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Just back from California... there's my excuse for the lack of posts this past week. I plan to post some photos and such, but right now I'm needing some recovery time - and some sleep. In the meantime, here's a sneak peek at the latest member of the Feissel family:

Woof.

JH encore.

Here's another little sketch I did last summer of fellow painter Janette Hayhoe:

By Diane Feissel, oil on panel, 6"x6"

Delay.

Ahem. Okay, I've been a bit busy this past week - painting and preparing for a trip Back West. To California, that is.

In the meantime, I have another Art Recommendation, for a show here in Raleigh. We have a new artist - Julie Niskanen, recently relocated to Raleigh, NC from South Dakota - working out of the studios at 311 West Martin. She's a printmaker, and she'll be showing work at M Street Gallery down at 311 in August; come to the opening reception the evening of Friday, August 1st from 6-9pm down at 311 West Martin Street in downtown Raleigh.

Here's one of her pieces, from her website:

Artist: Julie Niskanen

Title: Entangled in the Moment

Medium: Etching, mezzotint, aquatint, spit-bite

Dimensions: 8" x 6"

Nature.

Hey. Here's yet another entry in the "unfinished series" series. Yep. I began a couple of paintings on wood, retaining the grain and natural color of the wood by using clear gesso to prepare the surface. Et voila:

as in nature...(1) oil on wood Diane Feissel

Productivity.

I have discovered an unfortunate equation:

Diane + humidity + heat = significantly reduced productivity.

Uggggggggghhhhhhh.

Birthday.

Just found out that I share a birthday with Mel Brooks, Gilda Radner and John Cusack. Now that's a good group.

More from that unfinished series I mentioned.

Ok, here's another installment in that series that I still haven't finished:

work in progress, oil on panel, 12"x12", 2007-2008...