I've been Published!

I am so very excited to share the news that Somerset Studio has chosen to feature my halloween paintings in their Somerset Studio Gallery Winter 2014 issue!! It is the coolest thing seeing my pieces in such a fabulous magazine. (I'm on pages 140-143) I hope you get the chance to check it out!

Here is a link to buy a copy.

 Yay!!

New Giclee's in the Shop!

I have some exciting news! You can now get my paintings on canvas - signed and ready to hang in your home or give as a fabulous holiday gift. I have recently found an amazing place that will print my paintings onto canvas in archival ink and UV coating and stretch them onto high quality 1.5" stretcher bars. They are color matched to the originals and look amazing!

To take it one step further, I have added the little bits and sparkles that make it that much more like the original. All edges are painted or decorated to give it the look of the original as well. That means they are ready to hang, no need to bother with a frame or mat.

So head over to my shop to pick your favorite!

CUPCAKE

Fine Art Giclee on Canvas

10" x 8" x 1.5" 

Bébé

Fine Art Giclee on Canvas

10" x 10" x 1.5"

HER WISDOM GIVES HER WINGS

Fine Art Giclee on Canvas

11.25" x 12" x 1.5"

HILDEGARDE

Fine Art Giclee on Canvas

11" x 14" x 1.5"

HIS GIFT IS CHARMING

Fine Art Giclee on Canvas

12" x 11.25" x 1.5"

THE SWING

Fine Art Giclee on Canvas

10" x 8" x 1.5"

BAIGNOIRE

Fine Art Giclee on Canvas

10" x 10" x 1.5"

LAVER

Fine Art Giclee on Canvas

10" x 10" x 1.5"

Cheers to new experiences!

Wow! What a whirl wind of a market day! I had such a great time at Junk in the Trunk last weekend. It was an amazing experience. I am so glad I chose this opportunity to be my first. I had heard from many how great it would be, but as things go... you have to experience them first hand to really get it.

I had a small booth space (which I did my best to appear large) next to my good friend Katie Blueford from Blue Green Arts. I also had the help of my wonderful friends Joy and Alex as well as my lovely sister Holly and her boyfriend George. Without their help, it would not have gone so smoothly. (And I think I would still be there packing stuff up.)

Thank you to all who came out in support of me and my art and shopped that day!! I also met so many amazing people who I am hoping to hear from and see again in the future. If you picked up my card at the show and are checking my blog... Welcome!! I'd love for you to come along on my artful journey and follow my blog. And if you bought something from me and have it placed in your home, I would be giddy if you would shoot me an email with a picture!

Here are some pics from the show of my booth. Enjoy!!

In the next couple of days I will be updating my etsy shop with the items that didn't sell. So if there was something you wished you had purchased from me check there.

Oh... and if you loved it at Junk in the Trunk or are sad you missed it, the next show will be May 3, 2014. I hope to be there!

Making Changes & Market Booth Information!!

I have been very absent in the blogging world as of late and I apologize. Life is full these days and I am adjusting to quite a few changes. My youngest has started Kindergarten. And although I have more time because of it, I have filled it before getting the chance to get bored. All this is good though. I am refocusing my time and efforts to an upcoming booth that I will have at Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market this November 9th. I am so excited to have been chosen to take part in this fun day of shopping at Westworld. I have been busy creating, altering and junking to fill up my booth with fun goodies. I have tons to blog about as this experience has opened up a world of ideas and creative stories, but little time to dedicate to blogging. So hopefully as I become more prepared, I can share some of it with you. But for now I am just going to share the information with you all of times, date and location so you can hopefully come visit me at my booth and maybe even go home with something I created.

I look forward to getting back into blogging with you again!

Halloween Paintings Are Done And In The Shop!!

Woo-hoo!! I am so excited to show you my Halloween paintings! They are all done and prints of them are available in my etsy shop if you are interested in jazzing up your home with some of these fun pieces this Halloween. They would also make a great gift! I hope you love them as much as I do.

"Lenore" 

 "Tabitha & Vesta"

 "Viktor"

"Zora"

Plugging along...

Here is my progress on the paintings. I am super excited to finish them up and get them (or at least prints of them) up in my etsy shop ASAP! I always have such a tough time letting go of the originals. I love making Halloween art. It is so much fun.

In these first two photos I worked on scraping on paint for the background with an old hotel room card.

After a layer of black and a crackle medium to finish off the background, I started working on the skin tones.

Next came the hair.

Then the facial features... fangs and all (on two of them.)

Then on to the clothes, hats and animals. I am still working the animals and the additional background stuff. 

It is fun to see the progression of the pieces. I hope you enjoyed it too!

I'm back!

Sorry for the long absence. I have been trying my best to not do that with my blog, but the end of summer/beginning of the school year had finally taken away all my time. Don't get me wrong... it was all for super fun vacations, exciting new school year stuff and birthday celebrations. My youngest just turned 4! Time has certainly gotten away from me.

BUT... now that I have fulfilled all my duties as a Party Thrower, Vacationer, Graphic Designer, and Volunteerer of many things, I have started 4 new paintings!! I am so jazzed about them. They have been sketches in my book for a while now and I am finally putting paint to canvas and IT FEELS SOOOOO GOOD!!

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays because it is such a fun time of year. It is fun to decorate for, create crafts and art for, and really enjoy the weather change after a long hot summer. It also happens to be my daughter's birthday. So I get a little giddy about it all.

Here are some photos of the beginning stages of my paintings.

 In the above photo I covered the canvas with black gesso and collaged old music paper. 

 I then sketched a general design for each one over the gesso so that I could plan out my next move.

After drawing them on, I used molding paste to build up areas of the pieces where I would like some definition. Since they are Halloween pieces I wanted to have their hats to have a little emphasis as well as a few other spots. 

I'll try to be good along the way to keep taking photos so you can see the process. I took a break this time because the molding paste will take about a day to dry because we are having an unusually rainy day. So, I hope to show you more in the next couple days so check back!