Rite of Spring

Spring is almost here. In fact, here in southeast Texas we can pretty much say that spring is around the corner by the end of January. This year I'm welcoming the season by planting new things in my garden - strawberries, cabbage, and spinach (and a replacement rosemary plant for the one that died) and working on some pieces that will feature the colors of spring.

 

 

 

I wanted to showcase the soft shades of green and aqua, as well as the colors of the warm sun and budding flowers. They are both in acrylics - the first painting is on an artists panel measuring 6" x 8", and the second is on a 1 1/2" deep canvas measuring (I believe) 12" x 24". Neither piece is titled yet.

I'll also work on producing some ACEOs to showcase spring themes. I may follow the trend of the two paintings and create simple, abstract pieces, or I may decide to produce more detailed works such as this one, Titled "Among All the Commotion":

So, with new art ideas, along with projects around the house, lots of thorough cleaning, not to mention my full time day job, I've really got work to do!

What plans have you got for spring?

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The dreaded organize the workspace slash office slash studio hour...day....okay week...

So, since my office/studio looks something like this,


(okay, obviously not what my studio really looks like. Mine's more colorful - me being and artist and all)

and I'd rather it be closer to something like this but with maybe a few straggly messy bits hanging on:


(img from lifehacker - who obviously would shrivel and die in my workspace)

I've decided that I need to do some serious organizing and cleaning.

Serious organizing and cleaning usually means that first I have to contemplate the actual act of the organizing and cleaning, since, being an arteest with such a creative mind, I must not think of such scary things but only rainbows and glitter and abstract trees that grow painted dinosaur eggs. (note to self: next painting subject.)

And of course there's the whole issue of actually being motivated enough to go through stacks of what-the-heck-are-these and why-do-I-have-a-pile-of-this and attack enormous dust bunny colonies with pretty-smelling cleaning spray stuff and a trusty old rag.

Soooo.... I've contemplated quite a bit and I suppose I have maybe a few ounces of motivation. Time to get started on this project!