating down my little back street so close I could see the and hear the people very very clearly. Then I ran to the camera but the card was in the card reader trying to upload to Blogger. By the time I got back to the window this is all I could get as they were heading to safer areas. Crazy! Im easily amused.

As long as Blogger and I can learn to play nice, I will have lots of new stuff to show you. Mark September 11th and 12th on your calendars!! I hope to see you at Play Dog Play for the South End Art Hop!

COMING SOON

New paintings, new pics, new projects, new shows, new mediums!
I just wanted to post a quick hello and let you know there are many new things to come very very soon!

For now, mark September 11th and 12th on your calendars. I will be at Play Dog Play for the South End Art Hop. If weather permits we will have an outdoor show with live music, food and ofcourse, lots of new art. BIG new art! Sneak peeks coming soon...