New work this year

I have been busy developing a new technique I've learned from Katie Kendrick. I love using charcoal and smearing it around to create new images in faces. I'm working on creating my art to flow more, and not be so rigid. My color palette still remains colorful and bright.

Art Dolls

I've been making art dolls. They are so fun. Each one has a story of their own. They are stories from my past. made with muslin, they measure 10 x 5 inches. You can see them in my etsy shop. (On the sidebar). Cheers!

"Remember"

I used lots of texture in this piece, and beautiful bright colors, that I love! It is titled "Remember"....do you remember,,,,,love? 9 x 12 inches, acrylic, mixed media, ready to hang,,,, "SOLD"

New work for sale

I've been busy creating lovely works of art on 140lb cold press watercolor paper.  I like the option of my buyers being able to frame these the way they wish.  My first piece is title "Trust".  She is created with lots of background texture and collage elements.  I use pastels, and acrylic, and gouache around the frame of her face.  I love how each of my faces turns out different, however my style still eeps through. I love how she turned out, there is so much going on here.

Original Art

"Trust" $65.00

My other piece that is available today is titled "Birthday". Two friends are sharing a loving moment. It is more whimsical than the first piece I listed today. I painted this work with acrylics and pastels. It measures 9x 12, and is created on 140lb watercolor paper.

Original Art

"Birthday" $55.00

If you are ordering from my blog let me know and I will refund shipping costs. Have a great, creative day! xo

A fantastic day with art friends

I spent a great day yesterday with my art friends Jenny Wentworth, Judy Wise and Shellie Garber. It is so great to be able to paint all day with no errands to run, meals to cook, or anything else for that matter. I always feel rejuvenated after our get togethers. So much fun. These are the latest paintings in my art journal. Happy fathers day to all my wonderful friends who are fathers!

Don't fight the flow

During my bout of creativeness I sat down to paint a much more "serious" painting. Well, that just didn't happen and this is what came out instead. I have to remind myself to not fight the flow! lol!

Has it been so long....

since I last posted?!    Time does get away from me!

I was fortunate enough to be invited to an art retreat in Port Townsend a couple of weekends ago. It was so fun to be with wonderful creative women and spend time creating art and laughing. Pure bliss. I'm back at rediscovering old journals and re-working them. I've had this one a long time, and I feel it needs an update. I love working over all my old stuff. They are ever evolving and ever changing. I'm feeling an urge thou, to create in a different medium,,,maybe fabric...we'll see.

Butterflies

When I was a small child I could beckon butterflies to come close and sit on my finger. I'm not sure they will come to me now, but they get really close. I love butterflies!

Broken wing

I tend to work with themes at any given time in my life. Most often my theme centers around bunny slippers. I know,,, something very sweet from my childhood. At this present moment my theme is centered around my recent event of damaging my rotator cuff. My wing. It hurts to paint,,,but I will get through this.

New painting, mixed medium, collage

Created on 140 lb watercolor paper, collage elements, acrylic I really enjoyed working with collage again, it adds interesting elements to my painting.

A new painting re-do

I really love how this piece turned out. I originally painted it, a different face,,, and it sat around for a while. I couldn't quite decide if I liked it or not. I decided to re-do the painting and now I feel it really works.

Here is the original painting. Never be afraid to go back over your old paintings and give them a fresh look. You'll be glad you did. Sometimes it takes letting them sit around for a while and seeing them with new eyes.

"Waiting"

Waiting is a recurrent theme that I have in my life. I always seem to be waiting for something. I'm in tune to just enjoying the moment, but I always have a difficult time waiting. This piece is created on 8 x 10 140lb watercolor paper. Done in acrylic and graphite. Signed on the front.

A new hand made original journal

I recently started a new journal. This one is completely made by hand. I made the covers and also did the binding. The covers are canvas board and I use polyester linen thread for the binding. It measures 8 x 10 and has lots of different size pages in it. More to come,,,,stay tuned... :)

Rainy Day Painting on wood

I am excited about this new piece. It is created on wood with acrylics. I love the way the wood feels. The movement of the paint on the wood, and how the wood captures the paint. It has such a great feel to it. This measures 12 x 16.5 inches. I used artist grade acylics, graphite, and gesso. I was inspired by the weather here in Seattle. We are just starting our rainy season after such a long beautiful summer. This work will be in my etsy shop soon.

Haunt, Illustration Friday

What a great prompt for the week! Here is my idea for "Haunt". Happy Halloween week! xo

Postcards, Party Hat!

You could send these to a friend for their birthday, or if you just want to party!  These postcards were taken from my original artwork.  They measure 4.25 x 5.5 and are professionally printed on glossy cardstock.
I hope you luuuuuve them!

$10.00 + $2.00 shipping

Some new pages (maybe an old one)

I may have posted one of the journal pages,,,, hmmm,,,but the one on the left is new. I am using a number 8 graphite pencil which I really like for the lines. It smears slightly and allows me to manipulate the line a little.  I used artist grade acrylics and Pan pastels.

2 new journal pages

Yikes!

I ate like a girl today

Here are my latest journal pages. In the first photo "Yikes", I was experimenting with Peerless Watercolors. They are watercolors that are made on tablets of paper strips. I simply wet my brush and pick up the amount of color I want for my page, then paint it on. This booklet of watercolors is terrific to travel with. There are no paint tubes or pans of paint.  It looks like a little book with watercolor paint samples in it. I used it for the background in this journal page. The rest of the painting is done with acrylics. I added a touch of scrapbook paper for their mask and ears.

Here is another idea for your art journal. (2nd photo)   When your BF says something cute, journal about it. (and then paint a silly picture of him!)  Oh, and make sure he is wearing bunny slippers!

xo...

Ying and Yang

I have completed another journal page, and now it's ready for my text.  I always paint my images first, then add the text later.  I can do that anywhere, in a coffee shop, outside, at the beach, where ever, because the painting part is done.  I kinda like the flying house birthday cake!  The wings have pink glitter on them,,,,yummy!

Bird Duck

"Bird Duck" Canvas, 8 x 10, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, graphite, Pitt pen.
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