Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
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I do not live on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I live near it and so much of my artwork is about this gorgeous mountain region. I prefer Blue Ridge Parkway Artist to Southwest Virginia Artist so I am going to stick with the slightly inaccurate one.
I have been blogging about so many different aspects of the Blue Ridge Mountains that I thought I would take a break and focus on the other kinds of artwork that I do. I have never understood what people mean when they talk about artist’s block. I just wish I had the time to paint all the things I want to paint. I am never at a loss as to what to paint and I am never bored. I love what I do and I am determined to get all of it out to the world!
As usual, my main gripe is I wish someone could add more hours to the day!
In addition to mountain paintings I also paint people I know and genre scenes so I will blog some about them.
I come from a family with many artists and musicians and I play the piano every day for my own fun and to keep my fingers going.
A contemporary musician I greatly admire is the internationally acclaimed violinist David Garrett. The portrait I did of him is my only celebrity portrait. It is based on a photograph that was taken at a concert in San Diego. I contacted the woman that took the photograph and she gave me permission to use it. I contacted David Garrett’s estate and received permission to paint him.
I spend a lot of time looking for my glasses. I have to have everything carefully put away or I can’t find a thing. I usually don’t have trouble finding my shoes but lately I have been leaving them in places that I don’t usually put them so now I am looking for them as well.
My husband has had his glasses on and actually asked co-workers where they were!
We ain’t what we used to be!