Kew Beach Gallery in beautiful Toronto Canada

30 Day Art Itch

2006-10-12T12:51:00.000-04:00

I've decided I need some inspiration. So I have decided to so blitz of paiting. I'm going to list a paiting on ebay every day from Oct 8th to Nov 8th. Its a TONNE of work but I'm already SO insipred. I've been getting LOADS of input and photos. Please email me any doggie or other wise photo you'd like to see.

I think the highlight of it will be the Painting of Sweet Pea. She is a rescue matlese and has the most inspiring story and courageous mom! So please watch for that!

2006-10-01T19:25:00.000-04:00

update on many things

2006-09-22T21:51:00.000-04:00

Well, after a decent summer, I'm back in the swing of things art wise. Geering up for christmas season and the post christmans, "i'm just going to treat my self a little" season. :)

My uncle is doing well, which means, he is still alive, kicking. He's in a nursing home but hoping to be home before christmas. I have yet to ask if they are doing chemo so I don't know how realistic that goal is but pretty good for someone who barely made it through June.

My youngest child starts preschool in October. SNIF SNIF.

The weirdest thing that happened this summer was that Tom Cruise posts pics of his baby. Why is this weird you may ask? Well she looks just like my two oldest kids. SCARY. My 11 year old took one look at one of the photos and said "i've never seen that picture of me before". HEHEHE. My friends suggested I sell their pics to the tabliods and make some quick cash. The unauthroized Baby Suri pics. I'm just not that evil!

This is a piece that I put up for auction yesterday. Its really cool because its 5 canvases and it can be arranged in many different configurations.

an even harder day

2006-06-29T22:26:00.000-04:00

I just foudn out that my uncle was moved to the ICU... that means that death will come shortly to him. I'm so upset I just need to put it out there.

ugh tough day

2006-06-20T21:59:00.000-04:00

I've had a rather tough day. I found out my uncle who I really liked as a little girl, the one who used to call me Kit Kat, is dying of colon cancer. It really makes me sad. He went to the hosptial on saturday night and they sent him home. He went back again yesterday and they performed an emergency colostomy on him and said it was cancer. I worry about my mother who is in frail health and who is now worrying about her brohter.

purse art

2006-05-20T16:42:00.000-04:00

I am expanding a little at the urging of my friends. Kim suggested a doggie purse and I thought that it was a fantastic idea. I'm going to put it up for auction shortly.

Its a knock off of a Burberry purse but its WAY fun. Enjoy!

time for a new photo

2006-05-15T17:14:00.000-04:00

One of my collectors pointed out that I still have my ear muff shots up on ebay. She said it was time to take that down and put up a new shot. HEHEH... me in a bikini to celebrate the warm weather perhaps - NOT

I'm going to be putting up some doggie kid paintings which are a branch off the ever popular bride series. I've done a couple that I'm going to put up in the next few days and they are TOO CUTE. SO keep watching. I've added a sneak preview of them!

Many thanks to my avid collectors. You are my inspiration to keep at this. I've never had so much fun working in my adult life. I so appreciate the kind words and support. Without you guys, there woudl be no Kew.

I've also started thinking about adding doggie t-shirts with prints of my work to my ebay store. If you like the idea, please let me know!

its been a while

2006-04-10T10:38:00.000-04:00

Its been a while since I last updated. Spring is here and life is nutty. Painting when the weather is nice really gets to be a challenge because everyone wants to be outside, me included.

more of a general update

2006-03-08T20:59:00.000-05:00

I'm not feeling great today for various reasons both physical and mental. Just kind of a blech day. I am working on what I hope to be some really nice papier mache mirrors but they are drying at this point so I can't share pictures yet.

This takes guts

2006-02-26T14:55:00.000-05:00

In all my Canadian glory playing in the snow in Gatineau Quebec! And just to set the record straight, no they are NOT my ear muffs, they are DD's but my ears were freezing off. It is however hilarious, one of the best pictures taken of me in a LONG time.

