Rose Bouquet

Happy Valentine’s Day weekend! It is almost Valentine’s Day or in my case Singles Awareness Day and I thought it would be a great time to share my new painting. This piece is actually inspired by a previous painting I did that I’ve wanted to redo. A couple of weeks ago I found out about this Valentine’s Day art show in the Charlottesville area and I immediately jumped on the opportunity. I got accepted to show my artwork at the event and I realized that this would be the perfect time to redo the painting. The piece was a Rose Bouquet, which I thought would be perfect in the show. So here is my Valentine's Day inspired painting with all the pinks, reds, golds and roses!

Rose Bouquet, 2016
14x18
Mixed Media 

 

 Here is a picture of my previous painting below so you can get an idea.....It is always fun to go back and look at my old artwork to see how much I have progressed as an artist.  This piece is cool because the flowers are tissue paper, which I use to do a lot in my bouquet. Now I am more into painting my flowers with acrylic paint, but I still love this piece.

 

 

BirdHouse Painting

 

-I am so excited about this painting. Its a little different than I normally do. It a little more neutral than most of my bright painting. I wanted to try something different and I personally like it alot.
Birdhouse Painting
16x20
Mixed Media

 

Elephant painting

I love elephants and I think they are perfect for a nursery! I recently painted a elephant for a coworker of mine who is expecting soon! It turned out so cute and its perfect for a baby boy! Moe the elephant is 11x14 mixed media.

Dream Catcher Painting

I finally painted a dream catcher, which I am super excited about and WILL do more of. I have wanted to paint one for a long time, but wasn't exactly sure how I would do it since I do mixed media paintings. Its crazy how ideas just suddenly hit you. I mean I was literally in the kitchen making some coffee when I was looking a the coffee container and realized how I could do it using that as a template. Anyways I love how it turned out. I just wish I could find some where in Charlottesville, VA to display my works! If you know of anywhere let me know. This painting is  a 16x20

New Paintings

Its been so long since I have painted! I have really missed it, but I feel like it is hard to make time to do it. Well I made time this weekend. Working full-time is tougher than I thought, but painting is a fun way to be creative. I am always excited to see the end results. So lately I have been into elephants. I want a elephant tattoo. I have read that elephants mean good luck. I did an elephant painting a while back called flirting elephants and I sold it to a friend. I figured I would do another(which ended in 2). I have recently decided to do my smaller painting because eventually I might want to open a etsy shop and I think that the 11x14 paintings will be easier to ship. Anyways here are my cute lil elephant creations. I need to take some better pics in better lighting, but since I havent painted in a while I couldnt resist posting.

 Ellie-Mae 11x14 mixed media

 

 

 Ollie 11x14 mixed media

 

Art Crush Maya Hayuk!

I absolutely am in love with maya hayuk art! Its so colorful and kinda a lil trippy!! I love how there are so many shapes involved in each piece. She does mural, paintings, drawing and etc. I love! Heres some of my favorites from her site http://www.mayahayuk.com/

CHANDELIER                                                           A PATH FOR THE LIGHT

DARK CRYSTAL LIGHT DARKNESS(middle)

2 DIAMOND GRIDS (sides)

 RUGS

FEELING GOOD CAN'T BE BAD

Also heres a recent mural she did with Mark Warren Jacques , who is also one of my fav artist and Ive done a blog post on him as well. Again I just love all the shaped and psychedelic-ness to it!

image found via http://blog.cindersgallery.com/shows/2011-2/resurrection/