THANKS A BUNCH!

"DUKE"

Here's my demo painting from First Friday. 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

"YAMPA VIEW"

This is the view of Mount Werner from Yampa Ave. 

12"h X 6"w

This painting is at Center for Visual Arts

837 Lincoln Ave. Steamboat Springs,CO.

Have a great weekend! 

FREE ART TALK COMING UP - MARK YOUR CALENDARS(check out TV link)

             

       

I laughed so hard - I hope this link makes your day

MB on STEAMBOAT TV

OR 

HOW TO TALK MINNESOTAN - NO KIDDING!!!!!!!!!

"CHERRY"

I can't explain it - I needed to paint my favorite truck again in cherry red!

It was so much fun and it made my day.

Thanks for stopping by - MB

"VALLEY GIRLS"

Here are some new girls! I've been in the mood to paint some animals - I thought I had a show

Scheduled for March and these girls would be the stars. Turns out I've been bumped from

The schedule so now I'm not sure where to put these new paintings. They may have to wait

Until summer. I'll enjoy them in my studio. Thanks for taking a look. MB

"TOO CUTE"

                   

Remember Sunshine?

Thanks MB

"PROCESS"

Sorry my posts have been few and far between.

 I've been painting likeMad! Or I am mad???? 

Anyway my computer is fixed and I plan to get back On a posting schedule soon. 

I drew this composition last year and never knew how to approach the idea.

As you can see I started at the top and I'm working my way down

Instead of the left to right approach. In fact the last couple of 

Paintings I've completed were approached in this way - so much

For best laid plans!?!

 Thanks for taking a look and have a fabulous weekend - MB

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

As I searched out better images of the paintings, I realized I had been surprised because I had thought of Andy Warhol’s serial Pop Art portraits as an “obvious” critique on consumerism that, “therefore”, merited little sustained interest in the pieces themselves. It never occurred to me to sit with a Warhol piece like I do with other pieces, spending time just looking and waiting and paying attention and enjoying the window that the artist had framed for me.  Now, I did.   I treated Warhol’s art like–well–art, and I learned some things.

MARCH 8 - 5pm(sharp) - 5:45pm

Center for Visual Arts

837 Lincoln Ave.

ANDY WARHOL(A)  

A talk about Andy - his life and his art!

Hope you can make it - it could change everything.

More later MB

"THE BARN - STRAWBERRY PARK"

Kakela's barn in Strawberry Park in the winter. I've always wanted to paint this barn and thought

winter was the perfect time to show off the red barn in the fields of snow. This painting is

 a bit different for me but you know how much I like a challenge. 

Thanks for taking a look. MB

"THINGS GO BETTER II"

30" X 30" 

Oil on canvas

"Things Go Better II"

Now showing at the Steamboat Springs Arts Council

February 5 - 27

If you get a chance stop in and see the show

I leave everything up until the next day to decide whether it's 

finished or not. I was happy with the result the next day 

I ordered a frame and the rest is history. 

Thanks for taking a look - MB

"PROCESS - THINGS GO BETTER II"

Here's the next day - I usually don't add the background color till

the end but for some reason it felt right to do it all at the same time. 

I used a palette knife instead of a brush

(tried a brush first but didn't like the results so I got out my knife because I

wanted to create a different texture for the surrounding color - I thought it would add 

some interest I didn't think there needed to be any more brush work 

because there was plenty of action on the surface of the coke bottles).

Thanks for taking a look!

Andy Warhol my hero 

"PROCESS - THINGS GO BETTER II"

Here's how this painting got started. I knew the Palette show deadline was coming and

I like to have a new painting for the show. The idea is to display the five senses through

The painting(sight) - smell - touch - sound and taste. Well the sight part is easy it's fitting

In the rest that can cause some anxiety. I had been thinking about Andy Warhol a lot

Lately and had his books on my table. He has a great coke quote - I'll try to

Upload that tomorrow.  I always have a coke bottle around but what

About the sound and taste portion of the display. Then the Sam Cooke song "Having a Party"

Popped into my head and my problems were solved. The line in the song 

"The cokes are in the icebox - the popcorn's on the table...."

