Sky Dancers

Florida, Florida, Florida.  What words fit the perfect description of this gulf coast drama queen?  It is just wild weather, wild colors, brilliant light, glowing reflections.  On a sunny day, it is the whole entire 64 pack of crayons.  On a rainy day, it is as dreary and ordinary as anywhere else.

It is almost time to return home, to a much missed family, and another kind of beauty.  I will miss being here, but I can hardly wait to see everyone again.

This latest painting is a work in process.  WAY to much time and effort put into it, and the effort part still shows.  I like my work to look easy, effortless, and my best pictures do.  This one....eech!  Anyway, I'm shameless, I'm posting it, unfinished.

Sky Dancers

Acrylic on 12" x 24" stretched canvas

Have a wonderful day, everyone!

Cindy

Fun with Florida

Pushed myself to paint "fast"....here's the result.  Later, when I'm all recovered, I'll fix up the obvious ills.....it was fun to have fun with Florida.  This little house really exists, and is located on Anna Maria Island.  What a gorgeous and fun garden...

"Fun with Florida"

8" x 10" acrylic on canvas board

Have a wonderful day,
Cindy

Sun and Fun Art Show and Sale

Everyone is hoping that tomorrow's art show and sale is a big success.  Most of my paintings are back home in South Carolina, so I only have six to display.  Still, this is a chance to publicize my art and my blog, so I put together this flyer to have on my table:

I used picmonkey.com  to create the collage, and saved it to my desktop.  I used Paintshop Pro (by Jasc software) to add the text top and bottom, and to format it to a standard page size.  I saved this to a flash drive, and drove to a local office supply store, where I had it printed.  In under an hour, and for $25.00, I got 100 5" x 7" flyers.  Technology sure makes it easy to get things done!  

If you are in the Sarasota area, drive on over to Sun and Fun, and give us a visit.

Hope you have a wonderful day,

Cindy

Beach

It's been another beautiful week here in Florida.  The waters of the gulf coast are crystal clear, and mesmerizing.  It's just beautiful.  We have spent a lot of time touring around, and I've spent wonderful hours painting away.  We've seen and enjoyed so many beaches lately, that I am not sure which beach was photographed as inspiration for this painting, I think it was Lido Beach.....

"Baby, Why Don't We Go...."

8" x 10", Acrylic on canvas panel

My only complaint about being here is that the rest of my family isn't.  I miss you all,

Have a wonderful day,
Cindy