"Patchwork Princess" 11x14 inches, duo oils on wood
I've concluded that there's no way I'm finishing this painting in time for Dia de los Muertos. I've started to block in the feathers, hair, and neck for this 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting, but this is all just underpainting and I still have her face, headress, and dress to block in before I even begin overpainting. I wish I could finish it in the time allotted, but I know that even if I had my schedule entirely clear, which I do not, I'm just too slow of a painter to manage. Fortunately I do have another one that's on the wall that I'll try to share with you in celebration on that day...
It was one of those weeks with a lot of errands and not a lot of painting, so here's a bit of silliness and hopefully this week will be a better week... After an appointment, we stopped for a bit of retail therapy, which of these goodies do you think is destined for Alex?
"Argus" 11x14 inches, acrylics on canvas
I started this painting as a prequel for one with the Greek goddess Hera that will included a peacock companion. I'm still in the sketching stages for that one though... In person, this original painting has some iridescent paints that shimmer in the eyes of the feathers.
This painting is available for adoption, if you're interested please feel free to contact me with an offer. If you're more interested in a print and you'd like to be put on the list to be informed when I'm able to release prints, please let me know.
This is my "Xochitl Study" that I did for the Dia de los Muertos/ Day of the Dead Mujeres Valientes Exhibit at the Ontario Museum of History & Art in 2021. It was a year when I didn't feel I'd be able to finish the full sized painting that I started for them so I submitted this colored pencil drawing on toned paper. I bring it up this year because my schedule was too complicated to even ask them to consider me this year for their show, but I'm hoping to complete this year the painting that this drawing was a study for that I started for them so many years ago...
I'll try to post a wip work in progress image of my Xochitl painting in the not too distant future. Please look forward to it.
This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye scarecrow fantasy girl. The original painting is 11"x14" duo oils on wood. I've worked on her eyes and face a bit since you've seen her last. I still need to do more with her hat, hair, nose, lips, and eye details. This is my first time painting heterochromia eyes...
This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair. The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame. I've only worked on the background at this point, a soft yellow that lets the panel shine through a bit. It's difficult to make out the details at this point, maybe next time I paint on one of these wood panels that Alex's father cut to fit vintage frames for me, I will gesso the panel first instead of just using GAC-100 to seal in the sketch, but I'll see how it goes with this painting...
I have finally completed Lovers Bough, the original little bird has been adopted (thank you), but I have had some interest expressed in prints. If you'd like to be put on the list to be informed when I'm able to release prints, please contact me. I'm debating now on the subject of my next small painting and also planning on moving forward on the larger piece Lovers Bough was a prequel for...
This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye scarecrow fantasy girl. The original painting is 11"x14" duo oils on wood. I've worked on her hair and top since you've seen her last. I haven't done much with her eyes yet, I think they will be next...
I didn't manage to finish this painting for Halloween last year, so I'm hopefully giving myself enough of a head start to do so for this year. This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye scarecrow fantasy girl. The original painting is 11"x14" duo oils on wood. I've done the underpainting; although in my enthusiasm I lifted up some of the shadow from her right cheek. It's a good indication that I need to let things dry when that starts happening... This is a painting with many painting sessions ahead of it before completion, painting in layers is fun and rewarding, but requires patience.
It has been a while since I've posted a wip of any of my personal works. It's been a while since I've worked on them... Facebook shamed me by posting a memory post of this, I hadn't realized how long I'd left it by the wayside. Here is a WIP work in progress image of this original chibi lovebird bird on a sakura cherry blossom branch painting. It is 5"7" on canvas and is being painted in duo oils. Here I've painted the base of the flowers, I still need to paint their cores and put some final details on the little bird.
This weekend I went to Catcon for the second year in a row to see traditional fine artists Jasmine Becket Griffith and Michael Banks of Sugar Fueled's art. They did a new collaboration art piece that's simply gorgeous and a pin that I love as well.
Jasmine was an absolute doll and signed so many things for my mother and I, she was amazing and so incredibly sweet. I loved her cat apron, I think I may have one very much like it; good thing I went with tokidoki for the day!
Artist David Van Gough didn't have art there but arrived with Jasmine and Lani. I didn't catch Michael Bank's wife's name, but she was so incredibly sweet as well. I didn't explore much of CatCon but there was cuteness everywhere! One of my favorites was the giant kawaii white kitty.
All in all an excellent adventure! I hope you will enjoy some of my photos from the event.
I had a blue betta fish, I'm not sure if he was ever a father, but he certainly wanted to be. He built his little bubble nest on a regular basis... Happy father's day from Phinneas and I. I hope you have a day filled with love and beauty.
It was a beautiful day at Huntington Gardens yesterday. My mother wanted to see the roses and they were gorgeous. The bees were buzzing, the hummingbirds humming, and the gardens were glorious. In this photograph that I took, the bee looked like it was cuddling the yellow rose...
Octina and her flapjack octopus friend and I are celebrating mother's day today! We hope you have a wonderful one. I remember reading somewhere that "mother" is a special word for "love" and it really stuck with me. I cherish the wonder that is the good fortune I have in my beautiful mother and the amazing moms all around...
I hope you have a wonderful Easter day! My little bunny ball of fluff that I painted wanted to wish you a hoppy Easter from amidst the calla lilies blooming as well...
Happy Valentine's Day! Hugs from me and betta fish kisses from Lovfina's friend. I hope you have a wonderful day.
Happy Thanksgiving! It occurs to me that I don't have a lot of fall art, but I did take this photo at Descanso Gardens of a very grate...
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