New Woodland House Building Workshop Date

I have a whole slew of new materials- enough stump/floor circles to last a year(Thanks to my awesome father and his 'best friend'- his chain saw) and some fun items I gathered in Portland. So sign up now! Hope you can make it.

Sid

Sid or should I call it Steller Vicious?
I think he's about 12" high- too lazy to walk down to the studio to measure the painting. At any rate I was hanging out in a backyard and this Steller Jay was yelling curses at my cat, and I thought- Jays are the punks of the bird neighborhood. Which led to Sid. I love that Sid Vicious always had the eagle pin on his leather jacket. I imagine a Jay would make the jacket out of cat skin. This Animeople piece is more modern than the others but I just have to expand if I don't get dull by the end of painting 30 some odd of them!


and next up- a bit of a challenge- painting a corset for a friends project. I reallly don't have time to do this but I'm a sucker for an interesting project and its a good excuse to visit with some old friends I haven't seen in some time. I'll post it for you, kind reader, when it's done, but only if most of me is out of sight.
Also getting ready for the show at Daredevils and Queens, going up on the 9th. It really will be an ODD show of lots of different work- not a single series like the April show will be.


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Tu Xiao Jie (Lady Rabbit)

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Yes, I know, I know, it is quite different than you expected. I had posted the original sketch a while back, of a Chinese Bunny lady standing, catching plum blossoms. But I happened across an ancient painting that captivated me and adapted it. I'll post some details later, but I'm already a couple minutes late to pick up the boys, so, till then...
Oh and by the way, my fairy house building workshops have been re-titled- they are now "Woodland House Building workshops". So much more room for imagination.;-)

Woodland House Workshop at Mayacama

Sneak Peek

I know it seems like I have been avoiding you, but really I've just been quite busy! I finishes a commissioned piece, that I don't care to post here, and I THINK I finished this other commissioned work as well- a portrait of a Lady and her Grandaughters. But it hasn't yet been 'approved' and until it's officially done I shall wait and just show you, Patient Reader, two unfortunately quite dark close-ups of the grand-daughters. Then, in the next few days I shall scrape together some time from under the fingernail of my days and post a few more small pieces I have finished and better close-ups. Till then...
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July Fairy House Workshop

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Some of the finished houses. Always so fun to see others creations. One boy devised a window with a curtain in a turret that was fabulous. Another house looked almost Eastern, another choose great fabric combination's and another house has a wonderful play with a simple color palette.
Before we started- here are some of the materials- now almost all gone. I need to prep for my August show so no workshop in August. If you want to sign up write me now to reserve your place for a Sunday in September- probably the 11th or 18th...or if there are enough people- both!

Lady Fox's Outing and a Commision Unseen

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Lady Fox's Outing
on my mantle...8" High? Something like that
I like displaying the paintings this way. Perhaps I will create a shelf for the Castle in the Air Show and line a few of the Animeople pieces up, then hang a few, then a shelf...you get the idea, my faithful reader, you always do.
I finished a commission as well- a trade (don't read this you tax people you!) in exchange for free daycare for my older son over the summer as well as a weekend of babysitting both boys. I looove trades! At any rate- I'm not showing you the finished piece because I had to use a really lowsy low res print of a badly scanned photo for reference (it was a portrait my daycare providers father and recently, sadly, passed away mother). Note to self: DON'T agree to let the berieved father/husband/person choose his favorite picture of his partner to be painter. Get a handful and choose the most interesting photo instead and the one that is in focus.

close-up of da Bunny. I think he needs a name. Ideas?