Happy Place Art

"Happy Place Art"

Golden Retriever

This cute Golden definitely qualifies to go in your "happy place," where those soulful eyes meet up with the ever warm and loving heart of your faithful friend.

You have a great new painting but what do you do with it?

I think a lot of people struggle with hanging artwork. I do.

 Is it right, does it look okay there? I always ask myself, "does it make me happy?" I like to have a collection of art and objects

 that make me smile when I look at them. 

I found a helpful article from Better Homes & Gardens that offered

 helpful tips and tricks to make displaying art less stressful.
http://www.bhg.com/decorating/home-accessories/wall-art/how-to-arrange-art/

Yep! That's a Happy Place!

This painting is available on my Camp Studios etsy site. 

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Mermaid

A Trip to Florida

How can one go to the sea and not envision life underwater?

The sea is so full of life, color and mystery. One can make up all kinds of stories and wonderful adventures. But I didn't. I just asked my mom, as we were walking along the beach on Sanibel, for a mermaid scene and and she suggested adding a seahorse, which sparked this idea. Voila! No mystery, no adventure, just lots of color and imagination. 

Edina Art Crawl

Happy Spring!

Jump for Joy

Westie Mermaid

Edina Art Fair Window for Bone Adventure

The project is for the artist to design a visual display with their art. I was paired with the upscale dog store Bone Adventure, so why not a doghouse out of dog paintings, add a tree and a couple of clouds and boom!

At the last minute I decided to add the little leaping frog painting, Jump for Joy, since the opening of the show is on the first day of spring.

The project was very fun and challenging. I have no real tools, but a friend called and invited me over to use her power tools, she and I worked together to get the roof made, and to put some sides on the frame I had built with my little hacksaw and hammer.

Big Dogs

Reggie the Pitbull

Colorpop Pups

Rottweiler

Husky

Doberman

Hello Sunshine! Hello Happiness!

February in Minnesota

One of the most dreary dreaded months of the year. Period.

It is cold. It is gray. It is miserable. 

Hello Sunshine! Hello Happiness! 

Hello Life! Hello Love!

Hello big, juicy, lively lemons in full wonderful color!

Well I finally did it. The Big Giant Lemon painting. I love it! It is the definition of Happy.

It makes me happy.

Happy is good.

I have decided to put it on etsy, and sell it and make someone else happy. I am going to paint another one and get happy all over again. I have painted this painting at least 5 times, this is by far the largest, why stop now?

So if you are interested, just tap on the orange etsy button and you will magically be transported to Camp Studios etsy site where you can get all the details. 

LOVING THE LEMONS!

Arrows to the Heart

If You're Not In The Room, Turn Off The Lights!

In 2011 I decided to make art everyday for 1 year. Part of the experiment was to experiment with styles. This was an attempted departure from the cutesy lambs and fairy puppies.

I'm Not The Girl For You

What Does the Fox Play

The Nice Girl

 Sugar and spice and everything nice.....

What Does the Fox Play?

The original idea and painting went to my cousin's new baby. I wasn't sure what color the nursery was, but I was pretty sure all little girls like to pretend. I planned to do a series and painted the picture above, but never got around to the Twirly Fox, third one in the series. 

These paintings are available on my Camp Studios etsy site, just click on the orange etsy button on this page and you will magically be transported to the site.