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2013-03-07 12:34:05 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Just a short note to my fellow plussers... I am in the middle of a project, and will not be online as much as I would like, but will return as quickly as possible.  In the meantime, I will be popping in periodically to help moderate this community, and visit with my friends.  
Hope everyone has a wonderful, creative week.

2013-03-01 13:52:38 (19 comments, 6 reshares, 55 +1s)

Lunch Break
Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24"

Been many years since I tackled a landscape, and after a couple of weeks working through my psychological block with this one, hoping the next one will flow much easier.
Happy Friday my plussers!

2013-02-25 21:14:16 (14 comments, 1 reshares, 49 +1s)

Have been offline for days trying to work through problems with this painting.  Although I have missed chatting with my friends here, I knew if I got online, it would give me an excuse not to work on this landscape.
I think i'm finished.  Will visit it again in the morning with fresh eyes.
In the meantime, here's a snippet of the work.
"Lunch Break"

2013-02-19 14:28:20 (13 comments, 2 reshares, 52 +1s)

WIP Snippet "Lunch break"
 

2013-02-19 13:58:20 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 16 +1s)

Dogsleds

h/t +Richard Cummings 

2013-02-19 13:39:24 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Oh Mari, what a great community.  Have scanned through the posts... fabuous!!!
Thank you for the invite, hun. :)

2013-03-28 20:56:04 (24 comments, 42 reshares, 66 +1s)

Going to keep posting this until the Violence Against Women Act is passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. If that means posting until the neanderthals who voted against it are gone, then so be it.

Censored

2013-02-15 18:44:48 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

2013-02-15 18:21:09 (16 comments, 0 reshares, 35 +1s)

Another WIP Snippet for "Lunch Break".
and another layer laid on....

2013-02-15 13:30:07 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

More of the Russian meteor shower.

2013-02-15 13:29:31 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 14 +1s)

Meteor showers in Russia.... wow.

2013-02-14 17:39:06 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Probably one of the most romantic poems ever written.
This is an excerpt from  *I sing the body electric by Walt Whitman*.
I truly recommend you read the entire poem.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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I SING the Body electric;  
The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them;  
They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them,  
And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the Soul.  
  
Was it doubted that those who corrupt their own bodies conceal themselves;          
And if those who defile the living are as bad as they who defile the dead?  
And if the body does not do as much as the Soul?  
And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?  

The love of the Body of man or woman balks account—the body itselfbalks account;  ... more »

2013-02-14 17:28:32 (14 comments, 2 reshares, 49 +1s)

WIP Snippet... laying in and blocking first layer of landscape. Going to overcome my fear of landscapes, yet.

2013-02-13 17:17:20 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

My "selfy" for this year.  Don't like doing these.... at all.   ;)

Oil on Canvas, 16" x 20"

2013-02-13 17:16:13 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 33 +1s)

My selfy for this year.... hate doing these.

Oil on Canvas, 16" x 20"

2013-02-09 14:19:26 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Almost through with updating website.  What a chore this has been.

Petite Toile Series (small canvas)

2013-02-08 16:08:31 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

And here's the latest list of shame.
___________________________

Huge thank to Kelly Blevins

Here is a list of known Kill Buyers of horses in both the U.S. and Canada

Kill Buyer List as of Jan 30/12
By Thomas Lee, Sherri Lynn and 5 others in The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition Supporters (Files) · Edit Doc
This is as up to date only as the information I have recieved. Please feel free to let us know of any to delete or to add to keep this as up to date as possible.

Canadian KB's:
Pat Houde-Manitoba
Grof (Jeff Grof is a kill buyer based out of Lindsay Ontario) (ships from his Lindsay property every Friday night)
Barkey (Dan Barkey used to run the Claremont Horse Auction - it is now run by Bill Simmons - next auction July 24)
JP Soucy - works out of Thurso, PQ sends to LPN
Calvin Kuepfer (kill buyer and... more »

2013-02-08 15:55:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Happy Friday my plussers!  

May we all find our center midst the confusion and chaos around us.

*Centered"
Fusion Series
Oil on Canvas, 24" x 30"  (61cm x 76cm)

2013-02-08 15:55:48 (14 comments, 1 reshares, 34 +1s)

Happy Friday my plussers!  

May we all find our center midst the confusion and chaos around us.

Centered
Fusion Series
Oil on Canvas, 24" x 30"  (61cm x 76cm)

2013-02-07 14:27:38 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 31 +1s)

So nice to finally have a few minutes to sit down and look at some wonderful posts on G+ last night and this morning.... but I'm back to the easel again to sling paint and make a mess.

Will leave you all with this little humor.  (Come on, admit it, you all have a friend like this)

2013-02-07 02:20:27 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

things happen sometimes that the byproducts just don't understand.

2013-02-06 15:40:12 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 28 +1s)

Christina
Oil on Canvas, 30" x 30" x 1.5"

2013-02-06 15:39:06 (14 comments, 1 reshares, 49 +1s)

Christina
Oil on Canvas, 30" x 30" x 1.5"  (76 cm x 76 cm x 4cm)

I just finished this one.  I concentrated not only on the composition, but also the brushwork and the texture of the paint (love loaded brushes!).  The canvas, although prepped, gave me hell throughout the painting, but decided to let that texture work with me, instead of against me in places.   It's a large canvas, and hard to photo with any detail, so I included some detail shots.  
Will let her set for a few weeks, then revisit to see if she needs any more work.

2013-02-05 17:44:48 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 41 +1s)

WIP Snippet.
Almost done..... starting work on hands.

