Painting ponies is almost as fun as riding them…this reminds me of the wonderful camping trip we took with Sheri to the beach.  She rustled up some horses for us and we rode on the beach and in the sand dunes of California’s gorgeous central coast.  Camping was a bit of an adventure when the family of raccoon teenagers decided to check out my salt water frizzed hair in the middle of the night.  I don’t know who was more shocked…me at being woken up by the brazen little creatures, Shannon by my blood curdling shrieks or the raccoons by my weird hair…  It was a trip to remember…Thanks Sheri!!!

‘Painted Ponies…The Surf’

48×48 Acrylic on Canvas

$1995

Somehow these critters crept into my consciousness and decided to overtake a canvas.  I don’t know the difference between a Baa Baa Black Sheep and a Baa Baa White sheep, but I know they are fun to paint!!

‘Counting Sheep’  36×48  Acrylic on Canvas   $1695

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

This kitchen in Federal Way was a project of a couple of years ago, and the before and after pictures are so fun to see… We didn’t move any walls or plumbing, but the change is remarkable.  Ideal Building did the work…thank you Robert and Bill!!

Not that I am planning to run away to the Circus any time soon…but  I loved the book ‘Water for Elephants’ and the weird and mysterious life that goes on behind the curtains…  Well, really, I just like the spectacle of it all… imagine flying on the trapeze or riding on elephants?  Its got to be totally cool!!  I’m going to have a lot of fun exploring this.

..…and the critters…oh yea!!

Apparently this is a baby Turkey Vulture!  Who knew?!  And who knows where he came from… sometimes these guys will surprise you…or me…

‘Baby Turkey Vulture’
Acrylic on paper
6×8

‘Backyard Poppies IV’
30×24
$695 unframed

Am I addicted to painting poppies?  Hmmm…”Addiction: giving one’s self up to some strong habit usually in the passive voice…”  Well I don’t think so!!  Nothing passive about painting with these colors!!  Although I am forced to admit that there are some addictive qualities to painting poppies…the color, the texture, the contrast and energy…it keeps me coming back… to the theme…to the subject…  I can’t seem to stay away for long.  Is that an addiction? An itch that needs scratching?  Oh, what the hell…its just really fun to muck around with reds and oranges and turquoise and get the colors under my fingernails and in my hair!!!

‘Backyard Poppies III’
30×24
$695 unframed

‘Backyard Poppies I’
30×24
$695 unframed

‘Backyard Poppies II’
30×24
$695 unframed

If you are needing a crazy little jack rabbit in your life please let me know!  They are coming out of the woodwork here!!  They are actually so fun to do, they are a combined media painting on canvas and are titled, from left to right:

‘Jack Rabbit Listens to the West Texas Waltz’   (12×24) …….‘Two Brothers from Waco sing the Jack Rabbit Song’  (12×24)  ……and…..‘A Happy Ending To Elton’s Jack Rabbit Song’   (12×24).  Wouldn’t you love a little jack rabbit mania in your house?

I am so excited to announce that I have been accepted by Vernissage Gallery in the Seattle Design Center!  This is a fabulous gallery located right in the Design Center (which is open to the public, by the way…Monday thru Friday 9am to 6pm…and always open for the Sodo Art Walk on the third Thursday of each month-5pm to 9pm!)  There are amazing artists represented by Vernissage Galley and I am very honored to be among them.  Vernissge Gallery, 5701 6th Ave S, Seattle 98108.

Welcome to RGFawcett Design…where Art and Design rule the World.  This is a new blog, a new web site, a new adventure for me and those around me…  I hope to include you in that adventure… as a participant, as a collector, as a homeowner with projects to get done…or as a, hopefully, interested observer!  New projects, whether residential design projects, art projects, life projects…all of the above, general musings, or just the latest good joke I have heard will make their way here. I am hoping we can all stay interested, amused and have fun with the ride!  Most of my art projects start out in this studio, where a mess turns into some sort of cohesive and identifiable image.  Color, texture, form and line start here.

Please visit my new web site…rgfawcettdesign.com…, created by Lizabeth Gale, a creative and brilliant web designer…okay…and she is my amazing cousin!!  Life is so good when you have talented and generous family to support you and to make your visions a reality!!  Thank you so much Liz…its an understatement to say that I could not have done this without you!!!