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Today with Leslie Saeta ~ ~ Leslie Saeta's 30 Marketing Ideas in 30 Days.  We were to make a "Badge".  I made one for my Facebook Page~

Click the "Like Me" badge above to visit my Facebook Page.  This is where the fun happens!  New paintings, in-progress paintings, and random artist stuff ends up on this page.

Stop by for a visit~

Torrie

Pears!

 

Pears!

Continuing to play with Leslie Saeta ~ ~ Leslie Saeta's 30 Marketing Ideas in 30 Days.  

Today we were asked to make a collage of some of our paintings currently available for purchase.  I selected my pear paintings for a very special reason.  It all started with pears.  About ten years ago, I decided to follow my dream of being a painter.  I started painting pears.  Pears in all shapes and colors~ loose and impressionistic, sometimes more realistic, but always colorful!  Whenever I am away from painting for any length of time or lose my inspiration to paint, I paint a pear.  It sparks my energy and gets me back into the artistic groove.  For this reason, there will always be pears.  Short fat ones, tall skinny ones, but always colorful!  ~ Interestingly, I don't eat pears...I think they taste bad~  HA!

These paintings are all available for purchase and can be found at my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Tomorrow is another painting day~  I will be painting grapes, lemons, limes.....and maybe a pear!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Playing with Leslie!

 

Fresh Orange III

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Claybord

Available for Purchase 

$35.00, plus shipping

It's that time again.  Time to play with Leslie Saeta!  She has a new challenge and I am going to participate as much as possible.  This challenge is all about marketing~ Leslie Saeta's 30 Marketing Ideas in 30 Days.  We are to post an older unsold work that is one of our favorites.   I have loved Fresh Orange III since the day I painted it.  This is one of the first paintings I completed using Ampersand Claybord.  

Fresh Orange III was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality Ampersand Claybord. Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish. 

This painting is currently available for purchase using the PayPalButton above for $35.00, plus $8.00 United States Priority shipping. You can also purchase from my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Well, now off to bed~ tomorrow and the weekend I will be working on commissions.  I will post pictures of the finished paintings~

Thanks for stopping by~ 

Torrie

Mystery Art Show and Sale Today~

 

Bananas IV

5" x 7"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

 

Robin's Three Eggs VI

5" x 7"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

 

Traffic Signal Pears

5" x 7"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

These three paintings were painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

The Mystery Art Show and Sale opening reception and sale begins at 5:30 pm today.  I will be there along with my sweet Miss Audrey admiring all the wonderful paintings for sale to benefit the Cleveland County Arts Council.  Stop by, purchase a painting or two, and support the local arts council.

Hope to see you there!

Torrie

Pear with Friends

 

Pear with Friends

6" x  6"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Available for Purchase

$35.00, plus shipping

Pear with Friends was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting is currently available for purchase using the PayPalButton above for $35.00, plus $8.00 United States Priority shipping. You can also purchase from my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

I have finished and delivered the paintings for the Mystery Art Show next week.  I will be posting the available paintings throughout the coming week before the show.  I have started another large commissioned painting of bird houses and working on studies for a Notre Dame football painting.  I will be posting small paintings in between working on the commissions.

So much to do, so little time~  Spring is here!  I will be painting flowers and lots of them!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Mystery Art Show and Sale~

 

The Royal Academy of London calls it the "Secret Postcard Event", Artworks of Cincinnati calls it "Secret Artworks", and The Arts Council of Moore County calls it "Anonymous Art". 

The Cleveland County Arts Council in Shelby, North Carolina calls it

"Mystery Art"

~ An art "Whodunnit" of miniature proportions~

Original works of art on 5"x 7" gallery wrapped canvas. These small creations are hung anonymously in the gallery and the identity of the artist is given to the purchaser of the painting. All paintings are available for $40.00 with the proceeds going to the Cleveland County Arts Council. Come and join in the fun at the opening reception April 25, 2013 from 5:30 through 7:30 pm. Come early~ the paintings sell quickly.

This will be the third time I have participated in the Mystery Art Show and Sale. It is always so much fun.  I have three paintings in the show this year.  I will be posting the paintings in the coming days~ it does take some of the "mystery" out if you follow my blog~ but you will know what to look for when you get there.  

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Faye's Pears

Faye's Pears

18" x  24"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Commissioned Work

I don't often accept commissions, but when I was asked to do a large pear I couldn't say no.  I am so happy with the way this one turned out.  Kevin is now saying we need a really large pear painting over the fireplace......

Faye's Pears is drying now and will soon be on its way to Tennessee.  

