Do You Think I'm Sexy?

 

This is my entry to the Birdbrained challenge at Daily Paintworks.  I picture this guy saying "Do you think I'm Sexy?"  This painting can be purched/bid on here: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/76417

There are a few others available too like this one posted a couple of days ago:

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/76227

Happy Painting!

In other news, I visited the Merrickville Arts Guild studio tour yesterday.  There were some really great artists, including Holly Dean (www.HollyDean.com). I LOVE her studio and her art and she is a sweetheart!

What Are You Looking At?

I went to a paintout with a local art group a couple of weeks ago and did some sketches for this little painting. I can't say the sheep was very cooperative!  This little cutie is sold (www.dailypaintworks.com) and on it's way to Washington, DC but I kind of wanted to keep it.

In other news, the September-October issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine is out and has my wire "bra" sculpture in it.

Tapped

Here is a demo piece I did with my students yesterday evening and I'm very pleased with how it turned out.  They are a beginner crew and were a little intimidated by this exercise in design and value patterns, but they pushed through like troopers and ended up happy in the end.

3 Cups of Tea

I took a "textile collage" class with Maggie Vanderweit a couple of weeks ago (stonethreads.ca) and came away with a bunch of textile pieces.  A couple of them I finished off as quilted wall hangings but I also wanted to incorporate some into semi-abstract works on gallery canvas.  Here is the first one that I finished off on a stretched canvas.

Latest Little Palette Knife Paintings

I'm working on a bunch of larger abstract paintings right now but here are a couple of my latest small palette knife paintings.  They are available on Daily Paintworks.

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/catharine-clarke/basking-in-the-sun/80726

Ready To Roll

This is my 1st submission to the July virtual paintout (Thailand). Painting round wheels with a palette knife is an interesting challenge.

Here is the link to my inspiration in Thailand from Google street view.

This painting is available for purchase from DailyPaintworks: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/catharine-clarke/ready-to-roll/77345