So laugh and enjoy, cause I am LOL!

so much for the Turino Wienerino

2006-02-24T12:04:00.000-05:00

So much for my idea of late with the Turnio Wiener dog. DS was SO disappointed that nothing came of it. Oh well. He did well though at his latest dive meet, raking in lots of hardware inthe fashion of two silver medals on the 1m and 3m spring boards.

Here is my latest auction. My art photography has gotten better but still. Photographing art is REALLY difficult to say the least. My collectors are always suprised at the diffierence in the image when they have it in their hands. There is a textural quality about real paitings and can not be conveyed in a photograph not matter how good a photographer you are.

on sports and new work

2006-02-15T12:59:00.000-05:00

I'm guessing many of you have see my Turnio Wienerino. It was the idea of my DS. His goal is to got to the London 2012 games for diving. Canada is a powerhouse in the diving world and he is a very driven, talented kid. He is the current holder of the provincaial title for boys 11 and under. He is an awomse diver. He has even been featured on the TVO Kids show DOn't Sit Still. Fortunately, he has the drive and vision that is mother is often lacking. Having a kid in competetive sports is very draining in so many ways. The time we spend at the pool is unbelieveable. Please support him and his goal by bidding on this auction. Amature sports is horrifically underfunded and under appreciated in north america. Everyone LOVES to watch the olympics and see their nation doing well, but its the day to day grind of a 10 year old that will make the nation proud in 6 years time. Its all the under the radar stuff of the up and commers. So bid high and bid often. The reserve on the auction is $69.77 so you get one of my funniest pieces for a great price and the warm fuzzies from knowing you are supporting an amazing kid and future olympian.

Thanks so much! I'll keep you all posted on our up coming national qualifier!

THANK YOU

2006-01-31T14:56:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to say many thanks to the people who have purchased my work over the last few years. It really means a whole lot to me that people honour my work by hanging it in their homes. THANK YOU!

before the wiener roast...

2006-01-27T22:46:00.000-05:00

My neighbour up the street, whom I do not know, has the cutest little wiener dog. Every time I see him, I gotta paint another because he reminds me SO much of my aunts dog from when I was a kid... Toe.

This one is still VERY much a work in progress. I will wiener it up after I get it to the point where I like it. Van Gough meets wiener. Its going to be WAY funny. Watch for it on ebay soon.

I've decided I'm gonig to do a series of satirical wiener dog works featuring wieners in famous paintings. Going to try for the Wienerlisa next.

another wiener

2006-01-18T21:34:00.000-05:00

I must confess, my photography these days is pretty bad. Its been raining here non-stop for what seems like months and I can't take my art outside to photograph like I usually do. Its really hard to get even half way decent pics under crappy builder light fixtues. It just means that anyone who buys one of these works will be really happy when they see it for real because it will look amazing in comparison to the photo.

Anyhow, I digress. I am reliving my childhood painting, Toe the wiener dog and Cocoa the siamese cat. The siamese cat was particularily hard to get a decent photo of. Ho hum. Maybe next year I'll get a good camera for christmas!

Happy New Year

2006-01-07T13:18:00.000-05:00

I've been busy painting most of december and very lax about posting on here. Will have a bunch of new stuff coming up for auction shortly. I was shocked when I realized its been since Nov that I've updated this. YIKES.

For the love of wiener dogs

2005-11-19T20:54:00.000-05:00

I LOVE wiener dogs. Opps, sorry, to other fans of the dacshund. My aunt had one when I was a child who was cute as a button but had a Linda Blair type personality. Still his beguiling ways captured my heart. I'm painting him in memoriam. DD was also inspired and I've also added her renditon of the beloved wiener dog! I must admit, I love her idea for the nose and the tail. I might have to copy her LOL

Manon finished

2005-11-12T19:03:00.000-05:00

I finished her yesterday. I'm in love.

