text!

So I was feeling sort of graphic designy a little while ago and wanted a way to display one of my favorite quotes "Come what may and love it." -Joseph B. Wirthlin. So I painted over this:

it turned out like this:

(simply done: I printed off the letters from the computer to get the text that I wanted, then I just eyed it and traced out the font and then painted in the letters, the "love it" part on the right is just pencil)

and the end of our hallway has now ended up like this!

Folding

Foldings, oil on canvas

My latest painting child was born today. I keep getting on these kicks of subject matter...it was birds, now I just really want to paint like this, it's refreshing for me.

inspiration

I was looking around blogland yesterday and came across this artist whose paintings make me drool and give me some sort of aesthetic experience. Michelle Armas does abstract paintings and they are beautiful. After looking at her work I picked up my oils again and starting slapping away at a canvas I've had laying around. I'm still working on it, but I love love these colors. People would say I need to limit my palette, but these colors just make me so happy.

new acquisitions

While on my bird painting kick...I found this cute poofy fat hummingbird and I couldn't resist painting him...or her. And I finally finished a painting for my friend Rachael who I have yet to give it too. Rach when you gonna come get it?? It's been sitting in my living room! I got my two paintings back from the Springville museum so now I have 2 more pieces that I do not know what to do with, my walls may be the most covered of any apartment in our complex. My brother is going to help me get a website going sometime in the future to sell my stuff. He is a stud and I love that he knows how to do that kind of stuff.

Painting for Rachael

Hummingbird close up

Hummingbird

And here is mom and dad's painting of the manti temple which is in the works....