Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts

Friday, December 27, 2013

2013 in Review

As 2013 comes to a close, I'd like to step back and take a review of this year and what is in store for next year.   

Lately I found myself pulled away from my painting due to holiday festivities, a crashed computer, file loss and fighting off a few bouts of colds which left me with too little new material to update, so I decided this would be a good time to review and show you some of my works from this year. 












Most of these are available on my Fine Art America page http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/tina+a+stoffel/all, but a couple of them were just experiments. I enjoyed painting every single one of these so much that time would just slip away. 

As a full time Mom of two young boys and just beginning in this field (at least the painting part) this was all I could crank out for this year. My goal next year is to obviously continue to improve, pick up my speed, do more sketching (especially when painting time is limited) and more paintings. Currently I have 3 commissioned requests.

This weekend I plan to hit the easel to finish a fall painting I started then it's off to the commission work and a little something special I have planned for a special friend going through some tough life challenges. Keep checking back for updates. 

Meanwhile, as the current year closes and a new one approaches, I'd like to remind you this is a good time to back up  your important files in more than one place so you don't lose them as I did recently from my back up drive. Lat but not least, I'd like to wish you and your loved ones a wonderful, healthy and happy New Year.