Trip through the Fog

Last weekend we took a short trip to visit family and hit some crazy thick fog. I think I've seen through walls easier than we could see through this fog. After a few short minutes that felt like hours we broke through it and it was like we were on top of the clouds. Definitely one of the more beautiful scenes I've witnessed.

ugh!!! going crazy :P

So I haven't done much lately and it's starting to drive me nuts. I am tired a lot because I am pregnant!!! WOW! Never would have thought. So since I haven't done any of my own work I thought I'd post Dr. B's work ;) ha ha!! I am soooooo going to paint this and hang it in the baby's room :D SOOO EXCITED!!!!

Raking the leaves makes for great photo ops :D

painting.. standstill :(

Sooo I'm at a standstill with painting until this Friday. I am needing more acrylics and well... clay too! I'm wanting to start sculpting again and w/out the $$ I can't do anything right now. Really frustrating. Oh well, at least there is Friday (aka payday). Soo until then, I have a green canvas (along with green on my pants lol) with a blank center waiting for the lotus to be finished. UGH! Pictures of paintings are very finicky :P the colors never come out the way they are in real life. Oh well I guess maybe you'll have to go see it at Adventures Underground in the Uptown Center when it's finished. :D

Ingrid Michaelson, David Ford and Newton Faulkner

David Ford, first act.

Newton Faulkner, second act.

And the amazing Ingrid Michaelson.

The concert for Ingrid Michaelson with opening acts David Ford and also Newton Faulkner was Monday night. It was such an incredible night!! I've been to a few concerts and shows and the opening acts are generally so so but man they were FANTASTIC monday!!! David Ford does this whole one man band thing that is just WOW! And Newton Faulkner is so incredibly talented and the songs he sings are just... well I'm guessing that they will reach/touch each person differently sooo check them out for yourself k? The greatest part was finally getting to meet Ingrid M. I had joined up in her street team so that I would get to and didn't get the email until Tuesday that the meet and greet had been changed to 7:30pm instead of 6:30pm which I was there and waiting for anxiously. So I had been talking to her friend and salesperson Marylynn (who is absolutely FANTASTIC!!!) and she said that she would talk to Ingrid for me. Well she did and so did her drummer Elliot Jacobson and to make a long story short Ingrid came up from her little hiding place twice to meet with us (B, Ruth and I). We missed the first time because we thought we were supposed to be outside, but she came up again when we went inside and talked with Marylynn and Elliot and Elliot went down and told Ingrid that we were upstairs. They are all so sweet!!! Words cannot express what a wonderful time I had!!! I very much recommend getting to one of their shows before their tour is over. Tickets are stinkin cheap and the show is better than any I've been to (including much higher priced shows), seriously get out there and get your tickets now to a show near you.

Ingrid Michaelson

Something new that I hadn't put on here yet.... SO excited for Ingrid Michaelson's concert this Tuesday!!!!!!! I'm loving it!!
Check out her latest video for Be Ok a song she did for Stand Up 2 Cancer
http://www.bordersmedia.com/features/video/michaelson.asp
My face is in there!!! YAY!

A Wedding Weekend

So this weekend I was in a wedding, my beautiful cousin Tammy. It was wonderful!! I had some fun and got even more frustrated with my camera :( I'm officially looking for a temp job to buy a new camera. I love some of the pictures I got but they are all gritty and have too much noise!!! ARGH! Well here is one of my favorites :D

Thanks Larae!!!

Right place right time.

I can not believe how perfect this shot was set up for me. Thank you Lord!! I don't know how some see things this beautiful in this world and still believe that it is all coincidence, accidents cannot possibly be this perfect.

Job 31:26-28 If I have observed the sun when it shines, or the moon moving in brightness, so that my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand; This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, for I would have denied God who is above.

A new friendly face.

So I've been out driving around a lot and have seen so many amazing photo opportunities and didn't stop that when I was standing right in front of one I decided to not miss this one.

I love the tea that is surrounding her and her wide bright eyes and friendly smile. This lovely lady made my day today. Thank you Linda!

A question for photographers...

What would you say is the best camera for variety of photography? I've been trying to figure out which one would be the best to buy for the money... having a VERY hard time.
Thanks for any responses :)

more photography...

This pumpkin is a good one. Sucha beautiful baby girl with a beautiful sunset could it get any more picture perfect??

Mysterious Woman

Did a photo that I'm pretty excited about... more excited after the first sale of one of my paintings :D YAY! But I'm having fun with photography too :D Sooo here is a recent one that I did, I'm planning on doing some things to it that are not on the computer sooo..... it will look different live, I'll have to take a picture of it when I'm completely finished. She's stho mysthterious ;) love you punchie!

FINISHED!! YAY! :D

So I'm finally finished w/ the Wine Cellar painting. I don't know how people can paint a painting in one day unless it's the size of a picture that you can get from wal-mart. I'm pretty excited about this one because it is my first real acrylic soo.. be gentle :D

Silent Auction piece benefitting family in Prosser.

I am so excited about this piece. I have been really thinking and trying to figure out something that someone would want to buy because I didn't want to put something in this auction that someone would put down a dollar for just to help out the family and then end up tossing the painting in the trash or something. So I came up with this... I've been sketching it out all day today and I am getting SO excited!! I can't wait to finish it :D I have my passion for art back!! YAY!!!!

photography

Here are some pictures that I took of my neice for her Senior pictures.

Bruiser

Ever since I was 9 I wanted a pug of my very own. I now have one and I was so right when I was 9. Pugs are the greatest! I love my Bruiser, he is so sweet and adorable and well whenever I am sad I just look at his little squishy face and it always makes me smile. He is my handsome. I did this sketch while he was dozing and looking out the window leaning on me.

Birthday presents

Our very good friends have two very adorable little ones, a boy and a girl, who's birthdays are very VERY close together. Aubrey just turned one and Westin just turned two. So for their birthdays I made them name plaques, or well I'm working on them... I have too many projects going at once :P

Santorini

I absolutely love all of Europe. The blues of Santorini are absolutely awe-inspiring. God is one amazing artist!

My nephew

I was immensely inspired by a picture that my nephew's Grammy took and so I did a pastel and watercolor of my little nephew.

My neice's wall

This is one I did awhile back on my neice's wall. We talked about what she was wanting and found the perfect picture for her wall. This was my first experience doing an actual painting with wall paint. Definitely a different experience.