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TOTB! If You Can't Find What You Want, Make It Yourself: Session 6!

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Home Stager with Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369

Thinking Outside the Box in Edmonton! If You Can't Find What You Want, Make It Yourself: Session 6!

I've been trying to find some abstract art that I like and that I can afford for Home Staging.

Not so easy, most of it is very expensive, not the right size and the colours aren't what I want.

So I decided to try and paint some myself.

I've been tweaking everything I've worked on so far and I find the pattern I tend to follow is; work on a previous canvas and try to finish it, then make the background for a new canvas or two and let
painter it dry for the next time.


My smoosh and splat technique gets very wet and it takes a while to dry and I'm not really one to sit around and watch that kind of stuff!



Here are 2 of my latest midway through, I have since tweaked with some metallic paints and they have yet to be sealed too.
Earth & Sky

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Thursday I am going with Jack Ellis, one of the studio owners, to see his publisher and we're going to talk about making prints from my paintings so I can sell them at a reasonable price so anyone can use them!

How cool is that!?!
=D

C. Lloyd McKenzie
Living Albuquerque - Albuquerque, NM
Living Albuquerque

Good Evening Peg,

Are you sure you weren't an artist  your prior life.  Those are some lovely paintings

 

Jul 14, 2012 04:07 PM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

They are kinda fun aren't they C. Lloyd?

I'm sure I've been a lot of things if that has anything to do with all the stuff I do now... =D

Jul 14, 2012 04:13 PM
Tom Arstingstall, General Contractor, Dry Rot, Water Damage Sacramento, El Dorado County - (916) 765-5366
Dry Rot and Water Damage www.tromlerconstruction.com Mobile - 916-765-5366 - Placerville, CA
General Contractor, Dry Rot and Water Damage

You never cease to amaze me Peg. Making it yourself certainly has it's benefits.

Jul 14, 2012 05:11 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Cool stuff BU-FU............you are much more talented and ambitious than I am.

Jul 14, 2012 06:31 PM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Wow...I have made my own art before but paint my own?? You are way more talented and brave then I. And very cool that you may get to sell them!!

Jul 14, 2012 11:20 PM
Pam Miller
Realty Associates - Conroe, TX
Broker Associate - Water Crest on Lake Conroe


Peg! - You are just too talented, girlfriend:)  I love your paintings!

Jul 15, 2012 01:43 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Thanx Tom! Not only beneficial to biz, but I have found it makes my mind go deliciously blank, a rarity since I often can't sleep because of thinking about the things that need doing... Kathi the other artist owner calls it meditation or a zen state.

BU-FU, I doubt it, I'm sure if you tried you'd do some awesome things! I've seen you do things with furniture and rooms...

 

Jul 15, 2012 02:40 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Valerie, Thanx! I love the idea of filling a wall with a triptych, but hate hanging them! I found some great fasteners that you can adjust the width that attaches all the paintings together. I'm going to see how they work...

Shar, you should try! You know your stock (since you've recently done cushion inventory, lol) so you could paint art that matches the colour of your accessories!

Jul 15, 2012 02:45 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Thanx PamMmy! I'm glad someone else likes them too, maybe I will be able to sell some prints...

Jul 15, 2012 02:46 AM
Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

Peg,  You are just so talented.  Will you remember all of us when you are rich and famous?  Great job my friend.

Jul 15, 2012 04:34 AM
Peg Barcelo
Fluff My House! Home Staging Inc. 250.486.6369 - Summerland, BC
The FlufftasticStager from Summerland, BC

Thanx, BB! I doubt I'll ever get to the point where I can forget my AR friends that have taught me so much!

Jul 15, 2012 06:19 AM