Saturday, May 18, 2013

Crown of Stars

this should be going up on day 2 of Old Louisville Springfest.... again, please with me luck :)

and look at my beautiful little muse in this painting! I am so lucky to have her....

Friday, May 17, 2013

Flying Sparks

today is the first day of the Old Louisville Springfest.... and I'm not writing this today, I have no idea how to post to the blog from my phone. wish me luck anyways, the weather is supposed to be beautiful :)

and didn't this one turn out just gorgeous?

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Naomi as Ophelia

headed up to Louisville! well, going to be spending the night in West Virginia.... anywho, love you guys! come and see me at the Old Louisville Springfest tomorrow and Saturday!

Monday, May 13, 2013

WIP

No idea where this one is going, so I should probably cast it aside while I still have time, and worry about it after the show.... I doubt I can though :)

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Saturday, May 11, 2013

WIP

just trying to get ready to head up to Louisville on Thursday!

Thursday, May 9, 2013

just started this one!

trying to get ready for the Old Louisville Springfest, coming up next weekend.... my goodness, time flies by too fast!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Nest

18"x24"

Just having some fun with this one! Nests are a personal symbol or something, I guess- these things that keep popping up in my art without me planning for them :)

Monday, May 6, 2013

commissioned portrait...

and isn't it fun? This one was an interesting challenge, because I was working from a picture of her as a little boy... a friend of mine commissioned this for her wife, who has "transitioned" to being a woman- so thoughtful of her, and I'm glad I could be a part of it :)

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Pollinate

16"x20"
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Bees are awesome.... I really want to get some! I've planted so many flowers I think they'd be happy here.

Constellation

12"x16"
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Cute little owl at night....

Friday, May 3, 2013

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Doodling for Whimsical Women!

sorry I've been gone for a few days.... aren't these cute? they'll be at the Whimsical Women Art Festival in Chapel Hill NC at the Village Green at Souther Village on Saturday (the 4th), from 10 am to 3 pm.... come out and see me!


Saturday, April 27, 2013

WIP

for Whimsical Women in Chapel Hill.... a week from today. Geez, where does the time go? If I'm AWOL a lot over the next few weeks, please forgive me....

Friday, April 26, 2013

Tiny Sushi II

2"x6"
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.... so I did another one, to go with it. Aren't they so cute together?

Tiny Sushi



 2"x6"

Look what I found while getting ready for Whimsical Women! Yay!

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Glazed Monut

5"x7"
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Om nom nom!

And now.... off to bed! We got a lot of gardening type stuff done today, and are all tuckered out.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Swirled Donut

5"x7"
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Monuts strikes again! They had a much cooler name for it though, Zebra something or other.... oh, well. It was delicious :)

Monday, April 22, 2013

Garlic and Shadow

5"x7"
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And a proper daily again! I have missed doing these. And garlic is always so beautiful.

I just hope it warms back up again soon, I've been in a horrible mood ever since this cold front hit :-/

Sunday, April 21, 2013

'nother lovely commission....

because you can never do too many nursing paintings.... <3 p="">

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Swimming Among the Dandelions

12"x16"
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There. A finished one! A goldfish swimming over a beautiful field of dandelions.... above, among.... ah, well, I'm a painter, definitely not a wordsmith!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

WIP

hm.... this pic came out decidedly weird. but I'm having fun doing all these paintings of Naomi, and the backlighting is especially delightful!

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

WIP


all curled up.... I want to add bits of eggshell, like she just hatched, but I haven't figured out how to do that yet....

Monday, April 15, 2013

Rise

9"x12"
sold

I really do love goldfish! This one was a lot of fun to paint.

Today was a great day, too! I planted soooo much in the yard- a bunch of kinds of tomatoes, a couple kinds of peppers, poppies, bee balm, nicotiana, chives, french tarragon, artichokes, sweet marjoram, sweet mace, a couple kinds of sunflowers.... springtime is so wonderful!

Everything is covered in pollen, the whole world smells of wisteria, and I got to paint a goldfish :)

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Swimming Away

5"x7"
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Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming.....

Friday, April 12, 2013

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Golden

9"x12"
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Just delicious :) I have a couple of amazing friends who do fairy hair, and they dress up like fairies... well, steampunk fairies..... anyways, I fell in love with the whole corset and bustle thing!

Monday, April 8, 2013

The Golden Egg

12"x16"
sold

My amazing, beautiful little girl :) I think this is very much in my little "magical realism" genre, don't you? The hoodie is *actually* green, and actually belongs to my baby sister, but Naomi was borrowing it and just looked so adorable. The grey just made sense to me, but so did the golden egg, so obviously my judgement is a little warped....

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Citronge Patron

5"x7"
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Booze! Really, though, it is just a beautiful bottle and caught my eye this afternoon. Had to bring that little painting I "saw" to life!

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Friday, April 5, 2013

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Dandelion V

5"x7"
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Happy little Dandelion! Spring is finally here, I think.... or will be tomorrow :)

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

:)

9"x12"
isn't this a lovely little commission?

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Wild Thing

11"x14"
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Kids are awesome. Especially when there's a motorcycle helmet and some goggles too :)

Monday, April 1, 2013

Transformation

12"x16"
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My lovely, amazing little muse, and a deer skull my mother found in the woods in Pennsylvania and brought back for me. I feel so blessed. And amazed by what all a painting can be! Something silly and playful but a little bit dark can also be about shamans and ancient history and growth all at the same time :)

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Lovers

12"x16"
private collection

A commission I finished recently- I love how it came out! Especially with the slight halo around the figures :)

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Coconut Dream

5"x7"
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Om nom nom nom..... a coconut dream donut from Monuts!

And Naomi and I just transplanted six dozen little seedlings into their little peat pots, and somehow we STILL have more to transplant- I think I may have overdone it! And for reals, Spring needs to get here already. The weekend should be beautiful, but then it's going to get cold again, and I'm so tired of winter.... sniffle sniffle sniffle..... *cue the crickets*

Friday, March 29, 2013

At the Fountain

16"x20"
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Where did this come from? I have no idea! Sometimes a painting comes into your mind and you have to just roll with it.... I do seem to be developing a bit of a *thing* for helmets, though, don't I? Interesting.

Thursday, March 28, 2013

WIP

sorry about missing yesterday, my sweet ones! I got to go and hang out with two wonderful, amazing artists- Jude Harzer and Tim Sheaffer. It was a wonderful day, but no painting happened at all. I take that back- Naomi did some lovely paintings while us grown-ups were talking (ack! am I a grown up? how did that happen?)

so, two works in progress for you, and more to come tomorrow :)