I am always amazed at myself when I paint. Sometimes I don't know where I'm going and just use that right side of my brain. Add things here and there and bingo, I end up with something like this. I quite honestly don't know how I do it.

on her wedding day

2005-11-10T21:19:00.000-05:00

This is my most recent work in progress. She will be auctioned off at some point if I can bear to part with her. She is kinda tweeking at my heart strings...

I love french girls names. Its in my blood. My all time favorite girls name is Manon. It doesn't work all that well in English I'm afraid but all my french friends will know it well.

So here you have, Manon on her wedding day. Not quite finshed but presentable....

Before Christmas is Thanksgiving

2005-11-06T16:33:00.000-05:00

DH had the idea of a thanksgiving them. THen with the urging of a friend on top of that, I came up with these folks. When I showed my friend, she said they looked just like the famous Publix Pilgrims which when when I saw what she was talking about, I agreed. So there you have it.

christmas is coming

2005-10-28T20:41:00.000-04:00

I love christmas. I've been painting lots... will post more shortly.

Here is my first offering! I just love him.

long lost update

2005-10-17T22:04:00.000-04:00

Its been ages since I updated this. I'm turly sorry for those of you who read. I've been bogged down with life as of late, and the blog has suffered. I've had a few commissions I've been doing so ebay too is suffering.

Alas I am currently obsessed with halloween.... and christmas is coming .....

faeries

2005-09-06T22:43:00.000-04:00

I'm currently into painting faeries. They are SOOOOoooo much fun and I LOVE doing them.

this is my latest. I will be puttin g her up for auction shortly.

School...

2005-09-01T15:25:00.000-04:00

Ah, school is starting on tuesday. Part of me is shouting HOOORAY and another part of me is really mourning the summer and the complete freedom we have had.

I'm in a real faery mood lately and have many more that I haven't listed on ebay but will next week when I have a little more time.

My latest painting

2005-08-12T15:15:00.000-04:00

This is my latest work. I just love this one and I debated putting it on ebay but I did anyhow. I hung it on the wall to take this pic of it and DH commented on how much he liked it and told me not to sell it. He so rarely likes anything artwise that I was shocked. He'd be totally happy to have engineering drawings on the bedroom wall.

My newest painting

2005-08-11T09:55:00.000-04:00

This is my newest work. I currently have it up on ebay. Its very textural and I can never seem to quite get that with my photography.

I'm always amazed at how difficult it is to photograph art. So much is lost in going from a 3 dimensional surface to a flat photo.

nursery rhymes

2005-08-03T20:17:00.000-04:00

I've always loved nursery rhymes so I've decided to paint my favorites.

Look soon for prints of your favorite nursery rhymes.

I have also sent out my first mailing to my past customers. If you would like a copy, please email me so I can forward it to you.

And Leslie, thank you for your kind words! It is SO apprecitaed! Share your work with the world!

painting like a mad woman.

2005-07-31T20:16:00.000-04:00

I've been painting like a made woman. I have so many things that I have ready that just need to be photographed. Keep your eyes peeled because august will bring many new and beautiful things to kewbeachgallery.com

new web site

2005-07-25T19:46:00.000-04:00

My web site is now operational. YEAH! Its been a bit of a challenge. It will contiune to grow and morph over the coming weeks.

Enjoy~

Latest work

issues with blog

2005-07-22T20:53:00.000-04:00

I have been having problems logging into the ol' blog so that is why there aren't as many updates as there should be. I have a new dream series of paintings that I will be listing on ebay shortly.

All of the artists on ebay have had their hits go way down over the summer. So please, support your favorite self-repesenting artist. It truly is a great way to buy great art and fabulous prices. Why buy a mass marketed print when you can get a real piece of art for the same cost.

I've been frantically working

2005-07-16T22:05:00.000-04:00

I've been fratically working on getting my website up and fully functional. Its really been one step forward and two steps back. I get to the point where I'm almost done and whamo, I find something new I'd like to add.

