SIX CAT PAINTINGS !!!

I finally finished some paintings!

Eventually I will get my "shop" set up to sell.

I want to get my business cards and postcards done too,

but in the meantime I'll just offer my Art here.

Mixed Media Paintings

on 4" x 4" by 1 1/2 inch acrylic painted wrapped canvases.

SOLD!

Collaged papers,  Inktense pencils

and archival ink

sealed in several coats of matte finish

Original art NOT prints

SOLD!

The sides are painted and ready to be hung on a wall

or thick enough to stand on a shelf unsupported.

$25.00 plus $5.00 shipping

Email me if you are interested!

 ruby053@aol.com

BUTTON CAT, DOXIE and THERAPIST

I did three more paintings.

Each one is done with Inktense pencils on paper

then collaged onto an acrylic painted small canvas

measuring 4" by 4" by 1 1/2" deep.

They can be hung or placed to sit upright on a surface.

The cat has a floral scrap paper blouse with real little buttons.

I'm liking using different paper and maybe random items, like the buttons.

Then I did another Dachshund because I know a lot of Dachshund owners! LOL!

and lastly, I wanted to use the Therapist quote because it's true for me.

But next up I need to work on some small commissioned paintings.

I had been asked to do a painting of a friends five dogs, all on one tiny canvas

in a more realistic style.

I wasn't given a deadline and I really was dragging my feet.

I sketched out some things but never was happy.

Recently I met up with this friend and she asked about them and I told her that I just couldn't seem to get them all in the proper scale but....

that I'd do it, eventually.

She laughed and said why didn't I just do them individually and in whatever style and whatever color I like.

Suddenly I was full of ideas!

I'm pretty sure I know how I will be creating them.

The only problem now is....time.

Sigh.

I still have not been contacted by the Art/Antique place

and truly, I don't even care now.

It got me painting again and that's what I needed!

I'm still working on setting up a shop but I've opened a business Facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/cynthiamyersart

Yep, slowly but surely.

STOP AND SMELL THE FLOWERS...

What flowers?
LOL!

I posted this finished painting on Facebook and Instagram this afternoon.
I didn't put "words" on it like I usually do because I didn't think it needed it.
I'm experimenting with adding more paper.
Mixed Media, Collage, whatever.

It measures 4" x 4" and it's 1 1/2" thick.
Here's a side view.
It's thick enough to stand on a table, cabinet whatever by itself.
But of course you can still hang it too.

Now for the exciting part.
I had just posted it on Facebook and I started to get several "LIKES"
when someone asked if it was for sale?
Hell yeah!
SOLD
LOL! and I'm HAPPY.
and I haven't been all week because I've felt like I had been disrespected several times...
but I'm not thinking about that anymore.
Nope, I'm focused 
and all of you have played a HUGE part in that.
Thank you again for the words of encouragement
and for just being there.
XOXO

FIVE MORE PAINTINGS...I'm on a roll!

Winter and 3 Mixed Media Paintings

So, the weather has been bad.
Not as bad as the East Coast, so I'm trying not to complain.
This is a photo of my driveway after I shoveled on Sunday.
Yep, AFTER. 
A few hours had gone by and the driveway had disappeared again.
My driveway runs along side of the candy canes that my neighbor still has in his yard.
You can barely see the street and the kid across the street foolishly left his car out front.

The girl that works for me and covers Sunday nights, text me to say that she was worried about me getting in on Monday,
especially since I live in Illinois.
She drives a big huge truck and lives in Iowa, where the clinic is.
She said that she had trouble getting through all the snow.
She said nothing was plowed yet.
She offered to trade shifts with me on Monday so that I could leave later in the morning after the roads had been cleared and salted.

So I spent most of Monday morning shoveling out my van.
A lot of the neighborhood was out there working on their driveways and sidewalks.
When I came inside the house I found that Blue had pushed aside the curtain in the living room and had been watching me and the neighbors.
He just kept watching, even after I was inside until I was almost ready to leave for work.

When I finally got to work,although it was very cold, it was very pretty outside.
I stood out in the yard with some of the boarding dogs and looked up at sky.
It was so blue and the trees were so heavy with snow that they were making a crackling noise.
That's when I noticed that we were being watched.
The hawk was back.

Later that night I worked a bit on some paintings that I had started on the weekend
and finished up a few yesterday.
I'm doing them in a mixed media style.

The illustrations are done in Inktense pencils on card paper and I've cut them out and layered them and sometimes other scrap papers onto canvases that I've painted in acrylics.

I'm finding that I want to do things on a smaller scale.
I want to work towards more of a collage style, I think.

I haven't received a call yet but that's a good thing because I have a lot of things I want to create for my space. 
I've been thinking about this and how this is an opportunity to develop my style.
So I'm not going to stress myself out,
I'm instead going to enjoy my journey.

Another One Done and Tree Limb Update

Another one done.

I actually thought I had one besides this one done when I noticed a small little hair in the top coat.

So I sanded it down until I got to the hair and then repainted the spot and sealed it again.
It's still drying.
I always see so many imperfections in my work that it drives me crazy.
This one is brown paper attached to painted canvas.
I can see a ripple.
Yep, drives me crazy.
I'm currently working on another one with tissue paper gel mediumed to painted canvas.
I actually like it...so far. Hope I don't ruin it.

One thing I do have to remember though is to not smooth back my hair behind my ear when I have gel medium on my fingers.

I didn't noticed it immediately.
Nope, not until I went to smooth it back again and my hand got stuck.
Ouch.
That hurts getting that stuff out.

Another thing, the tree guy came. Cut down the limb on the roof and another one across the patio and above the power lines. He did it in less than an hour and never had to disconnected my phone/Internet line.

He then gave me a reasonable quote on repairing the roof. The metal edge needs to be pounded back down, the nests cleaned out of the soffits and then repaired and put back in place. Hopefully the quote includes cleaning out the gutter. I think there are tiny trees growing in there.
I will have to get some cash together but hopefully he can do it before winter comes.
I asked him if he paints houses. He hesitated but said he could probably do mine.
I said it would depend on whether I get any income tax money back next Spring.
I hope so.
My roof is a light grey color and I'd like the house to be a light yellow. Not too yellow Yellow. More of a bright white-yellow with grey shutters.....
although I do adore this pink house -