Merry Christmas

I saw this over at Tina Mammoser's art blog and just had to share. Enjoy!

Where I Paint

I don't have a finished painting to share tonight, so I thought I would share a quick picture of where I paint. This is my main working area... I got the best little desk from Ikea (cheapish... so I don't have to worry about ruining the desktop) with tonnes of shelf space. I typically paint in front of the computer and when I paint larger paintings I use an easel just to the side of the desk (can't see it in this picture).



"My Work Area"

On the keyboard is my newest painting (still lots of layers to go... I can paint birds in one go, but flowers seem to take a few more layers for me to complete. To the right is my apple painting and to the left is a recently sold painting waiting to be packaged up.

I hope to be finished the painting on the keyboard in the next day or two and I'll post it when its done.

The countdown has begun for the art show I want to enter with only 25 days left to finish several more paintings, get a few more matted up, and to purchase 8 new frames to put them in. I'm super excited about the prospect of showing in my first local gallery!

World Wide Artist Tag

It looks like I've been tagged twice (Susan from Arts and Stuff and Nancy from Painting Small Impressions) to do this little blog game so I guess it is time that I sat down and did it.

These are the tagging rules:
1. List 7 random facts/habits about yourself.
2. Choose another 7 bloggers to tag and list their names in your blog.
3. Leave your 7 tagged bloggers comments to notify them of their tagging and to direct them to your blog for tag instructions.

Soo.. some random stuff about me.

• I am a trained and working engineering physicist. I work at a research laboratory in the safety department.


• One of my favourite subjects to paint are birds... but I am horrible allergic to them. I break out in hives and get completely stuffed up if I am close to them for two long.


• The strangest pet that I have ever had was a baseball size snail. If I didn't remember to secure the lid of his tank well enough... he would escape at night and leave a slime trail on the carpet.


• I grew up on the prairies in Canada... living in all three prairie provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta) before I started University.


• I cannot smell the gas that is put into natural gas to give it that 'rotten egg smell'.


• I am a computer game addict... my favourites being SimCity, Civilization, and the Sims. I have wasted many weekends playing these silly games when I should have been doing countless other things.


• I am a collector and horder of art supplies. I think I have enough brushes, paints, and other stuff to almost fully stock a art supply store.

And now... here's my list of people I tag.
1. Rose
2. Denise @ DMD Studios
3. Joyce Brandon
4. Nick @ Nick's Art
5. Rebecca Grantham
6. Teresa Turner
7. Paula Manning-Lewis