I am also toying with the idea of getting a new camera. Most of my art has far more dept and tone than my current camera can show. I realized this this week when I had everyone that bought work from me lately all say the same thing. How wonderful my art looks in person and how the pictures really didn't do it justice. A new printer is also in the works, so hopefully I will be able to start selling limited edition prints in the near future.

New work for the week so far is only one new piece. I've added it to my store. I absolutely adore the combination of chocolate brown and pale pink. One of my childhood memories is of the brown irises in my mothers garden. I remember one mothers day picking them all to give to her as a present. So my mothers irises are my inspiration.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7337258790&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

And the new work form last week which is up for auction and ending shortly. This painting really is the escence of my environmental background and is a melding of my art and my experience. I really love the depts of tone achieve in it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7336290238&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

to hot

2005-07-13T15:29:00.000-04:00

Its so HOT outside, its sapping all my energy to paint. Its even been too hot to just hang at the beach. I know I'll regret this post next january but... its hot. There is nothing colder than a Canadian winter and nothing hotter than a Canadian summer.

new listings

2005-07-06T21:48:00.000-04:00

I have several new ebay listings that I'm really happy about. I had a creative burst the other day and whamo a bunch of new work.

The Red Door next to the left is one of my fav's.

Please check out all my new auctions. There is certainly some great stuff.

Also is your interested in my store merchandise, please submit a best offer.

creative spurt

2005-07-03T12:28:00.000-04:00

I've had a creative spurt this moring which is always nice. This time it was thanks to my friend Maeve. Thank you! Anyhow, you should be seeing some really nice, big abstracts posted on ebay shortly. One is downright huge 18" by 36". WOW! I realized two things doing this. I like painting BIG and I need a bigger work space. Really REALLY need to get that basement finished!

Off to finish up the masterpieces.

As a side note, went to rocking canada day BBQ yesterday. Our friends always have great summer Q in honour of our great country. They invite all their band friends over (including some of the guys from Moist) and a bunch of drunk musicians sit and jam and eat flesh. My big disappointment this year that Kevey and I didn't have matching nail polish which we've managed to do by co-incidence in the past. Ah, well, there is always next year!

the missing post

2005-06-29T21:39:00.000-04:00

I posted about my new work last night and its aparently vanished - the post not the paiting.

I just put this up on ebay. I quite like it. Its really fun and I love doing fun stuff, especially when it combines with the abstract.

more random thoughts

2005-06-27T22:39:00.000-04:00

I'm tired and the kids are almost out of school. In a few days the beach will go insane. People everywhere. The calm before the storm. Canada day is July 1st and there are fireworks on the beach. My quite hood will explode with tens of thousands of people. Sheer caos but oh so much fun.

My basketball was stollen. It was wet and soggy and had sat outside through two winters totally ruined but none the less it stolen. Why would anybody want it?

If you have my nasty basket ball GIVE IT BACK!!!

random thoughts

2005-06-23T19:46:00.000-04:00

Things that you might like to know about me but were afraid to ask:

My favorite colour is apple green.

I have a big smudge of aqua paint on my arm because I havne't had a bath in two days.

I detest flip flops yet seem to wear nothing else.

My son was born ON PURPOSE up stairs on my bedroom floor while we were chatting about Finding Nemo. And no, that isn't a nice roast beef in my freezer....

I learned to drive on/in an orange car and think everyone needs to have at least one orange car in their life - I used to joke that, unlike everyone else who drove a lemon, I bucked the trend and drove an orange.

I can type at a freakish 90 words per minute and could go head to head with Mrs Adams my grade 8 typing teacher if she wasn't dead.

Fed my mother canned dog food as a joke when I was 9 and won't let my own kids touch my food.

