Merry Christmas!

love, the Smith Family.

You Are Invited!

If you'd like a night out full of fabulous art, stop by and say hi and eat some fabulous appetizers by The Gourmet Girls at the The Arizona Art Alliance Gallery, Saturday: December 3rd from 6 to 9pm. We have a fun redesigned Artist's Gift Shop and there is something for everyone there. I have some new Holiday jewelry and prints and note cards there too. AND meet the famous former Suns basketball player and artist Dick Van Arsdale! (The event is free and open to the public.)

Client: Mauna Kea Shave Ice

I met this delightful young mother named Meg through my daughters. She owns Mauna Kea Shave Ice. At our Annual Smith Spooktacular 2011, she served up the most delicious shave ice drinks! Her menu even reflected all things Halloween. The Shave Ice was a HIT at our party!!! So, as I sometimes do, we bartered her skills for mine, and I painted her trailer after the party was over. (during the next few days) I think it turned out fun and refreshing looking, just like her! Thanks Meg!!!!

"Lindsey's Kids"

These are 10" by 8" oil portraits that I painted from photos that my fabulous friend Lindsey took of her three darling children. I changed the color of some of their clothes and used the same background color to tie the three portraits together. I also posted some more of my family portraits on my Glamma Fabulous blog...

6" by 6" Jewels

I've been delving into some mixed media lately. I love these small canvases and the paintings remind me of little jewels. $75 each. Contact me at kelleysmithart@hotmail.com if you are interested in adding these little beauties to your art collection. (personally, I thought about hanging them on the wall above my kitchen counter underneath the cabinets. I already hang some horizontal format art there and it looks fabulous)

"Sitting Pretty"

When my family was over last Sunday for dinner, I saw Pepper sitting watching her older cousins. She looked so cute with that little bow in her hair and the bow on the back of her outfit screamed for a photo. I sketched this portrait of her onto a 24" by 18" canvas using graphite pencils. It looked so nice that I decided not to paint over it and leave the sketch alone. I then sealed it with crystal clear permanent fixative and a semigloss top coat.

I sure do love those grandbabies of mine!

Three Rooster Portraits

"Looking Fierce" painted in oil is 16" by 16" floated in a black frame,

"This is my Best Side" oil 16" by 16"
and "Bad Hair Day",an oil and 16" by 16", are also framed in black float frames. All three are currently showing at the gallery of the Arizona Art Alliance. Who doesn't like roosters?!