Ewok with Mardi Gras Beads
I painted this for Devon’s 23rd birthday.
Boo!
Adorable Ghost Snow Dude created by Tony. GSD is our only Halloween decoration, as I dislike Halloween with the heat of a thousand suns. But when your son makes you an adorable Ghost Snow Dude, well, what can I say. My tiny, shriveled Halloween heart grew three sizes that day.
Attaching Items to the Canvas – Rhoda in Seattle, Part 3
In this segment I’ve attached the items Rhoda sent to the canvas with modeling paste and getting ready to paint.
There is still time to be a part of the group painting. Details here!
Background music with heart is My Girl’s Blues by Bob Stacy found here on MeFi Music.
If you’d like to commission your own work, let me know.
Selecting a Palette – Rhoda in Seattle, Part 2
In this segment I’m selecting my color palette and coming up with a rough sketch for the painting.
Rhoda in Seattle Painting, Part 2 from Leah Peterson on Vimeo.
There is still time to be a part of the group painting. Details here!
Background music is Olivia Rex, It’s Alright With Me
If you’d like to commission your own work, let me know.
New Painting, Rhoda in Seattle
Starting a new painting. This one is for Rhoda in Seattle. Can’t wait to get started!
Part 1 of the process:
Rhoda in Seattle Painting, Part 1 from Leah Peterson on Vimeo.
There is still time to be a part of the group painting. Details here!
Background music is Paul Anka, Smells Like Teen Spirit
If you’d like to commission your own work, let me know.
San Diego Art Fair
We had Art Fair San Diego over the weekend. It was spectacular. My friend Susan Myrland was over the alternative art spaces, aka Art Labs, which were found all over the city and part of Tijuana.
This is Carlos, whom I found at the Picnic, an art lab using 1000 feet of found fabric to create a space to meet and eat. As you can see, he came prepared to share.
And now, in a move that will only interest me and approximately .37 other people, here is a comparison of my iPhone using Instagram and the X Pro II filter and my Canon 30D using a 50mm 1:1.4 taking the same shot of Bougainvillea.
Group Painting, Try Deux
Together by Rhoda Anderson and Leah Peterson
Once upon a time, I had a wonderful idea I was really excited about. I asked people to send me found objects so I could compile them into a painting. And people sent me things! and I was so pleased!
Then, Some Stuff Happened and I was unable to start the painting with any verve and flourish. Soon after that, we moved. Then moved again. Then moved again, then again and One More Time. And THEN we moved here, back to San Diego where most of the items entrusted to me made it. We had one small catastrophe (is that a thing? a small catastrophe?) where an envelope with a few items was lost. I’m SO SORRY if your item was in that envelope.
I want to try again. Would you try again with me?
If you’re willing, here is the plan:
My vision is for a group painting made of objects from around the world. Would you send me something small in the mail? Something that fits in an envelope and doesn’t require lots of shipping is ideal. Buttons, small stones, bottle caps, bark, leaves, scraps of paper, shells, broken jewelry or seed pods are all ideas that have worked in the past.
My intention is to keep track of where you are from, any story attached to the item and where it gets placed in the painting. I will share that online and anywhere the finished work hangs. Unless you want to keep that information private.
If you want to mail me something, leave a comment and I’ll send you my mailing address. And if you would spread the word, I’d be most thankful. The more items from the more places the better, my old uncle Wilber used to say. (I don’t have an uncle Wilber.)
For an idea of what Found Object paintings look like, use this handy link or look at the painting at the beginning of this post. Now look at me. Now look in the mirror. Now look at this (then laugh) and leave a comment so you can send me some stuff.
Red Fruit, Tree Line Paintings
Red Fruit and Tree Line paintings are still available. I will get them in the store soon, but in the meantime, if you’re interested in them, shoot me an email.
TREE LINE 36X24 Acrylic on Canvas
