New original acrylic painting- Klimtish-ness

G'Morning all! Now that my crazy week is behind me, I'm trying to get caught up on the really important things that fell on the wayside; like blogging, and housework- well forget housework, that will come in good time, it's blogging that gives me that warm fuzzy feeling!
I managed to finish my new painting before the Artist's Market last week- I just didn't have time to share it.
So here's my Klimtish-ness. I LOVED trying to use his style; it's so different from my own....for anyone who would like to see detail images, she's also up in my Etsy shop.

I've got to get ready for the Farmer's Market now.....toodle-loo,

Stephanie

What's UP in the Studio- Our House Benefit Posters

I can't believe it's been a week since I posted, but here I am......thanks again to all of you who entered my giveaway- the prizes have been sent and I hope everyone is happy!
I've been really busy this week with working on an annual fundraiser that I volunteer for; Our House- a childcare and support center for homeless families.    The theme for this year's event  is "Our House, Our Dreams" and  my part in the event was to create posters with hand lettered quotes and frames for pictures of each child.  After spending all week with these sentiments, my heart has been full of gratitude this week.......it's amazing how easy is it to take simple things for granted.
Have a great Friday,
Stephanie

And the winners are......

Sorry I didn't post this yesterday- since I didn't have a cutoff time posted, I wanted to leave it open as long as possible.  Anyway, I ran the numbers on Random Number Generator and the two numbers drawn were- 6 and 21.  So, the winners are:

Lynn of Her Creative Spirit

 AND.......

Top Hat of Infiknity

I've emailed both to let them know they won and to request a snail mail addy. 
Thanks everyone for following my week of celebrating blogging- I wish I could have featured each and every blog/blogger that has touched my life- but I'm afraid if I tried, blogspot wouldn't be able to handle so much information!
Hugs and thanks again- you all mean more to me than I could ever say!
Stephanie

Celebrating the Artists Who Have Inspired me as a Blogger......Victoria Pettella

For my my final featured blog of the week, I've chosen Kiki of Enchanting the Invisible.  She has a magical blog that not only features her wonderful art and the stories behind each painting, she also creates the most incredible images to share her stories and her writing is incredible as well!  To top all that off, she regularly features other artists who inspire and touch her.  Her images are so stunning, I'm not going to write a lot here, but just allow her pictures and links to take you on the journey.....

The Vampire Garden

Spiral of Harmony

 

Starlings and Sunflowers

Solstice Sun Girl

Creativity

is always

Alive and Shining

It is Wide Awake.

It cannot be Hidden

or closed away in a box

It can never ever be Still.

It only Knows

how to Move, Flow and to be Free.

It's Nature is to unfold, to reveal, to expand, to Bloom

It ignites within you

the ability to surface

to your highest nature,

It gives you the Power

To Explore what cannot be Seen,

To Infuse what must Awaken,

To Bring to Life

what can only come uniquely

through You.

The Creative Essence is a Magical Space

That remains Opened

and

Awake

I n f i n i t e l y

inside You.

*

You are the Vessel...Create

This Magic is calling you and only you can answer it..

~Victoria Pettella~

If you haven't already done so, be sure to sign up for my giveaway- I'll be drawing names tomorrow and announcing the winners soon!

Stephanie

Celebrating the Artists Who Have Inspired me as a Blogger......Lisa of Priti Studios"

I feel like I should apologize because it occurred to me that many of you already know the people I've been featuring all week- because they are all so exceptional, they are pretty well known in Blogland!  Since I'm trying to recognize some of the (many) folks who have inspired this blog, you'll just have to live with a few reintroductions ;)  Today's artist is no exception!  Lisa of Priti Studio who I KNOW many of you are familiar with, creates some of the most soul warming, powerful works I've ever seen- and she loves words as much as I do!  I'm a sucker for art with words as some of you may know.....

The Earth Goddess

Lisa is working on a series to be used for tarot cards.  All of the pieces are chock full of symbolism, great color, and yes; words- I LOVE this series!

This is the piece Lisa did for last weeks challenge at IA- Decide.  It's also an entry for her sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project and a preliminary sketch for her next Tarot card painting- I think it's my new favorite!  I LOVE her expression, and did I mention that I like words?

Angels and Houses

I also really like pieces with numbers......and houses are pretty neat too!  One of my favorite things about Lisa is how down to earth she is, she has no qualms about being herself and letting it shine through everything she does.  That takes the kind of bravery that I hope to one day have.  Like all artists, she expresses occasional self doubt, but her "Lisa-ness" always shines through, in her art and on her blog.  If you haven't yet met Lisa, please hop over to her blog- Priti Studio;  she is an incredible lady, sure to inspire and leave you with a wonderful sense of well being. 

TTFN,

Stephanie

Celebrating the Artists Who Have Inspired me as a Blogger......Felicia Kramer

Click HERE to Enter My Bloggiversary Giveaway!

Liquid Blue

Good morning, it's me again!  The blog I'm featuring today is "Another Bright Idea" by Felicia Kramer.  When I was first blogging I found Felicia through my Etsy team, VAST and Felicia was so generous in answering questions for me about improving my Etsy shop and about blogging!.  Felicia blogs tirelessly incorporating artist interviews and games of charades into her repertoire.  In fact, she and I did a double giveaway back in December, where we interviewed each other.  You can read my interview of her HERE.
Felicia does some amazing work with photography and digital collage among other things.  She often features flowers in her work, and you know how I feel about that!

Spidertime

Falling Leaves

Comes the Dawn

So, be sure to check Felicia and her fun blog out- and, I just want to thanks Felicia for the regular inspiration she's given me- I've really enjoyed getting to know her over the past year!

Cheers,

Stephanie



What's UP in the Studio- Decisions, decisions......

So I have really cranked up production around here!  My friend and I were waiting on tenterhooks to see if we'd been accepted into a new (to us) artist's market and while I should have been producing as if we had been, procrastination took center stage around here!  So now, we HAVE been accepted and I'm busting it to get some new work ready for next weekend!

I think I mentioned a few posts back, that I was having artist's block......one of the ways I know of curing that is to keep painting no matter what- but WHAT to paint?  I usually turn to my favorite artists for inspiration and work from there.  When I was looking for fan references I stumbled across a Klimt piece that I'd never seen before and was enchanted.  So, here is my new painting in progress called "Klimtish-ness" 

I'm really hoping to be done with this by Friday- it's really big for me at 10" x 20" actually too big for my desk I've been having to paint with it in my lap!  But I am having fun with it and know what my next paintings will be, so hopefully my artsy rut is gone :)

I've also been cranking out some blank journals which I'm loving- have no idea what to charge, I spent $6.00 on each and they've been taking about half an hour.  I was thinking around $22-22.....any suggestions would be great!  I want them to sell but don't want to cheat myself either! 

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Stephanie