Demo Lodi Art Center Last Tuesday

Well, This is displaying in a strange way. Hope it posts correctly. These are the steps I have taken on my Lodi Art Center Demonstration painting. I am not done yet. I still have more sutle revisions and adjustments of color to make.

Newest Revisions on my book

I am hoping this is the final revision.

Paintings of Farming and Ranching An Artist's Journey by Marilyn R. Eger | Make Your Own Book

New Website: marilyneger.net

Sorry, I have been so busy with the 2 masters classes, that I have not been posting here.

I did get my web site launched. It is marilyneger.net

Waterlilies, Oil, 36" X 48"

Well, sorry it has been so long since I posted. This is a painting that I finished in May. June 10th my Daughter, Son in law and 4 granchildren arrived, so I have been to busy to worry about my blog. Sorry, I see them, maybe every 3 to 5 years and they definately came 1st!!!!! We had a great time, they little guys helped me plant my garden and were great at using the lemon squeezer and master Smoothie makers!!! They were so creative!!! We made clay whistles and 2 did pastels. My Jerry got me 3 new doves and I didn't have them 2 days and one flew the coup when I was giving them fresh water. Well, a miracle happened. Jerry was in the vineyard and saw the dove, caught it and brought it back to me! That was totally amazing. I am doing 2 Academy classes right now and am a bit stressed about it. My dear computer has been a bit strange and may go in to the shop if it does not straighten up and fly right.

Cool Anger, pastel 5.5" X 5.5 "

This is another small pastel I did a few weeks back. The ranch had another breakin, this time the stole all the copper wire in the well so the ranch has not had water to the house in a few weeks. Hopefully the electrician will have it fixed next week.  My Advanced Placement students finally got all their digital images sent to the college board so I can stop worrying about them. Only about 2 weeks before my Academy class is over and 3 weeks till school is out, then I can ....maybe do some painting for myself just for fun. A novel thought. Well, I am going to go read a book and be grateful for my life with all that it has and does not have. I am blessed. Later!!

Dreads and Drama 2, 5.5"X5.5", pastel

This is a little pastel that I have submitted to a couple of shows. It was not done for a class. I started it while supervising detention at the high school...continued it in the orthodontists office....more at my friends house while we had coffee. I have 2 other little tiny guys in progress. I will post them as they are done. I worked on them while my husband was in for surgery. (I bet they never had anyone as messy as me in their waiting room before!!!) I worked more on my waterlily painting this morning. Yesterday I was so frustrated...I was not sure I ever wanted to paint again! What was I thinking. The waterlily painting is 36" X 48" and no matter what I did, I got glare and could not see the painting to continue to paint. Well, today I was rested, with a clear mind, I lowered the painting and rotated it to it's side and the glare was minimal so I began painting again. I started to feel better. I remembered back to the days that I just painted to make me happy. I need more of that. Mostly this painting is for me.

Oh, poor Diana still has not got her pastel that I sent to Germany as they are holding it in customs!! It is a gift!!!! Please!!!! I even put that it was a gift on the customs form. The people in customs probably think I am nuts for giving it as a gift but Diana is a very special exchange daughter. When I had my mysectomy she came back to the USA to see me and encourage me. What a dear young woman she is. Wish I could have hand delivered it, that would have done my spirits good!! Customs...IT IS A GIFT!!!!!!! YES, THE PASTEL PORTRAIT OF PHILLIP IS A GIFT!!!!! Sorry, yes, I was yelling at the customs people!

Race with the Rabbit, oil 6" X 6"

This cute little rabbit is actually a ceramic figurine with very worn gold leaf. It was so cute that I had to have it. The little square bottle was one of my many garage sale finds. The flowers are oleanders and if you did not know, they are poisonous, but pretty! I worked out on the ranch with Jerry today checking the drip lines and flushing out all the ends. My poor Jerry started feeling bad. He got a terrible headache and nausious. He is napping now. I hope it makes him feel better. I also painted on the "Waterlilies" a bit more early this morning. If anyone wants to check out some cool lecture notes from one of Richard Schmid's lectures go here: http://artofrodrigo.blogspot.com/2011/04/richard-schmid-lecture-notes.html Richard Schmid is just excellent. I know I need to locate his landscape book. Later!!! Enjoy the sun! Click Here to Bid