Faye's Pears was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.

Now back to painting!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Pink Strawberry Cupcake

Pink Strawberry Cupcake

16"  x  20"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Available for Purchase

$100, plus shipping

Pink Strawberry Cupcake was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting was finished with a light coat of varnish.

This painting is currently available for purchase using the PayPal Button above for $100.00, plus $15.00 United States Priority shipping. You can also purchase from my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Where has the time gone....this month flew by when I wasn't looking.  I have been painting.  Just finished a large commissioned pear painting.  Look for it in tomorrow's blog post.  I am still trying to get a good picture of it. 

I am currently working on several paintings to be included in the Mystery Art Show in Cleveland County in late April.

Coming soon~ more pear paintings, cupcakes, and maybe a spring landscape.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Radishes

 

Radishes

6" x 6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Available for Purchase

$35.00, plus shipping

Radishes was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting is currently available for purchase using the PayPalButton above for $35.00, plus $8.00 United States Priority shipping. You can also purchase from my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

I love the way this one turned out! I was having a good painting day~

I have fallen in love with my Vine video app...Kevin says they are not very good.  He is going to do the next one~ Click HERE to visit the short video of the painting in progress.

Tomorrow I start on the cupcake paintings~  there are several large and small.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Hydrangeas

 

Hydrangeas

5" x  7"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Available for Purchase

$35.00, plus shipping

Hydrangeas was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting is currently available for purchase using the PayPalButton above for $35.00, plus $8.00 United States Priority shipping. You can also purchase from my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

I have been kind of in a slump not wanting to paint.  I have worked my way through it and spent today drawing ~ getting canvas ready for paint!  Things coming up~ radishes, cupcakes, bananas, rooster, and a pig!  Looking forward to a week of painting! Click HERE to see short video of the upcoming paintings~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Tulips and Lemon

 

Tulips and Lemon

6" x 6"

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

Available for Purchase

$35.00, plus shipping

Tulips and Lemon was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality Ampersand Gessobord.  This painting can be slipped into a frame or placed on a small easel for display.

This painting is currently available for purchase using the PayPalButton above for $35.00, plus $8.00 United States Priority shipping. You can also purchase from my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

I have been busy with transferring files and data over to the MAC and the G-drive from the old PC.  It is time to shut it down.  It has been keeping up with everything for ten years and it is tired.....and slow, kind of like me ~ HA!  I am almost finished with all the closet cleaning and rearranging that comes with a new year~ now back to painting!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Flow Blue Creamer and Lemons

 

Flow Blue Creamer and Lemons

6" x 6" 

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

Available for Purchase

$35.00, plus shipping

Finally a new painting~  The storage building is empty, the taxes are done, the old computer files are being moved to the new hard drive~ so much to do, but almost finished!  Time to get back to painting!

Flow Blue Creamer and Lemons  was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality Ampersand Gessobord.  This painting can be slipped into a frame or placed on a small easel for display.

This painting is currently available for purchase using the PayPalButton above for $35.00, plus $8.00 United States Priority shipping. You can also purchase from my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Up Next!

More painting~ I am in the mood to paint flowers~ roses, tulips, and hydrangeas to come!  An early spring on canvas.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

The Paintings of January ~ what I learned

The Eighteen Paintings of January

I tried really hard to keep up with the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  I finished eighteen paintings before I crashed and burned.  It was a great experience and I learned so much.  

First, it is quite difficult be a daily painter and also have a full time job.  I am fortunate to work from home, so travel to and from work is not an issue, I am always home, but there are just so many hours in the day.  It works for a while, but then the pressure starts to build to get everything else done in between painting and working.

Second, painting daily improves your skill tremendously!  As the days progressed, painting became so easy.  I was even impressing myself with what I was doing.  I loved being "in the zone" of painting daily.  It was amazing!  I look forward to retirement from the "real job"....guess what I will be doing~

Third, I think I could have been successful if I had painted pears only.  I love painting pears and it comes very easy for me.  Instead, I tried to think of new and different things to paint which expanded my horizons as an artist, but added the pressure of breaking new ground in skill level daily~

And last~ I realized what a full wonderful life I have.  My wonderful Kevin, who is so supportive of what I do, deserved more attention than I gave him.  I am sure he would have liked to have me sit and watch him watch soccer more than I did....or maybe not~

I have wonderful children and a beautiful granddaughter that are so much fun! I could never pass on a shopping or cupcake adventure~

Up next!  Well, the house is clean, the storage building has been emptied, and the taxes have been filed~ time to get back to what I love!  There are large cupcake paintings coming soon, more ballerinas, and of course pears.  I am looking forward to Spring and painting lots of flowers~  Maybe this is the year I will finally start the "porch" paintings.  Sitting on my porch in the evening and painting~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Pear in the Spotlight

 

Pear in the Spotlight

8" x  8"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Available for Purchase

$45.00, plus shipping

Pear in the Spotlight, day 23 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  This is a smaller version of the painting that is in my dining room.

