Peek a Boo

5"x7"
sold

Back to avocados. I needed something tangible today.

Faun

9"x12"

Just working through the beginnings of an idea.

The Looking

9"x12"

Back to sketching, and experimenting with different things. Graphite and acrylic together, all that good stuff.

The Pink Shawl

9"x12"
sold

I'm in a quandry. I know I underprice my paintings horribly, and I want to slide it up just a smidge, enough to make a difference for me but not so much as to price anyone out of owning originals, because that's really important to me.... it's just hard. Gr. One of those things where I just want to hide out and paint and let someone else deal with all the practical stuff.

I'll just hang out in my studio and lovely sheep-women will come and pose for me and all will be well.

Plumed Lady

9"x12"
sold

Back to usual in the studio, for the moment.

Masked

9"x12"

One of my creatures wearing a human mask.

Edge

5"x7"

sold

This one is a more conservative approach. Light is so important.

Shadows

5"x7"

This painting is.... very unlike me. I was trying to push into a new idea, but may have stumbled too far. I dunno.

Peach Fuzz

5"x7"

I miss summertime.

Skull

5"x7"

A little daily I'm tremendously proud of. It's nice when something feels so rounded ans tangible. A cat skull, by the way....

Rounded Things

5"x7"

Yes, you've seen this one before. Twice, actually. And I'm so glad it didn't sell before because oh my gosh look at it now! The super shadowy background and the lost edges and the worn wood right there in the foreground, and now that everything is darker look how the rainbow pops!

Full Moon

9"x12"

Nothing was coming out right all day, so I made something in my sketchbook that came out pretty well. The moon was just so beautiful and you can never paint too many owls.

Flip Top

5"x7"

I got this bottle on impulse, I suppose to do some slightly-fermented wine. But I'm making ginger ale for the Kidlet in it right now!

Sunlight

8"x8"

Just because I wanted to painting a little portrait. Beautiful.

Orange and Blue II

5"x7"

I enjoyed that last little orange so much that I tried those colors again!

Blue and Green

8"x8"
sold

Having fun painting yummy things. Keeping it simple, although I am wondering what it would be like to do a painting like this on patterned fabrc, and letting that show through in the background.

Sweets for the Sweet

8"x8"

Apparently my subconscious ordered something up for Valentine's Day.

Red and Blue

5"x7"

Tinkering with an old one, opaque and transparent and little bits of bright color.

Bay

5"x7"


Just having fun, sketching. Trying to make the sunlit areas really stand out.

Blue Swirl

5"x7"

Back to dailies! Shiny things, the inside of an oyster shell..... I think I might ought to a do a huge one like this, to really get into the textures.

Angler

11"x14"

And touched up a gildfish, just for good measure!

Go Forth Together

11"x14"

I reworked my scuba chickens and they look so cool!

Frida

8"x10"

This one.... inspired by a child I know, and by my usual child-deer mashups, yes. And obviously by Frida Kahlo.

The Red Queen

9"x12"
sold

Back to my peculiar and very fancy animals. I was planning on a very fancy dress, but my model had different plans. It is a spectacular ruff though.

Blue and Green

8" diameter

Something completely different, loose and brushy and cool. I'm so looking forward to summer.

Split Peach

5"x7"

I think I might be having rather too much fun with this orange-and-blue thing.

Halved

5"x7"

Pretty soft edges, bright juicy interior.

Orange and Blue

5"x7"
sold

I think I'm in love with these colors.

Morning Mango

5"x7"

All the pretty colors.

Avocado Round

8" diameter
sold

It's been a while since I painted an avocado..... such wonderful textures!

Owlet

5"x7"
sold
Owlet is available through the Changeling Artist Collective's Operation Gaia auction, which will benefit the Audubon Society. All the wonderful artwork in the auction is starting at just $5!

WIP

Narcissa

5"x7"

Drawing with a brush again.

Spring

5"x7"

It's that time of year!

Searching

11"x14"

Something moody and delicate and wholly in keeping with the time of year.... I love how she came out.

WIP

Pink

5"x7"

And now it's open, pretty and springtimey.

Bud

5"x7"

I was really focusing on creating the glow of light coming through the flower, trying to pare everything down to just tones and essentials...

Messy Bun

8"x8"

Sketching, thinking through some colors.

Raspberry Swirl

5"x7"

Something sweet! Bread is such a challenge to paint, augh....

Corked Bottle

5"x7"
sold

Just a close up of something pretty. Interesting texture on the cork, smooth shine on the pottery.

Apple and Reflection

8"x8"

Ah, I haven't done a painting like this in years and I have no idea why- I love doing them! I believe I'll be building another box tomorrow just for posing things in.

Curls

5"x7"
sold

More experimentation. The colors are getting more adventurous.

Red

5"x7"

Just experimenting...

Peeled

5"x7"

Bright winter light and a beautiful piece of fruit.

Teatime

5"x7"

Warm and comforting things.

Ridges

5"x7"

I tried to create something very dry and light, like really get the feeling of the shell. I don't know if I'm explaining it properly, I'm not a word person..... but I captured a little bit of it. Glowing by still chalky outside-of-shell.

Halo

5"x7" 

More sketching. Look at the color in her ear!

Looking

5"x7"

This is why I do daily paintings. Experimenting with colors and atmosphere and learning so much along the way.

Wings

Just sketching....