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Waiting
6X6
oil on hardboard

Toggl

This is Liam's sock monkey friend, Toggl. Mike named him. There seems to be a theme happening with this whole sock monkey obsession. I like it.

Toggl
10X10
oil and mixed media on canvas

Christmas paintings

I guess I can post the paintings I shipped off for Christmas now. I didn't get very good pictures of most of them- they are either cell phone pictures or too dark and blurry. Ah well, you'll get the idea...

For Fred
8X10
oil on canvas

For Sachiko and Larry
8X10
oil on canvas

For Mom and Dad
10X10
oil on canvas

For Mike
25X16
oil on board
(Thanks to Stacy- Three Winks Studio- for the use of her photo)

DSFDF portrait exchange

It's that time of year again... the Different Strokes from Different Folks portrait exchange is at hand. I don't know who this artist is, but she is painting my portrait. I had a heck of a time with this painting- from the first strokes of the first draft to the photographing of the final piece, it was difficult... it looks better (as they generally do) in person. I cropped the reference to just focus on the expression on the face. I am fairly pleased with the finished product, especially compared to the first attempt. :)

reference photo

Unknown artist
7X5
oil on canvas board

Christmas paintings

These two will be in a show coming up in December. Come check them out at the Gresham City Hall building starting December 8. Artist reception (food and live music!!) will be December 15 from 5:30-7:30. You can purchase these there... or let me know. They are at a low price of $109 and $119 framed and ready to hang!

Red Ribbon #2
10X8
oil on canvas
$109

Red Ribbon #1
7X12
oil on board
$119

sock monkey liam

my monkey
7X5
oil on canvas board

I'm back...

I finally got back to the painting world after a couple months of hanging out with my baby boy. He sure is entertaining! This painting is my submission for the Different Strokes challenge. I can really tell that I've been away from the paints for too long. This is really not as good as I was hoping for this photo. I will paint more regularly and, hopefully, get back to improving my paintings.

Traveling

8X8
oil on paper
$25

New blog

From now on this blog will be dedicated strictly to art. For those who are interested, Mike and I have created a new blog for our family. Go here: mc-brady.blogspot.com to see that.

I have a portrait to post soon and I hope to get back into the different strokes from different folks challenges. I've had a bit of a break from painting- for obvious reasons- but I'm excited to get back into it.

painting for Jake and Stefeni

I finished this painting for some friends a couple of weeks ago and haven't posted about it yet... Jake is Mike's former roommate and Stefeni is Jake's wife. They got engaged on this bench at Red Butte Garden, so they wanted a keepsake of said bench. This is a larger painting than what I normally do, but I really liked the finished product.

Red Butte Bench
30X24
Oil on canvas

38 weeks (almost)

Okay... officially 37 weeks and 5 days, but we're coming right along. Had a baby shower today and got some really cute things! Thanks to everyone involved- you are all so great! Afterward, we picked up a few items we were still needing and I think we are mostly ready for Liam to arrive. (Well, ready with stuff for him- not ready emotionally. I don't think I'll ever be "not freaked out.") Then, tonight, a couple of friends came over and helped me "nest." It's fun to organize baby stuff!

My mom was wanting to see the latest belly shot, but Mike wasn't home to take the picture. So, here are a couple of myspace-style baby belly shots...

Not really sure what the deal is with the point. It's kind of a weird shape. Ah well. Oh, AND... you can see the awesomely BLUE bathroom. No, we didn't choose that color- we actually don't use this bathroom much because we have to fix the fiberglass in the shower. Some day it will be pretty and not... smurfy.

Latest painting

Today was supposed to be a day of getting some paintings packaged and shipped and some cleaning done... Well, it's turned out to be "one of those days." I did some laundry early in the day, got some cleaning done, and called a few places to find some boxes to ship these paintings with. Well, last time I had no problem finding a box. This time, however, I've run into problem after problem- poor customer service mostly. Anyway, it kind of put me in a weird mood where I don't really feel like doing anything. I notice more today that I'm super tired, that my belly hurts, that when I am on my feet the baby feels really heavy... so, I'm trying to get the ol' blog updated. That's bound to put me in a better mood, right?! So, here's the latest painting (besides the ones that are going to be shipped soon.) I quite like it. Though, I think it looks better in person.

8X10
oil on canvas
$90

Rufus won!

I forgot to update you on the art contest I entered. Rufus won! Thanks for all your votes. The person who put the contest together posted the top 3 winning images on his site. Check it out. You can check out the other entrants also here.

Baby bedding

Here's a bad picture of the baby bedding and other arts I've been working on lately. I'll get better pictures when I get batteries for my camera. The quilt front and back are pretty visible, the bumper is to the left on top of the sheet, which is the solid turquoise fabric. You can't really see the skirt- striped fabric with sage green trim. You can see most of the mobile and the monogram wall hanging in the background. I hung two shelves on the other side of the room and I am going to be painting 3 square paintings to go above the dresser/ changing table. I also want to do something for the window- I'm thinking a painted wood valence with some neutral fabric panels. I keep finding little projects to do, so I'm sure there will be more to come!

Vote for me...

I entered Rufus into a contest through Fine Art America. There's not really a prize or anything, but I thought it would be fun. So go here and vote for me!

35 week baby belly...

Here's my huge belly today at 35 weeks... you're welcome.