On May 1st I was part of  a group of people from Nephi that ran in the Provo 13 / 5K.  I don’t write about all the races I run, but this one was different.  Terrible weather, but we all seemed to have had a good time.  Running has become an addiction, I just want the weather to be some what decent so I can stretch my legs.  This race was deceptive, started cold, but not bad, then two blocks into it rain, then snow, then hail, then sleet!  Then it just mixed it up for the rest of the morning.  The weather was the main variance in this race . . . but the reason that I write about this one is that I didn’t feel as tired, as done in, or completely exhausted as previous 5ks.  I’ve fought anemia for as long as I can remember, and to feel strong enough is an amazing.  Running has changed my life, and I just wanted to thank Aimee for being the best neighbor in the world and helping me to believe in myself.  I miss you, and thanks!

Yes, the show at the Springville Museum is coming right up and all of us are working hard.  Julie Buckley, George and Kristen Barnhill, and Me will present new and fabulous stuff!  The show will include multi-medium, found objects, textiles, melted, earthy, highly crafted, 2d and 3d works!  That’s just the tip of what will be shown.

Above is a painting that I’ve been working on for the show, I think it’s almost done.  Soon I’ll start posting details of the work that will be presented – an appetizer.  So be there for the meal, Sept. 11, 2010!

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Earth Bound Power #1

$795.00 (Original)

Or you can get a print etc. here . . .

I got accepted to the Hogle Zoo Show.   It runs from January 29 – March 14, 2010.  The address for the show is:   2600 East Sunnyside Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108.  It is a well established show for those who appreciate animals.

Affinity (Western Tanagers)

$995.00

24″x17″x1.5″

This is the painting that got accepted.  It features  a male and female Western Tanager.  I was considering relationships, and color, shape and Autumn when I painted this.   It is painted on panel, in this case reclaimed wood.  I enjoy birds, artistically and from a naturalist point of view.

Procreation’s Expiration Date - 2009

$1,995.00

This piece is about our limited time to live and create.  I also got comments about this piece from the Spiritual and Religious Show, but they where more along the lines of, oh yeah I know that piece.  So what does that mean?  It is good to be noticed and remembered though.  Others have said wow, that is so beautiful.  I love how it turned out and how the light plays with the clear acrylic.  It took forever to melt and shape it, but the look is terrific.  Note that the eggs have barcodes and expiration dates on them.

Eventually - 2009

In the collection of Kristen Barnhill

This is a spontaneous painting that is about events, warnings, things that will eventually happen.  Basically the future is coming, and it will bring changes, but we don’t know what they will be.  The full moon is a symbol of a phase that is now that will soon change.

Rising to a Higher Power -  2009

$1795.00

This is one of the pieces that I got into the Spirituality Show, the lovely thing is that when I picked it up the curator said that I’d had a lot of comments on it.  Also she said that when her mother came to see the show that this piece made her cry.  Wow!  It absolutely made my day.

The frame was made for this piece by George Barnhill.  It has 24k gold leaf around the edge.  George is an artist, in his sculpture and his custom frame work.

I see this and I think of  how God is the most glorious artist and  scientist.  The natural world is incredible,  the way God works the laws of the universe to make beauty for us to remind us that there is something more than the muck and despair that many of us have to wade through.  The visual and auditory beauty that surrounds us in nature is evidence that we need more than practicality in our lives.  We need to be lifted up, to look up and receive hope.

There is a lot of older farm equipment around town that provides terrific subject matter. The old paint is lovely.

Sometimes a simple image is one that strikes you.  Straight forward shapes, colors, and composition are seductive.  Also who dosen’t love a sunset!