Tuesday, October 27, 2009
My Blog now at www.lgruger.com/blog
I invite my followers to go to my Blog on my website and follow me there. I'll be following you back and listing blog links in my Blogroll. Thanks and have a great evening!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I'm moving my Blog to my Website
My Blogger Blog will not be used any more because I am putting a Blog onto my website using Wordpress. I'm still futzing with it and trying to move content from this blog over to that blog. I'm not sure how everything works yet but it's getting there. There seems to be a lot to know about widgets and formatting and plugins but I will learn in time and things will get figured out.
So from now on please go to: http://www.lgruger.com/blog to read my blog.
Thank you to my followers for following this blog and I will figure out how the feed and follower thing works with my new Wordpress blog. If anyone has any tips, please let me know! Thanks!
Good thoughts,
Lindy
So from now on please go to: http://www.lgruger.com/blog to read my blog.
Thank you to my followers for following this blog and I will figure out how the feed and follower thing works with my new Wordpress blog. If anyone has any tips, please let me know! Thanks!
Good thoughts,
Lindy
Friday, October 16, 2009
Oct. 16th An Artist's Day Notes
I AM GRATEFUL
for snow on the mountainsI CAN SEE
sunshine filtering through the treesI AM HEARING
the hum of the space heater at my feetI AM WEARING
light green and brownI AM CREATING
a big paintingI AM MISSING
hot soupI AM HOPING
to send some postcardsI AM PLANNING
a Halloween Party
Monday, October 12, 2009
Healthy smoothie for your health!
I read this post on Twitter by @olivosartstudio about healthy smoothies so I followed the link to an article. I was drinking my own smoothie this a.m. and wondered what other's were making for smoothie recipes. Their recipe has coconut milk and cacao in it. Sounds yummy! I'll have to try it! Follow this link to read if for yourself. Claudia Olivos and Sergio Olivos: Healthy smoothie for your health! They are also artists, check out their art while you're at their blog!
My smoothie recipe is below:
Take whatever frozen fruit you have in the freezer. I like various combinations of some blueberries, blackberries, mango, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, etc. and toss some in the blender with a scoop of ground flax seeds and a scoop or two of vanilla whey protein. Add some 100% juice of any kind or water and a couple ice cubes. You can throw in a banana, almond butter, yogurt for various changes to it. Blend it all up and you're done!
Enjoy your smoothie and healthy eating!
My smoothie recipe is below:
Take whatever frozen fruit you have in the freezer. I like various combinations of some blueberries, blackberries, mango, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, etc. and toss some in the blender with a scoop of ground flax seeds and a scoop or two of vanilla whey protein. Add some 100% juice of any kind or water and a couple ice cubes. You can throw in a banana, almond butter, yogurt for various changes to it. Blend it all up and you're done!
Enjoy your smoothie and healthy eating!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Inspiring Words on Charm Mobile Prints
I came across this image on a blog I was reading by Mallory McInnis called http://www.wherethelovelythingsare.com
I thought it was sooo cool! I love it! So I emailed Mallory about it and asked her where she got it and if I could use her image idea to create some of my own and she said "Sure". I love that when people are open to sharing ideas which can inspire others. I think as long as you ask that it is okay to use others ideas to make something new and give them credit, it's all good. I thought it was a real live mobile she made but it turns out she had created the image digitally and had got some of the images from alltheluckintheworld website by Jane Schouten. Since then, I see the image is on Jane's site. I wanted to give them both credit as they are the inspiration for the images I'm creating.
Having a love of working in Photoshop and combining that skill with my art, I started creating what I call my "Charm Mobile" Print Series. Below is the first one titled "Dance in the Rain". It features my painted piece of wood that I showed you in my Peace Pole blog post and one of my birds from my "Singing a Fiesta Song" painting.
and the second print is titled "Create Art" . I love old wood with a patina so I used a piece of wood that I found at the beach and I added my little hummingbird from my painting "One Lived in an Enchanted Garden". I used feathers that I scanned from my feather collection. I love collecting cool looking feathers that I find when I'm out and about.
The third one is titled "You Are My Sunshine". It's pretty happy with the smiley face on it. I've been hanging onto this old smiley pin for ages! And I love the yellow glow! I love making things glow in my art! I added the bird from my "Shimmer & Shine" painting. The metal circles say "strength" and "courage". My sister gave me those as a gift once, so I scanned them in and added them to the layout.
I also love that quote, "It's All Good". I think maybe I'll do one that says that on it too!
