WIP Work in Progress! Portion of Original Big Eye Rococo Maiden with Lovebirds Fantasy Painting...

 

This is a WIP work in progress image of two of my birds from my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair.  They have been roughly blocked in.  Next I will refine them a bit; however Alex likes the unrefined feel of the birds and cautions me to keep them loose, so they won't be getting extremely tight.  

Some may remember the little bird at the top as one I have painted before in small format.  It's now a much brighter colored bird!  Initially all of the birds were going to be blue, but my painting became brighter in hue and I was loosely inspired by my friend's green bird and those two things changed everything...  

The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame that measures approximately 12"x20" and will be approximately 14"x22" when framed. 

WIP Work in Progress! Portion of Original Big Eye Rococo Maiden with Lovebirds Fantasy Painting...

 

Happy snuggles!  This is a WIP work in progress image of part 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 that measures approximately 12"x20" and will be approximately 14"x22" when framed.  I've loosely blocked in the bird couple; I have not yet decided if I will refine this couple a bit first or move on to blocking in another bird next and come back for refinements after I've blocked in all of the birds...

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.  The panel measures approximately 12"x20" and will be approximately 14"x22" when framed.  I've blocked in her glorious pink hair and am looking forward to starting work on the little birds...

On Projects and Thankfulness and Hope...

 

Thanksgiving is a tricky holiday for me, I like the concept of it, the origins less so...  As I do very much believe in being thankful, I knew I wanted to say something today, but I just wasn't sure what.  I think right now, I'm focusing on being thankful for the small stuff.  In light of that here are some very tiny frames.  I'm planning on doing a smol Studio Ghibli inspired series, I intend to use these frames, but if they end up being smaller than I can paint, I'll hunt around for some more.  But thankfulness, back to thankfulness.  I am thankful to have art in my life.  I am also thankful for the people in my life that make art possible for me.  

I hope that this Thanksgiving there is something or someone, no matter how smol, that gives you cause for thanks.  I hope for something that sustains.  May this day and the ones that follow be filled with love and beauty.

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Fantasy Painting Underpainting...

 

Here is where I am on my 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting.  I've loosely underpainted the entire painting and need to begin finessing additional layers.  So very many feathers and so much more to come... 

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'll try to remember to measure it before the next time I post her.  I've been working on blocking in her face, features, and hair.  The hair is partly underpainted and partly blocked in, the silhouettes of where the little birds will be is visible...

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Fantasy Painting...

 

Still plugging away at this 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting.  I'm just blocking in some basics, much more remains to go for just the underpainting itself, but I hold that some progress is better than no progress at all...  

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 started on underpainting her face and neck.  Sometimes I am enamored of this soft focus stage, but I enjoy taking things to another level, so the painting continues...

Feliz Dia de los Muertos / Happy Day of the Dead ! Original Big Eye Sugar Skull Monarch Butterfly Fantasy Calavera Maiden Painting...

 "Unremembered Title" painting 16x20 inches, acrylics on panel, framed 

This one has a title, but I can't remember it right now and I don't want to take it off of the wall at the moment to check...  I painted her for the Ontario Museum of Art exhibit JOURNEY OF THE BUTTERFLIES a while back.  I missed sharing this somehow, but now I can share her here for the first time today!  We hope you have a wonderous Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead.

Happy Halloween! Original Big Eye Scarecrow Fantasy Painting...

 "Patchwork Princess" 11x14 inches, duo oils on wood

Patchwork Princess, a big eye scarecrow fantasy girl, and I wish you a happy Halloween!  The original painting is 11"x14" duo oils on wood.  I'm loving her heterochromia eyes...

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.  

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...  

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?

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.  

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...

"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.

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...

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...

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...

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 hair and top since you've seen her last.  I haven't done much with her eyes yet, I think they will be next...

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Scarecrow Fantasy Painting...

 

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.

WIP Work in Progress! Original Chibi Lovebird Bird on Sakura Cherry Blossom Branch Painting...

 

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.

CatCon! CatCon! Catcon! Traditional Fine Artists Jasmine Becket Griffith & Michael Banks Sugar Fueled Collaboration

 

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.

Happy Father's Day! Original Fancy Blue Betta Fish Painting...

 

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.

Cuddle Time! Huntington Gardens Photograph of a Bee with a Yellow Rose...

 

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...

Happy Mother's Day! Original Big Eye Gothic Fairy Mermaid with Flapjack Octopus Friend Painting...

 

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...

Happy Easter! Original Bunny Rabbit Painting Amidst the Calla Lilies...

 

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! Original Big Eye Gothic Goddess & Betta Fish Painting!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!  Hugs from me and betta fish kisses from Lovfina's friend.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Lunar New Year! Blue Nesting Dragon...

 

I hope that you have a wonderful Lunar New Year!