Calla Bouquet - and a Booth Question for You

Calla Bouquet

Oil on canvas, 12x24

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This is another of my new florals, with the concrete/stained-glass background. This one has a subtlety of color and form that my paintings don't often have - and I love it! Also, right now, it is my only vertical, and it gave me some fits this past weekend, while I was setting up my booth. 

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THE SHOW WAS not a good one for me in terms of sales - though one painting sold, and its new owner is just delighted. Still, it was very, very good to have a show here, before I head west (I set off on the Origins Painting Trip on Saturday!). I forgot some things, and I forgot some stuff - what connects to WHAT, again? - and so it was a good run-through. And I think my booth looks really nice.                                                                                                                          So here is my question: As a buyer, which wall do you like better,  Wall No. 1, or Wall No. 2?  Would you be more likely to buy a painting from No. 1 or No. 2? 

Wall No. 1, above

Wall No. 2, above

I have a tendency to set up my paintings in groupings, as I'd set them up on the wall in my living room, or use them on a page I was designing. A comment from an artist's wife made me think that perhaps I was doing myself a disservice by displaying my paintings this way. Maybe grouping them makes it hard to see some of the paintings... And maybe it makes people feel like they shouldn't buy one, and disrupt the display. What do you think? 

Here's a grouping I really liked. Lots of people looked, but no one bought any of these paintings: 

(The cow on black sold... the gap beneath is where I had my chair during the show)

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Signed on

PROSPERITY COACH JOE Skelly has been after me for a year to approach hotels with my art, either to sell it outright to them, or barter for lodging. Honestly, I've had the courage to do it once, and that was because I was staying at the place for a week, and got to know the owners. So Joe leapt into action, and lo and behold, it worked.

I stayed at the beautiful Best Western Oceanfront for free this weekend, thanks to Tim, the front officer manager.  The hotel traded me a sponsorship on my Origins Painting Trip  for my two nights' stay - and the whole staff seems pretty excited about the trip. So thank you, Joe, and thank you, Tim! 

I encourage anyone and everyone who is seeking prosperity and abundance to get in touch with Coach Joe, at 757-675-6569. He has great ideas, not only about what to do, but also about how to actually do those things. The first consultation is free - and my guess is that he will help pretty much everyone. 

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Dog of the Day

Woodreau has been just impossibly adorable these past few days. 

Want your pet to be Dog of the Day? Drop me a jpg at carrieBjacobson@gmail.com

Calla Spiral - and Another Lily, Too!

Calla Spiral

Oil on canvas, 12x12

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I don't often make paintings like this one, but I was hunting around for photos of lilies, and saw one that focused on the beautiful, brilliant twirl of a vivid calla lily. I just loved the feeling of the photo, of diving deep into color and motion, and that's what brought me to this painting. 

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I AM GETTING more and more excited about my upcoming painting trip to Arizona. I'm leaving Virginia Jan. 24, and heading for Tubac, AZ, where my dad and stepmother live. I'll visit with them, participate in the Tubac Festival of the Arts, with my friend Cynthia Battista, an amazing, creative jeweler. 

In mid-Feburary, I'll leave Tubac and head for the Navajo reservation in the northeast corner of Arizona. I was born there, while my dad was in the Civil Service, and that landscape is what my eyes first saw. The rich colors, the bold and monumental shapes, the huge open sky, these formed the background of the first months of my life. I know that what I focused on were my parents and Sam, my first dog - but this land was around me, informing my vision and my outlook. 

On this trip, I want to find the resonances. Find the echoes of those first sights, find the landscapes that make my heart sing - and see what I can understand about those connections over time and space. 

You can see photos from back in 1956, and current photos, too, and you can become a sponsor, at the Origins Painting Trip page of the Jacobson Arts website. Click here! 

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My friend Nancy Russell stopped by for a visit on her way from Virginia Beach to Niantic, CT! It was great to see her, and have some time to spend chatting. Any time you're on the Eastern Shore, please stop in to our home and studio, here in Wachapreague. 

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Dog of the Day

It seems only fitting that on a day with a painting of lilies that Lily is the dog of the day! She belongs to Jim Smedley and his wife, who live in Lewiston, Maine, a very cold place. I'd be warmed every day by this sweet face, wouldn't you? 

Want your pet to be the DOD? Send a jpg to me at carrieBjacobson@gmail.com