Colorful 2011

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday.  I had a wonderful holiday great visits with family and friends and my New Year has started out in a colorful way.  I’m fueled with great energy and have reconnected with my Muse and now in the process of painting, and implementing all of my ideas that I have put down unto sketchpads.

I have finished some more tapestries and other items that I will be getting ready to take pictures of in the next few hours and have ready to post on my ETSY shop so make sure and stop by my shop and have a look.

I will be working on some abstract work.  This body of work I will be creating is greatly influenced by my love of my daughter and nature and I’m looking forward to sharing this work with everyone so stayed tuned, as it will be ready in the next few weeks.  I'm also looking forward to getting your feed back and comments.

I’m also working on hand painted tile designs for murals I had posted about and on my  hand painted fabric designs, which will be used for pillows and for a bedding collection made out of natural fabrics. So stayed tuned, I’m so excited in creating and sharing this collection especially with those individuals who are skin sensitive and have allergies as well as who want and prefer to use Eco-friendly fabrics in their bedding. 

Pictures to come of new posted  hand painted decorative artwork in a few hours. 

Boxes, Boxes and more Boxes…



sanded, varnished and ready for first coat of paint 



Always painting and planning and while something is in the middle of drying I start sanding and priming something else.

I have been sanding and putting on a coat of clear coat of sealer on a few boxes and soon the boxes will be getting a decorative finish and painted design on them.  I plan on butterfly themes for these boxes that are based on the butterfly pictures taken in my yard this past summer.  I always like to embellish my boxes with buttons or swarovksi crystals not the cheap kind, there is a difference in the cut and manufacturing of these crystals that you can find in craft stores. The crystals I use are crafted in Austria to the highest standards of quality and are considered the finest products of their kind in the world. With captivating sparkle and uniform colors they add an extra touch to my boxes.  I sometimes use them in my decorative canvas paintings for home decor, it gives them an added sparkle.  I enjoy using 2D and 3D elements in my canvas work to engage the viewer with the story I'm telling with the painted piece.  It's all about texture, incorporating vintage pieces whenever possible if it works in telling the story or provoking an emotion.

these will make beautiful wall hangings when finished!

                   

I also have my canvas tapestries ready and have started the process on these.  I have painted a faux background unto a few of them and placed the design on each and now I'm ready to start painting the design. These will be song birds.  I can't wait to see the finish product.

I'm also in sketching mode and planning for ideas on my fabric line for Spring 2011.  These will be hand painted and some printed unto 100% organic fabrics and silks.  I will be using some of the fabrics for pillows, upholstery for my painted chairs, curtains, some specific designs will be used for casual hobo hand bags that I plan to give a preview of after the holidays.  Very excited about it all.

Now at some point I will need to put the brush down and think about turkey and start planning for Thanksgiving. If I could just paint it into being without having to cook it myself that would be great :), but I really do enjoy making dinner for my family.

Best Wishes Everyone!

Painted Tile

 

Tiles ready to be shipped to N.J.

 

I have finished painting several tiles as coasters, I have shipped this set you see out to New Jersey and another set of abstract flowers has been sold here in McDonough GA.  I'm sticking to my eco-friendliness; I'm using acrylic paints and non-toxic sealers on these standard tiles you can find at any home improvement store.  I have painted these tiles to be used as coasters, they can also be used just has decorative tile on an easel but can also be used for your back splash.  They would need to be varnished several more times and cured longer before using for that kind of application.


I'm also busy priming boxes, and heavy canvas for tapestries.  I will be painting nature scenes of birds and butterflies on the tapestries. The boxes I have primed will be painted with butterflies that I took pictures of this summer.  I had an abundance of swallowtail this year in my yard they were just so beautiful to look at.  I was so happy they posed long enough for me to take pictures of them.     I will be posting those in the next few days. 

Painted with acrylics & sealed with non-toxic sealers

 I also plan on doing fine paintings on canvas as well from the photos I took which have been several from my local botanical garden and Callaway Garden which is a butterfly garden here in GA.  I have a lot of sorting to do with the pictures and decisions to make about backgrounds,perspective etc., my goal is to publish a calendar and new set of note cards with the  pictures I took and paintings I'm currently working on from them.
 

A happy customer in McDonough, GA has a set of six abstract flowers coaster tiles