Generous Friends

I am blessed with several wonderful and generous women from the blogosphere. When I started blogging about two and a half years ago I did it to support my new Etsy Shop where I wanted to sell my paintings. I had just started painting after years and years of fearful procrastination. When I started, I had no idea I would meet such wonderful, friendly, generous and wholly interesting people. It has been such a blessing in my life.

Even more specifically has been a strange little coincidence the Universe seems to be playing with me. I'm collecting Australians. Yes, Aussies, those wonderfully friendly people with the cool accents? Ya, them. It seems I'm attracting friends from down under like a magnet! First there was Tracey Fletcher King, one of the most generous and funny people I've ever met. She's highly addicted to both tea and chocolate and she loves to do art and hilarious blog posts about both. 

Tracey sent me some beautiful bookmarks
and don't you just love this card? Her
painterly talents are awe inspiring.

Then I met Vonny Kaus a few months later, she joined up for one of my APR's and after perusing her blog I was struck with how realistic her work was. She loves to paint underwater scenes, with beautiful schools of fish and colorful coral. They are spectacular works of art. Von has added a bit of whimsy to her repertoire by drawing Egbert Bookman bookmarks, cards and notebooks. He's a curious little elf who loves to read. She's sent me a sweet collection of Egbert paraphernalia including a personalized Canadian Egbert!

Von made me Egberts, one dressed like a Mountie!!
I think that card in the back is so cute!

Last but certainly not least is Denise Allen. Neesie, as she likes to be called, is an expert zentangler and sketch artist. She takes pen & ink work to superlative heights. When I saw her work, a collection of zentangled flowers etc. I was truly blown away. Her work is the best I've ever seen, truly. Now she's taken on watercolor painting and with her talent she'll make beautiful art no matter what she tries. Neesie was so generous to send me one of her zentangle cards, I can't wait to frame it.

Neesie's pen & ink work shines and always
allows her subject to be the dominant
force. The pattern brings out the
beauty of the form.

Now, it's not like I don't have wonderful friends who live in the same hemisphere as I do. Ellen Jarvis, my sweet friend (currently laid up with foot pain, sending my love...) sent me THE most adorable chickens that I've ever seen! They make me smile like nothing else. The hilarity of the bird feet and the bulbus nature of the chicken form just makes me smile from ear to ear. What I really respond to though is the COLOR. I love how colorful these cluckers are!

I keep telling her she should do
notecards & prints of these
gorgeous chickens.

I love Ellen's chickens!
Isn't she talented??

I want to send out a heartfelt thank you to all my wonderfully generous friends who sent me such beautiful artwork. I'm truly blessed with friendship. I love you all.

I'll be back soon with new art for this week's APR. I hope all YOUR art is going well. Have you thought of which things you want to do "in Series"? I'll see you all here in a couple days!

Best,

If you're looking for the current Artist's Play Room just click here and you'll go to this week's art challenge.

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