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Now for sale here on Etsy. Vivid and beautiful 2012 Calendar featuring new encaustic work from the past year. I am so excited to share this new calendar with you. The image quality is bright and colorful, and the cover image "Possibility" expresses a hopeful sentiment for the new year! This is a standard wall-size calendar with 8.5x11 inch images and 8.5x11 inch space for each month. Open, the

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Dear friends ... and colleagues kind enough to be visiting my blog despite its paltry recent history of posts:  I just want to say THANK YOU for stopping by.  It has meant so much to me over the years to have you here listening, supporting, cheering and participating in my artistic process.  And I apologize for my silence in 2011.  This has been a year of many changes.  They are too raw to

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Another wonderful Enormous Tiny Art Show is up and running at Nahcotta Gallery starting this weekend. I have six new pieces at the show.  Stop by and browse, and check out the lovely line up of creativity!

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 "Sola LOVE," "Xovia LOVE" and "Ivy TREE" bags by Sherpani.  Now for sale at The Firefly Gallery in Northport! A sweet close-up of the Ivy TREE bag - isn't the hang tag cute? I'm now selling a few of the beautiful bags created by Sherpani that feature my artwork at my Firefly Gallery.  The line is called Elements, and the bags are made of entirely vegan materials including recycled illuminum. I

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 "By Your Side" 6x6 Original Encaustic on Wood Panel. Prints now at my Etsy shop. "For Everything There is a Season" 6x6 original encaustic on wood. Prints available here. "Let Love Rule" 6x6 original encaustic painting on wood. Prints available here. These are 3 new pieces I am putting together for a fall show. The originals are not for sale yet, but prints are now at my Etsy shop.  My favorite

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24x24 inch original encaustic painting on wood panel. Prints for sale here. This is a really big LOVE painting. I created it to display in my new gallery -- The Firefly Artists -- opening on Saturday. But the colors were defnintely inspired by spring. The entire thing is created using pure beeswax -- and when you look at those little bees on the "E" closely, it smells like a honeycomb.  I will be

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 Nicky in front of my Valentine Paintings  Taking Mommy's Hat  I cannot believe my last post was back mid-February.  Goodness, time sure does fly. I wish I could say in my case that time has flown while "having fun," but that wouldn't exactly be true. More honestly, these past few weeks have been a time of serious transition for me. So serious of a transition, actually, that I don't

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"Imagine" Locket Set available in my Etsy Shop for $22. Click here. I'm happy to share this super-cool colaboration with Etsy artist Polarity:  Interchangeable Magnetized Lockets featuring my paintings "Wishing You Were Here" and "Princess of the Borderland." Each locket has 3 magnetic interchangeable lids - two with my artwork and one with the definition of the word IMAGINE! The locket

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7x7 print of 10x10 original encaustic painting "I'll Leave A Light On for You." Available here. This is a new encaustic piece (a commission) that I finished yesterday. It turned out to be one of my favorites. I had so much fun creating the storefront and little flowers. I was inspired by a strip of paper that read "follow your heart." I decided to make that the name of the shop beneath the

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I cannot tell you how excited I am to share the debut of my collaboration with Sherpani's Fall 2011 Elements line of bags. The bags feature 4 of my paintings: "Only the Beginning," "Forever Falling Tree," "A Song for You," and "L.O.V.E.," and the bags come in nine gorgeous styles. When I rounded the corner to see the Sherpani display, I felt like I was stepping into a dream. Not only was is

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 "Lovebirds" Glass Heart Pendant on 24" silver plated ball chain. For sale here.  "You are Wonderful Heart" 6x6 inch original encaustic painting. For sale here. "My Love" 6x6 inch original encaustic painting. For sale here. My computer has been restored and virus-scanned to shiny goodness.  Unfortunately, I did lose a few images and all of my website and business files, but most of my artwork

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Some good news... Hi friends, when I created my new logo a week or so ago, I promised to make PR my new year's resolution, and I wanted to share a bit of my success here. Today I found out that Art Bistro - a division of Monster.com -- posted my work as a Solo Show called "Stories of Love" on the site. I'm so happy about this because they also quoted my new tagline "the poetry of wax" in the show

