Inaugural Post!

Welcome to the first Gentry Art Blog Post! Woo Hoo!

Let me introduce myself: I've been painting for about 7 years now. I'm a wife and mother living in a university town in Indiana. I paint in a studio in a wooded area in the back part of our property. I've had paintings in private galleries, museums and nationally juried shows. My art is in the hands of collectors in several countries-US, Canada, England, Scotland, Russia come to mind.

Currently, I'm most excited to have my work newly accepted at McFee Gallery of Modern Art in downtown Indianapolis. http://www.mcfeegallery.com/ My work has been there for 2 weeks. The first weekend, which included a First Friday gallery walk event, they sold 4 paintings! Wow-great job guys! Last weekend they sold my largest painting, a huge 24 x 36 gallerywrap canvas with one from my Rainy Day Series. The First Friday in September also happens to be the big Fall Gallery Walk. (Indy has a big gallery walk in the fall and another one in the spring) So, as you can imagine, I'm painting like crazy to replace those that sold and provide plenty of stock. I'm sending a disc with all of my images and a picture of me because they will be adding me to their website as one of the regular artists!

I also have original paintings and prints listed on Etsy. For those who aren't familiar, Etsy is a website for artists and crafters to sell handcrafted work. My Etsy shop's website is www.gentryart.etsy.com. Etsy is a fabulous place to sell, they have a super friendly vibe. You can find the most interesting one of a kind items there. I plan to do all of my Christmas shopping there.

I've not listed on Ebay for a few weeks, but I hope to list some work there soon. Ebay has been having some problems lately with their new policies, so we'll have to see how that shakes out. Maybe some larger paintings or the giclees that are in the works. Those are being done by REDIpix at http://redipix.com/Home.html Let me just say that they do excellent work!

Now, on to my work. The piece I finished yesterday is actually a dyptich, mixed media of acrylic paint and leather dye. Each piece is 24 x 30 for a total size of 60 x 48!! My largest ever. The title is Black Forest and it is pictured above at the top of this page.

That's all for now!