More Optimism Art Available through Northland Exposure Artists’ Gallery Parkville,MO

I have been busy lately putting together a catalog for my Optimism Art.

You can now order a piece of Optimism Art with the quote of your choice.

You can also order mugs and shirts with optimism art on it.

All of this is available through the Northland Exposure Artists’ Gallery at 110 Main Street in Parkville, MO.

I am so excited about this new venture.

People have been so interested in the Optimism Art that I wanted new methods of providing optimism.

The art has been purchased many times as gifts for a variety of occasions.

If you are looking for a unique holiday gift, birthday gift or just a gift to say I care, optimism art could fit the bill.

It is so much fun to make.

I hope you enjoy seeing it as much I enjoy making it.

We all need a little optimism in our lives.

One of my Optimism Mugs.

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to never stop questioning.”

~ Albert Einstein

It is definitely half full!

A new piece of Optimism Art.

“A Woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”

~ Eleanore Roosevelt

That is s-o-o-o true!

Another new piece of Optimism Art

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

~ Helen Keller

 

Optimism Art 8-12-09

I have sold several pieces of my Optimism Art in Northland Exposure in Parkville, MO.

If you have a special quote you would like in a piece of artwork, let me know and I can do a custom piece of Optimism Art just for you. It also makes great gifts.

I will soon have Optimism greeting cards available at Northland Exposure or by order.

Here are my latest pieces which will be at Northland Exposure soon!

"There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality." ~ Jonas Salk

"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance." ~ Orville Wright

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." ~ Helen Keller

Take time to play!

Gloria Heifner

Latest Optimism Art

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." 
                                     ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

This is one of my favorite quotes.

I finally incorporated into a piece of my Optimism Art.

I hope you like it.

Have a great week!

Gloria Heifner

Showing My Artwork & My latest Optimism Art

The Northland Exposure Gallery artists are showing our artwork at the 

Irene B. French Community Center Art Gallery 

5701 Merriam Drive

Merriam KS 66203

Phone: 913-322-5550

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Opening night reception is 

Thursday, July 2, 2009

7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 

 

I have a couple of my abstract pieces in the show and there
are a lot of other really nice art pieces to see. 

 

 

 

 

I have been working on some new pieces for the Northland 
Artists’ Gallery in Parkville for our new show and 
July's rotation. 
So far I have one small mixed media piece for our
Americana show, one large optimism piece, 
and one abstract landscape which will all be in 
the gallery starting July 2nd.

 

 

 

FYI here is the gallery street address and web address:

Northland Exposure Artists’ Gallery

110 Main Street

Parkville, MO 64152

Phone: 816-746-6300

www.northlandartists.com

 

I have also completed a couple of new small optimism 
pieces that I like a lot. I hope you like them too. 

 

 

Have a great week and take time to play! 

Gloria Heifner

My Latest Optimism Art

I have been away from my blog for a while. 

Let’s see what are my excuses.

I’ve been working on some things for the gallery; the May Newsletter, and setting ups some guidelines for the galleries plein air painting project. The plan is to have gallery artists painting outside the gallery Saturdays in June, July, and August. You should definitely come by and see our artists at work on their artwork.

My son turned 24 on Friday and came home and spent time with us Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Then there was the long holiday weekend when we went to a BBQ competition at Sandstone and spent some time hanging out around a neighbor’s pool.

With all that going on my blog got neglected but I did spend some time working on artwork and created a brand new (I think my favorite so far) Optimism piece. I hope you like it too.

 

 

"Hope is the thing with feathers...."

I am also including some pictures of my current display at the Northland Exposure Artists’ Gallery. It includes 3 pieces of my Optimism Art and 3 other pieces.

 

I hope you like them. They are all available for sale at the gallery.

 

 

 

 

Display at Northland Exposure Gallery 5-09.

 

Display at Northland Exposure Gallery in Parkville, MO 5-09.

I hope everyone had a fantastic Memorial Day!

Artist Owned Gallery in Parkville, MO

 

 

 

 

 

Northland Exposure Gallery

Address: 110 Main Street, Parkville, MO – Phone: 816-746-6300 – http://www.northlandartists.com

The Northland Exposure Artist’s Gallery is an artist owned and managed gallery in Parkville, MO, of which I am one of the artist owners. We have an amazing group of 44 artists currently in the gallery. Each one brings their own unique style of artwork and world view to the gallery. 

