Today's Art Journal entry......

More Minneapolis Paintings to come........

I'm having such fun with the Minneapolis skyline! Ok, yes, I'm freely employing quite a bit of artistic license, so some buildings have moved, but your favorites are all right there!!! My goal is to finish a decent number of pieces by springtime in preparation for a gallery show! The wonderful folks at BamBamGrafix are scanning them and making prints as we speak.
Meanwhile, having earned my A license in skydiving, I'll continue to paint the blue skies and the midwest countryside from my new perspective. I have been challenged to paint a 20 foot diameter parachute for West Side Skydivers to hang in their hangar. Wow! That's some serious silk to cover!

Art Journaling

I have a new obsession......which is actually turning out to be a great lesson in spontaneity for me! I have been working daily in my art journal, with the goal of having a large volume of work completed by the end of the summer. In August I will be teaching a class about Art Journaling, and I want to have a great, personal, example to show.
It is very different to be painting for myself instead of for the public. Sometimes I find it liberating. Sometimes I am afflicted with severe artist's block! It's not always so easy to decide what to sketch/paint/write about on any given day! This is good for me!!!!

My Big City

"My Big City" is the title of my latest painting, which is a giant (60") Minneapolis skyline. This piece is painted over an aeronautical map on top of canvas, and is just the first of several cityscapes I'm working on. So far all my works have featured my beloved Minneapolis...but I have been asked to try my hand at New York City and St. Paul too!

the many sides of Westy!!!!!

Every day, when I stroll out into my new, beautiful, warm, and sunny studio, I have to decide which Westy paintings I'll be working on. Blissful skydive paintings? Colorful swirly Chagall-esque images? Sketchy paintings on book pages, maps, etc? I enjoy all these dimensions of my imagination, and the urge to work on one or the other is determined by mood, popularity, and what materials I have around!
On deck right now? -large skydive paintings on really cool aeronautical maps, a new series of nudes a la Matisse, and some very bold winter crows!

Getting ready for the Women's Art Fair and Art and Soul

It's that time of year again.....and I am painting as fast as I can! I will be in two Holiday shows this December, the Women's Art Festival and the Art and Soul Holiday Sale. At both of these events you will find my newest Minneapolis paintings, my skydive art, and of course a new stock of book page art. As always, I will have originals, reprints, and cards to fit every budget! Don't want to leave your cozy home? Find me on Etsy as well!

Trunk Show Today at Nola Home

I will be doing a "trunk show" at Nola Home today, 12-5. I will be bringing about 40 new small pieces on vintage book pages, and I will also bring along a couple of my newest skydiving paintings. Come visit and have one of Kelly's famous pomegranite martinis!!!!!!