The project was complete in my head now all I had to do was paint.

Of course it's never that straight forward but that's how the painting was created.

Andy Warhols coke bottles were green - that's why my first one is green(originally I thought

They would all be green) but Visually I had to change that idea so I added purple and red before I put the painting To bed for the night. I like to walk into the studio the next day with a plan 

And try not to obsess tooooo much!

Whew - thanks a bunch!

"THINGS GO BETTER II"

Here's the start to my new piece for the Palettes show at the Depot.

 I'm trying this post on my i pad - just to mess with my head and 

Learn something new. We'll see how it goes. It's always good

To have a plan. Thanks for waiting - MB 

BLOG TROUBLES

I've got some blog issues - not sure when I'll be up again.

Right now I'm trying to catch a raccoon! No kidding.

Thanks for waiting. MB

"PROCESS - GEORGE"

You can see my original painting in the left hand corner.

The original was 8" X 8" and the new painting is 36" X 36". 

This is from a photo that my neighbor's Mark & Marilyn took a while ago. 

They are both excellent photographers and carry their cameras where ever they travel.

 They are extremely generous with their magnificent photographic collection.

I couldn't paint George Town - George without their help and inspiration. 

Marilyn and Mark always seem to be in the right place 

at the right time for these one of a kind shots. 

It takes a village!

Thanks - MB

"GEORGE"

Here he is finished. The background is a muted green like photo below.

Didn't get that quite right for this shot. 

Here's my new hanging system in my studio. I wanted to have my

paintings out instead of packed away under my bench. You can

see some scale in this photo. 

Small squares are 6"X6" George is 36" X 36".

Thanks for taking a look.

"GEORGE" MORE PROCESS

"PROCESS - GEORGE"

More process shots of "GEORGE"

"BUDDY"

Buddy doesn't like to have his picture taken - I had to wait 3 months

for a good shot of Buddy and this is the happy result!

Thanks for taking a look, MB

"HANDSOME"

This is my Georgi Porgi Corgi! 

He's a happy boy.

"FIRST TRACKS"

I usually don't venture much into landscape but loved this idea so I gave it a go. For those of you

who don't ski these are my first tracks on this run. It's what we call skiing untracked powder.

This run is a 30 minute climb from my house(that means I climb up the hill on my skis for 30 

minutes - ski down and then climb up to the top - that's a shorter climb more like 15 minutes

then I ski it again - climb up again and ski again) That's how I stay in shape in the winter

and that's why I'm always praying for snow - because I love to ski!

Thanks for taking a look. MB

"BIRD ON A WIRE"

Chickadee II

Thanks a bunch, MB!

"MY LITTLE CHICKADEE"

It's been years since I painted some chickadees. They are one of my

favorite little birds. I'd like to do a series but this will have to do

for now. It's been a crazy start to the New Year. 

Hope all is well with everyone. 

Thanks for taking a look. MB

"HAPPY NEW YEAR"

ALL THE BEST IN 2016!!

"JESS & MOM"

Jess riding on the 4 wheeler with her Mom!

Thanks for following and looking. MB

"JESS"

Here's what Jess's neighbor has to say about her(this portrait was 

a surprise for Jess's Mom). She was a border collie and german short

haired pointer. She was very opinionated, but lived to ride with her

mom up in the mountains on the four wheeler checking on the cattle.

Thanks for all the patience in lack of posts. 

I've moved to a new gallery and it's been emotionally and financially trying. 

 I will be at Circle 7 Fine Art for 3 months trying it

out to see if it fits. More on that later.

Thanks a bunch

"RING A DING DING!"

HO HO HO!

The best to everyone

MB

"REVIEW"

Here it is. Some of these are from the Plein Air event at

Steamboat Art Museum. The paintings were framed wet - the corners got damaged

I had to repaint the edges so I could frame them in floater frames.

If I didn't mention this, I gessoed my display boards black. The black is a

much better background than the original grey display boards I've had for years.

