Art major for hire.

When my mom and dad were growing up they did what they were supposed to. They got a job nomatter what it was. It didn't matter if they liked it, it was just what they had to do. Thats what the older generations did. They worked. Even if and when that job made them miserable.

I am living in a generation that has been told, do what you love. Do what makes you happy.  Follow your dreams. And with todays technology that has become more possible than ever. So why am I 36 and still waiting for my dream to come true?

You see, I was an art major. I knew before I even started college that I was going to be an art major, because thats what I  love. That is my passion. That is what makes me feel complete,  happiest, fulfilled.

My parents
both think that was a waste of time, mostly because after getting my BA I still can't find a decent job in art, or any job in art.

So where is my dream?

I opened up an etsy shop but it doesn't compare to getting a salary. The only time I ever get to do art is under the shroud of night when everyone is asleep. So what am I doing?

I need a plan.

Help please.

Finster Fest 2014 photos!

So, I am behind in getting my post but I'm going to try to be better. I am so excited to have been a part of Finster Fest. This is my tent all set up with the help of my parents and my sister. I could not have done this without them.

My amazing sister drove me and all my stuff there and helped me set up. Then she sat with me all weekend.

 So here are some pictures from the festival, well pictures of my booth at the festival. I will write more when time permits.

Spice Rack

Here is another piece I am selling at Finster Fest. It is a spice rack I painted with acrylic paint.
The rack measures 15 5/8" from side to side, 19 1/4" in height and 2 5/8" deep. Please let me know
if you have any questions.

New Painting

This is one of the paintings that I will have for sale at Finster Fest that is not available in my etsy store. It is acrylic paint on a 24 x 30 inches unframed. The edges are painted dark blue so it can be hung unframed.

Finster Fest

I am soooo excited to be doing Finster Fest this year. Here is a link to the facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/finsterfestival

I have been trying to compile a list of things I will be selling on my pinterest board, here is a link to it:

http://www.pinterest.com/beckysusanne/finster-fest/

I will be adding more items periodically. Also there will be a few special items that are not for sale in my etsy shop that I will be taking to Finster Fest. I will post them here later. thanks and hope to see you there!

update!

Well I have exciting news! Looks like I'm finally going to get to do my first art festival. This coming May 31rst and June 1rst I will be participating at Finster Fest. I am so excited and so scared. (more about that later) I have been trying to make things like crazy but it is hard when you have two little ones to look after. A lot of the cards and some of the paintings have been greatly influenced by motherhood.

For example I have become obsessed with coloring with crayons. Therefor I have been making lots of cards with crayons. Here are a few.

sweet peas are hard

Let me clarify, drawing the sweet pea blossom is very difficult. Have you ever studied the blossom of the sweet pea? The mixed runner sweet pea to be exact. They are very difficult to disect. Maybe if I had a real one I could figure it out but looking at photos on the web is not helping me. Let me back up...

I was so excited when I read that the Baker Creek Seed Company was looking for illustrators to illustrate seed packets. That's a job I can do from home (since I am now a stay at home mom) and they even offer to pay in seeds! (a gardener's dream) So I was so excited, I emailed them and they wrote back. The plant they want me to illustrate is the mixed runner sweet pea. Maybe it is a test to weed out lousy illustraters which apparently I am because I am having a very hard time. So far, this is what I have...

So this is what I've come up with. I like it but I don't think it is seed packet material. I'm trying to a drawing in colored pencil but it isn't turning out so well. So, I will probably end up sending this one to the Baker Creek people so at least I can say I tried. If only they had given me a sunflower or a tomato. ...sigh....

painting with watercolors

Okay, I can't say I haven't gotten to paint some. Lukas, my almost three year old, loves to paint. I started him on with watercolors in which he quickly learned to blend all the colors together to get brown. And so he paints with a lot of brown. We started with GLOB watercolors but he quickly wanted more so I gave in and let him use some van gogh watercolors. (more on GLOB later) I LOVE that my little man loves to paint. I only wish I had enough frames to put them all in and hang them!

 I helped with the sun and the tree in this one. Yes, look closely you'll see them.

craft shows got me bummed.

I'm a little bit bummed because all the spring craft shows are taking applications now and all the spring craft shows are scheleduled for one month before my due date. So I'll be eight months pregnant and if this pregnancy is anything like the last one I could deliver up to three weeks early. Sooooo....it's a little daunting to think ahead and come up with all the fees and apply when I don't even know what's going to be happening then. And if I didn't get accepted, well, I'm not sure my fragile mind could handle rejection right now. So I'm thinking I just shouldn't even try. Just wait a year or two. :( Will my dreams ever come true?

My Father's House

"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." -John 14:1-3