Finished Art....finally!

Happy Saturday! Today I completed a couple of new artworks...yay! I had been working on them for a couple of weeks and finally finished them all. I am in an art show November 14th in Westlake, Ohio and have been preparing for the big day! Today I also ordered a bunch of Christmas cards that I made using my artwork and also ordered some prints! I hope everything turns out! I have never made prints of my art before but have always wanted to...we shall see how they turn out I guess:) The following artwork is not in my etsy store quite yet but hopefully will be soon!


Sweet Pink Bird



Little Brown Bird


Fall Tree



Blue Bird on Purple Branch


Blue Bird on Pink Leaf



Light Pink Bird

Have a lovely Saturday!

New Direction....

I am a girl with many different interests and loves. Recently I have felt like changing my artwork a little. I have always loved painting from observation and from photographs but have not done so lately because I was interested in creating a more stylized and abstract line of art. I am constantly trying to figure out what my "style" is. In college I always did paintings with very high key colors that combined my love with fashion and color. As I have gotten older I have been attracted to more neutral and simpler colors. I have been obsessed with white and blue for awhile now and lately I am really into french gray (and no, not because it has the word french in it...but that does help!)

So here are some of my new artworks that are not finished but still reflect a change in style. I would really like to know if you like these or my colorful collage artworks better. They are so different (except for the birds!)but I honestly like both of them.

Chickadee


Chickadee with coffee cup...which one do you like better?


Olive Warbler...obviously not finished but I like the contrast:)


Well I am off to continue working in my studio! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday! Here is a little Billie Holiday "Summertime" for you. I just love her:)

Monday Musings

(beautiful vase in my studio that inspires me...vase was a gift from my art penpal!)


I just love summer vacation...I can sleep in and leisurely sit around and drink my coffee while I blog away! I am almost done with my summer classes so I have been painting away in my little studio. Here are some new paintings I am working on:

This painting is not finished but I wanted to post my progress. I am trying a new style where I paint an abstract background and more realistic birds. It kind of makes it more surreal..what do you think?


Up close:




Here is another little painting I am working on, the bird has not been collaged on yet:


I recently came across this vintage 1950's map of the United States:





I just love the colors and have already started collaging it onto some small canvases and a large canvas. I will post my results as I progress!

Lately I have been really inspired by anything vintage or that looks vintage. Here is a box that I keep in my studio that constantly inspires me (oh and of course it is French! I am such a Francophile)


I think today I will paint the Eiffel tower into some of my artworks....we shall see:)

Paisley Birds

I heart Paisleys and Birds....so I combined them! The best of both worlds for me! Hope your weekend is going swell...we recently got a new oven and have been making vegetarian chili all weekend to keep ourselves warm! Check out our new and improved oven:


Tres chic! I do not cook very much but the husband is excellent at it so it is mostly for him:)

Have a lovely day...oh..and I will be adding some new art to my etsy store so check it out if you can!

New Art! Finally!

Tonight I worked on two Spring collages instead of reading for my masters classes ( I am sooo sick of educational theory!) I really needed some art time and I like the collages for the most part! I am still deciding if I should add some detail with paint...I might do that tomorrow if I get a chance.

Good Night!

Tis the season....for more birds!

I have been working hard this weekend on some new collages/paintings for my etsy store. Here are a couple that will be going up today. All I need to do is photograph them and have the husband mat them (he is amazing at it!)and then post to etsy! I am going to keep working on some more art today and hopefully get at least two more done by the days end. We shall see!

I have also been working on that picture book for my niece that I posted about a couple days ago. Things are going well and I am really excited about it! I will have to post some pictures soon! Thanks for all of your sweet comments concerning the book...it keeps me going!

Hope everyone has a great day!

B is for Bird!

Good morning! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday...half-way through the week! I just wanted to post some artwork from a series that I am working on. I am working on a children's book for my little niece (she is 3 months!) I am going to be illustrating each letter of the alphabet with something that starts with that letter....aka B is for Bird!

So far I have C is for Camera, D is for Dragonfly, F is for Feather and I is for Ice Cream!

I am doing them in a different style than my usual art...what do you think? I am hoping to get this done before Christmas....we shall see about that!

I appreciate any feedback...thanks:)

Christmas in October?

Just wanted to pop in and say hello! I have been so crazy busy with things lately, I have barely been able to get online! I just wanted to post some Holiday collages I just completed this weekend. They are up on my etsy site and hopefully will be Christmas cards also! It is weird to think Christmas is 2 months away! Where does the time go?!