I’ve been thinking of adding Dallas Hall to my list for this summer. Now, I know that it is not a piece that too many would be drawn to–but that’s not why I’m painting. I’m painting to bring the drawings that I adore to life on canvas. So here is a sketch of Dallas Hall,…
Author: CDS
Additions to the summer painting list
First of all thank you to everyone for your suggestions. From elephants balancing on spider webs to curly haired mermaids!I was wondering, do any of you remember –la vibora de la mar–? That’s another good one and could be fun to do…Anyhow I have added to the list of paintings…Pumpkin PieBooksGiraffe So thanks as always…
Summer
I keep saying I’m going to start painting in the summer…and I will…thing is…tomorrow is the last day of school, which means that this FRIDAY is summer! So…guess what? This weekend, I will finish what I started this spring…and when I get back from DC I will send paintings to – chicago – austin –dallas…
5 little pigs
Here is the sketch for one of the paintings I will work on this summer. I haven’t quite decided on the background color but I am leaning towards the grey tone… I think it will look nice against the pink piggies. This like most of my pieces was inspired by a conversation with my friend…
Summer Painting List
Last night I started putting together a list of sketches i want to bring to canvas this summer…. 1. Brontosaurus Love (a.ka. apatasaurus love) 2. Mermaids (curls, heavy &?) 3. Dos Pinos 4. Hojas Verdes 5. Two Palms 6. 5 Little Pigs 7. Los Pollitos Dicen… 8. Princess 9. Bay of Pigs 10. Double Banyon…
Shades of light…
I saw these yesterday while at Marshall’s. I simply adore the color combination as used by the theme…normally I would want this to be reds and blues…but I love the green and pink palate. I think I’m going to have to work with this and come up with something…other than wishing I had a baby…
With a song in my heart…
Music definately plays a big role in my work. When I paint, I sit in the living room on one of my orange chairs, plug my ears with my ipod and put it on shuffle.Sometimes the songs stick with me that they become paintings.“Edge of the Deep Green Sea”…”Night and Day”…So what is playing a…
Blonde Mermaid
So my lovely blonde mermaid has found a new home! As of next week she will be hanging on the studio walls of the great Ms. Shana Nye, photographer exptraordinaire! http://www.shannanyephoto.com/ I think red headed mermaid is a combination of jealous and sad because her BFF is moving on without her. This means I’ll have…
I love tumblr…
So I have a tumblr blog –which I use to collect images I really like and share them with other people. Today I came across this and fell in love. Don says it’s because it looks like something I would do… I think it’s because when I read this outloud I do so with a…
Day Job…
So, as some of you may know I have a day (VP, Education for the Historical Museum of Southern Florida). I love my job- it allows me to be creative and make an impact…and I have the most incredible, smart, talented and driven staff in the museum field here in Miami. The other thing I…