The Rival

Ladies. Sometimes rivals come in small packages!

Agoraphobia ... aka Imprisonment

Most of you dont know me personally, but I have suffered with agoraphobia most of my life. It has robbed me of most of lifes experiences and opportunities. I have gotten better, but driving still seems to be a minor issue. Hopefully, the day will come when that no longer plagues me either.

I wanted to try and do a painting of agoraphobia.. Tons of dark and scary images popped into my mind, but eventually I decided on this one. I think it shows what I want but without being so dark!! Oh, and for those of you who dont know what agoraphobia is, it is the fear of going outside. It is fear. Paralizing fear.

Anyway, this is my feeble attempt at painting a phobia. I hope if you dont understand it, at least you enjoy the image!!

The East Beach Gallery Show

Hi everyone...

I submitted a painting (Tree of Knowledge) to a gallery show yesterday sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Artists Association, of which I am a member. I am so excited to say that I won 3rd place, which is indeed an honor being among so many talented people. I took my camera and snapped off at least 75 pictures of the event, only to find out this morning that I forgot to put the memory card in the camera. I could have thrown myself on the floor!!!

So, here I am to celebrate a ribbon, that I have no photograph of! haha.... The painting will hang in the gallery until May 30. When I bring it home I will photograph the painting with the ribbon... perhaps with me holding the ribbon... (I could always pretend that it was the original photograph... haha) Anyway... I am tickled... and I wanted to share.

Mona's Mystery

Once a month at Jerrys Artarama they have a "Sip and Paint". I go every month as I enjoy being with other artists, and of course am always looking for something to learn. Yesterday was this months "party" and the end result was this painting. I call it Mona's Mystery, however, we all know that this is DaVinci's Mona Lisa. I plan on doing another but tweeking it a bit... you know, perhaps adding some 1950's cats eye glasses... or an eyebrow piercing... giggles...

Two weekend art shows!!

Well, for the last two weekends I have been quite busy with art shows. The first weekend, I was in the annual Spring show at Jerrys Artarama. It is an annual event, keeping the number of artists down to around 20. It was a fairly successful show, and the best news ever, was that I won 1st place! I cried. I never expected this win, as there were so many talented people there! Here is a pic of the ribbon... and NO I have not been drinking.... haha... Just drunk with joy!

This past weekend I did the Gosport Art Festival in Olde Towne, in Portsmouth. There were over 130 artists and so much talent everywhere!! I sold 9 paintings, and a few pieces of my jewelry and lots of prints. I met so many interesting and lovely people there. Although I hate lugging tents and racks and worrying about the weather in these outdoor events, I love meeting the people, the atmosphere, and of course the greasy food from the attending vendors. I hope all of you local people will come out this August to the Seawall show, and say hi!!

A Game of Chess

Well, another painting that kicked my butt! I do love the colors in this one, but I struggled with the composition. From the beginning of hearing about good vs. evil, God and Satan, I always thought of God as playing some sort of chess game. As if our salvation was nothing more than a chess game between him and Lucifer. Obviously this was a Bible Story that I dont adhere to any more, but I wanted to do a painting illustrating how I felt. I hope this is clear and easy to interpret.