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"I Love You" - Encaustic on Wood. Available here. This morning I woke up with a tear in my eye, and I lesson in my heart. My Grandma Rose didn't suddenly pass away yesterday at 97. It was more like a slow, subtle, then sudden fading. She was diagnosed with dementia about 8 years ago, and since then she has not really been herself. And this morning, when I woke up, I suddenly realized that I

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Mom, me & Grandma RoseToday my dear grandma Rose passed away - she was 97 years old, and a very special, loving and infinitely stylish woman. She owned a real pucci dress and countless scarves pinned with jewels shaped like butterflies and dragonflies. She ate carob bars and sprouts before they were trendy (much to my dismay as a child). She called me her "sunshine girl," and was always a

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My new logo! Hi friends, I've been thinking a lot about branding lately, and I have decided that 2011 will be the year that I take my work and my "brand" (me?) to a new level. For many years, I have been too busy creating artwork to give any concerted thought to marketing myself. My 'logo' has consisted of my name slapped across any one of my painting images and used as a banner, facebook icon

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"Baking Cookies for Santa" (Annabelle and Nicolas 2010) It is Christmas afternoon.... the presents have been unwrapped, the paper burned in the fireplace, Santa's cookies ravaged by naughty chair-climbing toddlers, and I am left to ponder another year of raising two little ones and creating art. And what I am pondering, most of all, is gratitude -- gratitude to all of you who take the time to

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"Spreading My Wings" - 12x12 inch original encaustic painting on 1 and 3/4" cradled wood panelOriginal is sold, but prints available here.This is a new piece -- a commission - that I finished yesterday. This is one of my all-time favorite commissions because the woman I created it for had such a poetic and clear way of explaining the story behind the painting she wanted me to dream up. This

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"Box of Rain." Acrylic on Wood. (original is sold) I painted"Box of Rain" a few years ago, but it has emerged in my consciousness lately. And I know that it's been on my mind because the weather inside of me is as rainy as the weather outside right now. I feel as though my heart and mind are a 'box of rain' that is on the verge of overflowing like a huge cumulous cloud in a thunder storm. But

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I'm so happy to share this interview I did today over at Art Biz Mama. I just love Dana Barbieri's blog and the many stories she shares about moms and their creative businesses. I tried to share a few words of wisdom about the process of balancing motherhood and my art business (though to look at my car you might feel that 'balance' is a bit of a myth). :) The funny thing is that really and

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"Let the Sun Shine" by me. Original is sold. Prints are available upon request. "Life With You" by Claire IshinoThough we have only two entries this FAF, I am so honored to display this gorgeous piece by Claire beside my own rendition of 'gratitude.' Claire writes in her blog that her submission was inspired by gratitude for life with her husband and children. The way she has placed the two

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"Mommy Tree Talking to Baby Tree" pendant necklace. Now available here. I've been making lots of jewelry lately and enjoying these little photographic tableaux. The hang tag for this piece features a detail from my painting "i carry your heart" - from the ee cummings poem. I thought it was a nice combination for a gift from mother to daughter or vice versa. Speaking of people we are grateful

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My new "Forever Falling Tree" personalized pendant necklaces are now available at my Etsy shop. I have been working on this idea for a few weeks now, and I've finally figured out how to put these pendants together. Each tree can be customized with a set of names or initials (or just with one name). This one features my name with my husband's -- though I had to shorten "Christophe" into Chris!

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It was a blustery cold night yesterday when we hung my paintings at Caffe Portofino, but the delicious hot chocolate kept me nice and warm. Now through the end of December, you can see my work at my favorite local cafe. Pictured here are "Counting My Blessings," "October Jazz," Little Lovey Owl," "Nothing is Truly Lost," "Only the Beginning," and a giclee of "Mommy Tree Talking to Baby Tree."

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"Counting my Blessings" original 24x24 inch painting on 1 and 3/4 inch cradled wood panel. Original for sale here. This is my new, more abstract piece, and it expresses a sentiment close to my heart: gratitude (our FAF theme next month!). Sometimes we can get bogged down in the little things that don't work out during the day and we forget to be grateful for everything that is already going just

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I've had so many requests to see the paintings chosen for my 2011 Calendar, that I finally had to succomb to the popular demand (plus, I LOVE to turn over calendar in the stores to see what's inside). Here they are. I hope you like my selections. There are still a few more calendars left at my Etsy shop. Click here to buy.

