Seems the impending, possible demise of xanga has inspired me to enjoy it more before it (maybe) disappears. I did decide to sell the prints for Seren.  Here's the image:

We'll see what she makes next... We're talking about getting some watercolor paper stretched for her to paint on. She can sell the originals or give them to family. Either way it'll be cool :)

I just hung a BIG show at the Tomato Head on Market Square here in Knoxville and have art going into a Gatlinburg gallery pretty soon. Busy times! Here are a few of my recent pieces:  Tiny demands that we spend a lot of time painting and has had a really interesting, freeing influence on my technique.

  It makes me sad to hear xanga is shutting down. I have made so many real friends through xanga and I can hardly imagine what life will be like with it gone...
I don't have much time to type with the little one these days. She's 14 months, getting teeth and getting mobile.
I just hung a big art show at the Tomato Head in Knoxville and am looking to be in a gallery in Gatlinburg in 2-4 weeks. Things are going well in general... Still hoping I can have air conditioning in the house this summer, but not sure I'll sell enough paintings to make it happen. It's getting hot fast...
Ah well...
The reason I came by was to make sure whomever wants to can find me outside xanga
I'm on facebook under
Starr Cline
and
Ocean Starr Cline - fan page for the art.
I'm also at
oceanstarr@gmail.com and I do google+ periodically

Gotta chase a baby now.
Thank you all for your friendship and love over the years... So sad to see you go xanga.


Edit: Added picture of Seren and HER first painting. She has declared it finished and won't work on it any more. I did some of the color picking, but the vast majority of the painting task was completed by her :) She makes me so proud lol...

I got three shows hung this month... more in the works! I've never hung two shows in one day before. That was a new trick... but it all worked out more or less perfectly. I just have too much stock to let it sit at the house. Once you build up that kind of an inventory, you kind of have to make sure there are walls for it to go hang on!
So now that the shows are up, I'm back into production mode!

He sings west; she sings east. The sun he mourns, the one she greets.

Three Buttons on the Windowsill.

With love as always,
Onward and upward
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Hi guys! I've been home alone with the baby a bunch lately and it's not so easy to type these days with her. She keeps stealing my mouse and closing my browser and such, but we are having a lovely time together eating onions and raw mushrooms and baked apples and yogurt... Making simple smoothies and mashed potatoes and such.  We pick the flower stalks of arugula plants and she munches the flowers happily watching Doctor WHO with me hehehe... And she cooperates more with me painting than me typing so here are some fresh flowers for you. I hope the signs of spring are as inspirational and glorious for you as they are for me!

 
Both of these are about 10.5" x10.75" on 1/2" plywood.
go forth and be joyfully productive :D
Onward and upward!

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Edit... Apparently, I missed a painting. Here it is too :)

 
Tulips Burst Forth From the Darkness of Winter
Acrylic on Plywood
Slightly larger than 12"x15"

Childlike... In the face of the stresses of life and the gloomy moods being flung about, I still feel childlike...
In spite of being reminded that all sorts of horrible things are happening around the country, I still feel free and happy in myself.
In spite of being reminded that I'm supposed to feel adult and responsible and parent-like, I still feel like myself and even reborn continuously.

How can life be bad or sad or stressful when the sun shines and I am surrounded by such love from my friends and the Universe?

A side note - I spent a bunch of time this morning working on my Etsy site - fixing/lowering prices, removing sold pieces and adding new ones. If you're interested, take a gander here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/OceanStarr?ref=pr_shop_more

January is, indeed, the cruelest month for sales, but I recently picked up a couple commissions in anticipation of tax return monies and some people who had paused their installment plans say they can resume shortly so I'm hoping with Valentines Day and Mothers Day on the horizons, business will pick up.

More good news - Seren's big enough to go to Kid Care at my gym now so I can go back to working out.
Somehow I think my separation anxiety will be worse than hers... but I am SO excited to be able to get my muscles back in order as spring and summer look my way!

If no one's making your day, make it yourself!
With love as always
Onward and upward
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