still sketching....

and still my little Squishy. once upon a time.

sketch of my Squishy.....

back when she was little, and not an all-grown-up four year old <3 p="">

Moon Child

16"x20"
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Just... magic. My little muse :)

Sacred Lotus

16"x20"
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I was feeling very out of sorts today.... so this seemed like the perfect painting to work on. So peaceful.

The Swimmer

5"x7"
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And a little daily painting. Does the blue halo work on skin? I'm still trying to make up my mind!

what do we do? we sketch, sketch, sketch.

just keep sketching, just keep sketching....

getting started on something odd....

Dark Water

5"x7"
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And another beautiful mermaid. Trying to get us to summer, here!

Blue and Gold

5"x7"
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Mermaid! The beautiful and amazing Kailani the Mermaid, even- she swam with my daughter at NC Merfest, and was so wonderful with her that Naomi still enthuses about it :)

Discovery

6"x8"
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Feeling good today! Last weekend-and-then-some was taken up with camping out at Mama's house because we had no electricity, and then chopping up trees and stuff- especially since on tree fell on the front of the house. No painting going on!

And then this weekend we finally got around to replacing the floor in the studio. Seriously, I'd been balancing on the joists when walking around in here to keep from falling through the floor, which isn't fun, so it needed to happen.... but cleaning out the studio, tearing up the floor, putting a new one down, and moving everything back in meant another couple days of no painting at all. So it felt very good to get back into it today. Love to you all.

The Bridge at Night

5"x7"
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Near the farmers' market in Durham there's a bridge, and the streetlamps glow like magic around it at night.

sketch of Naomi

I definitely want to keep going with these brown-paper doodles :)

my Naomi.

but it is cold outside today, and that is making me sad. Naomi doesn't mind though :)

still sketching....

and I think my Painting Brain is coming back!

sketching.

Sorry I disappeared!

Thursday night it started raining. And then raining and icing and all this happening below freezing so all the twigs and pine needles and everything on all the trees got covered and very very heavy. So Friday morning I woke up to a tree falling on the house.

No damage done, no worries there, but we lost four trees in the yard, and the tops fell out of five others! Oh, and of course there was no power. Because there were three other trees- one of them HUGE- that had taken down power lines just on our street alone! And one of the power poles had just broken clean off about halfway up- I still have no idea how THAT happened.

So the Baby and I went and stayed with Mama for a few nights till the power came back on, and I came back here during the day to try to get the yard cleaned up. We're down to one small brush pile and some stray logs, which is wonderful! Also happy that the garden will be getting a lot more sun this year.

BUT..... and this is a huge but.... I forgot how to paint. Lol, there's a reason I paint every day, if I don't use it I really do lose it! So this is me sketching and trying to get my Painting Brain back. More to come.

Lights Under the Trees

5"x7"
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Still trying to make those peaceful summer nights come back. So far it isn't working :(

The Road Home

5"x7"
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Working on my color vocabulary for nightscapes.... and trying to force summer to come back to us :)

Glowbird V

5"x7"
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All fluffed up and glowing against the cold night!

Glowbird IV

5"x7"
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They're way better at coming up with poses than I am!

Glowbird III

5"x7"
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Coming back around to this wonderful little idea, experimenting with it since it's not like I have something "real" to go on :)

The Anatomy Lesson

8"x16"
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So many textures! And the clear plastic shell.... don't know WHAT I was thinking, but I love how it came out.

WIP

and a beautiful blue-eyed fawn in progress. so in love with this one that I *really* don't think that sharing will kill the love :)

the ugly duckling phase...

unfortunately, all paintings seem to go through them. it's quite alarming, really.

WIP

hah! usually sharing a WIP kills the idea, so I really try not to share them too much, but this creepiness seems to be proceeding well enough :)

just an idea, at this point....

but I've been wanting to paint this thing ever since Naomi got it, and playing with the flash-lighting idea seemed like it'd be a good time to break out "Squishy"

Strawberry on Top

3 1/2"x5 1/2"
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*nom*

Red Velvet

3 1/2"x5 1/2"
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Doesn't this just look absolutely delicious?

Lemon and Vanilla

3 1/2"x5 1/2"
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If you're wondering where the whole halo Thing is coming from..... I have no idea either, I'm just rolling with it! Same with the blue light-distortion around the cupcake itself.

Although at least the latter is actually visible....

Pink Icing

3 1/2"x 5 1/2"
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Having some fun painting cuppycakes....

Shades of White

12"x16"
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I wanted to share these two together, since they're a similar theme and I painted them side by side.... funny how that sort of thing works out sometimes!

Blue Halo

12"x16"
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My Naomi, my little muse.... in something that might be a bit creepy :)

Downcast

9"x12"
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Sometimes the hardest part of a painting is deciding what on earth to call it! Goodness.... I just fell in love with the light :)

Beaver Skull

5"x7"
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Just painting something familiar. It's been incredibly strange around here lately, so I guess I'm painting a skull to stead myself :)

Early Iris

5"x7"
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Hoping that springtime and warmer weather will be here soon. Also thinking I should plant some irises of my own this year!

Fawn at Dusk

16"x20"
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A little fawn, caught on the trailcam just as night has finished falling- the light of the flash reflecting on bright eyes, horns all soft and velvety. Something magical.

Gold

5"x7"
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I will be out at Steel String Brewery with my paintings tonight if you want to come and have a beer with me! Yay!

Little Clown

5"x7"
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Still experimenting with my little dailies :)
And very much trapped in the house. Geez, I wish my truck wasn't stuck in the ditch.... and that it was springtime. Springtime would be AWESOME.

Bright

5"x7"
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Something pretty, to take my mind off the psycho Snowpocalypse thing. My truck is in a ditch and will most likely stay there till Monday when we can get a tow truck on site, and I won't be able to do the Carrboro Art Walk at Steel String Brewery on Friday like I wanted to....
But I am home, and warm, and we still have electricity, and that's a lot to be grateful for. Love y'all/

Eggplant and Halo

5"x7"
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Having some fun with this idea. Also really, really missing summertime.

Dandelion and Halo

5"x7"
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So this is.... different. And very interesting. And a lesson in why I love the whole daily painting Thing- it encourages experimentation!

Revelation

30"x40"
private collection

I love this painting so much! My little muse, and so much mystery....

Portrait of Albie Mahone

36"x36"

Check this gentleman out! I dropped him off at Steel String Brewery in Carrboro today when I picked up Revelation to get her to her new home....
If you're interested in this painting you can email me at kelliemarianhill@yahoo.com . He is $400, but I am NOT planning on shipping something this size (USPS shipping becomes extremely expensive past 24") so we'll need to be able to meet up to get him to you :)

Pier

5"x7"
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Just a bit of escapism, tonight :)

Glowbird II

5"x7"
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Last night I dreamed about little phosphorescent birds, and definitely wanted to explore that idea!

Glowbird I

5"x7"
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all set up at Steel String Brewery!

and I will be there for Carrboro's second Friday this month- on Valentine's day! Having nummy beer with great people, lots of fun :)

Cascade

9"x12"
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Doom in the Deep

9"x12"
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Yep, I went there. Tolkien for the win, especially when naming robot goldfish paintings :)

Portals

9"x12"
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