Saturday, June 6

Fruit Shaped Sean's Belly button challenges all onlookers!


Fruit Shaped Sean's Belly button challenges all onlookers!
Originally uploaded by tracey st.peter

check out the first ever Eric Schindler Satellite Gallery show, Hosted by Art180. Kirsten Gray assembled a fabulous group of art from her stable of gallery artists. I have 3 paintings in the show.
Art180 put on an exhibit of fabulous kids art in the back of the space. Thanks to everyone who came out in the rain!

Onward!

Friday, June 5

Frankenstein Friday



All tuckered out after a long day of Chugging around. Happy Friday Y'all!

Hey if you are in Richmond tonight, Eric Schindler Gallery is participating in the First Friday Art Walk. Come on down and check out the group show at 8 West Broad Street. The painting behind Frankenstein and I is in the show. I got a sneak peek last night and it is goooood!..a solid and varied show. The work is so good it makes me want to try harder and be better...you can't ask for more than that.
Also Nate's Taco Truck will be down there...Yummy!
Onward!
Have a fab weekend!
Shout out to my Brother, Happy Birthday!

Wednesday, June 3

garden fish


garden fish
Originally uploaded by tracey st.peter

My mom sent me some more of her ceramic garden fish. They are glazed differently on each side and move with the breeze...the perfect addition to any yard or garden! I requested yellows blues and grays. I put in an order with her, for a school on little orange ones with black heads...I can't wait!

Tuesday, June 2

15/52 traceyface Tuesday



I keep vowing to use my good camera with good lights but each week I seem to take these grainy shots, with not enough light. I think it shows where I am at. Still trying to get on top of things, chasing always chasing something out of focus, yet something I know so well ...it also indicates a tendency towards spontaneity, taking a shot when it presents itself. In quite a few I frame me with my work...blending together.
I think it is time for me to paint, again.

The painting in this photo is one of my early portrait paintings. It has it's problems, but some good things are happening in it too. Randi was a dog walking client of mine and had a cute little Pit bull mix named Lulu. One day when I arrived at her apt for our daily walk, the door was wide open. In fact there was no door. Then, I saw Randi come running down the hall. It turns out, Lulu started a fire! The knobs to the stove were attached in such a way that she had inadvertently jumped up and rotated a knob from off to on! Since Randi didn't do much cooking she had her mail basket set on top of the stove. Hey, in NY you have to find storage space where you can. So the mail caught on fire and melted the microwave that was inset above it! Luckily the alarm went off, the firemen came and kicked in the door to save the day!..Yay we love Firemen!
Lulu was just a puppy then, she went on to shred a huge rug pad and one couch cushion as well as loving to unroll all the toilet paper between the time Randi left for work and my arrival. I never knew what to expect when I got to her door.
Once when she was all grown up, she bolted out the front door when I opened it. She ran up 2nd ave and across 14th street (a 4 lane busy intersection). I caught up to her at a little park on the other side of 14th St. She leaped into my arms and I carried her all the way back to 9th street sobbing hysterically all the way...Lulu loved the ride home. So you could say Randi and I went though a lot together.

The portraits I did have many layers of connection for me. The whom, how and what I combine them with, all connect to something bigger. I haven't done a portrait since I left NY. I am feeling like it may be time to reconnect with that. Stay tuned....

as always ONWARD!

Sunday, May 31

our date-day in Richmond starts with brunch


our date-day in Richmond starts with brunch
Originally uploaded by tracey st.peter

Take a day trip with Mr.Eleven and I... click on this photo, then follow us through a day in Richmond....it's Date-day!

onward!