Happy Halloween!

My office is having a pumpkin carving contest today, my unit decided to do a SF Giants theme! I carved this pumpkin for us, I think it came out pretty good!!! I am going to celebrate Halloween by going to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show live at a local theater with my daughter. I've never seen it live before, should be a hoot!!! Happy Haunting! Tj.

Giants Win!!!!!

On to the World Series Baby!!!!

Just a few pics...

The last few weeks have flown by... I have been busy at my office, my "real" job, busy making day of the dead pins and art for the Altares Del Mundo show. My hubby and I took a week vacation and drove up to Seaside Oregon. Gosh I sure do love it up there! We had a great time, relaxed, walked, talked, looked at houses, walked, ate, soaked up some wonderful sun shine! And what blue sky they have up there! Not like here in Sac. Our sky is hum... kind of gray most of the time. Bla. I'll post some pics from vacation soon, but here are some pictures of my Altar for the Altares del mundo show! Be well... Tj.

Altares Del Mundo!!

Exciting art event! I am very happy to be part of this years show. I hope some of you can make it!! Be well... Tj.

Altares Del Mundo sneak peek...

Just posting a few pics of some of the things I will be offering for sale at the Altares Del Mundo show that opens on October 9th 2010!

Several small altars:

Assorted Sugar Skull pins!

I've been so busy!

I have been busily working on the October show I'm participatin in, Altares De Mundo. It is going to be a really great show, some day of the dead altars and other altars of the world. I am looking forward to it! We lost our wonderful dog Chester this past spring so my altar is going to feature him. I tried something new! I created a sculpture from wire, newspaper and masking tape. I'll have to share it when I take a photo!

Anyway, this weekend is the KVIE Art Auction! KVIE is Sacramento's local Public Broadcasting station. I have one piece in the auction this year. The auction begins tomorrow night and runs all weekend! There is some amazing art being auctioned. My piece is number 5A and will be on the air between 10 and 10:30 pm tomorrow night!!! Not to be missed! Here is a link:

KVIE Art Auction 2010

Be well... Tj.

Today...

I celebrated the 25th anniversary of my 29th birthday. (ok you do the math!) Even though I had to work, it was a really wonderful day because of my family and friends! I have been showered with love... So nice! I love you all and am blessed to have you all in my life! I'd like to share a cup of coffee with you all... here you go a cup of love! Yum! Be well... Tj.

True life story #691

Timing is everything!

My hubby and I drove down to a really awesome cactus nursery today, it was amazing but that isn't the story. The drive takes us down hwy 99 and right by a local sky dive school. Just as we were getting close I spied a couple of divers coming in for a landing then a couple more and then... the sky was full of parachutes making a landing! It was amazing timing, zooming along the freeway, and be right there at that exact time! Yes! This is the kind of parachute... be well. Tj.

Art Bra Show!

I am very happy to say I finished my art bra!!! I found out about the show just last week, the deadline to turn in my piece is September first! I really wanted to participate so I came up with an idea and ran with it! My sunflowers are created around the cups of a bra. Petals, leaves and stems are a polyester fabric, stiffened by this product I used for the first time call Stiffy! I cut out the petals and flowers, soaked them in Stiffy and let them dry. A little paint on the bra to create the center of the flower, a little hot glue to attach the petals, stems and leaves and voila! The Art Bra 3 show benefits the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services and the Albie Aware Breast Cancer Foundation. A very worthy cause. Here is the poster for the show and my Sunflower Bra! He he he...

For more information go to the Art Bra Blog!

I'm also in 2 other benefit shows for September. Want to know more? Get it on my website ophelias-flowers.com

Photoshop fun!

October Art Event and Day of the Dead Art!

I am going to be participating in Altares Del Mundo art exhibition which is loosely based on the "Day of the Dead" celebration. Artists come together to create art installations reflecting traditional and non-traditional interpretations of this celebration of remembrance. Altars reflect a variety of artistic and personal expression and in the past have included such subjects as family, friends, celebrities, social trends, environmental issues, political statements, tragedy, misfortune and war. It was a great show last year and I am glad to be a part of it this year! For more information visit the Altares Del Mundo website.

On the subject, I have completed 3 of the small altars/niches for the Day of the Dead. I am pleased with how these are coming out! I will be posting to my Etsy shop but will also probably offer them for sale at the Altares Del Mundo show, if they don't all sell! Here is a photo of the first 3. The larger 2, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the Sugar Skull are 4 inches by 3 inches. The smaller Lilly is approximately 1 inch by 2 inches. Wooden boxes, polymer clay flowers and figures, rhinestones, and acrylic paint!

On a more personal note, I had a nice weekend with my daughter Lindsey! We went to see the new Jennifer Aniston movie The Switch. Very cute, absolutely a chick flick! And yesterday we went to a Wizard of Oz sing along! What a hoot that was! The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie from my childhood and to see it on a big screen in a room full of people singing along? Well… we had a great time!! That's it for today, be well. Tj.

2 new small paintings for this months show

I did 2 new 8x8 paintings. I had some leftover paint on my pallet and 2 canvas' speaking to me. I have 3 other small 8x8 flower paintings I'm showing so I thought I'd add a couple of others. Here is Yellow Daffodils and Blue Liverwort! Be well... Tj.

New Postcards arriving soon!

August 2010 Art Exhibit

I am participating in the August Art exhibit called "Eclectic Art" at the Marco Fuoco Gallery. The show opens with a Second Saturday reception, if you are out come on by! Should be a great show with some wonderful artists participating such as: Chad Lenzi, Jeremy Rathbone, Terrie Rockwell, Bobbi Mercouri, Rachel Radical and others! I will be showing some of my 'flowers' and also a couple of other surprises! Come on by, say hello, support the arts! Mostly, be well... Tj.

Etsy Shop is open!

Announcing the opening of my Etsy Shop! I will be offering small works of art on Etsy and have opened with a few small paintings. I have more to post and will be adding more all the time so check back often! Here is a link but I've placed it on the right nav also! Thanks for stopping by.

Be well... be creative! Tj.