Pear in the Spotlight was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting is currently available for purchase using the PayPalButton above for $45.00, plus $8.00 United States Priority shipping. You can also purchase from my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Up next~I am working on a creamer with lemon, but I don't know if I will get it finished in time~ Painting as fast as I can!

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

The Lonely Pear

 

The Lonely Pear

6" x  6"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Available for Purchase

$35.00, plus shipping

The Lonely Pear, day 21 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  I have fallen behind on the 30 in 30~ There are a few skips in the days.  Hopefully, I am back on track.

The Lonely Pear was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting is currently available for purchase using the PayPalButton above for $35.00, plus $8.00 United States Priority shipping. You can also purchase from my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Up next~ Right now, drawn on canvas is a cream and lemon painting and another pear with a prominent shadow~  Check back again tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

The Random Five

 

The Random Five

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

~Sold~

The Random Five, day 20 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  This is also my Nibblefest entry at eBay.com

The Nibblefest Art Contest is a themed art contest beginning on the 20th of each month.  

This month's theme is "Five Random Things".   

Please be sure to search for NFAC on eBay to see more great entries, each starting at just $0.99

This painting has sold.

The Random Five was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

I participate in the Nibblefest when time permits and I can think of something to paint~

Up Next~ more ballerinas, pears, still life, roosters, and I think maybe a snowy landscape.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Ballerina 001

 

Ballerina 001

8" x 10"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

~Sold~

Ballerina 001 day 19 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  This is the beginning of what will be a series of Ballerinas.  

Ballerina 001 was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting has sold.

Up Next~  Five random objects in a painting for the Nibblefest.  Hopefully, will be finished on time.

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

On Point IV

 

On Point IV

5" x 7"

Acrylic Paint on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

~Sold~

I'm back!!  Finally back in the studio and playing catch up with the 30 in 30.  This painting is posted as #18.  I have to catch up with painting 14-17 as I missed those.  I will post these paintings as soon as they are completed, but they will not included on Leslie's blog as I missed the deadline.  

I fell Tuesday~ one of those nasty old lady falls that leave a mark.  I hit the wall with my face on the way down and the headache has just now subsided.  I might need to invest in one of those "I have fallen" buttons.  My granddaughter was with me and it was really funny.  I am laying on the floor dazed and she is looking down at me saying "It be alright GaGa - you okay?"  Yes, it was hard not to cuss and cry, but I didn't want to give her an even bigger story to go home and tell her mother....."Mommy, GaGa fell down and cried and said the bad words" --yepper, we couldn't have that~

On Point IV is #18 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta. 

On Point IV was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides to allow for hanging without a frame.  Painting can also be placed on a small easel for display.

This painting has sold.

Up next~ Ballerinas!  I will be painting a series of ballerinas.  These will all be 8" x 10" and larger.  There will be other small paintings in between for the non-ballerina fans~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie

Highway Poppies

 

Highway Poppies 

6" x  6" 

Acrylic Paint on Ampersand Gessobord

~Sold~

Highway Poppies is #13 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days with Leslie Saeta.  This painting was finished the day before the "big fall".  I was getting behind as it was, but this has really put a damper on things.  I slipped in the hallway and fell.  Before I actually hit the floor, my face hit the wall.  This has been a set back in my 30 paintings in 30 days~   I will have to double up this weekend and, hopefully, get back on track.  I am sure the face will get back to normal...just some swelling and discoloration...and a big freakin headache!   But, back to the poppies.  My first year in North Carolina I was amazed at the beautiful poppies growing along the highways. The spring in North Carolina is fabulous--poppies, day lilies, magnolias, camelias, gardenias, crepe myrtle, the list of flowers is endless...

Highway Poppies was painted using professional artist grade acrylic paint on a museum quality Ampersand Gessobord.  This painting can be slipped into a frame or placed on a small easel for display.

This painting is currently available for purchase using the PayPalButton above for $35.00, plus $8.00 United States Priority shipping. You can also purchase from my Website gallery or my Etsy.com store.

Well, off to try and get some sleep.....finding a not so sore spot of the head to lay on the pillow is tough~

Thanks for stopping by~

Torrie