Satisfy the Soul, my new Etsy store!

So I just opened a new Etsy store called "Satisfy the Soul!" Here I will be selling all kinds of pieces I create! Some items you can purchase are my own original canvas paintings and framed artwork & photography, original prints and jewelry and any new medium I learn! I would love to do a custom piece for you so please ask if you'd like!

Please visit my Etsy and my Facebook page!

Thank you and have a great day everyone!!! :o)

So summer is coming to an end. I would say, as summers go, it wasn't terrible... we got to go down the shore quite a few times :o) although the weather this summer has been particularly awful. But fall is on its way... I really hope its going to be beautiful and chilly fall! I am currently working on a painting of a Secret Garden... I have always had a fascination with this idea and finally I am bringing it to life! Hope to be finished soon :o)

I also started school... which I am feeling so good about :o)

We went to Cape May for hubby's birthday in August, and here are some shots I took while there...

Kirby

This is a painting I did for an awesome friend of mine for her birthday. Its a tribute to her kitty, Kirby, who passed away from cancer :o( he was so special, he will not be forgotten.

Canvas painting I did for my Mom for Mother's Day. This is a close up of a Calla Lily :o)

This is a painting I did for my hubby for our Anniversary... He's a big fan of Crush and sea turtles :o) I was actually really happy with the finished product since this is only my second canvas painting!

Day Two

My second assignment was charcoal. I actually wound up doing several pieces... close up on a Calla Lily, a Batman piece and a portrait of young girl and boy. Charcoal is harder than I remember. I was satisfied with the results, but I know I will get better with practice.


The past two days I have been working on jewelry which I consider art! I am making dangle pearl earrings for a wedding party and also a bracelet for a new Mommy :o) They both are so pretty! I will post pictures soon!

365 DAYS, 365 PIECES OF ART

This past Wednesday I started my newest adventure... I will complete atleast one piece of art every single day for the next year (or more). Whether it be painting, drawing, paper art, clay, pottery, knitting, photography, anything I can think of that is art. I can't wait to start clay and pottery!!!

I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!!!

My first piece is a painting on canvas. It started out to be a field of sunflowers, but I didn't like where it was going. So I changed it to a modern piece with the focal point being a sunflower. I'm actually happy with the finished product. It is my first canvas painting since high school.

These shots are from the Infamous Snow Storm of February 2010, the camera caught the falling snow amazingly! I was so excited when I saw it :o) The drawings are the two I talked about that I sent to my brother. I was happy with Kratos from "God of War," but not so much with King Brian. It looks like it was drawn by Napoleon Dynamite lol. But it had been a LONG time since I had drawn... I get out of the groove, and I have to get back in again!

These are from the Annual Philadelphia Flower Show - Passport to the World which of course got me crazy excited for Spring :o)

Updates

So its been alittle bit since I posted here...

My creativity has been as always indefinitely put on hold. I try to get it out when I feel it, but I feel I could be doing so much more! I need self confidence back badly. I did draw a couple of pieces for my brother who's currently in Boot Camp for the National Guard. I like to send my love to him by how he knows me best. Which is drawing and writing. I drew him King Brian from 'Darby O'Gill and the Little People' which is an old and cute Irish movie that is tradition every St. Patrick's Day. Second, I drew him Kratos from "God of War" because the new videogame just came out, and it was unbelievably amazing! And he loves that game also. So I was inspired to draw him. I also wrote him a short story. I was actually proud the way it came out. I just let my mind go while listening to Ali Farka Toure, and it went! LOL! I might put a copy on here... but then I'd be opening myself up to criticism and insults. Sounds cynical lol but I can't afford any more beatings to my self esteem. A month or so ago I did purchase a new and beautiful piece of machinery. My Canon 50D DSLR Camera. Its majestic... and overwhelming. I need to pursue this. I want to go to school for this. I have to believe I can do it. I don't want to do nothing with my life. I did get some pictures of the Infamous Snow Storm of February 2010 and the Philadelphia Flower Show despite not having much knowledge of my beautiful beast of a camera. Some shots turned out fantastic, and some didn't. I have so much to learn! I want to know everything! And I want to start learning like yesterday!