Discovering Now
!6" x 20" x 1" mixed media on wood panel
Diamond Road
When you're lonely
When your heart aches
It's gonna take a little time
To make it to the other side
When the night falls
When you're stumbling
It's gonna take a little time
But everything will be just fine
So don't miss the diamonds along the way
'Cause every road has led us here today
Life is what happens while you're making plans
All that you need is right here in your hands.
- Sheryl Crow (1962- )
Too often we forget what's good in the present, focusing only on wishes for the future and putting conditions on our happiness. Yet there is so much richness to be discovered when we slow down and value what we have... here and now.
What's happening here and now (okay...and in the future...)
- I have five paintings at The Insiders/Outsiders Gallery in Cornwall Bridge, CT
- going on a short road trip to New Hampshire where Jol and I will meet up with Susan and visit her gallery*, and then on to Vermont where we'll stay for a couple of days on Lake Champlain
- excited *to see Andrea's seven paintings and ten drawings (she does amazing, beautiful work, and I can't wait to see some of her larger paintings "in person") in artstream's Summer Splendor show
- starting my painting for Susan Tuttle's North Light book that will be published next year
- a solo show and demo in August at The Flatbread Company in Canton, CT
- in a holiday show in November and a solo show in May at the Insiders/Outsiders Gallery
- trying to paint despite incredible performance anxiety!
- and by the way, pretty much everything on my almost completely updated website is for sale!
posted by carla at 6:03 PM
40 Comments:
Really beautiful!
I wish I could see the surface if your work. Some day... Some day... And haven't you been the busy little beaver? You really make optimum use of your time off school, don't you? Checked out a bunch of your links. It's all very exciting and you deserve it!
Love the textures on her dress and how they carry onto the background. Beautiful painting.
hooray!
still busy here, but will see you on monday!
wheeee....
Carla - another beautiful piece - you have really come up with a great style here.
Love your new website! Turned out just beautiful!
Exactly Carla, it's all about living in the now and focusing on what we do have. Excellent work once again.
I like the painting very much, especially the title. :)
Speaking of diamonds...viewing any one of your paintings or works of art is like discovering a diamond. Have fun on your adventures. NH at this time of year is beautiful as is Vermont. Enjoy the companionship of your friends and the peace of the countryside. Beautiful and brilliant work!
Wow Carla, you've got so many wonderful things happening! Well deserved my dear. Have a great time in NH seeing Susan. I was there last year visiting family for the first time in 7 years! I do miss New England. Best wishes on all of your upcoming ventures!
I am so happy that you are having such a wonderful summer Carla! You are such a talent as evidenced by this beauty!!!
the look and mood of this artpiece is wonderful, carla. i really liked it.
only... i want to know waht the princess discovered at that moment.
thanks for stopping by and comment in my blog.
Wow! You have been a busy little artist, haven't you! Congrats! You're an inspiration to make better use of my time. And I'm so jealous that you get to see Susan's gallery.
Lovely piece, too. I get lost in your vines and textures. :)
Love it-- nice textures, especially! Sounds like you're having a busy and productive summer-- have fun!
congratulations - you have had an amazing year. The found object is gorgeous!
sounds like ur takin off full tilt. lov this next one here. she almost seems part of the wall and lov the plant grown wild on the wall, great texture
This is amazing! It feels so much like my favorite time period in art history with the Medieval and Renaissance textures and colors.
Really awesome piece of artwork carla!
and i like what you said "Too often we forget what's good in the present, focusing only on wishes for the future and putting conditions on our happiness. Yet there is so much richness to be discovered when we slow down and value what we have... here and now."
'love your new updated website!
Fabulous as always!
Really like the textures that tie this woman into the wall... though a wallflower she isn't! Beauty.
i feel so happy for you, carla!! this strikes me as a new chapter overall, and one where i'm so glad jb and i will/can make an appearance here and there.
see you soon, with pleasure! meanwhile, enjoy all of this. yay for you!!
I love her dress!
Superb!
Cata
Lovely! :)
Beautiful piece, lovely texture!!
Oh this is lovely - I love her dress!
It is wonderful to read about your doing so well with art shows and lots of works. I wish I could come to see your work in person. But rest assure, I am there in my mind. Keep up the good work, Carla, and best of luck.
So lovely and full of interest. Great texture.
Now is such a great thing to discover. :-) Great work as always...
Emotive piece. It's a great reminder to have faith. I'm delighted to know you have your work showing good luck and enjoy your road trip!
lovely piece. i particularly like the texture of the dress, and the way the colours interact with the red hair.
Hey Carla! That's okay to have not read LORD OF THE RINGS - many of the ladies you illustrate could certainly be elves form the book. Keep up the great work!
I like the choice of colours here.
I have a question for you. May I know how you transferred that piece that is painted on a wood panel to the digital medium?
wow!!!
Hi Carla,
Wow--you are a busy lady! I hope you had a wonderful trip!!!--so great that you got to meet Susan at Artstream!
Yippee--I'm so happy to see this new piece of yours--there are so many things about it that I love--her hair--I want it!!--the view out the window is so serene--I love the vines and the textures--you have such a talent for design and achieving the perfect balance!
Big Hugs,
Susan
Really like the contrast with the colors in the window vs. the foreground. really sucks you in...
Carla,
Congratulations on your latest exhibitions! I am sorry for the defunct link to my blog. I am revamping my site, but it is taking quite a bit of time because I am busy getting my son ready to start kindergarten in a few weeks. (He's very excited! I am excited for him, but also very nervous!)
Have a great trip!
Love this image, composition, mood, texture, so much to like! Her posture and the orange hair against the green background work really well too.
you have conveyed, beautifully, a sense of real antiquity with your colors, the crackled background - wonderful!
carla,
i just love your attitude, looking for whatever wonders there are in the present moment; something i need to be reminded of time and time again. congratulations on all the good things happening for you in your life and art right now. beautiful work, your beautiful spirtit shines through. maybe some day i'll have the pleasure of meeting you and your art in person...i would love that!
Wow, you have so much going on! Amazingly huge piece! Wow, I cant believe your work will be in a book! What great exposure! Amazing!
She looks quite stern or exasperated in this picture; I kind of like it. *G*
And Cornwall bridge is about 10-15 minutes down the road from me, so I'll have to get my butt over there to see your show!
Beautiful - it's matches the poem excellent!
Thankyou very much for comments at my blog - sometimes the comments makes my day :-)
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