"Unremembered Title" painting 16x20 inches, acrylics on panel, framed
Friday, November 1, 2024
Feliz Dia de los Muertos / Happy Day of the Dead ! Original Big Eye Sugar Skull Monarch Butterfly Fantasy Calavera Maiden Painting...
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Happy Halloween! Original Big Eye Scarecrow Fantasy Painting...
"Patchwork Princess" 11x14 inches, duo oils on wood
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Fantasy Painting...
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...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
A Bit of Silliness... Which of These do You Think is for Alex?
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?
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Completed! Original Peacock Bird Painting...
"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.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Fantasy Painting...
Feathers, feathers, and more feathers... I'm starting to block in the feathers for this 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting. The lineart is difficult to see in the photograph, but I can assure you, there are more feathers, many more feathers...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
"Xochitl Study" for the Dia de los Muertos/ Day of the Dead Mujeres Valientes Show
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.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Scarecrow Fantasy Painting...
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...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Rococo Maiden with Lovebirds Fantasy Painting...
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...
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Completed! Original Chibi Lovebird Bird on Sakura Cherry Blossom Branch Painting...
"Lovers Bough" 5x7 inches, duo oils on canvas (SOLD)
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...