My Story - A Painted House A Day

 

 

Hi!

 

I know I have this information on other posts and pages on my blog-but I like to share it again every once in a while, for those who are new to my blog and my project, A Painted house A Day.

 

Because...believe it or not, there is some background and reasoning behind my craziness of painting a house a day!

 

My Story...

I am a mixed media artist.  I am currently working on an art challenge, A Painted House A Day. My goal is to create with paint and mixed media one house image a day, for 183 days.  Yes, that will be 183 Painted Houses!

Each house will be created on a 4x4 inch canvas.
Original paintings and prints of, "A Painted House A Day" will be available for sell.  This blog will document my work as I create each house and find inspiration along the way. 
Thank you for looking!  I love sharing my art with you! 

Christy

 

 

My art challenge, A Painted House A Day.

You may ask, why would I want to take on this project of committing to make something everyday? 

I woke up this morning with the same question and thought to myself that maybe I should have only committed to 100 days and not 183!

 Here is a little history on the subject matter of "Houses" and why they are such a meaningful image in my life:
I lived in the same house since I was two years old, after moving across country from Tampa, Florida to Seattle, WA. I was raised in the same house since I was two and my parents still live in that house, in Washington State.
 I moved away for college to Northern Arizona and also lived in Korea to teach English after college. I always had the travel bug!

I often went back to my home in Washington between my college and adventures in traveling. 
To me a house is security, happiness, and home.

Now I move every one to two years, my husband is in the Army and we get to live in many places and houses.

 
I started using the imagery of a house in my art about four years ago when we were living on Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX. We had a historical Bungalow with a lot of charm.

 


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I always wondered about all of the different military families who had occupied the house before us.  Where were they from? Where did they consider home?  How many children did they have?

I wrote the following short story and added it to the back of a series of paintings I created called, "Home Again."

" Growing up I had two houses I called "home."
As an adult and with a family of my own, I have had many houses to make a home.
My husband is Active Duty Army and we move a lot!
Although a move comes with work and saying goodbyes, we embrace each move and look forward to our new adventures, people to meet, and places to explore.
Houses are houses. A home is for a family to create safety, love, and memories.
As I make each move with my two daughters and husband, I find our locations and houses to change, but our home stays the same.

Pre Order your favorite Art House today!

Do you see an art house you love...that you can't live without?...Send me a message to reserve it. I will let you know if it is still available, some have found new homes. 

Each house is an original and made with love! 
You can pre order your house and I will mail it to you after my art show.
The purchase of your favorite art house will hold your painting for you. 
 I will keep all 183 art house paintings until my project is complete. At the end of this project, I will have an art show with all of the paintings. The show will take place sometime in the winter of 2014. You are of course invited to attend the show and it would be so much fun if you could make it!
The location of the show will be announced at a later time.
Here are some details of the art you are purchasing:

Details of Paintings.
Original paintings on canvas. Mixed media - including acrylic paint, paper, pastel, and other mediums.
Each painting will come ready to hang and enjoy!
Art houses measure 4 x 4 inches. All paintings are signed and dated. 
$40.00/ painting plus a small shipping fee.
You will receive your original art house painting once my art show is completed. This should be sometime in the winter of 2014.