New Auction & Art from the studio

I’ve been going through my studio and finding small pieces that I had forgotten I had! What a treat to discover them again. I have photographed them and placed them in my eBay gallery.

This painting I did with gold leaf on canvas, lots of texture, and collage.

It was inspired by the Ajanta Caves in India. This piece can be used as a meditation focal. It was painted in 2006. This is the first I have photographed and shown it. 8 x 10 x 1″ Click for large detail pictures.

“Awakening”

This painting was a collage piece, with gold leaf, dollar bills, and selected images on canvas, very interesting textures. From 2007. Click to see the larger pictures.

“American Trust” 10″ x 10″

This small pastel is on live auction right now, with only a few days left. It is a pastel on hand-made bark paper, and comes framed. It was inspired by the first art objects found, most of which were carvings in stone. This depicts an ancient stone horse head fragment.

“Horsehead Fragment II”

St. Paul Studio drawing practice

Last week my talented sis Mary…

came over and we spent the evening drawing each other. I went into the exercise feeling like a little chicken….*buck-buck-buck*! But in the middle of the second drawing, I felt something take hold, and as I studied her eyes, and pushed the charcoal across the paper….the love I felt began to emerge and I captured something powerful and exiting there, in two dimensions. It didn’t quite look like her in some parts, but I was very happy with the successful bits.

“Horsehead Fragment II” up for auction on eBay at .99!!

I have just placed this pastel painting up for sale on eBay…..Starting at $. 99!!

The price was $250 on eBay, (Was $395 in Gallery), but the Reserve is set much lower on this auction!! This is one of the last original pastel pieces left from my studio & eBay.

I have also lowered the prices on my ACEO limited edition Artist Trading Cards , (Most of them….unless they were a really limited ed. of 25)…and I’ve also lowered the shipping to a fixed rate of $2.00 .

I’m hoping someone will fall in love with it….

Horsehead Fragment II

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Thanks for looking!,
Cecilia

Art Studio St. Paul

Wow- what a year it has been!

My journey from Oregon to Mn has been full of surprises, and new adventures. I finally got to move into my downtown artist’s loft, and I love it. Wide open space- 16′ ceilings, exposed brick walls on two sides, and huge windows surrounding the golden oak floors. I’m in artist heaven.

I am surrounded by other artists- as in the photo above-and it is inspiring to see their process and creativity at work. Our artist’s co-op will be one among the many St. Paul buildings on the upcoming Spring Art Crawl tour of Open Studios.

I have also been working at a Gallery for the past 4 months…learning quite a lot, and loving it. It was sad when it closed down last week, I had mixed feelings…glad to be back in my own studio… but even more aware of how many galleries are closing after talking to many others during our liquidation sale. I truly hope that the new White House will bring about some much-needed positive change for the arts in this country.

In other news, National Geographic’s publishing house has licensed one of my paintings for one of their books. I will show it when it is published, after I receive the images and story.

Little Kiwi is asleep on my shoulder as I type, his fluffy head buried in his downy back feathers, balancing asleep on one tiny leg…..lol.

Peace and Beauty to all.