Beautiful day for a give-away

Wow, THIS DAY IS GORGEOUS! The leaves are changing, the air is warm and breezy. A perfect day to offer up a little fall color. Shown is a tiny little painting of one of my favorite plants in my garden.... a Chinese lantern. I just love the pop of orange in the fall each year at my front door. The painting is 2.5x3.5 inches, and is signed and varnished. Drawing is on Friday at NOON :-).

DIRECTIONS to enter the give-away: "Like" this post on facebook AND quietly message me with the answer .... or email me with your answer. Only the correct responses will go in the hat.

The question to answer is: What is the total size of the most recent diptych I have completed? Do share with a friend who may love a colorful challenge. Good luck.

And the winner is....

So many of you responded...sometimes it gets a little crazy trying sort through the answers. Thank you all for the comments... I always enjoy the tidbits you tell me :-). Now for the winner of the greeting card.... It is Mary Sue Beeler of Clearwater, Florida. Congratulations, Mary Sue! I will pop the card in the mail.
The next give-away will be posted this Monday, Oct 22 on this blog and on facebook. That will be the third of four... so some of you still have a chance :-). Keep playing! And by the way, the clues may get harder still.
Have a great weekend.
Oh, by the way, the correct response is The Willow Shop.

Thank you, Jen...

I do love to paint. I love the smell of paint. I love the way the paint moves with my brush around the canvas. And, I love to paint for people who love color. I feel as if all that energy just swirls around back to a place that feeds the next beginning. This floral piece was done for a client whose office walls are a soothing, warm, light coral pink color. She explained to me how she wanted clients to feel in her office. She saw several samples of paintings and prints I had done... and eventually chose a small 4x6 print which represented some of the feeling, color and subject matter. The goal was to take that feeling and make it larger. The painting was done using five different reference photos of poppies I had taken from my own yard. I love those poppies... I know who gave them to me... I see their beauty each year in the spring. So... it was a very natural process to put my energy in the right place to work on this painting. Thank you, Jen, for appreciating my art... I hope you enjoy this painting for years to come. (painting details: diptych, each canvas is 30x40. total size 30x80 inches)

Art preservation. Keeping things stable...

 

 

Every now and then, a painting needs a little attention... the wire adjusted or the corners touched up. Here, my husband, Mal, reinforces the frame. One corner brace had started to lose its tightness so he cut a new brace and replaced the wiggly one. Thank you, Mal! Ok, that's it for his construction projects for a few days :-).

Art Give-away... Noon, Oct 19, is the deadline!

The give-away, a 5x7 folded blank note card with envelope.

Ready for the next challenge? For those of you just joining the party, I am giving away a little art each week this October. The clues are given on Mondays and the winner is chosen from all correct answers on Fridays at NOON. This is the second of four. (Oct 12,19, 26, Nov 2). Respond by email or facebook. If you respond by facebook, please, don't post the answer. DO "LIKE" and then send me a message with your answer.
The gift is above, a 5x7 folded blank note card of one of my favorite paintings "Tall Grasses". (The original is a large triptych made of three 18x36 canvas panels. It filled a lovely space in my studio. Now it fills a lovely space in someone's home.) The challenge question will take a little looking... it's not as easy as last week's :-).

This long image with yellow, red and white is a small part of a larger painting. Answer the question correctly by noon Friday, Oct 19:

Where is this original painting currently being shown?

OK. Ready, set, ...find color! :-)