September 27, 2008

Because of a football game 14 miles away, there is an erie silence in my neighborhood. I have about 3 hours of this blissful silence until the game lets out and the drunks and Penn State Proud hit the streets. It's just enough time to write this blog and do a session of yoga.

Today I worked on the final canvas of "Smokey the Zombie Bear" series. Lots of humidity here in central PA. which made for very slow drying. Since I tend to work fast adding lots of layers this hampers my style a bit and I get a different feeling from mixing and layering that I normally do.

Peace Always

Sharon

September 15, 2008

Not much to write about concerning the painting "Smokey the Zombie Bear" series

Played a bit with my digital camera, my dog Sophie and sticks.

Peace Always

Sharon

September 14, 2008

I have agreed to have a one person show at a local coffee shop in State College, Pennsylvania. The space is small and I wanted to bring some smaller pieces there. I have four or five small (12" x 18") stretched canvases that were given to me some time ago and I decided to use these canvases for the next few paintings. The size is one that is challenging for me to work with. I feel somewhat constricted. My personal preference is to paint on something more symmetrical.

For two days I've been struggling with getting an image to suit the space of the canvas but seem to be stumbling a bit. Yesterday I painted "Smokey the Zombie Bear" inspired by stories my friend has been telling me of a friend of his who is preparing for when Zombies take over the world. I decided to make a series of "Smokey the Zombie Bear": a close-up, Smokey climbing into a tent, Smokey at the fire ring, and a couple others still undetermined.

It's fun to paint silly sometimes.

Peace Always

Sharon