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I spent a good portion of Saturday drivingaround Austin, TX on a Modern Home Tour.  We probably looked at about 16 homes in all.  Neutral colors and elements of nature were infused with most homes along with lots of natural light. While most homes were interesting very few struck a chord with me or so I thought.   In the middle of the night I awoke to images of lines and colors flowing through my head.   One of the colors that really stood out was a sort of key lime pie color.  Not quite lime green but close.  As far as color on the walls most were a very basic subdued tones.  What did provide color was the art hanging on the walls.  It just goes to show how much a piece of art can do to  liven up one’s home.  Which makes me happy when I think how my work can really make a room come together.  I took a few pics of some of the homes and the furniture and accessories in some of the homes.  One of the coolest pieces of furniture was this sort of bean bag coffee table.

Last night I stayed up late working on a new painting  where I am incorporating my many methods into one painting.  It has a chaotic patterns and structured lines that will fuse together when its complete.   This progress is about after 3 hours of  work. 

I have done some more detail in the canopy section of the tree but I have not taken any pics of that portion yet.   Stayed tuned for more photos at the end of the day after I have worked on it some more.

Today I kicked off the new year staying home from work to work on my ART.  It was so nice to have a full day when all I had to worry about was  which painting was I going to work on.  I ended up working on several canvases but,  spent the good part of the day working on one of my cityscape’s which will be part of a series for the new year.   Here’s a pic of the current progress on the city scape (no title for it yet.)  

I am still tying to figure out my New Years resolutions but am happy when I think about 2009 as it was  a good year.  My second daughter was born and I had a successful year with my art.

A  few of the highlights were as follows:
An exhibit at Bass Concert Hall, Painting in the juried 32 nd annualAustin Visual Arts Alliance show, East End Gallery exhibition,  displayed numerous works in various locations throughout the Central Tx area.  I also found a printer(Winberg Gallery in Georgetown)  to produce my fine art reproductions(Giclees).  Started this blog, learned how to tweet and book da face..lol…Facebook which was a challenge for me.  Hell 10 years ago I didn’t know how to turn on  a computer let alone surf the web.  Now I am riding the crest of the wave and hanging 10 fingers on the keyboards. 

 So when I think about how far I have come and where I am headed I get excited!  I think 2010 will be an even better year than ‘09.  I hope  you will follow my blog and my journey to being a full time artist.  Thanks to all who read these words and taking the time to view my artwork.  I am honored and blessed to have such great fans, friends,  and family.