2013-02-05 16:26:35 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

If any of you really dig the Austin music scene, then try out this station... it streams live over the internet.  Plays many of the contemporary songs, and a LOT of Austin groups.
Love this station.

2013-02-05 16:23:39 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Slinging paint.... having a blast.

2013-02-04 13:35:46 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Please say it isn't so!!!!

....sniff, sniff

2013-02-04 13:20:01 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 30 +1s)

Portrait art in my Fusion Series , background inspired by Picasso.

Just Bloomin'
Oil on canvas, 30" x 30" x 1.5"

2013-02-04 13:19:43 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

Portrait art in my Fusion Series , background inspired by Picasso.

Just Bloomin'
Oil on canvas, 30" x 30" x 1.5"

2013-02-04 12:42:08 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Thank you, Ludovic, for this invitation.  I am currently working on a few projects which keep me offline most hours, but look forward to diving into the community in the very near future.

Again, thank you.  :)

2013-02-03 20:18:39 (18 comments, 0 reshares, 37 +1s)

Used this as my banner image on my website (ya ya, I'm still working on it).

What'cha think?

http://www.maudesart.com

2013-02-03 18:08:02 (1 comments, 5 reshares, 34 +1s)

yup

2013-02-02 18:58:18 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 29 +1s)

"At Work 01" © by Chuck Berk ~ 2001 alla-prima studio life acrylic painting from life.

2013-02-02 16:29:33 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Just another reminder....
If the posts are not related to figurative work, they will be removed by the moderators. 

A note to those sharing art via a webpage or blog link, your work will not show up until a moderator releases the image.  It will appear in the moderator's stream (unseen by others) as "possible spam" until we approve the post.  To avoid this, and to have your work show up immediately, attach the image directly to your posting, then add your link at the bottom of your comments.

Thank you all for your support.  :)

2013-02-02 15:27:54 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

I am truly doing the happy dance!! 

+Annie Strack named me in her Top Artists to Watch in 2013.  

If any of you have not followed Annie, then you must add her to your circles.   Not only is she a premier artist, she is an expert exhibit curator, highly admired art show juror, and popular workshop instructor.   She has earned the prestigious honor of Signature Membership in 6 national and international societies, and she is an Official Authorized Artist for the US Coast Guard. 
She is the host of the wildly popular television show Painting Seascapes in Watercolor , which is broadcast on over 125 television stations worldwide... ya, she is that good!
Bookmark her blogs.... you will always find something interesting, educational and enlightening.

2013-02-02 13:59:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Art from the International Twitter Art Exhibit is now available to be purchased via online sales!
100% of the proceeds from this event go Art Division LA.  Help support this great charity.

2013-02-01 18:57:46 (19 comments, 11 reshares, 52 +1s)

For #firstfridayartwalk   +First Friday Art Walk 

Madame Gautreau's Reality  (Still a WIP)
Oil on Canvas, 36" x 48" x 1.5" (92 cm x 122 cm x 4 cm)

2013-02-01 13:38:22 (9 comments, 2 reshares, 12 +1s)

In conjunction with my former posting (Audi/Joule biofuel)... the U.S. Navy using biofuel!   
Cheers!

2013-02-01 13:03:37 (8 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

This is so exciting!!!!.    The end of fossil fuel???

Watched an interview last night with the Audi engineer who designed the engine that would perform with the algae-based fuel.  Did research on line, and found this article.  Audi and Joule state the price of their "green fuel" will be the same as fossil fuel, and distribution will be established all across the country.  If Audi can do this, so can other automobile manufacturers.  Come on GM, Chrysler and Ford... get on the green train.

Big question.... why didn't this make the big main media news stream?

2013-01-31 16:45:31 (16 comments, 25 reshares, 47 +1s)

yup...

2013-01-31 14:03:04 (23 comments, 2 reshares, 48 +1s)

Bringing out some older work from archives.  While updating my website, saw this one and can't remember if I've posted it before.

That's Not Funny
Oil on Canvas, 18" x 36" x 1.5"  (46 cm x 92 cm)

2013-01-30 15:50:29 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Love the Austin music scene....

2013-01-30 14:53:35 (5 comments, 12 reshares, 20 +1s)

A lesson for all of us....

2013-01-30 14:45:03 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 23 +1s)

yup

2013-01-29 21:35:16 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 24 +1s)

Yellow Room, oil on canvas

Please visit, Abstract Artist Hiromasa Takahata https://www.facebook.com/hiromasatakahata7

2013-01-30 13:38:44 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

First, want to introduce you all to a new moderator, +Melodie Douglas to Figurative Art Community .  She worked with me on Figurative Art Friday, and so thrilled she has returned to G+ and agreed to help us out here.

Second, want to give a big "thank you" to +Christine Cantow Smith for all her  help and infectious enthusiasm.... hasn't she been a great moderator?

2013-01-29 16:38:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

#TwitterArtExhibit Los Angeles Art can be bought online at
http://www.twitterartexhibitla.com/

2013-01-29 16:38:01 (6 comments, 16 reshares, 33 +1s)

Saw this posted by TwitterArtExhibit

So true....  ;-)

2013-01-28 15:25:20 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

I have been updating my website for what seems like daaaaayyyyyssss.  lol

Still a lot of work to do, but at least all the art is up and organized.

2013-01-28 14:52:08 (11 comments, 2 reshares, 42 +1s)

I have been offline for several days working on a project (not at easel), but wanted to drop in today and say hello to all my plussers.

This is a snippet of current WIP on my easel, awaiting my attention to complete.  Still a little rough, sculpting in features... can't wait to get back to her.  ;)