Kim Morin Weineck's Art: May 2011

Thursday, May 26, 2011

In today's mail

With today's mail came my order from moo.com. Have you checked them out yet? Their site is great, easy to use, and the quality is amazing!

my minicard assortment displayed on my kitchen island

Their minicards are the perfect size to highlight my panoramic paintings, so I generally order those. Business cards show more of the painting, and so this time I ordered those as well.

the larger business cards

I'm so pleased with them!

And the good news is that a new camera is coming my way. No more bad iPhone photos. Hurray!

Remember, too, we have until May 31, 2011 to cast your vote for me!

Thanks for reading!
kmw

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Asking for your vote

Click on Jerry to vote!

Today I received an email from Jerry's Artarama, a wonderful source for art supplies, informing me that I have been selected one of seven finalists to be their artist-of-the-month for June. I don't know how many artists submit their works to be juried into final selection, but I'm certainly honored to be considered.

The news is also pretty exciting because the winner receives $65 in art supplies from their website or their stores. Yippeeee! All you artists out there know that art supply stores are like candy stores filled with inspiration and the materials to create all kinds of great work. $65 would be a fun little spree!!

I always go to the Jerry's location in Providence when I need something right away. (For those local to my neck-of-the-woods, Olga's Cup and Saucer nearby is a wonderful location for lunch or coffee and a snack after your art supply buying trip.)

Hats off to Jerry's marketing department because now the onus is on me to get the word out to friends, family and my art fans about this little contest and in the process advertise all about them. Seems like a win/win in that regard, but still scares me because it's also a popularity contest.

If you like, click over and vote for me. I would obviously appreciate it. You probably have to 'like' them first on Facebook, too. So many things to 'like', I know.

Here's a link to the work I submitted for consideration by Jerry's. The paintings in this post are from the selection I emailed them a few months back.

If you're an artist, email them some of your work and see what happens. It's a great shot-in-the-arm to be among those considered, get your name out there, and who knows what else!

Thanks for reading (and maybe voting for me, too!)
kmw

Friday, May 20, 2011

An indulgence for Tim's birthday

Last year I made dolls for Lucy, Pippa, and for me that look like us. Our very own 'mini-me's! The girls have loved them. They dance with them. Just too cute.

The dolls proudly hang out on our mantel, kind of overseeing the goings on in our home. They make me happy.

Lucy, me, the newly-made Tim, and Pippa

Tim didn't have one. The dolls I had been inspired by from 'inside a black apple' were only girl dolls, so I never quite knew what I'd do for a boy doll. For his birthday I thought I'd give it a shot. He's worth the effort!

Here he is, all cut out. The shirt is made of an old shirt of his.
His hair is from his wool sweater vest which he inadvertently felted in the washer/dryer.

I was pretty pleased with the process and the outcome.

But he asked for an addition. And I complied with his request.

It's all about the eyebrows!

Happy Birthday, Timmmay!
Thanks for reading!
kmw

Monday, May 16, 2011

Sneaking in some painting

I've been trying to sneak time in to paint, and it's been tricky to say the least. The weather in Massachusetts isn't cooperative. Drizzle, cold, rain, blah (and, yes, 'blah' is now an official description of the weather) make it difficult to have my girls outside playing while I sneak in some painting on the patio.

Today with its heavy rain we are inside varying our activities with laundry, every Toy Story movie out there, meals, and for one lucky spell during which Pippa napped, a short painting stint. Ahhhh.

My art group, the Neponset Valley Artists, is installing a painting show tonight. We're pretty excited about it. These new pieces of mine may be included with my submissions.

©2011 Kim Morin Weineck
MARSH GRASSES AND GREENS
original pastel, 6x6"
$150 framed 11x11"
Message me for purchase, thanks.

I need a new camera in the worst way....

Hope you're enjoying the start to the week.
Thanks for reading!
kmw

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Just for fun

For fun, here is a photo of Lucy's drawing on the magnetic doodle board.

Can you tell what it is? It's our family.

I love this silly doodle board and the girls enjoy drawing on it quite often.

Recently Lucy told me that when she grows up she wants to be an 'art-er.'
Too cute.

Until later
kmw

Monday, May 9, 2011

There's nothing like lilacs

It was a busy weekend here.

We hosted a Mother's Day breakfast which has been our tradition for the last five years. On Saturday Tim and my uncle also installed replacement windows upstairs. After six years in our house we can actually open the windows in our bedroom easily. Isn't airflow nice?

The colors of spring get me so happy and nothing is as wonderful as lilacs - my favorite flower on earth. There's a bush down the street in a parking lot which is my go-to spot for my lilac fix. Right now the house smells wonderfully of these happy flowers because we have four large bouquets scattered about.

When I started bringing in the bouquets Tim said he said he could see I was in my glory, surrounded by all this fragrant purple.

We have a lilac bush out front but, try as I might to follow all directions for pruning to encourage a gazillion blooms, it's pretty lackluster.