My husband and I are working on a collaborative project. When he takes a photo that inspires me I do a painting of it. The last 2 peices that I blogged about were part of this project as well as 2 others that I blogged about in the past.  I thought you might like to see the photos next to the paintings. We’re going to present our idea to galleries and see what they think. It’s a cool idea because the photos are art in and of themselves and the drawings are art in and of themselves. When you see them side by side you see the beauty and uniqueness of each piece and each style of art. They compliment each other and together become a new and original form of art. So here you go. The photos next to the drawings. 

It’s been forever since I last blogged! Sometimes life gets so busy that you forget to do the little things, you know?

I’ve been getting ready for the show at the DeZion gallery lately. Today, my Dad and I drove down to my grandparent’s house to drop off a bunch of pieces that will be in the show. My grandpa has agreed to make the frames for all the art. Normally my brother Jake would do it but he’s kind of on his honeymoon right now so he’s a little busy . Anyway, Grandpa makes fantastic frames so I’m really excited to see how they come out. I’m sure they’ll be amazing.  It was fun to see my grandparents reaction to the art. They’re so proud! Grandma’s eyes just lit up as she was looking at it. Man, it always makes me feel so good to make my family proud of me. After all, family is what it’s all about.

This site is dedicated to the art of Maria Hathaway. But in addition to that, we like to support others who are close to Maria. Maria’s brother, Chas Hathaway is a very talented composer and musician.  He has already released an album called “Dayspring” containing all original piano solo music and will soon release a second album. We really want people to hear his music. It is inspirational, soothing and very thought provoking.

We want to support him, so we have a favor to ask.  He has entered a contest with the hope of being able to become a finalist and participate in a major concert in front of a large audience.  We need your votes.

The online contest is being held by MormonTimes Music & Videos.  We are asking you to go to that site and register.  Then you need to sign on and go to the SHOWCASE section and select Chas Hathaway and vote for him.  Actually, you are allowed to vote once everyday if you are so inclined.

If you can take a few minutes and listen, I know you will see that he is trully a talented artist and needs to be heard.

My brother has just created the prettiest song clip I’ve ever heard. I know you’ll all think I’m being prejudice because he’s my brother but I have to tell you, I spend a lot of time looking for beautiful music and I’m rather picky about what I like. This little bit of song (only 25 seconds long) actually brough tears to my eyes. It brought tears to my Dad’s eyes. Anyway you just have to listen to it. Decide for yourselves whether or not I’m prejudice.  Just click this link to listen: Chas’ song.

Hey everybody! My blog has just been updated to Ria’s Fine Art Studio. From now on I won’t be the only blogger. I am a partner in a family business called Willowrise and the other partners (my family members) in this business are going to start blogging on here as well. I’m excited about this because it’s always good to have more than one perspective on things. They will probably start discussions about things that I wouldn’t necessarily have thought about and it will be fun to hear what they have to say. We’re also going to be doing podcasts on here once in awhile which will be a blast. I hope you all will enjoy the new format. We’re going to be doing the same thing on a couple of the other partners blogs - Chas‘ and Shelly’s so if you’re interested feel free to join discussions and comment away. We’re pretty open to new ideas and perspectives so don’t be shy. Thanks for reading!