Georgia O'Keefe's Black Cross

Here is a new painting that I did yesterday. My wife wanted something inspired by the Georgia O'Keefe Black Cross. She gave me the colors and basic design that she wanted. I did the rest. This is not the usual style or type of painting that I do, but it was nice to finish a large piece in one morning. Overall, I'm pretty happy with it. The painting is 24"x 36" on gallery wrapped canvas.

"Big Sky"

Congrats to Ryan Bingham for picking up a Golden Globe award for best song in a movie. The song, "Weary Kind" was co-written with T. Bone Burnett and is featured in the new movie Crazy Heart. I haven't seen the movie yet, but it is on my list. The funniest thing about the award is that RB was at the bar when they announced the winner. Classic Bingham! The soundtrack comes out tomorrow. Looks like a good one.

I have found a new friend, and his name is Craig. He runs a website we've all heard of called Craigslist. I've never really spent that much time on Craigslist until the last few weeks. I think I like it! Above are our two purchases for the week. The top picture is of our new entry way dresser. We have been looking for one for few months now on all of our antiquing adventures and were unable to find that right piece. So we turned to Craigslist and we found this early 1900's piece for $50. It also came with a great oval mirror that we removed. With a change of hardware and some TLC, this is exactly what we were looking for. The next image is some of the new art supplies I bought on Craigslist yesterday. I picked up 34 tubes of Golden and Windsor Newton Acrylic Paints and 12 unused nice paint brushes for $50. They are all brand new and probably retail for well over $400. What a deal! I plan on putting these to use in the upcoming week. I'm ready to paint again.

This has been a crazy week....sorry for the lack of posts. First of all I had to go back to work after 16 days off. That takes a little adjustment. Secondly, it's freezing here in Dallas! We had no school yesterday because of some slick spots on the roads....I was out at 9 AM and the roads were perfect. Wind chills are in the single digits.....burrrr. Waste of a day that we'll have to make up when it's actually nice in April. On a more pleasant subject, I am staying true to my New Year's resolution and I began buying some original art/photos. Like I said a few days ago, I'm starting small and will hopefully build up. The second image shown above is the first purchase. It comes from a talented photographer from Austin - Rachel Goldstar. Make sure and check out her Etsy shop for some cool pics! Its a great photo of the good ole Stardust Motel sign on the outskirts of Marfa. The first photo is one that I took of the same sign a few years back. Rachel's is way better! I'll keep you posted on some of the other things that are about to fill my gallery wall.