I am the only adult to confess to their kids that they too HATE to eat anything GREEN.

not that this will help my art

2005-06-22T10:58:00.000-04:00

Not that this will help sell my art but I've had a really crappy day. I've found out that my mothers best friend dropped dead on my mothers birthday. I'm afriad it will open a big can of worms with my mother who battles depression in a bad kind of way. Its gotten me way down too. June was such a nice lady.

2005-06-19T21:33:00.000-04:00

The boy has started to paint! I'll post his work when he's done. He's so excited its funny. Who knows, maybe he'll be the next famous child prodgee? I guess that wouldn't be so good beacuse I'd be the pushy stage mother by default. Not that I'm anything like that. NOOOOoooooo

This is one of my current ebay auctions. I just love this one. I think the picture doesn't do it justice. My friend said she liked it better the lengthwise and I think that is just the beauty of it, that it works either way.

I changed my ebay ID

2005-06-18T21:50:00.000-04:00

Well f0lks, I finally did it. I changed by ebay ID. I am now kewbeachgallery*com. I'm trying to enhance my corporate image and moomoosmom didnt do that at all. Big brave step for me but its got to be done if I'm going to have any success at this at all.

On anther note, my gifted 9 year old has decided he wants to paint. He is absolutely brilliant and I'm going to post a few of his works shortly. I'm trying to teach him a lesson about money. He wants so many things and I keep telling him that he needs to have a plan of how he will make money before he has a plan to buy. So in the car tonight, he drew a wicked picture which he plans on painting. His works are very Picasso like so it otta be interesting. We've always joked that he was Dali reincarnated because he was facniated with Dali at 13 months and would stare at a print we have and just say Dali over and over again (hey, he is a genius after all). But alas, it looks like I have Pablo Picasso to raise.

So please, when you see his work posted, please bid, it will make his day!

coming soon to an internet near you....

2005-06-15T14:36:00.000-04:00

http://www.kewbeachgallery.com!

I've set up a webpage. Should be live in the next 48 hours.

I'm so excited!

please look at my cafepress store

2005-06-13T19:25:00.000-04:00

I've started selling merchandise with my art. You can link to it here:

Come visit my store on CafePress!

Thanks for looking. I'm just about to put some of my new art up on ebay. Happy bidding :)

I read an article in the paper today about the yupsters. This is so me. We are into blogging, ipods and the indie scene. Finally I have an identity to call my own. Call me the new artist for the yupsters! The definitive I-Y 'er.

Enjoy my indie art on ebay!

another new painting

2005-06-12T20:59:00.000-04:00

I have yet another new painting. I'm inspired by quilting for this series of paintings. I love old quilts and the way the colours are woven together. I will be having a bunch of new work up this week.

the latest painting

2005-06-10T19:46:00.000-04:00

I'm all full of inspiration. This is my latest. My fab art dealer in Florida LOVED it. Lets hope you all do too.

The payback of sick kids

2005-06-09T15:43:00.000-04:00

Having the kids sick and sucky isn't such a bad thing. I've managed to sit here almost all day and sift through tonnes of photographs. I'll be having more up on ebay shortly. Here is just a sampling.

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I've also been painting and have some new stuff that I'll be putting up soon too. Mostly abstracts so you can look forward to some nice things.

Paying the price

2005-06-07T19:54:00.000-04:00

I'm paying the price for a nice european vacation. I have two kids that are miserable. One looks like chickenpox despite being vacinated and the other is teething 4 big nasty teeth all at once.

I'm exhausted and despirate to get back on the creative flow again.

I'm BACK

2005-06-06T21:31:00.000-04:00

We went to Europe and I'm freshly inspired. I took hundreds upon hundreds of photos and have many years of painting inspiration from them.

Spring in Paris is just the loveliest and the English country side is just beyond breathtaking!

