Shades of Tan

5"x7"
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Pink Monkey

5"x7"
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Button on Puppy

5"x7"
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Teddy

5"x7"
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Artist Appreciation Month and Brian Stroud

 Once upon a time when I was a kidlet, someone gave me a Brian Stroud book. It totally blew my mind, and I found a few more when I became a bigger kidlet capable of tracking down my own books.

 Because magical creatures and more magical creatures, ALWAYS. I'm thinking his amazing kelpie drawing, which was in that first book of his that I got, may have bubbled up and helped me with my water horses..... that, and reading Maggie Stiefvater's Scorpio Races.

 And I might not have realized it but for Patience Brewster having her annual ornaments bonanza or whatever it is going on over there :)

Artist Appreciation Month and Degas

 Soooooooooo.... apparently August is Artist Appreciation Month. So I'm going to squish a few relevant-to-that-idea posts in here at the very end of August :)

Degas is, of course, totally awesome. Ballerinas come to mind first....

..... and then stuff like this. Which is also awesome, his modeling always blows my mind.

And then I stumbled across this fellow and liked him very much, Yes, Dagas.... googleimages is not to be trusted, apparently it can't tell the difference between Degas, Renoir, and Toulouse-Lautrec, but this seems legit. And totally inspired (cue drum roll)....

A cat. Of course, a cat.

And then this weird self portrait, which I also thoroughly enjoyed.

The wonderful ladies over at Patience Brewster told me about the whole Artist Appreciation Month thing- and that is some magical stuff, especially the ornaments!

The Unexpected

5"x7"
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Something.... a little different.

Close Up

5"x7"
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The first time I've tried to paint that cloudy next-to-the-yolk opaque thing that happens sometimes! I thought it was called the albumen, but google says that's just a term for the white in general, so I was at a loss for a title. Cool texture though.

Slide

5"x7"
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Another egg! I really love the way the background is showing through here, it gives the painting so much depth and reminds you that it is a painting without taking anything away from the subject.

Reflections

5"x7"
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Stripes

5"x7"
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They get the most beautiful patterns.

Purple and Green

5"x7"
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More eggplantness!

Late Summer Aubergine

5"x7"
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I got a request for eggplant paintings, and realized that I really miss them too! Such gorgeous, gorgeous vegetables. Or fruits. Or whatever they are. They're pretty, that's what I'm going with.

Lit From Above

11"x14"

And back to painting my wonderful child.

Dripping in the Dark Water

12"x12"
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I am so in love with the skin pattern here! And the crazy colors. And the cluster of mussels caught in the horses mane. I think we might be on to something here.

Fisheater

9"x12"

Hm? Oh, nothing to see here. I'm just painting magical water horses. Perhaps slightly spooky magical water horses.

Self Portrait

8"x10"

I don't even know. As in, I have no explanation but I totally love what came out of it. Hi, this is me in freaky facepaint.

Van Gogh's Cat

5"x7"
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Rembrandt's Cat

5"x7"
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I know, I know, I am incredibly silly. I just have to roll with it sometimes.

Antlers

12"x12"

Look- my Mama got me a deer skull with antlers on it! I am so very in love with it.

Gentleman Modigliadeer

5"x7"
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I don't know how you all feel about Modigliani, but I've always been intrigued by his paintings..... doing little sketches based on them feels awesome. Especially when I've got so many nice long-necked critters around as inspiration.

Listening in Blue

5"x7"
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A lovely little Modigliadeer!

Degas' Cat

5"x7"
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uh-oh, looks like I'm going on another run of silly-animals-in-historic-paintings! so.... if Degas had a Siamese cat that liked to wear a top hat....

WIP

My mama got me a deer skull with antlers! Best thing EVER!

Breaker

5"x7"

Old Growth

16"x20"

Love love love this painting. My baby cradled in this crazy formation in an ancient oak tree in the back yard.

Lemon Juice

5"x7"
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Moving along beautifully on some bigger paintings.... still having a lovely time with the little dailies. Which is a good thing, otherwise you'd hardly ever hear from me!

Cloud Plume

5"x7"

Somewhere peaceful. The crazier things seem, the more I create quiet places in my paintings.

Flow

5"x7"

So very very blue. I don't know what came over my brushes with this one.... I think we were overwhelmed to have an egg from an easter egger chicken, instead of a brown egg!

The Swimming of My Thoughts

12"x16"

My beautiful cousin Anna, surrounded by a shimmery swirl of goldfish.

Flight

5"x7"
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This is an odd little experiment.... of course the origami crane is a familiar Thing, but the little cartoon clouds.... I'm trying to decide how I feel about them, but I'm thinking they're adorable.