20x20 Series

The 20x20 finger paintings are perfect for that portrait painting.

One of my favorite seal paintings is titled What?

A wonderful friend took a photo 

that i ended up painting.

$940.00

20x20 finger painting Titled Little man

$940.00

20x20 Finger painting Titled Take flight.

$940.00

20x20 finger painting Titled octopus eye.

$940.00

all my paintings are done in oils and wrapped canvas.

Little man is done on wood.

 

Happy New Year

 2022 , a restart, a new beginning, fresh start. every new year is an opportunity to reset yourself or some things in life in general. For me , i like to revisit my goals and tasks and revamp what isn't working for me at this time. 

I seem to do my best thinking when my mind is distracted. This year i decided to revamp a small table. Just sitting in quiet and painting, helps me hop off the hamster wheel of overthinking. 

As my new project takes life. i feel content and happy. The flow of feelings and clarity of thought.

The more investment i give this project the more i feel calm and time seems to stop. 

I feel this was my perfect distraction project and feel that i will doing more of this. Being creative as i take time off being creative.

The little coffee table is almost done. My goals settings for 2022 has more clarity.

I am ready to start my new series.

Most of all , i am tickled pink with my coffee table.

Those blue eyes make me smile.

Creating art in my Studio

This is the final setup. My favorite area is the fireplace wall.

I love the effect art has on the human body.

The happy seal corner. 

So much life going on here. There really is no need to look out a window. 

 

Oh yes , the pond.

As an artist, I express how I see and view life. My feelings, and soul go into my paintings. Leaving a piece of me behind. All the moments and thoughts I had are forever with that piece.

Creating the Dream Studio

Creating the dream studio

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It has been awhile since I added a new post. I have mostly been adding pictures of the new paintings as I made them in my 12x12 series.

They were not the only things I have been working on.

I have decided to create my dream studio. First, i created a vision and decided that this room will do nicely. As you can see in the picture, it is dark. Dark red and yellow trim. It felt more like a cave then a place of inspiration.

Some natural light does come through, but not much. So i rolled up my sleeves and stared the work.

There was a lot of wall repair. and sanding.

The room was a mess. It felt like i was never going to finish the prep work. I don't know about you , but i hate sanding and filling. 

I was so excited when it was time to paint that i totally forgot to take pictures of the trim being done. 3 coats of white. I used Dulux white on white paint. OMG i love that white and i am so happy with the results.

So off to the races. Painting walls and cutting in all the areas i can't roll.

Yipee !

Two coats later and my room is finished. what a transformation. yup, i have a massive grin on my face. Again i used Dulux paint. This blue feels amazing. 

Oh yes, my little buddy checking the progress. As you can see i primed an electric fireplace. It use to be a dark cherry red. my mom gave it to me. I wanted it to feel as if it were part of the room. i painted it, the same color as the trim.

I wanted a feature, piece of furniture. This puppy was perfect. i do love having a fireplace in my studio. 

At last. Let the fun begin. I can start moving myself in.

Moving into my dream studio.

It's a happy day.

 

Square Foot series

I have started a 12x12 series of finger paintings of fish. On my facebook page i am asking people to name that fishi. The idea is for people to give me suggestions of their fish names that they had in the past or just invent a name. The name the fish gets. Will always be connected to the person who named that fishi. I am hoping that people feel that they are a part of my artwork and this journey called life. Here are the first 14 of the series. 

Harrold

Thank you Anne Bonny for creating this name.

12x12 in oils. 

$425.00

Aurelia

Beautiful name created by Jeannie Crossan

12x12 in oils.

$425.00

Earl

Thank you Lorraine Lamontagne for creating the name

12x12 in oils.

$425.00

Angel wings

Thank you June Dawson for creating this name.

12x12 in oils.

$425.00

Amos

12x12 in oils

$425.00

Buffy

12x12 in oils

$425.00

Fisher

Thank you Pam Nichols for creating this name.

12x12 in oils

$425.00

Tetra

12x12 in oils

$425.00

Bexley

12x12 in oils

$425.00

Autumm

12x12 in oils

$425.00

Bubbles and Fin

12x12 in oils

$425.00

Sebastian and Atlantis

12x12 in oils

$425.00

Drake and Ember

12x12 in oils

$425.00

Cleo and Cypress

12x12 in oils

$425.00

I think I have enough koi here to fill a small pond. These small paintings are wonderful for those small spaces we have in our homes. Here in my studio I have grouped them together.