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Cedar July 29th, 2008

This year, most of my collectors have purchased my work online, so I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting most of them in person, or seeing their homes and offices where the art will hang.  I have a constant, unsatisfied curiosity about where all my sold paintings end up.

So it’s always nice when local collectors buy my work.  This couple recently became collectors of my work, and I was lucky enough to get some photos of them with my art in their home.  Natalie & Scott–I hope you enjoy these paintings for many years.

My garden is going full-force, and we are now producing quite a bit of our own food.  It’s a good thing we like to eat vegetables around here.  In addition to edibles, we also have a variety of flowers in full bloom–my yard seems to be the most colorful one in the neighborhood.  Click here to see some pictures.

My family’s reunion in Tennessee was a smashing success.  The vacation involved a lot of hanging out, games, adventures, discussions, good food and laughter.

Now I’m back in the studio for about a week before I leave town again, this time to house-sit for my parents and get in some hiking time to gather reference material for future paintings.

Speaking of which, it is about the time of year when I try to switch into “fall mode” with my landscapes and tree paintings.  So you can expect more fall colors and themes in my artwork over the next couple of months.  Right now I’m working on some ideas and sketches.  Stay tuned…

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Cedar July 13th, 2008

I am squeezing in one last update before I leave for my vacation in the beautiful mountains of Tennessee.

I just want to share this 3-panel painting that I’ve finally finished.  I wanted to do something that would be part of the Lotus Series, but with multiple panels.  I love how it turned out!

This is acrylic on canvas.  Each panel is 20″ x 16″

Lotus Pond

I couldn’t resist adding a little frog and some dragonflies.

The strength, elegance, and symbolic power of the lotus flower continue to fascinate me.

The whole piece, if you include about an inch of space between each panel, is 20″ x 50″–the perfect size to go above a sofa or a mantle.

I’ll be delivering this painting with a few other new ones to my Baltimore gallery this week before we depart on our adventurous voyage. You’ll probably hear from me next at the end of July.

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Cedar July 9th, 2008

Enjoy!

And the YouTube link, if you wish to email it to people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCXO-dMdbvE

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Cedar July 8th, 2008

My new painting shows the rising sun burning away the darkness of night.  It embodies the concept of balance in the universe–yin and yang.  Sun and moon, day and night, heaven and earth, fire and water, hot and cold.  For fun, I have included the constellation Orion, (can you find it?) and a shooting star.

I painted the sun and moon in such a way that they could be allegorical characters, so looking at their interaction may conjure thoughts of epic myths and creation stories.  The swirling colors bring to mind the incredible photos of galaxies and nebulae taken from satellites in outer space.  Whatever you may take from it, it is an inspiring image.

Because this painting implies the enormity of the cosmos, and is full of dynamic motion, it is titled “Cosmic Dance.”

Acrylic 36″ x 42″

What it looks like in a room:

Details:

The psychedelic qualities of this painting made me recall a poem I wrote when I was 16, called “Psycho Sunrise.” Despite its obviously being written by a 16-year-old, its descriptions are vivid.  Click here to read it.

In other news, my painting “October Hawks” is currently on display at the HoCo Open 2008 show at the Howard County Center for the Arts.  The reception for the show is from 6-8 pm on July 22.  Unfortunately, I’ll be out of town on that day, so I won’t be there.  But if you live in the area, stop by and check it out–the show includes 100 pieces of art done by local artists.  (And, by the way, as the gallery installer for the Arts Center, I am the person who hung all 100 paintings.)

The exhibit will be up until August 17th.  The address: 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043

The next month and a half are going to be crazy for me.  My husband and I, between the two of us, have six trips planned this summer.  The shenanigans include two family reunions, house-sitting in NC, visiting friends and scouting out galleries in Ohio, contra dancing in Indiana, and white water rafting in West Virginia.  Kevan will also be going on a road trip with his cousins.

So if I appear to drop off the face of the earth for a little while, that’s why.

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