Canon T3i

Busy last week and weekend with High Hand Gallery.  Working there just with my regular schedule and then Friday was the lighting of the nursery!  Pretty cool, as I had missed it last year.  Then of course there's the resizing of images for Facebook and uploading them to the gallery's FB page.  Here are a couple:

Received a special order from a  friend  I used to work with at the county.  That was so good to see her.  They were admiring my Santorini images and wanted to send some to their friends over in Europe for Christmas.  I worked on them yesterday - getting them printed, matted and ready to take back to the gallery for pickup tomorrow.

I've also been spending some time working on gathering information for another out-of-state artist acquaintance. Working on outreach for him and contacts.  I'm hoping it will be helpful.  We'll see.  Need to get busy and work on my own supplies - like ordering supplies online TODAY!

My step-daughter purchased the T3i a few weeks back.  I have the T2i.  Now I can't get it out of my mind!!  I know the T4i is out, but I haven't done my homework on the differences between the 3 and the 4.  Don't know if I will or not - I just know there are 'deals' on the 3 right now.  The 3 does have additional creative options on it that I liked.  Hhhmmm, what to do!?

Acrylic Painting

It was hot, the Olympics was on, it was hot...and I just couldn't get in the darkroom.  I was feeling a painting coming on - didn't know what.  My husband was working on a photo project of his own in the dining room, so I dragged all my paints out to the kitchen and started setting up.  Printed out some of my Europe images and selected one from Santorini.  Sometimes this happens to me and I just go with the flow.  I started Friday night and finished up yesterday.  I think I'm done with it - who knows.  I'll let it sit awhile and see if anything else jumps out at me that I need to add to or 'fix'.  I already did some perspective modifications as I went along.  It's funny what you don't see initially, and then come across it again and - 'hey, that's not how that goes!'.  I freehand draw.  I've tried using a tracer projector as some artists do, but that just isn't me.   That's more work than it's worth, and I don't really want it to come across as perfect or realism.  Although, that's exactly what I end up with, but it's NOT PERFECT.  And I like it that way.  It looks a little stark in this photo, but there's more subtle dimension in person.  You can't see the detail in the rocks down below at the ocean and there is a sailing vessel to the left of the dome.  The ocean detail is washed out - maybe I should just take another photo!

Tomorrow I drop off my images to the Blue Moon Gallery for the group show "Collectively Speaking".  This Saturday is Second Saturday and the opening.  I did a mailing, but will also send out emails.

Got my act together and ordered the two canvas prints for the September and October Show "Masked Fusion" which is also large format, and of course the masks on display which are for sale made by the High Hand Gallery artists.  Whew!  This is some crazy stuff.  I'd really like to get this painting juried in and hung with my photographic images in the large format show.  I'll think about it.