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Just wanted to shout out a big "Thank You" to Holly at Decor8 for featuring my 2011 Calendar in her annual round-up this year. I feel so honored to be among such gorgeous creations. Click here to check out the rest!And, less joyously, I have decided to forgo Found Art Friday this month as I am completely and utterly overwhelmed. No other way to put it. :( I so adore puting the FAFs together, but

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12x24 inch original encaustic painting: "Autumn in New York"panoramic large prints available here Okay, this one is my new favorite. It took me an entire afternoon just to cut the paper out for the trees, and let's not even mention the fact that I etched EVERY single window with my metal stylus so that the buildings would be 3D. Aside from this efforts, I am just really happy with this piece: the

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Yay! My 2011 Calendars are here, and I think they are the prettiest calendars I have produced so far. I've titled 2011, "You Are Wonderful" because it's exactly how I feel about anyone who would buy a calendar featuring 13 of my paintings! Also, I think it's a nice cover for a gift - who doesn't smile when opening a calendar that says you're wonderful?! This calendar has mostly images that I've

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"The Dreamlife of Winter" 16x20 inch original encaustic & mixed media on 1 3/4 inch wood panel. For sale here. This is the sequel to my painting, "Autumn Lullaby." In that piece, I was imagining that Autumn was a time when the earth was "falling" asleep. Then I thought that winter - with its long, frozen hibernation - might be a time not only of sleep but of dreams. What would the earth be

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"Nothing is Truly Lost" - 6x6 inch encaustic painting on 1 3/4 inch wood panel. Prints for sale here. (The original will be available on November 1st. ) This is my new encaustic piece. I woke up a few mornings ago before dawn, thinking about the leaves blowing on the wind. Then I had this image of a tree cut through with missing leaves while one leaf was being squired away by a resourceful

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"Till the Stars Fall Down" - Encaustic and mixed media on 1 3/4 inch panel. Prints for sale here.This is my brand new encaustic piece -- it features the Brooklyn Bridge with a view of Manhattan. It took me about a million years to paint the sky and stars just right with wax. Plus I dripped clear wax downward onto the painting for a 'falling star' feeling. I really love this one... not sure

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This is a BIG change for me! This is my first foray into JEWELRY! These two pendants are created from my paintings: "When One Door Closes, Another Opens," and "Pretty Lady." Each piece is set in a silver square and coated with glossy resin. And, at the suggestion of my friend, Lisa, at Caffe Portofino, I've dangled them on simple leather cords. Buy one here! Gorgeous drawing for "Change" by

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"Autumn Lullaby" 8x10 Encaustic & Mixed Media on Cradled Wood PanelPrints for sale here. This is a new painting I finished today (the children are back in school!). It was inspired by thinking about our "change" theme for this month's Found Art Friday. I was thinking, of course, about the change of seasons and the word "Fall" in particular. I started thinking that Autumn was like the earth

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The kids and I pose with the new Sherpani Spring 2011 Catalogue featuring my paintings. Here is an outtake of the covers (back and front). You can see me & my bio on the back!The gorgeous Sport Collection which is, indeed "WONDERFUL." I have the milli bag in pink. It rocks and makes me feel girly and sporty at the same time. Nicky and I pose with the Life Collection page featuring my "Hello

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The wonderful Enormous Tiny Art Show opens tonight at the Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH. I have 7 pieces in the show, and 4 are still available for sale! If you are uable to get to Nahcotta, you can still purchase any of the great paintings online at the Enormous Tiny Art website.

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"Lazy Days" by Megan Woodward Johnson 'To the Sea" Digital Photo of Jupiter Beach, the Atlantic Ocean by Cathy. "Lura" Acrylic on Wood by Melissa Moss. "Thank You" Oil On Canvas by James Johansen. Big Mermaid by Mazarine. "To the Sea" by Jeanette House. "To the Sea" by Jenny Blair. Sea Green/To the Sea by Louise Gale (our lovely co-host!). "To the Sea" by Claire Ishino "Sea Ya Later" by

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24x24 inch giclees of "Spun" and "Aloft" are now for sale at my Etsy shop. I am SO excited that I have been able to reproduce my paintings onto giclee canvases! And I have to say that "Aloft" looked so cool in my living room for the photo shoot that I was tempted to order one for myself (this one is sold). You can order any print in my collection!

