Another ArtDeco Painting
Here’s another little 5 x 7 painting done with the paint I discovered and retrieved from the recycling place. I love this paint! Need to get (or make) some new stencils though.
ArtDeco painting
What a Find!
Last week I was out marketing my notecards and did ok. Sold 4 each of 27 different designs to one shop and 6 each of 6 designs to another shop. On my way home, I passed the local hazardous waste drop-off place. It’s where you can take things like unused paint and other chemicals for proper disposal, AND you can get totally free paint in these huge 5 gallon buckets. Of course you can’t “order” a specific color, but still, the entire inside of my home was painted with this free paint. Even though I don’t need any five gallon buckets of paint, I decided to zip in and see what was available, one of those spur of the moment decisions.
WELL……..you’ll never guess what I found! 60 jars of ArtDeco paint of all varieties. For an artist, this was like finding diamonds in the coal heap. I’d never heard of this paint before, so when I got home I looked them up online. OMG! This is wonderful stuff, and had I purchased it thru the online store, most of it was $9.99 a jar. Let’s see……$600 worth of paint for FREE! How blessed am I?
I spent the entire week-end playing with this new paint, and posted below are just a few of the creations I came up with. The one is an Altoids box that was sitting on my desk. Hey, recycling is good! The other, the one with the dark green leaf (made using a stencil) is painted on a 5 x 7 canvas board. Have no clue what I’ll do with all these new pieces of art now, but geesh, what a fun way to spend a long week-end.
New paint discovery
Original Acrylic Painting: “Down at the Pond”
"Down at the Pond"
This original acrylic painting is one I’m particularly fond of. It’s of my daughter and isn’t for sale, ever! All the neighborhood kids had gone down to the local pond one summer afternoon with our little dog. It was only a short distance from the house. After about an hour had gone by, I decided to walk down there and see what they were up to. Katrina was very busy, concentrating ever-so-intently, on retrieving something out of the water. The dog was eagerly awaiting the prize when I snapped this picture. Later I asked what she was trying to dig out of the water. Her response. “Mud!”. Oh, the joys of just being a kid.
You can purchase a giclee print of this painting at:is http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/suzanne-schaefer.html
Autumn Along the Stillaquamish
North of where I live, there is a beautiful, meandering river called the Stillaquamish. Although it is gorgeous anytime of year, it is particularly colorful and serene in the fall. The original painting has been sold, however a giclee print can be purchased at http://www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/suzanne-schaefer.html
