and another one.

because that's just how I roll! ok, see y'all next year. I'm going to be super interesting and social and spend the rest of the night in my studio, drinking beer and painting.

a robot goldfish for merfest....

.... that I haven't come up with a name for yet!

Abalone Shell

9"x12"
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I've been wanting to get back into shell portraits for a while now, and this one.... ah.... how could I resist that beautiful iridescence?

Turquoise Streak

5"x7"
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And having lots of fun.

Mischief

5"x7"
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<3 p="">... just doodling....

Sidney Looking to her Left

5"x7"

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Yep, feeling good about things again. Which is good, because I've got an art festival coming up Saturday and Sunday- AAACK!

Naomi with a Gold Mask

5"x7"
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Getting... um... my painting legs back. Or something. Just mucking about with my little muse, having fun, grateful I finally got something I'm willing to share wih you guys :)

WIP

WIP

Pink on Chocolate

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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And another one. Just because icing is fun to paint, honestly.

Sunshine on Bright Icing

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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Cupcake!

That is all.

and.... paint!

*does happy dance*

I got a new ma-ask....

12"x12"

just started this painting. trying to get a feel for my new thingamabob, with my favorite little model.

Blues

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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What a strange time of year this is! I'm glad the days will be getting longer again soon, surely that will help....

just started...

and clearly, I am wandering farther and farther from my comfort zone!

Narcissa

10"x10"
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Something sweet and quiet.

Winter's Child

10"x10"
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Goodness, it feels good to finish something! And isn't she beautiful? And mysterious? Like a modern madonna or something.
My friend Syntheia Finklepott makes Katwise-inspired recycled sweater coats, and this one is mine! Although that is not me. Although it would be kindof cool to have turquoise hair.

detail of a portrait...

that I just started. and am super excited about. it's still in that omgI'minlooooooooove phase, which is fun.

you know you were an architecture student when....

even when you're all grown up and not even doing anything in the realm of architecture, your sketches still start off with trash paper, a marker, and whatever else you have on hand.

something that's not a mermaid!

but still with the WIPs.

let's blame it on it being commission season, I'm going crazy over here. and on the weather, there's plenty of icky to go around....

wait.... or does she go this way?

She's done!

yay, a completed one! what is up with me lately?

let's blame it on the weather....

WIP it, WIP it good....

still with the WIPs.

... and I think this one is done, but I don't know what to call her yet.

Sorry I fell off the face of the earth! I found out about something called MerFest in Cary next month, and so now I'm a vendor, and so now I'm obsessing over all things mermaidish :)

WIP

WIP

Green Glass

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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And just having fun with a small, random painting. Because shiny. And of course because beer.

just doodling....

White Ribbon

5"x7"
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Just something pretty on this pretty Monday. I got so much done today! It was almost all yardwork, except for this painting, but still :)

WIP

16"x20"

She got shuffled to the back sometime in my rush to get ready for Whimsical Women, so I'm bringing her back to the front.... so happy. Loving the blues too, although I have no idea where they came from. I think I'm at least as surprised by my art as anyone!

Patron

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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So pretty....

Just seems like a good day for a painting of tequila, doesn't it?

Beads

5"x7"
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Yep, definitely trying to bring summer back.

It's curious, what caught my eye was the shapes her arms make, and the way her hair is being held down just a little by the string of beads. After I got her up on etsy I realized that a woman with mardi gras beads, especially one adjusting the hem of her shirt, could be interpreted a number of ways....

Sunglasses

5"x7"
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Having fun, trying to bring back summer by painting like it is still here!

WIP

9"x12"
WIP

Just getting started....

Jelly Doughnut on Black

5"x7"
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Just because it is always fun to paint delicious things :)

Eye VII

3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
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This one is Naomi's :)

Eye VI

3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
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In the process of doing a very thorough post-show updating of my etsy shop... exciting, right? Lol. This is actually my eye, you can see how bright eyed and bushy tailed I am....

home safe. you guys are awesome.

and now I'm off to bed. I plan on updating the etsy shop tomorrow if I can coax myself out from under the covers!

silly little lion!

and another owl.

This time with a totally unexpected shout out to Magritte. For reals, I'm as surprised by these pre-art-festival paintings as anyone, but I learn a lot :)

don't know what to call this little guy yet...

... but I'm feeling better about being ready for Whimsical Women on Saturday! Must be the whole fuzzy pajamas thing.

Chicken Bride

Am I going crazy? Starting to wonder.

Either way, having fun while stressing about getting ready for Saturday!

another robot goldfish...

...because I'm incapable of doing a Whimsical Women show without doing a couple robot goldfish. I'll be putting the paintings that come home with me up on etsy Sunday or Monday :)

Chocolate Croissant II

5"x7"
$25
email me at kelliemarianhill@yahoo.com if you're interested :)

And then this is after I succumbed to temptation and ate half of it. You would have laughed at me, trying to tear this beauty in half without smooshing it too much, I really didn't want to damage the wonderfully fluffiness of the interior, that was my whole idea for the painting!

Ok, and the gooey chocolate inside might have played a part. But only as a visual contrast.

Yeah, I don't believe me either.

Chocolate Croissant

5"x7"
$25
email me at kelliemarianhill@yahoo.com if you're interested :)

I got this awesomeness at the farmers' market and just had to paint it! Well, in the interest of honesty, I got three. That way one of them made it home to paint.

Sketch of a Girl, revisited....

9"x12"
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maybe I shouldn't be calling her a sketch anymore, huh? I just couldn't help revisiting her, thought she'd be adorable with a ruff too!

Marchioness Kitty

11"x14"
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Can you tell that Whimsical Women is coming up soon? Had lots of fun with this one, and then it was impossible to photograph! Ugh.
So now I'm off to take the Little One to her swim lesson, and maybe get some sketching done while I'm waiting on all of that :)

Stilled

8"x8"
private collection

Interesting story with this one! I did it a couple years ago, and someone recently contacted me, just to say how much she'd loved it when I shared it. *does happy dance* It's been hanging in my kitchen the whole time, and when I mentioned that she just had to have it, and so now my little dead birdie is off to a wonderful new home :)

And that made me want to do another one, just to see what I'll do now with the same subject. Can't wait!

Pilgrim, updated

9"x12"
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Her hair was bothering me, so I went back in to fix it.... and ended up changing the entire background, and punching up the contrast in her hands, and giving her more of a glow and some more turquoise coloring :) Paintings really aren't ever "done."