'Martha Washingtons'

This little one (only 5x7 and painted with acrylics), i think, is my favourite one that i've done. Just thought i'd share at least SOMEthing! :-)

"No-brainer-feel-good" Art

Ah. So that's what it's called; the kind of painting i do. Something to do with "the proliferation of the so called 'easy do', 'unschooled' and 'no-brainer-feel-good' art".

I love Robert Genn's work and his marvellous Painter's Keys Twice-Weekly Newsletter - you really should subscribe if you haven't already @

- but sometimes labels get thrown around too much for my taste. It can get a bit judgemental when some of the commenting artists express their opinions.

And that's ok. Everyone has a right to their opinion. And labels seem to be very important to a lot of people. Hey, even i get into them myself sometimes (in a hopefully much less judgmental way).

So, in the name of fun and playfulness, I will take that label of "No-brainer-feel-good Art" and embrace it with joy.

This is how i want to paint right now. I want to paint simple daily situations in a simple folk-art fun style, because it is what i want on my OWN walls. Big stress in the real world warrants simple fun paintings in my world!

That's how i see it . . . for now.

'Trying to Relax'

New Paintings!

I think that cats are going to be a recurring theme in every series i do. These are from two series: Quilts and Women; both have cats, curiously. ;-)

This is how i want to paint right now. I want to make happy, colourful folk-art paintings. I want to paint small (they are 6x6 & 5x7). I want to paint fun scenes from everyday life. Maybe they're more suited to greeting cards, but it's what i want on MY walls, so that's what i'm going to paint.

One thing that will probably keep me from ever becoming a 'real' artist... IE: one who actually sells their work... is that i still don't want to part with my paintings! How does one actually get over that? I just don't know! I paint what i love, and i love what i paint, and i want to keep it! :-D Oh well.

Anyway, here they are (along with their numbers for my reference sake):

22-Qui1-LogCabinWithTuxedo

23-Qui2-SawtoothWithSiamese

24-Wom1-TryingToRelax

25-Wom2-UnhappyParticipant