Only took me 3 years to figure that one out!!! go figure

Thanks for taking a look. MB

"LIGHTNING"

I love "Lightning"!  SOLD

Lightning is at The Center for Visual Arts for the month of 

December - after that he may be wheeling away we'll see

how that goes. More on that soon. Big changes coming if

all goes according to plan. 

Thanks for hanging in there in this crazy busy time!

Pray for snow.

Later MB

"DID YOU SAY BALL OR BUNNY?"

Sunshine's Aunt sent me this photo. It was a pixelated photo

without much definition but I've always wanted to paint a 

dog with a mouthful of toys. I gave it my best shot!

 This is going to be a crazy week for me. 

I'm not sure if there will be any posts - it's not for the lack of painting. 

Thanks for hanging in there and being patient.

Your buddy MB

"GIVE THANKS"

Wishing you all a great Holiday weekend!

"BOB'S DOWNTOWN CONOCO"

Bob's Conoco station is in downtown Steamboat Springs.

Bob just sold the Conoco station after running it for too many years to

count. I'm pretty happy for Bob he's the nicest guy you would ever want to meet

he deserves to retire and have some fun.

The new owner is going to keep it going - gas station and car repair, how cool is that?

Here's a quick story about Bob and the guys that work there.

Many years ago I had to drive to Texas to meet my husband.

He needed a ride home - anyway it was 104˚ in Texas that 

summer. A functioning air conditioner in my truck would be a 

nice feature. I had the truck packed - turned on the key and heard a 

thump!!! It wasn't a mechanical thump but the sound of a mouse

type thump. The first auto mechanic I went to had no time to look at my

problem(and didn't really care that I was driving into the inferno we call Texas).

I was desperate to find this poor mouse. I stopped at Bob's, the

guys dropped everything after they heard my story - they took apart the 

wheel cage under my dash and voila they found the mouse. 

I was on my way mouse free with a functioning air conditioner. 

Crisis averted - although the mouse was not so lucky.

Thanks for taking a look.

"SUNSHINE"

Here's what Sunshine's family has to say about her

"Sunshine is the happiest and most loving dog! We adopted her from the humane society in April and we’ve never had a dull day since.  We believe she is half lab, half golden retriever. She loves her toys, to swim, and to give kisses (she even tries to give kisses with toys in her mouth). Sunshine is always smiling! She also enjoys running and playing with other pups. When she’s excited her WHOLE BODY wiggles!! She’ll run in between your legs so she can get scratches. We love Sunshine so much!"

This may be the last post till Monday(I love this happy face) 

Have a wonderful weekend!

&

Thanks for following 

"A LITTLE SUNSHINE"

Here are some process shots of Sunshine

Her story will follow. I fixed her today so now I'm happy

YEAH!!!!!

"WILD THING"

California car!

A day at the beach.

Later MB

"SOLIDARITÉ

"JOY"

"HAPPY 3RD ANNIVERSARY"

I started this blog 3 years ago today!

The blog has changed a bit over the years. It started out as a quest to 

post everyday but has morphed into something a bit different.

I post when it's right rather than posting for the sake of posting.

There are a few more gaps in the process and that's working

out better for me. You have all been instrumental in this process

and I wouldn't be here without you! I really can't do it without

all the comments and encouragement - thanks for sticking

by me all these years!!!!!!!!

Takes a village to raise a painter.

"REVIEW"

Here's all 11 paintings for Born Free. We met our goal 

 the drawing will be tonight November 6th - 6:30 

Creekside Cafe 

131 11th St. - Steamboat Springs, CO

If you've got some spare time stop on by I'll be there from 

5pm till 7:45pm.

Thanks for all the support on this project!

"BORN FREE #11"

This is another extra painting for Born Free - it was #11.

This is going to be a crazy week not sure how many posts

will happen if any. I'm getting everything ready for my 

show at Creekside Cafe for November and December.

The Born Free drawing will be this friday as well 

It's going to be really hard to part with these paintings.

I've had them hanging in the studio for awhile

I will be lonely without them.

Thanks for following!