Where is the love?

While on a 4-mile walk today I listened to my Ipod and scrolled to the Black Eyed Peas songs.  I selected "Where Is The Love?" and it made me reflect on my sad feelings about the shootings in Tucson yesterday.  What's wrong with the world, Momma?  When you hate, you are bound to get irate.  You gotta have love to set us straight.  Father, Father, Father, help us and give us some guidance from above.  Where is the love???  Let's practice what we preach!  If you never know truth - then you never know love. 
Where is the love??


I am an artist and I love to be creative and create beautiful things.  I show my love through sharing my creative self....so if you need some love...I will gladly share my artistic creations with you! 
We all need love and we gravitate to the love!

AWA Awards Ceremony event!

Hey!! I got Carole Hillsbery to take my picture at the Awards Ceremony last night! No, I did not get an award from the Juror, but I was pretty happy that my watercolor got in the exhibition!!

Where have I been??

Good Morning!! I've been busy with 2 AWA Exhibitions and collecting Merchant Awards for the award winners! I attended a Ted Nuttall Workshop last Saturday and started a portrait of my husband's nephew and new wife...it is progressing on my art table as I type this blog!

All is well and I am busy working at Ahwatukee Endodontics - as we lost one back-office gal and now I get to work a little more in the back cleaning instruments and my own tasks!

I enjoy rushing home to paint on various subjects--as I have a lot on my art table! Wayne returned his 2 large acrylic paintings for an updated look; Mike and Navrina's portrait; and I am painting small (4"x6") for the upcoming Festival of Lights event after Thanksgiving!

I am looking forward to Thursday nights' AWA Meeting and Demo and Friday night's AWA 2010 Fall Membership Awards Ceremony up in Fountain Hills and I hope to see all my friends there, too!

New and improved art studio!

Hey!!

Good Morning,

I've been too busy to blog!!?? What?? Yep! We had 3 sisters visit 2 weekends in a row and now they have gone back to their homes! Fun!

I went to IKEA and purchased the new art table and my daughter and son-in-law helped me put it together--thank you! The table is displayed in IKEA's showroom right outside the restaurant and it is 2 bookshelves together - on the side - with a glass tabletop, drawers, and cubes on legs. It is heavy! So I've been busy redesigning my space! I, also, purchased a new easel from Jerry's Artarama for my reward for getting my painting into the AWA National Exhibition! So I am sharing my news with my friends and I hope you enjoy the pics...If you want to come over and paint with me - just call me!!! For Fun!! Enjoy your day!

Karen

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News of the day!

Good Morning Tuesday,

I made the beds this morning and the dogs Charlie and Gizmo enjoyed the picture taking time - not know it was about the paintings and not them!! So there they are up on the wall!!

I have to work today at the office so I need to get going, but Carole Hillsbery uploaded her new http://www.wmaag.com/ Assignment #8 painting and you have to go see it!!!! So go to the web site and scroll down to Carole's page and click on her link to Assignment #8 and leave her a comment!

More news-- Sara (my oldest daughter) just created a new web site and I will post her link herehttp://web.me.com/sarchambo81/Saras_CupCakes/Welcome.html and she loves to bake cakes and cupcakes for events! if this link doesn't work, then go to my husband's web site at http://www.ahwendo.com/ and go to her page and click on her link!

I ordered a cupcake cake for the Riehm Family Reunion Party that everyone is invited to attend and meet Rich's sisters and mother for August 27!! I am hoping everyone in the Phoenix area comes over and sees my clean house for that one night!!!! After that it is back to the disaster that I love - full of happy cats and dogs and birds and all their messes!! I don't know if my art studio will be cleaned up....I have so many painting to work on...it's hard to put them all away!!

Anyways, that's my news, got to get to work!

Karen

Weekend Painting Project - Bedroom wall

Good Morning Sunday!

"Cupcake Wrappers" 20"x30" and "Gouachie Pink and Blue Flowers" 20"x30"arrived back home framed and ready to hang in our bedroom -- but first I need to paint the wall - of course - more work!!

The wall looks great now - painted a warm white - and after we get a little breakfast in us - Rich and I are hanging the paintings, rearranging our bedroom furniture, replacing the ceiling fan, and then cleaning the carpet.

Where do they serve a great French Toast Breakfast?

Have a great day,

Karen