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| My Teddy Bear Ornament |
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| The Gallery wall BEFORE |
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| The Gallery wall AFTER |
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| Swapped a black console for a white one and tucked the ornaments in-between |
As you can see I finally painted the studio wall chalky black by Glidden Diamond 'Black Magic" in eggshell finish. Before the makeover, there was seriously nothing going on here on this sad end of the studio room. Simply dull and full of ridiculous art and home storage which is now organized mostly. So here is my inspiration story-One of my favorite shopping event stores of all time ever since I can remember in Omaha Nebraska was a unique gift shop/art gallery called 'The Afternoon" at a still to this day thriving mall- 'Westroads'. Unfortunately, "The Afternoon" closed its doors in 2020, but my memories are still pretty vivid. It was dark and moody (black painted walls!) with floor to ceiling gift and art pieces for sale, kitchen gadgets, decor, books, greeting cards, Christmas decorations and TOYS! You really lost yourself while browsing for neato stuff. It was magical. My sister Christmas gifted me about 30 years ago a crystal cat dish made in Japan from this charming boutique that I still possess (Thank you Kay!). I actually do own a couple of tchotchkes believe it or not-and this one should make its way to the gallery soon because it is a cat after all. So truly the vibe of this lovely store is where I was going with my own personal gallery look. My pieces of art (all of these are original acrylic paintings-except for the 2 bottom right cat art pieces that are digitally drawn-available in
my Etsy shop!) are mostly cohesive as they are either animals and flowers or rather animals in flowers with some wild animals thrown in along with the "wild" flowers with a couple of halloween ghosts with a similar color palette-pinks-naturally. It's a group of smalls so I can make the bigs next year. This is my artist gallery wall-not a group show wall-(all works of art are available for sale on
my website!) 2026 will be a very cohesive body of work as I plan to be working A LOT. The "Black Magic" paint color is fitting yeah?
It's a bit over stuffed with my current art pieces which is just how I like it for now.
Orzo appreciates it as well.
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