Well, I won’t actually “unveil” my new jewels painting (even I’m not that dramatic)… but, I now have it mounted on my triptych canvas panels and hung it in my studio today!  So, if you’re coming by, you’ll be amoung the first to see it completed!

I’ll have my studio open Friday, November 6th from 5-9pm for First Friday to kick off Denver Arts Week.  Directions to my studio are here on my website.

"Claudia's Jewels", watercolor mounted on canvas panels (triptych), 48 x 48 inches.

Denver Arts Week is November 6 – 14, 2009!  Lots of different events are planned, all kicking off with First Friday in Denver’s art districts.  This year’s theme is “Know Your Arts”.  So, I invite all of you to get to know MY art… with a FREE “flapjack” mini-painting!

What’s a “flapjack” and how can you get one?  Well, while creating some mini-sized paintings in my studio recently, I noticed that my stack of finished art looked like a stack of flapjacks – just the right size at 4 x 4 inches.  So, for my First Friday Open Studio (November 6th, 5-9pm), I’ll be painting flapjack art “to order” for my studio visitors (while “batter” supplies last).  So, come by my studio, pick a color or two and I’ll paint you a free flapjack… what a great way to get to know my art!  Click here for directions to my studio.

And for those of you not able to make it to my studio, I have 10 flapjacks ready to mail out to 10 lucky folks.  Just leave me a comment on this post by the end of Arts Week (November 14th).  On November 15th, I’ll RANDOMLY draw 10 winners from everyone that left a comment, and then contact each to get them mailed out (so be sure to enter your email address).  Here’s what one of my Facebook Fans had to say about my flapjacks:

“Flapjacks…what’s not to love? They’ve got fabulous texture, incredible color & awesome composition, the perfect piece of affordable art for your abstract art fans!” — Candy in California

I’ll also be selling additional flapjack original paintings for $20 each (or 3 for $50).  These are perfect for a mini-sized frame or I can also mount them on canvas for you for an additional $20 (my regular price for these mini paintings is $65!).

Denver Arts Week kicks off with First Friday on November 6th!  Lots of different events are planned, all kicking off with First Friday in many of Denver’s art districts.  Visit the Denver Arts Week website for details on all of the events.  Some highlights that caught my eye include:

• First Friday in Denver’s Art Districts: Friday, November 6
• FREE Museum Night at 11 Denver Museums: Saturday, November 7
• Art Salon at Hotel Teatro: Wednesday, November 11 at 5pm
• The Denver Brass (Echoes of Castles & Cathedrals): Friday & Saturday, November 13-14
• Zoo Animal Artwork at the Denver Zoo: Friday, November 6 – Friday, November 13

I’ll be in my studio in the heart of Denver’s ArtDistrict on Santa Fe introducing my new “flapjack” mini-paintings on First Friday.  Watch for more details and visit my website for a preview!

Looks like I won’t be making into my studio today… so, paperwork and Snickerdoodle-making for me!

View out our back door - about 21 inches since yesterday... and it's still snowing!

Well, it took more than a “snip”, but “Claudia’s Jewels” is now cut into 3 pieces and ready to be mounted on my stretched canvas panels.  This painting is on 300lb. watercolor paper, so it’s a bit tough to cut through.  I clamp my straightedge down and use a utility knife (with a fresh blade!) and carefully go for it.

I plan to mount the 3 pieces onto canvas tomorrow, unless the snowstorm we’re promised hits and I don’t make it in!

My latest "jewels" painting (about 44 x 45 inches), cut into 3 for mounting onto stretched canvas panels.

Have enough BFFs (Best Friends Forever)?  Well, you can become one of my FBFs (FaceBook Fans)!  Over at my FaceBook Fan page, I’m posting great art specials exclusively for my FBFs – study paintings, mini paintings, notecards and a few of my regular inventory paintings all at special prices.  But, you have to be my Fan on Facebook (click here to become one)!  Or, visit my website homepage to become a fan (click on the “Fan” button at the bottom).

I just posted this “study” original watercolor today on Facebook – check it out!

"Study - Winter Dark and White", original watercolor, about 18 x 18 inches.

So – here’s my latest jewels painting… “Claudia’s Jewels”.  Can anyone figure out who Claudia might be?  Pretty obscure reference, but it kept coming back to me as I finished this painting.

Now I’m just about ready to cut the painting into three pieces for mounting in triptych on canvas panels.  The paper “canvas” is about 44 x 44 inches and I plan the final canvas-mounted size to be 48 x 48 inches.

"Claudia's Jewels"... ready for cutting up into 3 pieces!

I’ve been working on a new, large jewels painting that I plan to mount on canvas panels as a triptych.

Large jewels in progress... working size is about 48x52".

My own de-coder card... or is it a "jewels" periodic table of sorts?

Squares awaiting my "jeweling" process with a palm brush.

I’ve been working on a new, large triptych in my studio and have painted a few autumn-colored shapes on one of my walls just for fun… I love autumn!

Triptych in progress (on my table) and some autumn shapes on my wall...