What have you made lately? Share it in the comments. I'd love to know what you're working on.
Well, I think I'll go make something.
Have fun!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Tracy Leagjeld - 2009 Deschutes Brewery Jubelale Artist
Tracy Leagjeld is this years Deschutes Brewery Jubelale artist. I show my artwork with Tracy at the Tumalo Art Co. gallery in Bend. I have a fondness for Jubelale art because I was chosen as the Jubelale Artist in 2007. So I look forward to see what the next artist will do for their Jubelale art. I like the word Jubelale! To me it is a "happy" word and it conjures up feelings of festive times!
Deschutes Brewery chooses a different artist each year to represent their seasonal brew called Jubelale. I love Tracy's artwork! She does monotype paintings using oils. She works in layers and each painting is unique and beautiful! See some examples of some of her landscape paintings below.
The 2008 Jubelale artist was Pam Jersey Bird. I've shown with Pam at the Tumalo Art Co. as well and in some other places over the years and I just love her artwork too! You can see her Jubelale art and a selection of her paintings below.
2008 Pam Jersey Bird Jubelale art is above and more of Pam's paintings are below.
This is my 2007 Jubelale Art.
Cheers! Enjoy the season of Jubelale!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oct. 2nd An Artist's Day Notes
I AM GRATEFUL
for crisp, ripe pears on our pear tree
for crisp, ripe pears on our pear tree
I CAN SEE
clouds hovering over mountains
clouds hovering over mountains
I AM HEARING
Van Morrison music
Van Morrison music
I AM WEARING
orange and blue
orange and blue
I AM CREATING
a Moonheadmama painting
a Moonheadmama painting
I AM MISSING
hot weather
hot weather
I AM HOPING
to go to the Fall Festival Saturday to hear Shawn Mullins play
to go to the Fall Festival Saturday to hear Shawn Mullins play
I AM PLANNING
to party on Tues. to celebrate my Sweeties birthday!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Kitchen Art and Playing with Color
Who says art and color isn't everywhere?
I was sitting in my kitchen recently with my laptop and I started to look
all around and SEE the color.
all around and SEE the color.
So I took my laptop with it's camera and took a few shots to see what I could create. Was I bored? Maybe a little. When I'm bored I always think it's a good idea to PLAY. So that is what I did. Played with my camera and made some images I call "Kitchen Art".
BLUE
MULTICOLOR
LAVENDER with green
LIME GREEN
IRRIDESCENT
TAN
RED
SILVER
PALE BLUE
WHITE
YELLOW ORANGE
Look for color today.
HAPPY WEDNESDAY!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Fri. Sept. 25th An Artist's Day Notes
I AM GRATEFUL
to be making prints with
my new large format printer
I CAN SEE
blue sky through the trees
I AM HEARING
silence
I AM WEARING
brown and beige
I AM CREATING
mini paintings
I AM MISSING
sugar
(I've been doing a detox diet this week)
.
I AM HOPING
to finish printing some new prints
of new designs
I AM PLANNING
to work at the Tumalo Art Co. Gallery
this afternoon
PAINTING TO INSPIRE
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Making of a Peace Pole for a Peace Bridge Dedication
A couple weeks ago I was invited to make a Peace Pole for a Peace Bridge Dedication on Sept. 20th here in Bend. I like to donate art to various events and it had been awhile since I had so I decided to make a Peace Pole to exhibit at the event.
First I looked online and found some sites about Peace Poles. I had never heard of a Peace Pole before.
I decided I wanted to use some wood I had on hand. I like to collect wood in all kinds of shapes and sizes. I keep it for future projects. I have a whole pile next to the house.
I've painted a couple times on wood before. I've mainly painted on driftwood.
The above piece is one that hangs next to our front door at our house.
Peace Poles typically are 4 sided but can be 6 or 8 sided or even round. They usually also say "May Peace Prevail on Earth". Mine was going to be 3 sided. 2 flat sides and a rounded side. I had an old pole that I found in the wood pile and I found a curved piece of wood that used to be part of a shelf unit which I wanted to use as a wing. Wings symbolize birds and peace and freedom to me. I thought it would be cool to put it on the top portion of the Peace Pole making it even taller.
I was told that the Peace Pole for this project in terms of design just had to be "peaceful". I could write or draw anything I wanted on it. That left things wide open. I ended up writing "Be Still and Listen" on one side and "Let Peace Prevail on Earth" on another side. And then the 3rd rounded side had flower and garden type images on it.
Below are images from the making of my Peace Pole.
