Morning Shadows

I painted this barn yesterday to take a break from the preparation of next years shows. They all have to do with water in some form and I wanted to paint with green! This barn is located in Grand Traverse County and I happened to catch it with the fantastic shadows as I was driving one morning. I recently realized it is also the barn featured in a pamphlet about the area. Who knew? This painting will be included with my show "Simple Roots" this next year.

Lovely Leland

Another painting for my Lovely Leelanau show in March. A different view of "Fishtown." I think I like this one better than the other. I think the angle lends something to it. Come see my show in Travserse City at the Opera House in March! Opening reception is the 8th, come chat!

Everyone Loves Getting Mail

Hopefully everyone had a good Thanksgiving! I really enjoyed being able to celebrate with family and friends this week. It was very refreshing. 

I received my first Christmas card today! I love getting mail! It's so rare anymore it seems, unless its a bill and who wants to hear that they owe more money? Not me! 

So hopefully this week I'll get out some Christmas cards of my own. My grandparents quite like getting one of my designs in the mail. If you'd like to send out a unique card for sale this year I still have a few packs for sale. They're $10 and come in packs of 5 with envelopes. Just email me at sarahtuleart@yahoo.com and let me know which design you'd like! 

Fishtown Dockside

I have a show coming up in March 2012 in the Traverse City Opera House. My work will be featured for the month and I've started churning out the paintings that will be hung in the lobby space. I'm calling this show "Lovely Leelanau" and it will showcase several well know aspects of the area. This particular painting above is of the end of the docks in "Fishtown." When I visited the area earlier this year I fell in love with it and came up with my series which will include 20 paintings. Mark your calendars and I'll see you in Traverse in March!

Voila!

Ta da! Finished painting! I certainly hope he likes it. Towards the end I figured out what I didn't like in some areas and touched it up a bit.
I'm still taking commissions for Christmas presents if anyone is interested. I've been making quick work of many of them which I hadn't expected. So if you''d like to give a painting to a loved one this holiday season you can email me at sarahtuleart@yahoo.com

Half Way

So I've been working steadily on commission projects and here's one of them halfway completed. Not sure if I like the color of the water or not....so that may be changing. I'd like to thank everyone again for the commission work I've received. I appreciate the wonderful comments!

Beginnings

I've been quite busy with commission work lately. I'm so glad people like what I paint! Thank you everyone! This piece is for a current client. I just finished penning in the outlines this evening and plan to start adding the "life" of the painting tomorrow. This is how all my paintings begin and I sometimes find it baffling how much they can change once I add some color and shadows. 

Working Farm

This barn caught my attention on my recent visit to my grandparents house. It's located outside of Battle Creek and has aged well. Acres of field surround this barn and all manner of equipment was piled up to the left among the trees. I chose to leave those old skeletons out and bring in the contrast of the blue tractor peeking around the silo. This painting will be shown with my Simple Roots series but is also available for sale. Contact me at sarahtuleart@yahoo.com to talk about purchasing it.

Julienne Tomatoes

So I finished my painting of Julienne Tomatoes. I think it turned out pretty good, however I believe some more paintings of buildings for practice might be in my future. The top painting is the finished piece, the one below it the beginning stages. I hope the tomatoes like it!

Glen Arbor, Good Eats

After my husband and I got married we escaped to Leland for a few days. While we were perusing around, we came across this neat little cafe in Glen Arbor.  I loved the color of the building which I believe is the reason we picked to eat here. Simple minded maybe but my husband loves my reasoning :). They had good food and good service. When I go back up north I will definitely look into eating here again. This painting will be included in my series "Lets Do Lunch." I believe this is my longest running series as I only add to it when I find an interesting place that truly captures my attention. 

Autumn Flock

Last weekend my husband (that still sounds weird) and I went to visit my grandparents. They live in the middle of farm country and it's always very peaceful going to stay for a few days. I just couldn't resist going for a drive and seeing some of the surrounding area. That's when we came across this flock of curious sheep. I stopped the car at the side of the road and got out to take a few pictures. Every single one of them turned to look at me. So I had to wait until they lost interest to take pictures of a more "normal" setting. This painting will be shown with my Simple Roots show next spring. However, it's also for sale and if you'd like to purchase it you can contact me at sarahtuleart@yahoo.com.

Coming soon to a sky near you...

So I woke up this morning and went out to my car......to find it had SNOWED last night. Now, being a Northern Michigan native I understand that Oct-June is fair play for winter. However, I'm just not comfortable with the idea of snow yet. It's too soon! Of course it always seems to be. Even if it holds off until January. So now I guess I get to look forward to fun activities like this one in the picture. I painted this scene last winter when all I saw out my little window was SNOW. Nice fluffy white stuff. I think I'll go make another cup of hot coco now....