First Friday, Miss Zula's, Missoula, Montana this is where I will be tonight. I am very excited with a bit of butterflies to be showing my work.

It is a very nice oppurtunity. I will be showing for all of June and July so I am hoping to get a lot of exposure, if not a sale or two.

Above are the ads for the show and a picture of me that my son took surrounded by some of my paintings.

I tried to keep my art very reasonable, with the economy the way it is art is less of a need. I would rather have someone enjoying thier very own piece of original art in thier own space than have them gracing my home studio walls. As I am always paintings eventually I do run out of room, so I want to share.

So you know this is what first Friday is-- First Friday Gallery Night features various art exhibition openings between 15 and 20 galleries and museums from local and national artists the first Friday of every month from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Beautiful art, the opportunity to meet artists, complimentary appetizers and refreshments that creates a wonderful experience for both tourists and residents.

I wish you all could be there, but since I know you can't I will blog again to let you know how it is going.

It feels so Nice....

Another artist was viewing my blog (yes, again I see the importance of blogging) Anyway... she invited me to join a daily abstract painting blog http://dailypaintersabstract.blogspot.com/

I checked it out and it is fabulous, such beautiful art. I am honored and inspired to be considered worthy of such fine art. I will keep you posted.

In the meantime, here is a photo of a painting I sold a couple of weeks ago...I was pleasantly surprised.

Sunflower Recycle art

Sunflower Recycle art
Originally uploaded by Bella Cosa Art

Recently a customer came and purchased an Eco art piece, an acrylic painting of a sunflower.

These pieces have been fairly popular for a number of reasons. One is the recycling, green aspect of the art, these paintings are painted on brown paper grocery sacks from the store. Not only is the recycling part of it cool but it also has a nice look, the warmth and texture of the bag is appealing. Another reason is that it is unique and different and these are very easy and economical to ship to the buyer. The sunflower has been my most popular one. I think I stumbled on a nice color combo and loose way of painting them.

So back to the beginning of this story. The very nice customer was kind enough to write a awesome article on my shop that I would like to share with you http://www.indiesmiles.com/bellacosaart-sues-fav/
I thought Sue did a lovely job and I wanted to thank her.

Giving a shout out

Today I am doing something a bit different. I have recently met a fellow artist who has been pushing me (in a good way) to get it together and blog more. So in honor of him I am commiting myself to doing just that, I am excited and also feeling driven to really get more adventurous about my blogging. So if this is the first time seeing my blog or you have been checking in you are going to want to come back often because it is just getting good.

So I wish you happy reading and happy blogging.

Lastly in a grateful spirit to that fellow artist check out his blog, it is great and totally different than mine, which will probably make it even more fun for you, no matter how different two people are we can be united in art, now that is cool http://www.realquwwa.blogspot.com/

As far as the picture for today, just another artist that inspires me, the famous glass artist

Chihuly, this is found in the ceiling at the Bellagio in Vegas, it is breathtaking, I love the colors, I could lay on the floor and stare at it for hours (but I do not think the staff at the fancy dancy hotel will let me, snobs lol)

eco art

eco art
Originally uploaded by Bella Cosa Art

Another eco art piece on cedar board recycled from my parent's residing project. I take them size and shape as is, which means none of them are square. I staple muslin or linen on them whatever I have laying around the house from other projects and then I paint on them. Very fun projects.
I am trying to loosen up and do more landscapes, it is a bit of a challenge to me but since I love landscapes so much I thought I would push myslef, I am starting to come up with some that I am really happy with, including this one.

Commissioned spoon painting

Commissioned spoon painting
Originally uploaded by Bella Cosa Art

An etsy friend of mine has taken up collecting a spoon for each season. This is the summer edition.
This is such a fun recycling project. I buy up old silver plated spoons, hand bend them to be freestanding and then paint on them, minitaure art. Each one is an original painting.

New Painting in shoe series

This is the second installment in my shoe series. The shoes are so fun in this one. I liked painting them as much as I like wearing them.

This and the others can be found for sale in my etsy shop bellacosaart.etsy.com , but soon the will be gone. The are going to a show for all of June and July.

New Painting in shoe series
Originally uploaded by Bella Cosa Art