This is one of my favorite photos.

photos

2005-05-16T21:38:00.000-04:00

Now one to more important things! I'm going to start selling prints of my photographs. Mostly beachy things since that is what I am. I'm one big beach. I'm at the beach every single day and see lots of nifty things to photograph. For example some rocks:

web page

2005-05-14T14:11:00.000-04:00

I'm in the process of making myself a web page for my gallery. In the process, I've had to move all my pictures from my web space to photobucket. I'm almost done. YEAH. But what a task. I'm learning Dreamweaver and Fireworks as I go along my merry way. Its fun but I wish I could use what I learn for more than my own selfish purposes :)

I went to the art store last night and bough some more canvas. I should have some new work up early next week. Meanwhile I'll let you look at my "weed"

In search of identity...

2005-05-13T14:48:00.000-04:00

I am in search of an identity that I can call my own. I love Merimekko and Kandinsky. I LOVE modern art and modern Scandinavian design.

I think living in Toronto and looking at Veljo Revell's testament to modern architecture did it to me even at a very young age. I always loved our city hall. I remember my mother telling me when I was a kid that the man who designed it was very famous and died before it was completed and never saw his master piece. How can it be, that one of the very best examples of modern Scandinavian architecture is in Canada? And that its been used in movies in scenes from the future? Its 40 years old this year and the very square in front of it that defines it is about to undergo renovations. Agh, the atrocity.

Somehow, I need to take this love of modern art and design and make it mine and define myself from it. And do it all in a single word. A word I can use in search words on ebay. Simple? No WAY!

ebay Traffic

2005-05-12T20:49:00.000-04:00

My traffic is way down on my auctions. It really bums me out when that happens. Its hard to know what it is that either makes people look at your stuff or not look at your stuff.

I'm going to compile an email list of all my customers and start sending out a newsletter. I think marketing is the key, and right now, I know nothing really useful about marketing. This blog was suppose to be the start of something but I don't seem to have a lot of hits here either.

I'm really sick right now and thinking about marketing and such just makes my head spin. I need to sleep and get rid of this horrific cold/flu thing I have.

In the mean time, I have a new ACEO:

Frescos

2005-05-11T13:14:00.000-04:00

I really like creating frescos. I love the tactileness of them and the three dimensionality. I've been finishing up a lot of them that I had started in the winter. They will be going up for auction shortly.

The fresco tuplips are really lovely and I don't think my photography does them justice. It was a hard decison to auction them off but hopefully someone will win them and love them as much as me. I believe they go live tonight at about 10:30 EST.

Enjoy

Mothers day

2005-05-08T10:54:00.000-04:00

I have a whole bunch of work to photograph today that I'm going to list during the coming week. The very beginning is a ladybug ACEO that I think is super cute.

I've been sick this past week but painting away at things that have been partially done. I really want to finish up loose ends and then start some fresh stuff. There will be some really fun stuff coming up on ebay this week from me. Mostly things on canvas and lots 'o flowers.

I'm also thinking of testing the waters with some photographs I've taken over the years so watch for those too.

Anyhooo, here is the ladybug.

I needed a coffee

2005-05-04T10:25:00.000-04:00

I needed a coffee in a bad kind of way the other night. But I can't, not at night, heart papiptations and and the complete and utter lack of sleep that comes with it added to my new found insomnia.

So I painted a ACEO of a cup of coffee. Its not a Hortons but it will due. The apple is to assuage the guilt that comes with having a coffee at 11:30 at night ;)

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Feeling more positive today

2005-05-03T14:24:00.000-04:00

Sorry about the downer post from yesterday. I'm feeling a wee bit more positive today as is evidenced by my shopping trip to the hell that is Walmart. ACK. Its a place where I only go at the bare minimum once every couple of months.

Anyhoo, i digress. I did a couple of really nice ACEO's yesterday that I'm going to put up on eBay once I cease being the human bed for Mr. Grumpy. Why is it my kids will only nap on top of me? Are they spoiled or WHAT?

My ACEO's are selling quite well. I'm happy. Not making any money at it but its at the very least an acknowledgement that someone out there somewhere does like what I paint.