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Adorable Sea Turtle from Louise Gale's Blog This Friday, I am happy to announce that participants in Found Art Friday will have another opportunity to post their artwork to the blogging community. When I spoke with Louise Gale last week, we realized that our themes of "To The Sea" and "Sea-Green" (the color for Louise's current Creative Color Challenge) were perfect complements! So, if you are

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II first heard about this movie on my friend Marisa's blog last year. Then, today at the pool (our last glorious day of vacation!), I met a lovely mom who said she went to see Babies in Brooklyn Heights and was astounded to see so many moms with their transfixed babies in the audience. With not much else to do this evening, I decided to rent Babies for Annabelle (3) and Nicky (2). Well, it was

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Sigh. What can I say? Juno Beach is a perfect vacation spot. The ocean is sea-green, and it reaches a fever pitch of dramatic beauty even in a storm. And, best of all, those last 2 photos are of an actual LAGOON. We went to the lagoon today (affectionately dubbed 'the goo' by Annabelle and Nicky), and the kids were able to walk up and down the shallow water, watching birds, wildlife and fish. It

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It's almost time for the Enormous Tiny Art Show 8 at Nahcotta. The show opens on Friday September 3rd from 5-8 pm in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and I am showing 6 new original encaustic paintings. You will, of course, recognize them as the 6-part story/series I have been working on this summer. I'm also thrilled to be the current Featured Artist on the show website! All of my new originals are

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"Forever Falling Tree" - 8x10 encaustic painting on 1.5" cradled wood panel. For sale here in my Etsy shop. Back by popular demand, I've created another in my "forever tree" limited edition series. The "Forever Yours" tree sold out in July, but this new "Forever Falling" tree can also be inscribed with the initials/names of sweethearts. I've also sold the tree inscribed with the name of one

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"Sun" -- Heliodor on 7-foot Diamond Cut Sterling Silver Chain (ways to be worn only limited by the imagination) by artist Cate Rubenstein of Moonshined Designs.It is with immense pleasure that I share the launch of my dear friend Cate Rubenstein's jewlery line: Moonshined Designs. Her work -- like Cate herself-- is not only beautiful, but edgy and thought-provoking as well. Reading her

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Santa Monica Pier, 2006. (Photo by Christophe.) As I am going "to the sea" this month -- on Saturday -- , and since it is the end of summer, I thought it would be fitting to make TO THE SEA our Found Art Friday theme for August. Who doesn't love the ocean? Imagine the possibilities for art (found and otherwise). Please share your own interpretation of the theme with our readers on Friday, August

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"Found" by Pippin.Well, we only have one entry for Found Art Friday today -- but it is a BEAUTY. I adore Pippin's painting -- especially the way it says "at last" on the right side. It's an ode to she and her fiance who will be getting married in 10 more months. Congratulations, Pippin! Gorgeous piece. (PS - you can see my "found" piece below.)

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Oops... I realized last night that I'd forgotten to add the 'legs' of the ferris wheel to this piece. So, in true "Found Art" fashion, I cut up a xeroxed photo of some manhattan skyscrapers and waxed them into place this afternoon. I love the way the texture looks next to the wheel & the stylized coaster.

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"Found" 6x6 inch encaustic painting on 2" cradled wood panel. Prints available here. finished piece on the wall sketch with colored pencil added initial sketch in my notebookAs promised, here is a glimpse into one of my works in progress. This piece, "Found," is not only the final piece in my 6-part series, but it is also my Found Art Friday entry (I will post it again!). Gosh, isn't it funny to

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"Color My World" 6x6 encaustic & mixed media painting on 2" cradled wood panel. The original is not yet for sale, but prints are available now at my Etsy Shop. Yes, I do love early Chicago lyrics. Here is another piece with a title from one of their songs. I actually was thinking of the line 'color my world with hopes of loving you' because this is the very first scene in my 6-part series. It's

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"Infatuation" - 6x6 inch encaustic & collaged paper on 2" cradled wood panel. The panel sides are coated in black encaustic paint. Prints available here. Ahhh.... infatuation. This is also part of my 6-piece current series. It is, of course, a story. And here is the part where everyone falls into giddy blissful joy. I chose abstraction for this piece because infatuation is so much like a

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I cannot believe my little guy is having his 2nd birthday! It seems like only yesterday that he was lying sweetly on the floor fascinated by hanging mobiles in his baby gym. Now he opens up the refrigerator and steals cookies to eat under the playroom table with his sister. Soon he will be stealing hearts instead...Happy birthday my sweet baby boy! We love you!

