Category: events

Before Christmas

by Amanda, posted in Abstract, acrylic, Art, Art Sabbatical, Artist, canada, commission, events, exhibit, For Sale, Series, Uncategorized

Twas a few weeks before Christmas and all through the house Chaos broke out.

Well hello, long time, no talk. I’ve been busy as per the norm. Working on homemade Christmas presents, etc.

Just wanted to pop on and remind those few followers that I have a Gallery Exhibit coming up in February of 2010 at the Dow Center in Fort Saskatchewan.

I’ll be posting more about it later but for now, here is a list of the pieces that I will be exhibiting and their list prices as always, in CAD$.

Acrylic Paintings on Canvas or Objects
Life series (5 triangle paintings) $825
Despair 24×36 $1850
Soul Mates 24×30 $1500
Dark Winter Before Spring’s Dawning 24×36 $1650
Afterglow 24×36 $1850
Catharsis 16×20 $705
Thursday Daydream 16×20 $705
Abandon 8×10 $220
Sara’s Prayer 48×24 ($2500)
Blue Strum [Acoustic Guitar] ($1200) {Not for Sale on loan from private collection}
Drifting Honeymoon [driftwood] $450
Tormented Waves 8×10 $200
Unexplained 12×24 $635

Watercolor Paintings on Cold Press paper
Hold Me 11×15 $225
Kiss Me11x15  $225
Save Me 11×15 $225
Cherish Me 11×15 $225
Support Me 11×15 $225
Play with Me 11×15 $225
Create with Me 11×15 $225
Three Fold Prayer 11×14 set of 3 watercolor paintings $550

More on this later.

For now I leave you with a Merry Christmas wish (since I’m not sure I’ll be on again until after the Holidays) and a new Profile picture.

Cheers,

Amanda

Art News

by Amanda, posted in Abstract, acrylic, Art, art discussions, Artist, canada, events, female artist, For Sale, Life

I won’t begin to list the reasons why I haven’t posted lately (primarily illness) but I will tell you some news.

We (hubby & I ) went out shopping Saturday since it was FCBD (Free Comic Book Day) but before we hit the comic shops we stopped into a local craft sale.

I thought perhaps I might find some gift ideas for mother’s day.

Anyway as I was browsing  Jonathan came across a lady that was selling a variety art work and other artsy/crafty items.

He being the proud hubby he is mentioned that his wife also was an artist and was having trouble breaking into the local art community.

That’s when he discovered that it wasn’t her art she was selling but artists that she represented.

Turns out she’s an Art Dealer and has her own small gallery.

She was interested in seeing my work and came by our place on Sunday to have a look.

Long story short, she liked my work and was interested in representing me.

So our simple shopping excursion ended with me finding an Art Dealer.

Crazy world.

And as it turns out, the annual Art walk is happening this week so I’ll have some of my work on display

and for sale. I’ll also be painting in the Axis building downtown on Saturday.

Fort Saskatchewan Downtown Art Walk
Tuesday, May 5 through Saturday, May 9, 2009
See what local artists have to offer at downtown’s annual Celebration of the Arts.
So ya, you never know what could happen when you walk out your front door each day.
More to come!
Cheers,
Amanda

2010 Gallery Exhibit

by Amanda, posted in Abstract, acrylic, Art, art discussions, Artist, canada, creative, events, female artist, For Sale, Life, Paintings, Uncategorized

Just a quick note to say that I received confirmation today regarding my 2010 Gallery Exhibit.

I am now officially booked for the month of February at the Alberta Lottery Fund Gallery

located in Fort Saskatchewan in the Dow Centennial Center building.

So I now have 1 year to prepare for my first big  Gallery Exhibit.

Crazy! 🙂

I’d post more but I’m not feeling that great…I think I have a lung infection.

Bleh

Amanda

New Year-New Art

by Amanda, posted in Abstract, acrylic, Art, art discussions, Artist, canada, commission, creative, digital art, Drawings, events, female artist, For Sale, ideas, Life, Musical Instruments, Paintings, photos, watercolor

**LOL I had this written and forgot to hit publish way to start things off**

Happy New Year 2009

Alright so I’ll admit it, I’ve been slacking.

Oh but it’s easy to do lol.

What have I been doing?

Well, I’ve been playing video games,

setting up aquariums,

cooking up a storm,

took up knitting (which takes forever lol)

and helping hubby with his new hobby(Warhammer) which is painting, just not artsy painting lol.

I haven’t entirely slacked off though, I have been working on a few different commissions (bookmarks and watercolor word art)

And I do have a piece to share.

It’s an 8″ x 10″ acrylic piece.

I was browsing through some old National Geographics  which I like to do from time to time because they’re chalked full of resource material

and stumbled across a photo of a spiderweb, which for whatever reason caught my attention and inspired today’s piece.

Now normally I’m not a fan of spiders AT ALL but I thought the web was beautiful and set off to try my own version.

So here it is:

spiderweb

I’ll attempt to post here more regularly this year and for those of you who like to shop for art you can find my artwork for sale on Etsy at themilkeway.etsy.com

Cheers and here’s wishing you a colorful and creative 2009.

Amanda