8months

Does anyone care?...aka, hello?

OK, seriously, aside from Becky who gets mad props, is anyone else reading this blog?

I've gotten hardly any comments lately. Granted, I have been posting sporadically and somewhat randomly...and they all haven't been about Rye, which i suspect is the reason 90% of my nonexistent readers even check this out at all.

However, come on, please for the love of continued blogging, comment. Comment something, anything. please. If not i might go on blog strike since no one even reads this anyways. Except Becky.

For those of you who may not know how to comment, here are easy instructions:

1. click on "comments"

2. Write a comment in the "leave your comment" section

3. if you have gmail, go ahead and enter that info, if not then select "name"

4. Write your name

5. Click "publish your comment"

that's all you have to do to make my day and restore my belief in blogland.

And now, as your punishment, (hows that for motivational) here is a random and boring post:

Title: fruit salad.

Here is my fruit salad i made yesterday. It may be the best fruit salad I've ever had in my life.

ingredients:

-raspberries (my favorite fruit in the entire galaxy)

-grapes, cut in half because face it, who wants to bite into an entire grape?

-pears

-kiwi

-mango

this fruit salad made me feel like i was brunching at a yacht club while on vacation in Maui. yum.

ok, now that your punishment is over, here is something for the 90% of you to entice you back.

nothing like a funny Rye picture. love em.

more from this shoot later, if you are good, that is.

Contentment

Here's another painting I've finished recently.

It's called "Contentment"

oil on canvas

14x 11"

GG's Favorite Post

When we were in VA for Kaley's high school graduation (what?!--i know, she's old enough to graduate--crazy!) Rye got to spend some time with his Great Gramma, or "GG".

Here's the 4 generations, Gramma, Mom, Me and Rye

He enjoyed snuggles and kisses...

Hugs and smiles...

Playing with games...

and of course Rye had to show off his silly faces...

Love you GG!!

brianaelizabeth.com

the new site is up!

here's what you can find:

-new design

-updated bio

-redbubble info

and last, but probably most importantly...

-10 new paintings!

Please check it out and let me know which are your favorites, what you like/dislike etc.

also, extra special thanks to my friend Kyle for making this all happen. Please check him out for any/all website needs!

Fresh---hopefully.

The past month I've been painting furiously, writing diligently and organizing haphazardly to prepare for what is my first "putting myself out there" experience in the art world.
I am applying for an art exhibit.
-deep breath-
It is an emerging artist exhibit which would ideally be the perfect first big step towards making a name (and hopefully some money) for myself in the "art world." No pressure, right?

AVA (Association for the Visual Arts in Tennessee) is putting on an emerging artist exhibit that starts September 11 (which is the day of the Gallery Hop for those of you from the area). It is a juried exhibit and I have to send in 10 digital images of 10 pieces, an artist statement, resume and a small application fee. The deadline is Monday. MONDAY.

So, as the deadline approaches I've been frantically trying to make decisions, write respectable things about myself and my art and overall just pull myself together. (special thanks to Mom who came and helped with Rye--and everything else--so i could concentrate on this)

As a result of this experience I have finished 10 new paintings in the last 2 months. Probably more than I did all last year combined. Quite a feat I am proud of.

Here today, for the first time, is one of the new ones I'm most excited about.


"Hycinthia" oil on canvas, 12" x 12"

I"ll find out July 6th if I've gotten in so stay tuned for that dramatic answer. Also, I'll be sharing some of my new art both on my art blog and on my website very soon. Stay tuned and thanks again for all the support!

p.s. the title of the exhibit is "Fresh" hence the title of the blog. fyi.

I love my mommy and...

...my mommy loves me (which is what his shirt says).

Pictures compliments of (Aunt) Kaley.