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"Between Before and After" 6x6 inch encaustic on wood panel. Prints available here.The title is the line from the Alice Hoffman novel called Skylight Confessions that inspired my current 6-part series. In the novel, the narrator talks about a line that we cross between "before" and "after" which, once crossed, changes everything and opens our fate to a new direction. Don't we encounter these

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For a long time I was obsessed with capturing my bell-bottomed, mauve-knitted childhood in paintings. But now, after my husband dowloaded the new Hipstamatic Ap to his iphone, I can just take snapshots and relive all the polaroid, pet rock glory without even getting my hands dirty. Here are a few pics I took this weekend with the e-hipstamatic. I only wish there was an accessory for Blackberries

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"(Happily Ever) After" 6x6 inch encaustic on wood panel. Prints available here.This is actually the tentative conclusion to my 6-part series. I love a happy ending. The entire group was inspired by a line from an Alice Hoffman novel..."the line between before and after." for some reason this phase just resonated with me, and I started sketching up a storm. More to come!

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"Wishing You Were Here" - Original Encaustic painting 6x6 inches on wood panel. Part of 6-piece Series. (print available here)Crafting with Annabelle Adhering stickers -- rainbows, fairies and...cookiesVoila! Hello again, my blog friends! It has been waaaaay too long since I've posted anything, and I apologize for that. I'm even more sorry to have missed June's "Found Art Friday." June has just

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One of my favorite pictures of me & my dad... I still remember this day of playing in the barn. It felt like such a magical place leaping and jumping among the haystacks. It was, of course, made even better by the presence of my Dad. Wishing you a beautiful day today, Daddy! And happy Father's Day, of course, to Christophe. Speaking of fathers and daughters, it's easy to see that Annabelle

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Tiny Portrait #4 in the Penny June Series. 5x7 inches; acrylic on wood panel. PJ & Granpa Jim. This is the last Tiny Portrait in my Penny June & Grandparents series. I think this one is my favorite. I love the colors and the feeling of summer evoked by the blue sky & dangling oranges. It was a pleasure and an honor to create these keepsakes for little PJ and her family. I must say, though, I

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The lovely Penny June with her grandpa Chip. This is my new favorite of the PJ quartet because I love the way grandpa and granddaughter are gazing at each other so raptly. It looks like they are playing in their own little band. Plus it was really fun to paint the guitar on a wood surface. I used a transparent sienna for the face of the guitar and dragged slips of rolled up paper towl

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Every two weeks, Christophe & I have made the brilliant decision to give one another a "day off" from the kids. This way, even though one of us must take care of the little ones alone on a weekend, the other lucky spouse gets to ride off into the sunset for a few hours. It has made us much happier, I think.Yesterday was my day off, and I got into the car and headed to Robert Moses State Park.

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"Do You Think I'm Ordinary" by Emma Talbot. "Laundry" by Pippin."Random Influences" by Megan Woodward Johnson. "The Widsom of Ordinary Things" by Cathy Nichols (me). "Peaceful, Ordinary Day" by Christophe.What a beautiful group of pieces for our "ordinary" theme. And thank you all so much for participating on such short notice. When the random word generator popped out "ordinary," I was

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I had a lot of fun this week creating some art blocks for children, and one of the things I stumbled upon was this new idea to personlize my "Little Start" art block (guitar piece). This original painting actual resides in my son, Nicky's room, but I created a print on wood for a baby named Logan this weekend, and I just love the effect of adding his name in cut paper! I'm now selling these

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Tiny Portrait #2 in the Penny June Series. 5x7 acrylic & cut paper on wood. Here is another portrait of the adorable PJ with her maternal grandmother. They are actually attending an Easter Egg Hunt in New York, hence the cute bunny ears. Though, personally, I don't think animal ears should be reserved for holidays. Grandpas are coming soon...

