Painting 8 titled “I’m all ears” – • SOLD
prints and note cards available soon.
I mentioned the other day that I was contemplating what to paint that day and someone suggested a snowy owl, so I told them I would add it to the list. Today is the day, so Missy if you’re reading this… thank you for your suggestion! Of course it couldn’t be just a normal snowy owl, there are plenty of them around painted very nicely. No, I wanted to paint a snowy owl with style and sensibility. Doesn’t he look hip in his earmuffs? I thought it rather clever by playing on the fact that these beautiful birds live in Canada most of the time and are called “snowy”… haha. I’m loving the human quality to the creatures I’m painting.
I have to admit the 30 in 30 is a bit daunting. I have to be much more careful with my time and my house is a wreck. I took time to fold gads of laundry yesterday and I kid you not, I folded for a hour and a half. Today the vacuum got some use and we had a super quick dinner of pancakes… I know, hold the applause for mother of the year awards. I haven’t been to bed before midnight since this started. It’s not the actual painting everyday that is so hard, it’s the completing a painting everyday and do all the things I must to get it on here and on Leslie Saeta’s blog with all the other paintings. But when I look at my new shelves getting full, I can’t help but feel I’m accomplishing something kinda special here. Not only am I going to have a bunch of new inventory for upcoming shows, I think I am starting to pick up speed and definitely confidence. I have no choice but to jump right in, sketch and get to painting!
Just had a look back – I had missed what you were up to! 30 in 30? WOWZERS Jaime! And they are all gorgeous (especially your crows and raven *g*) You must be some kind of magic woman getting all that done AND still doing stuff round the house.
Well thanks Carmen, but no magic woman here. Sadly ignored housework but the basics and quick and easy dinners being served here. I had put off folding the laundry for far too long, so it became a necessity. Hard living out of laundry baskets! Thanks for the sweet comments Carmen!
I really like this guy, Jaime. We have had a lot of Snowy Owl sightings here in Southern NJ this winter, but I don’t think any of them have the great fashion sense that yours does! So glad I met you through the 30/30 challenge. Happy creating!
Thank you Sandy, he is stylin’ isn’t he? ha ha… He was fun to paint. I had heard a lot of snowy owls were coming down from I guess Canada. I have never seen one in person, but I’ll bet they are a sight to behold. I’m so glad we met as well. I can’t wait to see what you paint next, I love your style.