Watching The Paint Dry

I'm Not Here

I'm here at SheilaCameron.com.

Come by and visit.

The Myth of Katie Holmes

Please visit my new blog here.

Or just buy a shirt and stop by later.

Katie is Free and I'm Conflicted...

not really though. She seemed like a lovely, vibrant person who got love bombed by the Hollywood machine. I'm not sure I could have resisted the pull myself. 

Kids change things and I honestly wish her and her little girl the best. I hope she goes on to be a creative force all on her own. 

It will be interesting to watch what happens next. I'm still rooting for her. 

Free Katie Mission: Accomplished T

My new site and blog is up! Please visit. 

If this is the first time you have visited my blog, here is a little look back at The Original Free Katie.

I also do have some Hollywood cred, although far in my past. Here are my thoughts on working on Project Greenlight.

 

Delay of Game

Okay, I lied. The new site and blog will be up next week, hopefully. In my excitement, I got cocky.

I found that my mad, web freestyle skillz are not a good match for  the WordPress theme that won my heart. I'll learn though.

Here's a finished painting until then. 

"Should We Bring the Dogs"

Mixed Media on Gallery Stretched Canvas
20" x 24"
$280 (plus $10 US Shipping)

There has been some interest in this one but it is still available.  If you want it, it is yours!

Here is a paypal button to make it easy. If you are outside the US, contact me and we can figure out shipping together!

SOLD

You've Got Me All Wrong

This morning I looked down at my cup holder and saw a fishing license and bait. More than a few years ago the fish eggs in my life were elegantly plated up with some toast points, creme fraiche and onion. Yes, we were young with expensive tastes, but in LA we also sourced a great Russian deli in West Hollywood to buy caviar in bulk: cheap. 

Anyway, I'm in the woods now. Fishing and antsy to get on the lake this morning. My pink, satin, high heeled, boots are long gone (Jenny B Lusty and Mere-D you remember those?!) and now I'm discussing the benefits of Merrells vs. Naots. I'm happy. I've changed. I'm the same that way. 

I always make room for change. If you think you've got me on lock, you've got me all wrong.

This is my last post on this blogging format. I'm off to go work on the new site in earnest and will return soon; me but different.

"You've Got Me All Wrong"
6" x 6"
Mixed Media on Canvas 

$50 

Fitting It All In

Trying to fit it all in isn't really working with the new summer hours. 

I found time to paint but not time to write about what I'm thinking about. Rather than looking at this as a failure, I will congratulate myself on finding time to paint...and have a thought.

Work in progress. "The New Divinity"

SOLD! "3 Winters" and "Do Not Underestimate Me"

I sold two paintings this weekend. Great news, by any standard, but knowing "3 Winters" found a new home is especially gratifying. 

I love this piece. It marks a direction that I find creatively satisfying but I wasn't sure anyone else would respond to it.

It is really scary not to paint a bowl a fruit, especially when I know how to.

I'm no Basquiat, but I would like to borrow his quote.

"Believe it or not, I can actually draw."

My heart is so much lighter letting go of trying to prove that. When my heart is lighter my work is better and inspiration finds a flint to spark there.

Once again, thank you for letting me share.

Still fun to paint small animals with attitude though.

Do Not Underestimate Me

As a young woman, it was sometimes fun when people underestimated me.  Now that I'm older, and a little more grumpy, it is just annoying.

6" x 6"
Mixed Media on Canvas

$50 

 

School's Out

At Layla's new school they do a stepping up ceremony. The parents bring flowers to create an archway. The children say goodbye to one teacher and step up through it.

Next year's teacher greets them with a warm hug.

After that hug.

School's out!

When the last 8th grader stepped through and the principal declared it summer, you can be sure Alice Cooper was blasted through the speakers.

 

Bubbles Have Rabies

And other things that don't make sense.

I work faster when I have more than one canvas going but it takes me longer to finish anything. 

Works in progress

I started this painting of Sabrina. Somehow it came to be a picture of Tyler and Molly waiting to hear if dogs are allowed.

Work in progess

 

Layla and Sabrina are running around with reckless abandon outside. According to Layla, "Bubbles have rabies!"