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Tiny Portrait of PJ and Grandma Toni - 5x7 inches, acrylic on wood panel. I finished my first in a series of 4 tiny portraits featuring this beautiful baby and her grandparents. Of course, I used a snippet of Basic Grey paper to create PJ's pinafore. Then I used the peach color for Toni's shirt. I think the colors are very springy. I so wish this had been completed for Mother's Day, but time is

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I've finally started the 4 tiny portraits I will be doing of this beautiful baby, Penny June. Her parents ordered a tiny portrait last year of themselves with her as a newborn, and they have commissioned me to paint her next with each grandparent. Here she is with her Grandma Toni at the lake. I just love the expression of joy on Toni's face and the way that Penny June is gazing at her adoringly.

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Annabelle & Nicky doing a little jig at the Artwalk. Okay, I know I was supposed to be chatting up customers next to my artwork at Sophi Blu, but we got a bit distracted dancing and sipping frozen coffee drinks while listening to the band at Caffe Portofino. And we also thoroughly enjoyed stopping by the sweet new yoga and massage venue featuring my friend James's work. They served wine and

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"We Are Golden" by Cathy Nichols (me!)"Royal Perch" by Megan Woodward Johnson. "Golden Bird" by Emma Talbot. "Golden Hour" by Gina Lee Kim "Speech is Silver, Silence is Golden" by Louise Gale. Lovely Golden Plastic Stars photographed by Veronica Diago. (See her whole "gold" series on her blog.) "Golden Boy" by Cathie Carlson. "Golden" by Heather Kirtland. "Golden" by Pippin.What a gorgeous

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Good morning! Thank you all so much for your sweet congratulations on my Artful Blogging article. You know, I'm actually just as proud of the writing in that piece as the artwork. I hope you can dig up a copy somewhere in your neighborhood.This week, the wonderful blog, Style Lush, is doing a giveaway of one of my prints. The winner gets to pick the print they'd like from my Etsy shop. So if you

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Yay! The Summer 2010 Issue of Artful Bloggging just arrived in my mailbox yesterday, and I couldn't be happier with their gorgeous 8-page feature on my work! Plus, there is my "I'm the Queen of My Imagination" painting right on the cover (plus a snipped from "Little Darling" in the upper right). In the article, I talk about my joy at meeting friends and building an online community through

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"Little Sister" 8x10 print for sale at my Etsy shop.Yesterday, the sweetest customer inspired this digitally altered print, "Little Sister." You might recall the original painting, "Little Brother" is an image of two polar bears on a blue background. Well, this customer loved the image of the bears cuddling, but she was having a girl rather than a boy baby. So I came up with the idea of

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We had a terrific time at the Artwalk -- and, I have to say that I spent a lot more time listening to this fanastic band (Out of the Woodwork) than talking about my art inside the coffee shop! Nicky and Annabelle were just having too much fun dancing to stay indoors. Nonetheless, I met a lot of nice people and introduced them to my art. It was a lot of fun. And you would never know it from the

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Today is the first leg of the brand new Northport Artwalk. I'll be at Caffe Portofino today with my work from 4-7 pm. If you are looking for me, I'll be in the back of the cafe by the entertainers because my work had to be moved from the front to make space for some cool puppets that needed the museum wires for display. By the way, please forgive my lax blogging of late, I have been very sick.

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My encaustic paintngs are now at the Nahcotta Spring show along with work by these wonderful artists: Matt Adrian, Beth Billups, Amanda Blake, Teresa McCue, Helen Musselwhite, Betsy Thompson and Charyl Weissbach. The show opened on April 2nd and will run through May 2nd. Check out a sneak peak of some of the images here.You can see my collection of work at the Nahcotta "Spring" show right

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"Princess of the Borderland" -- 20x24 inch encaustic & mixed media on cradled wood panel. Prints available on Etsy.This is the last painting I'll be doing before leaving for Florida on Saturday. I really enjoyed creating this wonderland-esque, circus scene. It was such a joy to use all of the brilliant encaustic colors. And I experimented this time with more etching lines. The lines extending

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Me and my "golden" chickie, Nicky. So sorry to have kept you all in suspense about our winning Found Art Friday theme, but I have been busy with the family (and I also caught a little cold). But, as promised, I conducted a highly scientific random selection of your suggested themes (Annabelle picked one from her red wagon), and our next Found Art Friday theme will be GOLDEN. I'm actually really