This is the pole I found and the wood from the old shelf that I had cut into a wing shape. I sanded both.
I got out my white gesso and covered both pieces which preps it to take the acrylic paint.
I found a container of dark blue paint that I had and put a coat of that on. I wanted a bit of the wood to show through so I left some natural wood stripes.
To get the feather pattern on the wing,, I used my fingers to draw into the paint while it was still wet. Then I started painting over the dark blue with other colors.
I found some plastic letters in my art drawer that peel and stick and I used them as a stencil. I put the words onto the wood, painted over the stencil and then pulled up the plastic to reveal the letters. Then I ended up hand lettering over the stenciled letters.
I was painting outside on the deck and it was nice to just mix my paints on the paper that I had spread out.
I added some of the white dots like I've been putting in my paintings lately. I thought it added a nice design touch.
Below is me with the final Peace Pole at the Peace Bridge Dedication site. You can see the bridge in the background. Some of the other Peace Poles were bright and colorful and I put mine in line with the others along the river.
Some detail shots of my Peace Pole are below.
They had speakers, music and singing, Native American prayers, delicious food and 50 doves of peace let go at the dedication.
There was a person putting free henna peace signs on peoples hands or ankles and there were a couple booths with peace information and peace stickers to buy. And there were beautiful purple tree branches hanging with Peace ornaments which made a gorgeous display!
Below is the Peace Bridge Plaque. Although is has a Dec. '08 date, they wanted to wait till International Peace Day on Sept. 20th '09 to have the dedication.
Above is Bend, Oregon's official Peace Bridge. They said there were only 4 bridges in the country dedicated to Peace. Hard to believe there would only be 4. There is a committee working to make Pacific Park, a park next to this bridge, a Peace Park as well.
☺peace
First I looked online and found some sites about Peace Poles. I had never heard of a Peace Pole before.
I decided I wanted to use some wood I had on hand. I like to collect wood in all kinds of shapes and sizes. I keep it for future projects. I have a whole pile next to the house.
I've painted a couple times on wood before. I've mainly painted on driftwood.
The above piece is one that hangs next to our front door at our house.Peace Poles typically are 4 sided but can be 6 or 8 sided or even round. They usually also say "May Peace Prevail on Earth". Mine was going to be 3 sided. 2 flat sides and a rounded side. I had an old pole that I found in the wood pile and I found a curved piece of wood that used to be part of a shelf unit which I wanted to use as a wing. Wings symbolize birds and peace and freedom to me. I thought it would be cool to put it on the top portion of the Peace Pole making it even taller.
I was told that the Peace Pole for this project in terms of design just had to be "peaceful". I could write or draw anything I wanted on it. That left things wide open. I ended up writing "Be Still and Listen" on one side and "Let Peace Prevail on Earth" on another side. And then the 3rd rounded side had flower and garden type images on it.
Below are images from the making of my Peace Pole.
This is the pole I found and the wood from the old shelf that I had cut into a wing shape. I sanded both.
I got out my white gesso and covered both pieces which preps it to take the acrylic paint.
I found a container of dark blue paint that I had and put a coat of that on. I wanted a bit of the wood to show through so I left some natural wood stripes.
To get the feather pattern on the wing,, I used my fingers to draw into the paint while it was still wet. Then I started painting over the dark blue with other colors.
I found some plastic letters in my art drawer that peel and stick and I used them as a stencil. I put the words onto the wood, painted over the stencil and then pulled up the plastic to reveal the letters. Then I ended up hand lettering over the stenciled letters.
I was painting outside on the deck and it was nice to just mix my paints on the paper that I had spread out.
I added some of the white dots like I've been putting in my paintings lately. I thought it added a nice design touch.
Below is me with the final Peace Pole at the Peace Bridge Dedication site. You can see the bridge in the background. Some of the other Peace Poles were bright and colorful and I put mine in line with the others along the river.
Some detail shots of my Peace Pole are below.
They had speakers, music and singing, Native American prayers, delicious food and 50 doves of peace let go at the dedication.
There was a person putting free henna peace signs on peoples hands or ankles and there were a couple booths with peace information and peace stickers to buy. And there were beautiful purple tree branches hanging with Peace ornaments which made a gorgeous display!
Below is the Peace Bridge Plaque. Although is has a Dec. '08 date, they wanted to wait till International Peace Day on Sept. 20th '09 to have the dedication.
Above is Bend, Oregon's official Peace Bridge. They said there were only 4 bridges in the country dedicated to Peace. Hard to believe there would only be 4. There is a committee working to make Pacific Park, a park next to this bridge, a Peace Park as well.
