Show Tomorrow! (saturday)

There's an art show tomorrow from 10am-4pm on the corner of McDonald and South Tennessee St in Lakeland. It's by Yia Yia's Beads, Vintage, Burst & Mama Bleus. C'mon out and see the art & jewelry, go christmas shopping or just get some fresh air. I'll have a tent down there all day. 

Ridge Art Black and White Show!

So I submitted three pieces for the Black and White show at the Ridge Art Association in Winter Haven and all three were accepted! I am so excited! I didn't win any prizes, but I'm just happy to be in the show. If you want to go see it, it's open on December 3rd. The reception is Friday, December 5th from 6:30-8:30pm. I think it's always free to go there. There is some great work in the show so I'd suggest seeing it before it leaves. I think it's there until December 20-something. 

I also dropped off my "Old Florida" piece at Arts on the Park. I only entered one piece in that show and I really hope it gets in. I'd love to have something hanging on those gallery walls. If I do get accepted, the reception is the same night as the Ridge Art reception (which will be interesting - but we'll see how it goes). If you are still interested in showing in Old Florida - you can submit work on Tuesday from 12-4pm as well. 

Yay for good things happening!!!

holiday specials

Book this week and get $10 off your portrait session or painting!

My first day.

It's my first day of freedom. I'm officially an artist. Well... in truth I've always been an artist, this is just my first day of that being my official career title. I have to say, so far so good. I do feel a little like I'm just playing hooky from work and that I'll have to go in tomorrow. I wonder when I will no longer feel this need to go into an office. I feel a mixture of so many things. At times I feel FREE. Free from set schedules, free from a boss, free from working for other people, free to do whatever the heck I want to do. Free to have an open schedule, to do whatever I am called and discover to do. These freeing moments are interrupted by fleeting thoughts of stress related to staying busy and finances. But I believe that this is what I'm supposed to do. I believe that I'm right where God wants me to be, and how can that be a bad place to be?

I can't wait to look back and say, "Wow, look at all God has done. Look at where I was and where I am now. What an amazing ride."

Right now I can't help but feel gratitude. I'm grateful for my art progressing and having the confidence to take this step. I'm grateful for my husband in supporting us and being willing to take the financial burden on himself... and for being ok with not knowing about our future (because who really knows anyway?). I'm grateful for family and friends encouraging me. I'm grateful to be right where I am. It's such a beautiful place. 

www.jordanweiland.com

painting in the works.

So I'm doing something that I'm not sure I've ever done before. I'm painting something that I completely made up in my head. Right now I have most of the composition sketched onto the canvas and part of it painted and I'm excited to see where it goes. I have a bird in the top right corner and I feel like it needs some light or clouds around it somehow. I've been looking up different ideas...

 i like the graphic/ray idea here.

 this little guy is cute.

 I love the cloud/swirls here.

I'll probably do something in between the 1st and 3rd. Hmmm.... ideas....

I will be sure to post my painting when I finish it. It should be interesting. Don't forget, tomorrow - USF Lakeland is having a big arts tent on their campus! I'll be there from 3:30-6:30pm! 

website!

I have an official website! It is www.jordanweiland.com. 

I went through photobiz.com and they have great templates that are easy to use & edit and they host the site for you. I'm very excited to get this off the ground! I also have links on there to directly go to my etsy site and this blog so it is all connected together. Hopefully this will help with my business! Check it out. 

web page

Lately I've been researching different web templates and seeking out information to make my own website. Basically something that can showcase my work with links to my etsy store and blog. I've only found very expensive templates that require flash so far. 

I need help. bah.

Does anyone have any pointers?

Tonight!

I'm headed downtown to the First Friday event tonight. A few of my artgroup members are setting up some tables to display and sell our work. It should be nice weather and I'm excited about hanging out with some friends. Come down and see us across from Arts on the Park on Kentucky St.

Just so you know as well, I have a holiday portrait special right now:

1 hour long sitting fee

(1) 4x6 print of each image

CD of all the images

$100

I'm also painting portraits from photographs for Christmas. I can do children, a family photo, pets, or something that has meaning to you. Prices for original acrylic paintings are:

12X12 - $95

16X20 - $150

20X24 - $225

24X30 - $325

*Other sizes are available upon request. 

Leave me a comment if you are interested!

November

shows

Ridge Art Association - Black and White Show

Dec 3-21

Original Artwork that is B/W only! Entry fees are $30 non-members and $25 for members. 

Recieving dates are Friday, Nov 21, 10am-4pm and Saturday, Nov 22, 8:30am-11am. 

Arts on the Park - Old Florida Exhibit

Dec 5-26

Receiving dates are Saturday, Nov 22 and Tuesday, Nov 25 from noon - 4pm. (Not sure of the fee), 680-2787

ArtWalk - Kentucky Street (Through AOTP)

Dec 12, 4-9pm

Register for spaces, $60 non-members, $40 for members. 680-2787

art events/workshops

Nov 7.

First Friday

Downtown Lakeland, FREE

Nov 8.

Nuke Your Glass!

Polk Museum of Art, 10am-1pm, 688-5423, $60 non-members, $50 members

Nov 15.

Art and Poetry Festival

Medulla Resource Center, 10am-4pm, 534-4340, FREE

Nov. 21.

Undergrad show at Melvin Gallery

Florida Southern College, 680-4743, FREE

Nov 23. 

Plein-Air Bartow - outdoor art competition

Downtown Bartow, 3:30-5:30pm, FREE

Nov 24.

Fine Art Painting on Porcelain

Lakeland Art Guild, Sherri Miller, 6:30pm, 816-4045, FREE

Bartow Art Guild Classes:

• Mondays - Serendipity by Richard Bassett. Open to artists to paint and share. 10am-noon.
  
• Tuesdays - Toni Treverton. Painting people from life. 9am-12:30pm and 6-9pm all media. Call Toni at 646-1535
  
• Thursdays - Watercolor painting for beginning and intermediate artists. Martha Post teaches still life, landscapes and florals in watercolor. 9:30am-noon. Call 533-2884 to register.
  

Dec 1.

artgroup at Black and Brew!

Come chat about art. Show your work, get feedback and ideas. FREE

An Idea.

I've found that I'm the most creative early in the morning or late at night. I wonder if it's because the day's distractions are at a minimum and I'm raw, just thoughts within myself. This morning I woke up with a painting idea. Instead of mulling it over for days on end, I've decided to just give it a go and see how it turns out. 

It's a little different than what I've been doing lately but uses some of the same techniques or visual look. I really love the clean look of block coloring, like screen printing. I think it's my painting style. I've always been more on the clean side of art. If you ask me there are two artist types; one that's clean, can be right or left brain, enjoys processes like photography where there are clean lines, edges and light does the painting for you and then there are those artists that are completely left brain, they enjoy getting their hands dirty, living messy, don't care where they get paint and enjoy mixing colors and adding things to their artwork in almost a hap-hazard way. 

I am mostly the first.

I say mostly because my husband would disagree that I'm "clean" and classifies all artists as messy... but we can tell a difference. 

Anyway, I enjoy pushing myself and what I'm comfortable with. I like trying new techniques, concepts and ideas. I don't always enjoy the outcome, but about 1 out of 5 times it teaches me something I didn't know before... and if nothing else, it gives me appreciation for other types of artists.