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Commissioned Painting -- "Beautiful" -- 24x24 encaustic painting & collage on wood.This is my newest encaustic piece and a commission for a very special customer. There are many, many layers in this painting -- tons of collaged material beneath the wax and many finely etched details within as well. My favorite part is the little family on the right side. The daughter's name is very, very lightly

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"Butterflies at Sunrise" 10x10 inch encaustic painting on cradled wood. Original available at my Etsy shop & at Caffe Portofino in Northport, NY. I have been having more fun with violet lately. Even though it is tough to work with, I find the encaustic color to be too vibrant to resist! It was a lot easier to cover 1/2 of a 10x10 panel than 1/3 of a 24x24 one, though. Thank you all so much for

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"Beginnings" 24x24 inch encaustic painting on cradled wood panel.I thought it would be kind of fun to share a behind-the-scenes look of me creating one of my encaustic painting, so I chose my newest piece -- "Beginnings" -- a 24x24 inch encaustic on wood painting.One of the fun things about these images, I think, is that they show how utterly freezing it is in my sunporch studio. You can 'see'

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Good morning out there, and happy Found Art Friday! Our theme this month is -- quite inappropriately with all of this snow and freezing weather -- "Everything Blooming." So I'd like to send out an extra big thank you to all of our contributers for digging deeply into their memories of lost warm, springlike days to create these beautiful bouquets. "Rebirth" -- Encaustic & Mixed Media on Wood Panel

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The end of the month is almost upon us, and this Friday's Found Art theme is "Everything Blooming." I know, I know... it's very hard to imagine blooms when this has been such a long, cold winter. But perhaps if we all think spring hard enough, a thaw will come. If you're new to Found Art Friday, the idea is to just create freely and without much planning... seeing what fun, serendipitous idea

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"Wings of Desire" - 10x10 mixed media encaustic painting on cradled wood panel. "Wings of Desire" on the wall.This is my newest painting, and the original will be going to a show this April. I'm not sure which show it will be sent off to yet, so it's still a secret. :) But I do love this piece. My favorite part of this piece was the last minute idea to turn the painting sideways and drip wax

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The Northport ArtWalk is a new cultural event here in our charming village of Northport, NY. And, I'm very proud to have created the logo! This was a particularly cool project for me because I grew up in the area and moved back here recently after many years in Los Angeles -- where I looked forward to the amazing Venice Artwalk with a mixture of suspense and unbridled awe. When I left home at 18,

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And, last but not least, a simple "I Love You" completes my valentine paintings for 2010. This one is now available at my Etsy shop. Now I'm really finished with the hearts until next year! Oh... that's not quite true. I almost forgot. I've been commissioned to do a very special heart for one of my favorite collectors. So there will be one last heart on the roster. In the meantime, I'm working

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"You Bring Me Joy" -- Original Encaustic Heart Painting. Available here. Our family celebrated Valentine's Day at Caffe Portofino's Valentine's Day Jazz Brunch this morning. We had a lovely brunch today at my favorite coffee shop. Nicky was particularly enamored of the jazz musicians and kept swaying his hips to the music and stepping up and back (perhaps he was doing the Charleston?). Annabelle

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"My Heart is Yours" original encaustic painting on wood support -- with key charm! Original is SOLD! Prints are certainly available upon request. :)Yes, it's my first experiment with a jewlery addition to my painting! I saw this little set of lock & key charms at the craft store last week, and thought: "wouldn't it be cool to create a valentine painting with these?" And here is the result. It's

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"You Are Wonderful" 6 x 6.5 inch beeswax encaustic & mixed media on wood. Original is SOLD, but prints are available here. Large-sized "LOVE" on the wall. Original is SOLD, but prints are coming soon to my Etsy shop. 10x10 inch "LOVE" on cradled wood panel (front view).I've been busy, busy, busy creating paintings to celebrate Valentine's Day. And I am now kind of in love with the whole concept

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"House Built on Love" Original Encaustic Painting on Wood Panel 8x8 inches. Original is SOLD. "True Love" Original Encaustic Painting on Wood Panel. Original is SOLD. I've recovered from the stomach flu and am back to work painting for my favorite holiday: Valentine's Day! I finished these two over the weekend, and they are now hanging in Caffe Portofino (all of the others are sold! Yay!). "

