People keep asking me if there is another book in the works. I sure hope so but it is too early to know. The book is selling well and the positive response has been fantastic but truth be told I still have a lot of books in a warehouse. This is a piece I just finished for Artworks, a gallery in Eagle River. It's titled, "Tropical Dreams". I love doing the fantasy style Greve's, a style I think I would like to do IF there was another book. This painting starts with layers of acrylic paint. Then the paper flowers are added using a deco pouge gel of sorts. After those layers have dried the oil of Greve and Celli is added. It's true there are a lot of steps but I think all the layers really give the painting some depth.
In "If We Hopped on Our Bike..." I did a page of Celli dreaming of all the things they might experience. Popular with most kids is the image of Signore Greve and Celli bicycling underwater. Imagine a whole book of fun, day dream, off the wall scenes.
I hope there is another book but for now I will enjoy my 'Tropical Dreams".
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Hi Gina -
ReplyDeleteWhen I was on my Wisc. bike trip in June, pedaling along a rail-trail, butterflies flew up & accompanied me. A fawn ran on the trail in front of me for a few seconds which seemed to last minutes...
I wondered, how would Gina paint these moments? It was funny that though I didn't capture these memories in photos, I was thinking of how you'd capture them w/a brush! It was beautiful...
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