December show

I'm so grateful for all the support of local friends and family from this year's Holiday Artisan Show.  It went so well that we hope to do it again next year!  Connie Krehbiel (stained glass) and Tricia Springer (jewelry) joined me and made some really beautiful pieces just for this event.  We had everything from bronze bracelets to swan paintings to glass butterflies.  A special THANK YOU to all who came!

Art Show!

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

6:00-9:00 pm

Layman Gallery 

inside McKinstry Memorial Library

on Keokuk Street in Lincoln, IL

Sleepy Moon 5x5 in. Watercolor on paper, mounted

Sperm Whale in process

Brand new pieces!

(You lucky blog readers get all the sneak peeks!)

Both originals and prints will be available for purchase during the show.

I'd love to see you there as this will be my last show of the year.  

Bring friends.

Eat cookies.

See art.

  Have some fun on a Tuesday night.

:)

Tiger Moth Family portrait

I'm busy ordering new prints of my latest work, returning emails, buying frames, and dreaming of all the new paintings I have yet to do.  But I thought I'd stop in and post a photo of one of my newest works, a painting of the Tiger Moth Family.  The Arctiidae is a large family of moths with around 11,000 different species.  Here, I've selected a few of my favorite ones...including the largest one in the family, the Giant Leopard Moth. 

Tiger Moth Family Portrait Watercolor on paper

I just like the subtlety of the colors of these moths: the beautiful yellows and oranges.  I added their swirly names underneath and must say that the painting looks very elegant in the ornate white frame I found at a garage sale a while back.  I've been waiting to use the frame for something special...if only I had a picture to share!  I'll take one soon so you can see how great it looks behind glass. 

Oh!  And I just ordered prints of this painting.  So now more than one person can enjoy these small beauties hanging on their walls! 

Hope your Wednesday is a joy.
(Click the image to see it larger.)

*{Here's those pictures I promised...}*

July giveaway winner!

Congratulations Katherine Ross! 

Random.org has selected your number to be my lucky winner

for the month of July!
(Katherine, please email me your shipping information.  Thanks!)

Katherine will receive my first art print for free to celebrate my latest series.

Most of the original paintings from this series are already up for sale,

and the prints will enter the shop shortly (I'll let you know exactly when soon).

Some of the prints I'll be offering will be reproductions of paintings like

Luna Moth, Enchanted Forest, The Striped Eggs, Gypsy Moth and many more!

Here's another peek at Katherine's prize...

Her Fancy Ride

Thanks to everyone who entered!

I'm already thinking of what I'll be giving away next month.

***

Now here's a few new original paintings I'd like to share...

Bear and His Friends 6x6 in Watercolor on paper

Click to purchase.

"They were an unlikely trio, the bear and his two raccoon sidekicks, but they simply wouldn't tolerate the nonsense of those who told them they should not be friends. And, despite the gossip, they continued to meet every day at the gray rock to plan their next big (and mostly dangerous) adventure."

The Storytelling Moose 6x6 in Watercolor on paper

Click to purchase.

"They gathered from far and wide to hear his tales of adventure and heroism,

for he was known to be the best story-teller in all the wooded land."

Now, I've got at least 5 more paintings in the works right now, so come back soon to see more.

Happy Thursday!

a few new ones...

Virgo Tiger Moth 3.5x5.5 in. Watercolor on paper

Click here to purchase Virgo Tiger Moth.

Well, here goes!

I'm on the road to 62 paintings for this month, and here's paintings #5, 6, 7, and 8!

Hope you enjoy.

Her Trusted Trainer 8x8 in. Watercolor on paper

Click here to purchase Her Trusted Trainer.

Monarch 5x5 in Watercolor on paper

Click here to purchase Monarch.

Her Company 5x5 in Watercolor on paper

Click here to purchase Her Company.

Since today's the 8th, that means I have 8 more paintings do complete to get "caught up" in order to make my 62 painting goal.  Which means... I'm off to paint!