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6" by 6" original acrylic on wrap around canvas with sides painted. It is currently on auction on eBay. Click to Bid!

10" by 10" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted. I couldn't stay away from my Irish cows too long! I was good to do a white one with lots of thick brushstrokes again. I had a really busy studio day with shipping and worked on several paintings for my show this weekend at Jerry's Artarama on Providence Road in Virginia Beach. I am not sure I will schedule two shows in one month again but I AM getting alot of painting done! I have been having fun switching back and forth from acrylic to oil. It is fun to change things up. I have also been switching between fruits, animals, and flowers. I am planning to do some portraits of people too soon. Well, it is time to call it a night so have a wonderful day tomorrow! Click to Bid!

10" by 10" original acrylic on wrap around canvas with 3/4 inch sides painted.

After having so much fun with acrylics at the art festival this past weekend, I decided to do another one and I am really pleased with it. I love labradors and how much love shines through their faces. They are adorable and SO smart. I can't wait until Sean comes home with my grandpuppy! Pretty soon he will be a granddog. My son says he is shedding ALOT and is bigger than ever. I am going to have to keep my new couches covered for sure.

I also worked on two other acrylics that I will most likely put in this weekend's show. If you live near Chesapeake, I will be at Jerry's Artarama all weekend inside. There will also be artists outside in the parking lot. Hope to see you there!

6" by 6" original acrylic on wrap around canvas with 3/4 inch sides painted.

Tonight's post is a painting that I did at the art festival that I was in this past Sunday. I chose to do acrylic for the ease of handling it and I am so pleased with how it turned out! I think I will do more acrylic this week as I am in a show this coming weekend also. I had many requests for custom pet portraits which I am really excited about. All different breeds! I love the expression on this little guy. I really do like fluffy little lap dogs but I love the big ones too. In a couple of weeks I will have my grandpuppy home, Brewsky, with my son Sean. They will be home all summer so it will be LOTS of fun around here. He is a black lab who weighs about 80 pounds now! I'll be doing another black lab this week also. Have a wonderful day! Click to Bid!

11" by 14" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted. This piece was stared a couple of weeks ago and I featured it in my blog but it needed a bit more tweeking. It needed a bit more highlighting and some dark in the center of the flowers.

Today was a busy studio day with spraying paintings with varnish and getting them ready for my show this weekend. I taught in the afternoon and have been painting this evening. Hope your week is going well. Thanks for checking in with me! Click to Bid!

10" by 10" original oil on gallery wrap canvas. This piece is going in my show downtown this weekend. I liked the pose and the softness of expression. He looks like he is getting a good belly rub!

I just watched Oprah's webcast while finishing up in my studio for the day. It was wonderful as usual. I will sleep well tonight and feel a great sense of accomplishment for my day! Hope your day goes well tomorrow. Nite! Check out my other listings!

8" by 8" original oil on wrap around canvas with 3/4 sides painted.

This was my first time to paint a schnauzer dog. One of Andrew's closest friends has two who always greet us at the door with all kinds of love and enthusiasm! They are listed as on of the top 10 dogs in America so they make wonderful family pets. It is currently listed on auction.

I had a great day today teaching in the afternoon at Harbor's Edge. I didn't paint this evening but had some down time in my family room. Tomorrow I will be working on several pet portrait commissions and getting ready for next week's Fred Huette Herb and Crafts Show in downtown Ghent. Please come see me if you live in the area. Click to Bid!

14" by 16" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted.

Today was a really great day with my morning spent organizing my studio. It is amazing what a difference organizing my surroundings makes on the calmness of my brain. In the afternoon I taught here at home and then headed down to Harbor's Edge where I teach on Friday. They were having a special dinner and art show called, "April In Paris". I was invited to join and the student's work was on display. It was a great evening. When I came home, I finished up this piece and began a rooster that I will be posting tomorrow. Last night I didn't get in bed until after midnight so I am going to try to make it earlier tonight. Have a super day today! Click to Bid!

8" by 8" original oil on wrap around canvas with 3/4 inch sides painted. It is currently on auction on eBay. What a busy day!!!! Some days feel like a marathon race and today was one of them. I REALLY need to organize my studio tomorrow morning before I have my student here in the afternoon. You all can hold me to it! Wouldn't it be nice to have quiet little worker bees come in to set everything in its place while we all get a good night's sleep? Actually that kind of creeps me out now that I read it but you know what I mean. I am grateful for all the business though. Tomorrow night I am having a meal at Harbor's Edge where I teach. They are having an April in Paris Show featuring some of the paintings they have been doing in our class together. I am looking forward to it. Next week I am doing an outdoor show in Ghent here in Norfolk and bought a bunch of canvas and paint today to get ready. I'll have to paint most of the work by this weekend to have it dry by next week. Then I can focus on some small acrylics that dry right away. Well, I'm off to get some sleep and be ready for a new day tomorrow. Have an awesome day tomorrow. Click to Bid!

Hope you all had a good start to your week. I decided to make Monday my office day as I have been really looking forward to spending some time on marketing and getting organized for the week. That took most of the day and then Andrew and I went to our favorite Chinese place for General Tsao chicken. He had off from school today and afterwards I got started on this new painting. I don't think it is finished yet but I wanted to post it tonight and perhaps again when it is finished. It needs a bit more depth and zing on the flowers. Well, I am off to twitter. I have been having fun writing on twitter and reading what everyone is up to so if you are on twitter, add me to your friends! I am also on myspace at www.myspace.com/normawilsonfineart :-) Visit My eBay Store

Today started pretty slowly with lots of time spent on my laptop doing some marketing and gathering painting ideas and I finally got up to my studio this evening to begin this still life in my studio. I think I needed some down time after teaching yesterday and doing Danna Crawford's Blogtalk radio last night. I had fun spending the hour with Danna talking about my journey on eBay and if you'd like to listen to it just click here. http://www.blogtalkradio/dannacrawford

I enjoyed doing this fruit still life and the freshness of the contrasting color palette. It is currently on auction on eBay. Thanks for visiting with me for a bit! http://tinyurl.com/2tx4gc