Busy day in the studio!

So I was painting away in the studio today, and the doorbell rings and I hear a truck pull away. . . . I go check it out, and UPS left me with a huge box from a jewelry supply house. I was puzzled, as I hadn't ordered anything in a while, but my husband dragged it into the house for me, as it was HEAVY. There was no packing slip, so I called the company, and they said to open it up and read them the order numbers from the invoice. Well, this big box was just full of 14 bags of key chain jumprings!! There were over 2500 of them, and that is ALL that was in the box! Long story short, they got the issue sorted out, and UPS will pick this up in a day or so. . . . but that was my drama for the morning! I haven't been making jewelry for a couple of weeks now, but focusing on my painting instead -- I switch off between the two!

So today I posted more art up on my website at Fine Art America, which you can view by clicking this link:



Enjoy!

Slideshow

This slideshow is a feature of my "printing site", Fine Art America. Please view the slideshow, and feel free to explore the links. Thanks for viewing!

New LARGE prints now available!

Busy busy day today. . . I've been getting quite a few requests for LARGE prints of my watercolors, so I added my images to my store on Fine Art America. Now, in addition to having 8x10 prints and notecards in my Etsy shop, those images are available at FAA where you can order them printed on stretched canvas, as a rolled print so you get it locally framed, or as a finished piece: matted and framed in your choice of mat and frame colors/styles!

Here's a link to the store if you'd like to check it out:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/agave-squared-nancy-matus.html

landscape canvas prints
desert canvas prints
arizona paintings
southwest canvas prints
southwest prints
arizona canvas prints
botanical prints
cactus prints
cactus paintings
botanical paintings
green paintings
hiking canvas prints
agave prints
agave paintings




So, it's been a full day today, and with this now crossed off of my "Art To-Do List", I can finally go to bed!

Good night!!

Have a lazy weekend!

To Life

6" x 6"

Oil on Canvas

I knew it was time to relax and unwind a bit.  The late afternoon, the setting sun, a still life that evoked warm feelings of savoring Life and tasting the moment. . . . 

This is one of a series I am developing of simple but vibrant paintings, in this theme.  I am using oils on stretched canvas,  but the canvas is primed in a clear ground, allowing the natural color of the fabric to be appreciated.  I used this as a 'self border', and it makes for a finished look which can be framed or not, depending upon your liking.  I like the neutral color of the canvas against the glowing oils.  The "watermark" is not on the actual piece of art; it is only on the photo.

Enjoy!

Joy

"Joy"

12" x 12"

Oil on Canvas

New work on the easel, another in my series of desert life.  I wanted to do these in the style of my pan/ink and water color series that you can see over on this page:   Matus Studio Watercolors
I liked the black outlines and the effect they give against the rich color. I wanted to create the look with oils on canvas for these 12" x 12" square format pieces.

agave paintings
agave canvas prints
agave framed prints
agave greeting cards
arizona memories prints
arizona memories canvas prints
arizona memories paintings
agave posters
spring prints

More color . . . . .

"Glow"

12" x 12"

Oil on canvas

More playing with rich color, and using the square format. This is my newest painting from a very recent field day, before summer is in full swing. This was very late afternoon, when the setting sun and blazing sky colors bring out the very best of everything. . . . .prints and canvas prints available at the link below to Fine Art America. Thanks for looking!

Enjoy!

Glass!

Here's a sample of the other glass tile necklaces I have ready to list in my shops. If you click on the image, you can see a closeup of the pieces.  The 'hearts' are from the series of watercolor notecards I painted, and I thought they'd look great on the tiles too.  I really love to paint these desert flowers and cacti that are all around us here in Arizona in the spring. And making these necklaces was a lot of fun! These all really glow with rich color, and turned out very well. Photographing them is tricky, but this is a good exercise in photography for me!  Enjoy!