I sold my very favorite tulip triptych today to a fellow Canadian. THANK YOU and I hope you love them as much as I do. The picture didn't do it justice.

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Apple Green is my Favourite Colour

2005-05-01T15:12:00.000-04:00

I love apple green. My livingroom is painted apple green. I told many people that I was going to paint it that colour and I could see people visably cringe. I LOVE it so who cares. Now that its done, loads of people comment on how wonderful it is. I guess most people can't picture colour as it will be once its done.

Now that has lead me to a new obsession. Painting apple trees. This one will be going up on ebay shortly. I just LOVE it. The centre of the apples are pertty much the colour of my livingroom ;)

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the blog link on ebay

2005-04-30T18:48:00.000-04:00

I had to remove my blog link from ebay because someone from the art group had ALL their auctions ended because they had a link to their blog. (insert rolling eyes here). Sheesh.

I'm getting sick and my throat is KILLING me today. I finished a couple of things that I'm going to put up on ebay next week. They are both 18" by 12". The colours don't show up as vivid on the computer as they do in real life. The moon one REALLY pops with colour when you see it for real.

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THANK YOU Bidders!!!!

2005-04-27T20:08:00.000-04:00

Here is a picture of the famous studio/walkin closet. DH is not the happiest camper that I took over the walk-in closet for my studio BUT he was really glad to get the stuff out of the kicthen, in particular, the acrylic paint no longer getting splattered on his precious white dishes. Of course the artist in me thinks that the solution to that would have been to paint some dishes and have them fired so the acrylic splatters wouldn't show. The chef in him overruled that saying that you HAVE to present your food on white dishes. I want him to keep cooking so I gave in on the dishes and so he gave up the closet.

Thank you to everyone that is bidding on my stuff this week. It does wonders for me. I love the thrill of seeing people wanting my work. I'm such a shy person that it really gives me a big thrill.

I ran into one of my district managers from work today when I was at the post office mailing a painting. He asked me when I was coming back to work and telling me how busy they were without me. I jokingly told him that I wasn't coming back to work because I won the lottery and he laughed. Secretly I wanted to tell him that I wasn't coming back because I was going to make my living as an artist loving every breathing moment of what I was doing but I couldn't - not quite yet.

I also have a new ACEO listed on ebay and the photo is below.

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to view the auction for this ACEO:

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trading cards for artists

2005-04-25T20:32:00.000-04:00

I've started doing ACEO's and I'm giong to post some on ebay soon. They are 3.5" by 2/5" and they are meant to be stored like trading cards (for fellow canadians HOCKEY CARDS - not that there is any hockey these days).

Here is a preview of what to expect. So which should I list the red tree or the green tree????

As a side note, I sold a painting yesterday. It was for a modest sum but a sale none the less. It does wonders for the ego. Thank you Mike!

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I am not Beige

2005-04-24T14:32:00.000-04:00

I went shopping at the art store today. I'm totally inspired everytime I go in there. So many beautiful things, so many beautiful colours. Ah, I just love the visual orgie that it is. I crave colour and the play of colours together. I am not beige and never will be beige.

We're going to have the basement finished so the kids have a playpit and I will have a real laundryroom (wow what a concept!!!). The thought of painting 4 new rooms just has me exploding with ideas! Amazing isn't it, when most people would be totally overwhelmed with the notion of picking colours for 4 rooms and all would end up varying shades of beige. If you have a room that needs a colour, just ask, I'll pick one for you.

Please leave me comments if you've read my musings. I'd like to know someone out there has read this...

Todays painting "Apple Trees"... kids won't let me sell it though.

ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz

2005-04-23T12:28:00.000-04:00

I'm very tired today. The city turned up the bonging noise on the pedestrian crossing behind the house and all night I heard "BONG BONG BONG". Its like chinese water torture. I'm very sleepy.

