Brenda Stichter, artist

Full Circle I am so excited to share this painting! I have been working on it for a long time, and I love the way it turned out. (I recently heard that some artists don't like their own paintings... I like almost all of mine, at least when I first release them.) Studio time has been hard to come by recently due to having had the flu, lots of travel, and my dear son's upcoming wedding - woo-hoo! So I am so very pleased to finish this one.  48" x 48" Painted with artist quality heavy-body acrylic paint on 1.5” deep gallery wrapped canvas Edges painted black Click here to view or purchase on my website. I know it is tough to tell from the photo that only shows the painting, but this is a large work, and the small squares on it are about 3.5" square individual little works. They were blocked out and painted white and started fresh after all of the rest of the canvas was finished.  Well, there is so much to say about this painting! The very first layer, in enormous pu...

Our local artist group, Lakeland Art Association has invited me to exhibit as part of a two person show coming up THIS FRIDAY, showing for the month of March. There was another artist scheduled to exhibit for this occasion, but he has had an unavoidable situation that is preventing him from being there. I feel honored to be able to fill in! The Substance of Things Hoped For 36" x 36" acrylic on canvas Available at Lakeland Art Association this coming Friday, March 7 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Please come to the reception! Arise My Love 48" x 48" acrylic on canvas I plan to have at least eight or ten works displayed in this new-to-me downtown space, and I wonder if you have any favorites that you would like to see there. It is always a little bit of a juggling act to make sure that the paintings exhibited in one location aren't scheduled to show in another place for the duration of the show, so there is always a bit of extra paperwork to get figured out. I plan to hav...