☺peace
Friday, September 18, 2009
Etsy Treasury and Hearting
My original painting titled Cosmic Garden II is featured in an Etsy Treasury today by LaughingFridge who has really cute Fridge Art Magnets in their Shop. For those who don't know, a Treasury is a listing of 12 hand-picked items from an Etsy member. The Treasury is short lived and the various Treasuries will change so one can see new items all the time. If a member is able to get a time slot for a Treasury, they can choose whoever they want, they can pick items by color, or a theme or type. The Treasury is not intended for self-promotion, but instead to acknowledge and share cool and beautiful things for sale on Etsy.The person who included my item had a theme of having items from people that had hearted their shop. Hearting means one adds an item or member's shop to a list of their favorites. I like Hearting shops so I can easily get back to them and possibly buy something from a shop I like. Below is what a Treasury looks like.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Creative Mobiles and Hanging Artsy Things
Mobile I made from beads I had on hand.I love mobiles and hanging, artsy things that swirl and twirl in the wind. I have quite a few hanging around our house and yard. Sometimes when we're at the beach or camping, I like to make mobiles from found objects. Below are a few samples of some mobiles and hanging art.
Twirly mobile that hangs off the deck.
Handmade wind chime.
Another handmade wind chime.
Chime mobiles that hang out near the labyrinth in our yard.
Glowy marble mobile hanging off the deck.
Sunshine I painted that hangs in a tree in our yard.
Moon on the other side.
This is a mobile I made from seashells and driftwood whenwe were in Baja camping at the beach.
BELOW ARE SOME MOBILES FOR SALE
From Etsy Shops that I like.
3-Tiered Natural Bird Mobile by Crisswell Creations
lilimandrill with do a Custom Mobile for you.
BeachString made a seashell and dolphin mobile.
Botanicraft made a celestial Moon Mobile.
If you want to see more mobiles, here's a link to some neat mobiles made by Konrad's Mobiles
and some by Mod Mobiles. TheGlassCrafter.com makes mobiles out of glass, check out this link!
And a link to a make a mobile art project >
Hope you enjoyed seeing these Mobiles! Maybe you will make or buy one too! Let me know if you do.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Sept. 4th An Artists Day Notes
I AM GRATEFUL
my new large format printer arrived
I CAN SEE
beautiful sunshine on trees
I AM HEARING
peace and quiet
I AM WEARING
red and black
I AM CREATING
new paintings
I AM MISSING
the stand to my new printer
(it didn't arrive yet)
.
I AM HOPING
to have a fun camping weekend
I AM PLANNING
to have fun tonight!
PHOTO TO INSPIRE
Image from my Art Show>Monday, August 31, 2009
Some Titles for My New Paintings
Whimsical Womb IIAcrylic on Wood
Framed 27" x 35"
1. Twilight Garden
2. Red Sky Rains Gifts II
3. We Traveled in a Whirlwind
4. Fly with Joy
5. Day and Night, My Loves Delight
6. The Night was like Jeweled Magic
7. I Promise You'll See the Sun Again
8. Follow Me into the Night
9. Sheltering Deep Roots
10. My Tree has a Dream Window
11. My Treehouse has a Magic Carpet
and a Window to the Stars
12. Swing and Dream
13. Peace in Jeweled Skies
14. I Love the Seasons
15. Dream Toucher
16. Whimsical Womb II
17. My Family Plays with Color
18. Some Learned to Fly
19. One Played While the Others Flew
20. Basking in Moonlight
21. One Raven Looked to Another
Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday Aug. 28th An Artist's Day Notes
I AM GRATEFUL
for my Sweetheart
I CAN SEE
clouds covering the sky
I AM HEARING
rolling thunder
I AM WEARING
blue and chocolate brown
I AM CREATING
a postcard mailing
I AM MISSING
my flip flop sandals
.
I AM HOPING
to finish all my paintings for my show by Sunday night
I AM PLANNING
to go camping over Labor Day Weekend
PHOTO TO INSPIRE
for my Sweetheart
I CAN SEE
clouds covering the sky
I AM HEARING
rolling thunder
I AM WEARING
blue and chocolate brown
I AM CREATING
a postcard mailing
I AM MISSING
my flip flop sandals
.
I AM HOPING
to finish all my paintings for my show by Sunday night
I AM PLANNING
to go camping over Labor Day Weekend
PHOTO TO INSPIRE
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