Hi Everyone,
I'm pleased to say the past few weeks have been a little boring --- unless you happen to like staying home with the cats and painting flowers out of your garden as I do. The daylilies in particular have been a huge challenge. They are the still life painter's equivalent of Plein Air since (as the name implies) after one short day these beautiful, complex blooms fold their tents. Hopefully I'll have a few of these latest pieces finished and photographed for the next newsletter. For now there are 10 new images posted so please go by the website and take a look.
Included in this summer update is an ad for the upcoming Matteucci Contemporaries Show August 15 in Santa Fe. This particular gallery hasn't hosted a group show for some time so it's an event for sure. If you haven't ever been there, well, all I can say is, it's the sort of place you always hope to show your paintings at when you grow up. In the current August issues of Southwest Art and Western Art Collector you will find articles promoting the show ---each with an image of one of my pieces in the show plus a few quotes. If you happen to be in the area please stop by!
It was a surprise to notice a detail my painting 'Blanket Flowers and Indian Corn' serving as the background in the top part of this ad. The abstraction worked out very well I thought. Enjoy your summer, wherever you are! Best wishes and, as always, thank you for your interest --Laura
