What does princesses and dystopia have in common?

"End of Dystopia" Watercolor Collage by Gail Watford

These two paintings are not what I typically post but very much like the princesses I drew as a little girl.   

A while back I took a refresher class in watercolor at Laramie County Community College. The assignment was to create a painting of dystopia and change to the opposite or vs versa.  I chose to paint dystopia (a city with pollution) first and change/use it in creating a painting of a princess like I loved to draw as a little girl. After completing the city, I started the princess painting and used parts of the first dystopic painting as a collage. If you look closely you will find some of the polluted city in the last painting.  The project  was fun and pushed me out of the box of doing something I never would have done.... which as an artist is always good!  

The painting "End of Dystopia" is now at the Laramie gallery,  Works of Wyoming (WOW).   Maybe it will go home for a little girls room that also loves to draw princesses? 

Watercolor painting of a city of ppulllution

More fun painting birds.....

"Sparrow Hawk"
5x 7 Pastel Painting by Gail Watford

"Yellow Warbler"
5x7 Pastel Painting by Gail Watford

Even though the Meadowlarks paintings have flown to Asia, I am still working on birds. Here is my two latest paintings.  

Meadowlarks travel to Asia!

Brown Sky Meadowlark- 4x6 pastel painting by Gail Watford

Last week I was working fast and furiously on commissioned meadowlark paintings.  At the same time my friend Vanda Edington was painting 15 Indian paintbrush all had to be completed by by Sept 2nd. We got them done by the deadline and now they are on their way to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan! 

Working on my 15 meadowlark paintings at
one time!   A little bit messy but lots of fun!

Why Asia you ask? Some of our Wyoming state legislators traveling to Asia will be exploring opportunities to export Wyoming coal, natural gas and other state natural resources. It is our great honor to have our paintings offered as representative gifts from the state of Wyoming!

Our framed paintings being wrapped and ready for travel overseas.

I may never have the opportunity to travel to Asia but it is certainly a big thrill to have my art work in the homes or offices of those on the other side of the world!