Not a New Year's Resolution... Why not a Painting Challenge?

Rubber Ducky, You're The One... 

30 paintings in 30 days

(The Leslie Saeta 30 in 30 January 2015 Challenge)

2014 has been busy - not as much with art related ventures, but with family life. My baby girl, Penny, turned one yesterday. We survived our First Year as parents! Yaay!

I did not post since the Grab Bag Challenge - mostly because everything went into overdrive. The Creative Shop (https://www.facebook.com/lcvalleycreativeshop) went into overdrive with events, press releases, ArtWalk, the holidays, more press releases.. Finally now as we come close to Christmas, we all get a chance to breathe. 

I thought very hard about this Challenge - and figured out a compromise. I have over 100 3"x 3 3/4" hardboard panels. And since the last Challenge (The Grab Bag Challenge) I have been thinking about Rubber Duckies. I'm going to do 30 paintings based on this Rubber Ducky. 

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Pomegranate - Mini #3

Pomegranate, 2"x2" oil on itty bitty canvas

$25 plus $5 shipping

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Reds are an interesting dilemma - what KIND of red?

 Pomegranates are so luscious and jewel toned, even before you open them up. 

Satsuma - mini!

Satsuma, 2"x2" oil on itty bitty canvas

$25 plus $5 shipping

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So cute. I love miniatures. Its a challenge, but so much fun! I was teaching today so I was not able to get to my doggie series...a tiny orange will have to do... tomorrow, though, is another day! 

Spoon-A-Palooza @ BookPeople, Moscow!

Silver Ladle, 7"x 2 3/4", oil on 1/2" MDF panel. Ready to hang, unframed

$75 plus shipping

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Sugar Cubes and Silver Strainer

2 3/4"x 7", oil on 1/2" MDF panel. Ready to hang, unframed

$75 plus shipping

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Two entries for Spoon-A-Palooza, curated by the lovely Kristin LeVier. One night only show at Book People, Moscow.

By the Light of the Moon - Nocturne Feb 2012

4 1/2" x 6 1/2" Oil on Artboard (archival cardboard)
$35.00 plus $5 shipping

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I've never tried a Nocturne style painting, found it very interesting. I was just caught up by the way the moonlight filtered through the pine trees in front of our house, silhouetting the tree and the huge grain elevator across from our house.

50 Artists and Hot One Inch Action!

Hot One Inch Action is a show of tiny art - 50 artists were selected, and their work printed onto 1" Button badges. My friend Kathy Fuerst and I were two of the 50 for Seattle! And then the fun began... I wish I could have been there, Sure looked like fun. Kathy said it was quite the event. Check out some of the previous years buttons. Hope they will have this year's up soon!

www.hotoneinchaction.com

Conceived by Jim Hoehnle and Chris Bentzen in 2004, Hot One Inch Action is the original, one-night only show of button art and social interaction in Vancouver, BC. The tiny art of fifty different artists is reproduced on one inch buttons. These one inch buttons are displayed on the gallery wall and the audience is offered the opportunity to buy randomly selected buttons in mixed bags of five for $5. Didn’t get the button you want? Trade with the people around you… how bad do you want that button?! That’s when the hot action starts. In 2010, the show expanded to include Seattle, WA and Portland, OR.

Artist & blogger Patrick Lennox Wright took some great pictures at the Seattle event, which was this past Saturday, November 5th. I'm including one of his pictures, because my "duckie" button in on the second button down on the left. And his expression... priceless. Check out Patrick's other pics on his site: http://plwp.blogspot.com/2011/11/hot-one-inch-action-piranha-shop_7017.html

See if you can spot the Duckies on other people too! A bonus is that they made each artist 20 pins of their design. Pretty cool, eh?