Finally a break through

 Red Balloons, Mixed Media, 8 x 10

Number 9 or is it 4, Mixed Media, 14 x 11

 Little Fat Plane Flying Over the Mountains. Mixed Media, 8 x 10

The three pieces above are among the 9 chosen by Jeff Pace of Artsy Fartsy Gallery in a highly successful gallery in Carson City. He chose them for their playfulness and lively energy and figured they were the ones I am most excited about. I love to work like this. He was right. I'm on a run. The day before my little blue car (maybe that's the plane in the painting above) drove me to Yerington to the Dinni Art Center where I had a good ole chat with the director, Roy! Now I have secured a show for Feb next year, am on the volunteer list and was steered toward a place where i can take some art classes.Clay!

Soul Searching

Wee bit of soul searchin' going on for 'this little black duck'. I've found myself to be more than a smidgen lost in space . I've had to pull myself aside and have a good ole talkin' to. I've been tryin to be something I'm not, falling slave to my ego and thus have tumbled unceremoniously off my path. I'm a long way from figuring it.


Come sit beside me
I said to myself
although it doesn't make sense
I held my own hand as a small sign of trust
And together i sat on the fence.

Michael Leuing

Itinerary for my road trip June 18th to July 8th

June 2015 Road Trip

*Thursday 18^th June 12 noon ……..Pick up Rental Car  Reno/Sparks Avis Ph. 775 356 2490

Thursday Evening………..Red Garter Hotel   1225 W Wendova Blvd 775 664 2111

Friday  19^th ………………Drive to Laramie Stay at the Ranch over night

Saturday 20^th Pre wedding Celebration 4 pm 5351 Three Sisters Circle, Evergreen, Co 80439 Ph D  303 358 4849  J  303 889 9977 see printed directions

Saturday Even Stay at John and Susans J/S Indian Hills 303 882 9890  call before leaving

SUNDAY 21^ST JUNE  Wedding Noon to ^

Sunday Evening J/S 303 882 9890 

*Monday 22^nd June Boulder to stay with Susan (house sitting) Susan

Tuesday 23^rd June Boulder with Susan

Wednesday 24^th June Head for Grand Lake

Wednesday Evening stay with Sue Luton  while in GL 970 5319394

Thursday 25^th June  Possible Storytelling at GL Library  Meet Michael

Friday  26 th June  Watercolor w/shop from 10 – 4pm with Donna (Karen) 970 627 5409

Saturday 27^th June Watercolor w/shop day 2 10 – 4 pm

Sunday 28^th  June  Bop around GL Visit friends hike or what ever

*Monday 29^thJune  Back to Denver   Try to catch up with Sherry and Sally

Monday Evening stay with J/S Indian Hills

Tuesday 30^th June Back to Laramie  Stay with ?

Wednesday 1^st July Laramie  

Thurdsay 2nd July Laramie Head up to Shamrock in Wheatland …. Meet DS

Friday 3 rd July….Shamrock

Saturday 4^th July Shamrock

Sunday 5^th July hang out at Shamrock then back to Laramie

Sunday Evening Stay with ?

*Monday 6^th July Head back to ‘Vada via

Monday 6th July evening maybe stop at Janice’s in Encampment Tuesday to Wendover

Stay overnight in Wendover

Wednesday 8^th leave early to be back to Reno/Sparks by 12 noon. 

See ya when I'm lookin' at ya! Ronnie

More pieces and a little digital manipulation.

 A little digital manipulation to enhance colors and textures.Click on images to enlarge!

Some art I'm working on for a friend in return for some much needed body work. (Bowen therapy) 
Oh and below a cartoon requested by Mernie for the Yoga group!

Method in My Madness

( Oh and I have a childrens book on Amazon. Robby The Roo See a few posts back.)

 Although I may seem like a mad disconbobulated artist, in my defence i do actually have a method to my madness. I start the week by freely painting between 8 to 10 underpaintings on vaious sizes and type of substrata. I then walk away from them to let them dry and think about what they would like to be when they grow up. The rest of the week (or two) is spent picking up one at a time and 'doing sometime' to it.When I get to a 'bogged down part' in one painting i go to another so i never pick on any one poor soul for too long. Some of these pieces may get to go onto Etsy or Cafe press and the rest go in the pile where they continue to think about what they might want to be when they grow up.

 Here is an underpainting for a landscape using three shapes and colors. Looks like it could turn out to be something realistic at this stage aye. What's the bettin' it doesn't!

 And another. Slapped on really quickly with no pre concieved ideas.The one below may be more realistic who knows.

The last one is finished after many layers. Sorry i didn't get to show the underpainting. You wouldn't have recognised it. The best part of this one is the title. Riding Through the Forest of Absolute Silliness. Cheers. R www.etsy.com/shop/vivalaroo

The Artist in her Studio

 This is where i spend a lot of time and sometimes wonder what the heck am i doing. Alas, somewhere during the fiddlin' and fussin' pieces of artwork evolve. How much control I have over the finished product is well ......unpredictable. I have learned to stand back and get out of its way a lot of the time. That is when i do my best work and avoid headaches. More about my process in the next entry. R

Art Events,Presentation by Pam Brekas

(See Previous Post "Wonderful workshop with Pam Brekas")
Went to Pam's presentation yesterday evening at the Copeland Building in Garnerville. There were only five of us there and what a treat! Here is a woman who is not only dedicated to her own development and journey through the art world but finds the time in her busy schedule to put herself out for other artists. Through her i have learned there is a lot of opportunity out there even in our little corner of the world and its all up for grabs for savvy artists who may happen to believe in themselves and the value of art. I came home with an arm full of brochures and handouts and, once again after visiting with her, a renewed enthusiasm. Thanks Pam.

Repeat Photo from previous post. Click on image to enlarge.