This new series of paintings has been keeping me busy over the last few months as I've been experimenting with painting in, over & with resin. I've worked with resin for the last 8 or 9 years as a top coat for my lockets and wood block prints, but this new series uses many layers… Continue reading Layers of Control
I was feeling a little down the other day realizing it's already June & I have hardly any new work to show for this year. I haven't listed any new paintings for sale (though I have several) & it left me wondering where the time has gone. So far, this has been a year of… Continue reading Experimenting
http://instagram.com/p/WVf9-Tlfux/ It's been awfully rainy 'round these parts lately, perfect weather for cozy-ing up in the studio with a hot mug of coffee, bringing some new friends to life on my canvas. I brought my "real" camera & a tripod down to the studio, so I'm going to try snapping some progress photos along the… Continue reading In The Studio
Since I have a couple of weeks before my next big market, I've been working on a couple of new paintings that I need help naming. First off is this little robot, a companion for Stanley: Another cute kitty portrait is also in the works. This one would look adorable paired with either Theo, the… Continue reading In Progress
I finally managed to steal a few days from my hectic summer market schedule to devote solely to painting & it has been heavenly! Here's a sneak peek at the end result, a new painting that has me quite smitten. This new piece is a bit different than my usual style; I took a life… Continue reading Pushing the Paint Around
I forced myself to set everything else aside & focus on painting for a few days this week & words cannot explain how GOOD that felt. I was planning to just push the paint around & allow myself to breathe without trying to create a salable painting. I played with a couple of canvases, pushing… Continue reading New Work
I finished up my tiny painting for The Pocket Show tonight & it felt incredibly good to dust off my paintbrushes. This summer has been filled with plenty of work, but it's been either the locket-making, market sort or packaging orders/off to the post office kind. This is precisely why I enjoy signing up for… Continue reading The Pocket Show
I'm happy to report that all of my paintings have been hung by the theater with care. And yes, it did feel like Christmas for me to see 21 of my paintings displayed together. I've been looking at them for months now, but never all together like that and mostly unframed. It makes such a… Continue reading The Show Is Open
Finishing up a new painting tonight inspired by the book Where the Wild Things Are. I loved the book as a kid and wasn't at all disappointed with the movie adaptation, unlike some other recent children's books that have become blockbusters. Ahem, Mr. Burton, I'm looking at you. While I thoroughly enjoyed painting those terrible… Continue reading Wild Things
I'm a huge Alice in Wonderland fan & have been plotting a series of Alice paintings for years. There are so many fantastic scenes that would make amazing paintings that my biggest problem has been not knowing where to start. If I'm going to do Alice, I want to do justice to both Lewis Carroll's… Continue reading Alice in Wonderland