My First Solo Show Ended Today

I went to St. Andrew's today to the gallery to pick up my artwork, it was been overall a great experience having a solo show. I sold 18 paintings and also received a couple of commissions. Thank you to everyone who follows, reads and/or comments on my blog, your support is a wonderful gift that I am lucky to have. Thanks for taking the time :)

Thank you to everyone who attended my show and to everyone who purchased my art, it is greatly appreciated. It makes it all worth while when someone is touch by my art enough to purchase it, enjoy!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Sneak Peak at my Show!

Here I am just after my husband and I set up the show, my hair is a mess and I am exhausted, it was quite a bit more work than i thought it would be. Thank goodness for husbands :)

It is hard to see some of these because of the reflections on the glass from the windows.

It looks much more impressive in real life, but I thought it might be nice to post these for all of my friends who are too far away to come to the show.

The show will officially open on May 21st 2010 and will hang until July 30th 2010. A reception will take place June 6th 2 -4 PM. at the Art Gallery at Kingsbrae Garden in St. Andrews NB. The garden is unbelievable, for any of you who do not live in our area and you get a chance to come this way it is a must see! click here for directions http://www.kingsbraegarden.com/

I am sad to say that one of my favourite little Pygmy goats Dusty is no longer with us :(

go to link below to see the portrait I painted of him for the show:

http://whatskristapaintingnow.blogspot.com/2009/09/dusty-goat-is-finished.html

Inspirations From The Garden Art Show

Hi everyone, sorry I have not been blogging a lot lately. I have been really busy getting ready for a solo show. I just picked up the last of my framed paintings the other day, that makes a total of 37 going to the show. I am going this Thursday to set up so hopefully after the weekend I will have some time to catch up on every ones blogs. Thank you for all of your support, it truly means a lot :)

Red Peony Watercolor turned into Pastel - Finished!

This is the watercolor that I started and when I was working on my pastel I got a little carried away and decided to finish this one in pastel, I was just having too much fun lol. I find the experience is completely different when you have that pure pigment in you hand. I might go back and do it again as a watercolor also, we will see.

Yellow Cone Flowers that I am working on in Pastel - Finished!

Finished this a few minutes ago, I got so carried away with the pastels I started to finish my red peony with them, I find the colors so vibrant and clean. I will post an update on the Red Peony later. We are getting a big snowfall tonight so I will have lots of time to work on my paintings. Hope everyone has a great night!

Yellow Cone Flowers that I am working on in Pastel - Update 2

I worked some more on defining the petals, still a lot to do. I always forget how much I like pastels until I use them again. I hope everyone had a great night yesterday!

Yellow Cone Flowers that I am working on in Pastel - Update 1

This still has a long ways to go, but it is starting to take shape. I wish pastel was not so messy, I would love to do more. I normally only do pastel in the warm weather so I can keep the mess outdoors. Just in case I do not post again today, I would like to say thank you for all of the support I have received from everyone. I wish you all a Happy New Year!

New Watercolor Paintings and a Pastel that I am working on

This is a red peony that I have been working on, still has a ways to go, I will post updates as I finish it. Watercolor 8x10

This Lily has a ways to go also, I will probably darken the background some more (I will finish the Lily first) Watercolor 8x10

This is a pastel that I am working on, it is 11x14 and is really in the beginning stages.

I will post some other paintings later that i have also started to work on. I am excited to be back in my studio full time again.

Corn Flower

I originally saw this flower in a garden when I was painting for Bloomin Artists in Hampton earlier this summer, then I saw it again at Kingsbrae Gardens in St. Andrews when I visited there this summer I was drawn to this flower right away, the texture and vibrant color, they stand about 4 feet high and are very dominant. I started with an under painting done in watercolor and then layered soft pastel.

Pastel 11x14