Snowcation and Moving On

Tree in the Falling Snow
Copyright 2014 Addie Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
Buy Now on Etsy

 

Today's post is of two paintings that I did of trees outside my house during our crazy "snowcation."  It snowed 12 inches in 24 hours that day.  

In my personal life there is big news.  I just quit my job as a librarian.  I've worked in libraries for 18 years... so this it is strange to move onto a new stage of life.  I've been selling enough paintings to create art full-time so... here we are living the dream and moving on.  Bittersweet.

Announcement:  next month I will be painting only flowers!  

This will be called "February Florals" here on the blog.  If any of you fans have photos to contribute please send them my way.   I'll be buying hot house pinkies but I'd love some tropical inspiration.  Let's get through this last stage of winter!

Tree Heavy with Snow
Copyright 2014 Addie Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
Buy Now on Etsy

Snowflakes (45)

I counted till they danced so 

Their slippers leaped the town-

And then I took a pencil

To note the rebels down-

And then they grew so jolly 

I did resign the prig-

And ten of my once stately toes

Are marshalled for a jig!

-Emily Dickinson

You Are My Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine
Copyright 2013 Addie Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
Prints available on Fine Art America

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey.

You'll never know dear how much I love you.

Please don't take my sunshine away.

So I made this painting for my daughter.  She said "Where are the people?  Who is singing?" And I said, "The people are looking at the painting."

And I made another long and lean version:

You Are My Sunshine 2
Copyright 2013 Addie Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
Prints available on Fine Art America

Register Now for "Art Marketing 101"

Give and Take
Oil on Canvas
18" x 24"
Prints available on Fine Art America

Art Marketing 101

Indianapolis Art Center

Jan 23-Feb 13, 2014 

Thursday Evenings 6:30-9:30pm

Getting the word out about your art has never been easier than it is today. In this class we will learn about the many new options for marketing and promoting your work! We will cover website creation, blogs, facebook fan pages, photographing work, as well as "old-fashioned" methods. Get a fresh start by refining your goals and learning new methods of sharing your message with the world.

Join us!

Register here:

 http://reg131.imperisoft.com/IndianapolisArtCenter/ProgramDetail/3136313535/Registration.aspx

SOLD The Climbing Tree

The Climbing Tree
Copyright 2013 Addie Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
SOLD
Prints available on Fine Art America

This painting depicts my daughter's favorite climbing tree in Broad Ripple Park, Indianapolis.  It is her favorite because she can climb it while it is my favorite because it is so oddly shaped.  It curves around like the interior of a shell hugging the ground.  The woman who bought it said that her son climbed the same tree and he is now 21.  Happiness

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

-Martin Luther

The Shell Spiral

Shell Spiral
Copyright 2013 Addie Hirschten
Oil on Canvas

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.

-Zora Neale Hurston

Happy New Year!