New painting for today is only half done. That's what happened when your sleep deprived. I've decided that I LOVE the way that acrylic paint can be layered on watercolour paper. Its a look that you can't get on canvas. I hope my "fans" love the look too. Time will tell I suppose.

Trying to use the eBay photohosting to post this so who knows if it will work (apparently it does)

Also I put this one up on eBay yesterday. I LOVE it and my photography doesn't do it justice. I guess I'm a victim of my own print complaint. Its very hard to represent a painting in a photograph. Scanning works better but still not great. A lot is lost, but I digress....Its very three dimensional when you see it. I think its my favorite thing I've ever painted. Might just replace the tulips in the livingroom if someone purchase it. It will look fabulous in a thick black frame with a big white matt. Just YUMMY.

Ikea...

2005-04-22T10:29:00.000-04:00

Ikea annoys me. More so their "art".

Why is it that someone is willing to pay $100 for a poor quality print of a Picasso and yet not willing to pay $40 for a real canvas from an unknown artist?

Real canvas paintings, even done by amateurs, still look more vibrant and alive than a lousy quality print behind a hunk of plastic glass. It annoys me every time I go in there and see people loading prints into their carts. Picasso is dead, he's not making the cash off your "art" purchase.

An even bigger beef I have are the ubiquitous posters of Monet that have Giverney and Monet printed across the bottom in HUGE ugly TYPE. Who are you kidding, its flat looking and TACKY. I love going into open houses and cruising real estate and almost every house I go into has that ubiquitous Monet poster.

Be original, spend the $40 on eBay living breathing unique art.

My work for yesterday:

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the stairs

2005-04-20T21:14:00.000-04:00

I fell down my friends stairs today. I'm battered and bruised but otherwise ok. Felt incredibly stupid but I guess I shouldn't. I have some unblievable bruises on my right arm. I think by tomorrow my whole arm will be purple.

Finished this painting yesterday.

My closet

2005-04-17T22:57:00.000-04:00

My studio is my walk in closet. Its puny but an utter oasis. I can shut myself in away from the kids and escape. DH says I've ruined the bathroom sink. Sok because I saw a new one I liked at the Home Show when I went. It was a very beautiful aqua molded glass that was just breath taking. It has a cherry stand that it sat on. The best part is that acrylic paint would be easy to clean off of glass was only $4000 or so dollars...Hmmm, how many $10 paintings would one have to sell to get a $4000 sink?????

Today's painting that came out of the closet....

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viewings...

2005-04-13T13:43:00.000-04:00

I have so few people viewing my art, I'm starting to think its ugly. Bad mind frame I know, but I have a migraine and my kids are acting as though they are possessed. Right now I'm seriously thinking of going to homedepot and buying a can of navy paint and painting my kitchen... Hey, painting is painting right? Oh, and maybe some subwy tiles for the backplash and an new fridge .... oh and a hottub... wouldn't that be a nice source of inspiration for my art???

This is my latest painting up for auction. I love it, its chunky and fun. Selling it would be fab. I must say, I'm getting better with my picture taking and my photo editing so I guess there is an upside....

Identity....

2005-04-11T19:32:00.000-04:00

I need a new identity. I think I've come up with one. I spent all day making a logo for the eBay store out of photos of some of the paintings I've sold. Lots of fiddle work but I think I'm happy with it. Time will tell. All of the really successful eBay artists have a really strong identity and I think that that helps to set one apart from the crowd.

Now if only I can get my hits up....

ah, the beginning

2005-04-10T21:41:00.000-04:00

Well, I never thought I'd blog but here I am. I really, REALLY want to carve out an art career for myself and I thought this would be the perfect place to think publicly about it. So here you are, Kew Beach, my lovely home and inspiration, Kew Beach Gallery, my store on eBay.

I plan on posting some of my art here so you can see if as I paint it and create. But in the mean time, a shot of lovely Kew Beach for all to see....