 

Being an artist owned gallery, we have the advantage of being able to keep the price of our artwork affordable by keeping overhead to a minimum and cutting out the middleman. Our art print bins hold items from around $25 and up. We carry many items such as original jewelry and pottery which can be purchased from around $12 and up. In addition we carry original pieces of artwork ranging from $35 up to several hundred dollars.

 

If you happen to be in the Kansas City area, please put the Northland Exposure Gallery on your list of places to visit. There is always at least one of the artists working the gallery which provides a wonderful opportunity to visit with an artist about the artwork in the gallery.

 

My 8”x10” canvas board pieces of Optimism Art is available for purchase for $35. These and other pieces of my artwork can be purchased at the Northland Exposure Artists Gallery in Parkville, MO. 

 

I have not started any additional 8” x 10” Optimism pieces since my last blog post. I do have a 9”x12” piece that I worked on last week. It was fun to do but when it was done I realized it looks an awfully lot like a Christmas package which to me is extremely distracting! 

 

The second piece is an abstract piece which is a study in using color to add depth to a painting.  The idea in this painting was using cool colors to push the background back and warm colors to bring items forward giving the piece a more three dimensional look. I’ll let you be the judge as to how successful it was.

 

"An optimist...."

 

Depth with color

 

 

 

 

New Optimism Art?

It is interesting, once you start talking about and acting on optimism you start to see it all around you. Personally I consider myself a realistic or cautious optimist. Optimism does not come naturally to me but if my lifetime so far has taught me one thing it is that no one knows what wonderful things today can bring. Doors close sometimes by choice and sometimes not by choice but there is always something new and exciting waiting if you are open to possibilities.

Four months ago I was working at a job that I loved with a wonderful group of people and in a very few minutes that door was closed due to a cost cutting layoff by the company. It was not my choice but now I am working real hard at being open to other possibilities in my life. I can (and I have) sit and feel sorry for myself; I can build up resentment and hurt for what was done to me (no real point to that, it just makes me miserable); or I can move on, be grateful for what I do have, and work to be the best me I can be.

I watched the Micheal J. Fox special last night,”Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.” and  if he can be optimistic dealing with what he deals with day in and day out, who am I not to be optimistic!

I do not have any new “Optimism Art” today but I am planning to work on a new piece. I just need some help in deciding what the next piece will be.

Help me!

Pick the quote below or supply a new optimism quote you would like to see in my next piece of optimism art.

Quote#1:

“Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.” ~ Walter Winchell

Quote#2:

“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote#3:

“No pessimest ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.”

Please leave me a comment and let me know which one I should use and you could also let me know what colors you would like to see in the artwork.

I can’t wait for the feedback!

Thank you so much for your help ahead of time.

Optimism Art: 3rd Installment

This is the 3rd installment of my Optimism Art. I really hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy creating it.

I find creating it helps me be more optimistic and I’m hoping the quotes I have chosen and the artistic presentation of these quotes helps you be more optimistic about your place in the world and the world around you also.

The three pieces of optimism art presented here are actually the first three pieces I did.

Here is another quote to ponder:

“Many of life’s failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

~ Thomas Edison

More Optimism Art

It’s a beautiful day here today. It would be such a shame to ruin such a beautiful day (or any day for that matter) with fear and pessimism.

To help everyone with their hope and optimism for today and the future here are more pieces of my new optimism art.

Let me know what you think.

Hope

"Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress." ~ Nicholas Murray Butler

"While there's life, there's hope." ~ Cicero

Here’s another quote to ponder.

“The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask.”

~ Thomas Kuhn

Optimism Art

I am so excited about my new blog.

I have been working on a new series of mixed media artwork for a few weeks now. With our current economic situation I needed a little hope and optimism and that is just what my new series of artwork is. Each piece is on a small 8″x10″ canvas board and is made up of acrylic paint, glass beads, wire and paper. Each piece also includes a hopeful/optimistic quote. Images of several of these pieces are included below.

Let me know what you think of them and if you have a good quote from public domain that would make a good addition to my series.

*All images are copywrited and reproduction is prohibited.

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." ~Albert Einstein

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." ~ Helen Keller

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." ~ Winston Churchill