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I finished painting those Christmas balls!

I finally finished painting those balls I began earlier. Five are going as Christmas gifts to friends and family. I am keeping one for myself and I’m also doing a trade with the uber talented Shayla Maddox for one of her hand painted balls.

And I’m aware that the sound is not the greatest in this [...]

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Handpainted boxes and getting messy

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Something happened over the last month and my handpainted boxes began selling on Etsy. This makes me smile as I love painting little boxes to hold your precious items in.

I’m setting up a painting station in the living room directly between the sunroom to the right and studio on the left just beside the [...]

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Front yard flower – Lily

You know how you move into a new home and you’ve got no clue what was planted or not planted, will grow or not grow, is a weed or not a weed; with the latter being the most important question.
So, I just let it all grow this summer to see what popped up.
Well, this lovely [...]

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Spring Magnolias – Series of 5 New Ink Drawings

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Each miniature original was drawn with india ink, pilot pens and opaque white ink on various acid free card stock and are available in the Original Art/Aceo Section of the shop.
Keep an eye out for much larger 10 to 19 inch prints in the shop. They ARE coming soon! Because my miniatures are very [...]

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Pussy Willows – 7 New Drawings

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I love Spring. Life in general seems easier. No more snow to shovel. It’s finally melting by the way. Trees begin to blossom and flourish giving birth to new ideas, adventures and it all just makes me happy.

Each original Pussy Willow drawing was created with india ink, sepia hued ink and opaque white ink on [...]

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How I Created Evolution – A Five Step Process

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It’s not often that I’ll share my process with you on how I create an illustration from beginning to end for a few reasons. Namely, it’s uber difficult when hit with inspiration to stop what you are working on and scan that in or take photos of it in equally timed steps. Two, it’s apparent [...]

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The clouds broke open lighting the trees on fire

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While the sun was setting over the city, it’s beams shone through the cloud cover lighting the backyard tress on fire. With camera in hand taking pictures of the many glistening trees facing West I was mesmerized by the red’s, oranges and yellows on this grey winter’s day. It turned the sky an awesome deep [...]

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Today is my Birthday

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Is 35 middle age?
Many of the women in my family live well into their nineties. I will not be middle aged until I turn 45. How grand is that; I have another 10 years before the infamous mid-life crisis!

Until then, I will continue living, creating and enjoying life all the while smiling wearing these sunglasses [...]

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Amelia (Avocado Edition)

Meet Sunshine’s earthy sister!

Both Sunshine and Avocado made the front page of Etsy. Thank you
I created the Amelia series from an original gouache and india ink painting on red paper. I removed the background digitally and coloured her using Adobe Photoshop.
There is one other sister and her name is Blueberry.

The original painting is [...]

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Whimsical Windmill

Medium – Micron pen and India ink on Arches cold press watercolor paper.
Available as a 8.5×11 inch / 21,5cm by 27,8cm print in my shop.

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Sassy Sea Urchin – Illustration

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I drew this drawing using a Micron 005 nib pen and later digitally colored it in Adobe Photoshop.
The Sassy Sea Urchin is listed in the shop. You can see the Sassy’s brother and the original ink drawings here.

Beachy Beachy Beach!

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Violet the Vulva

She is a petite 2.5 by 3.5 inches.
She’s a popular *ACEO and
she’ll fit right into your pocket
to to carry with you
wherever you go.
She’s discreet.
She’s pretty
and pink.
She is
Violet the Vulva.
I created her using lightfast Prismacolor Verithin Colored Pencils and one Archival Micron Pen on acid free heavyweight paper.
Yes, you can have her to.
*ACEO – Art Cards, [...]

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Spring

Size – 8″ by 8″
Medium – India ink and Windsor and Newton Watercolor on Arches Cold press watercolor paper.
Artist Statement – Ever wonder what a tree would look like without leaves or blossoms growing on one side? The new baby foliage on this tree faces the other way, giving good reason to believe the grass [...]

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Triplets Floral – miniature painting

Size – The Standard *ACEO size of 3.5 by 2.5 inches. It is probably appearing larger on your monitor. Get out your ruler!
Materials – Black, Red and Green Micron (005) pen, Windsor & Newton Watercolor
I drew this on Hand pressed, handmade paper stock that I purchased many many years ago in New York City while [...]

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