A Peek at the West with "Snowy"

I am accepting orders for your own custom "Peek at the West." Painting.

Painted on 9 X 12 board with Acrylic paint

Cost: 150.00

Contact me @ heaventouchingearthart@yahoo.ca

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A Peek at the West with Brass

"A Peek at the West with Brass"

"I am taking orders for more paintings like this one painted on 9"x 12"

for $150.00

Contact Susan Harris: heaventouchingearthart@yahoo.ca

Akiane Kramarik - Art - Inspired by GOD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_qMuLRq0g4

Horses

When you live in horse country it is inevitable that you end up painting horses.
"Frosty Morning"

The Mayor Bought My Chair

Well, we had our Gala and Auction for the AIRdirondak Chair Project to raise funds for an Art Centre in Airdrie, Alberta.
12 chairs were auctioned off with a wonderful result of $8650.00 raised!!!

Mayor Linda Bruce bought my chair along with another one which she plans to put in her back yard.
It was such a fun evening with live music, wine and cheese. They are planning on making it an annual event so I hope I can go next year and support my friends who will be painting chairs, as there are alright another 12 artists ready to go.

Thanks to all that made this event a great sucess.

"Old and Crafty"

My friend just bought "Old and Crafty" in Cochrane, Alberta just outside of Calgary. She phoned my up to ask if I waited to place my art work in the Gallery part of the store.

It Has Been an Incredible Summer

I know summer is not officially over yet but it always seems like it is when the end of August comes and we are inundated with back to school commercials. Even though I have no children on their way back to school this year (unless you count my new daughter-in-law on her way back to university) I still get that same feeling that summer is over.
Yes, it has been an interesting summer full of joys, challenges and wonders.
Everything from our son getting married to wonders in the sky. I don't think I will forget this one for a long time.

Fooling Around

I just read a news letter from Robert Genn entitled "The Fine Art of Fooling Around." I found it very encouraging because that is what I do most of the time with me Art. And come to think of it, most of what I do in life seems to be in this fashion. I don't really like doing things the normal way or the way most people are doing things; and what is normal anyway?

In the news letter he talks about loosening up, listening to music and getting happy. I can't turned out anything decent unless I do these things. I put on gospel praise music or just worship Jesus Christ in my thoughts and it always turns out so much better then I think it will.

I also work on numerous pieces at once. If I don't know what to do next I just put it aside until I do. I play a lot and don't worry if when I come back to a piece I want to completely paint over it. It doesn't matter because now I have some interesting texture underneath the paint-over. I experiment a lot and sometimes have a hard time remembering what I did to get a certain effect when I want to do it again. Oh ,Well, that is way it goes and now I know it is the fine art of fooling around!

Cross Iron Manor B&B

I just hung some art work at my friend's Bed and Breakfast near the Calgary, Alberta, Canada Airport. Click Here to see her website.

Rejoice!

I have been working on this painting for a long time. I guess I am one of those artists that works on many paintings once. Sometimes I have look at it for awhile to see how I want to finish it. I work a little here and there.

Now, I had a hard time deciding what to name it. Oh my, well, usally I get a name for right away but this time I just couldn't think what I wanted to call it. Naming a painting is kind of like naming a child. As an artist you put so much into you work that it really does feel like your baby. They are special because you put something of yourself into each one.

Anyways back to the name. Well, I could call it something with flowers or garden in it but I have lots of those. I decided to think about how it made me feel and what it was saying to me; what I was trying to say through it. "Rejoice!" That's it!

Rejoice means to be glad; take delight; to rejoice in another's happiness; to make joyful; gladden: a song to rejoice the heart.

And THAT is what I want people to feel when they see this painting!