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Welcome to the revival of FOUND ART FRIDAY: A monthly collection of themed art from blogs, artists and creative people around the world. This month's theme is BIG LOVE, and I am absolutely thrilled that we've had so many contributions! The concept of Found Art Fridays is to create a piece without much planning, allowing yourself to give in to the fun and spontaneity of the creative process. I

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"Sweet Baby Jane" commissioned encaustic painting for a lovely mommy-to-be -- Jennifer!! This is my latest wax creation for a little baby girl soon to be born. Her nursery is pink and green with a "secret garden" theme, so I included lots of flowers in the tree and little animals to keep her company. There's an owl, a little bird and, of course, this jolly yellow monkey swinging from a lower

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I can't believe January is almost over -- but it is, and FOUND ART FRIDAY is coming up at the end of the week (1/29). The theme is "Big Love," and you are welcome to submit your experiment in painting, photography, performance art or any other medium -- as long as it revolves around Big Love -- for my post this Friday. In case you are new to my blog, Found Art Friday is a round-up of artwork

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I am SO happy to announce that Paintings By Cathy Nichols was able to raise $53 for Haiti last week by donating 10% of sales to the American Red Cross's relief fund!!!! I just made the donation this morning, and it warms my heart that we were able to do our small part to help. Thank you to everyone who supported Haiti this week through my fundraiser and in all other ways. Together I know we

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A New Grouping of My Paintings at the lovely Caffe Portofino in Northport. Originals are all SOLD. Prints are available here.After 3 weeks of waiting, my new shipment of encaustic medium finally arrived yesterday, and I was able to complete all of the paintings I had been designing this month for Valentine's Day. And today I enjoyed a delicious mocha and hung them up at Caffe Portofino. I just

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"Little Darling" -- Acrylic and cut paper on wood panel. This is a painting that I recently completed for a lovely woman. There is a very special story behind this particular painting, but I dare not share it without her consent. But I love the colors. Before shipping it off, I propped the original up in my yellow and white dining room, and it positively popped off the wall. I love this

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"Love Sets You Free" detail of original encaustic painting. For sale here. As we all know, Haiti has been hit with devastating earthquakes this past week, and as I look at the heart-rending pictures on TV, I would like to do a small part to help the rescue and relief effort. This week, I will be donating 10% of all sales to the Red Cross's Haiti Relief Fund. And, as a special gift to my

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"Big Love" new Original Encaustic Painting -- available here for sale. It has been many months since the fun days of "Found Art Fridays" here on the blog, and I must say that I miss the little community we were building together by sharing our artwork. I had originally intended to start another blog for this purpose, but the idea proved a tiny bit too daunting for my present time contraints. Yet

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"A Light Around Her." Print available here.I am sitting here on this snowy New York day watching the flakes gently drift down from the sky... and I am feeling such a surge of gratitude to so many people. To my mom right now for kindly taking my daughter on a walk so that I can relax. And to my friend, Ellen, because she made me laugh all night last night. To my husband for taking the children to

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The Verbatim show will be opening tomorrow, January 5th, at Nahcotta! My painting, MADLY, will be in the show, and I'm so excited to see how the other artists have incorporated a word into their artwork. If you live near Portsmouth, NH, be sure to stop by the official opening on the evening of January 8th -- this Friday. I would have come to the opening, but January 8th is also my Annabelle's 3rd

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I just have to share this video of Melissa Moss's son, Sam, playing the drums. He is 2 and 1/2. I truly think he is amazing, not to mention totally adorable. Enjoy!

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Wishing you a happy and joyous New Year today!! We went to a lovely party last night at our friend Mai-brit's house. She and her husband were kind (and brave) enough to host 6 children and their champagne-toasting parents for an early celebration of 2010. It was a great party & Nicky had his first taste of ice cream. He wants more. I do, too. But this morning it is definitely time for a very

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My husband's family is visiting from France, and he took them on a whirlwind tour of sub-zero Manhattan yesterday. Despite the frigid temperatures, the tree at Rockefeller Center still warmed their hearts. It is so beautiful & will always embody a special spirit of Christmas for me.Things are hectic around here, and I am fighting an ear infection (probably from creating all of those wax

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We had nearly 2 feet of snow here on long island last night, and we are officially snowbound. Luckily, Christophe built a toboggan ramp in the backyard for Annabelle and Nicky. Annbelle exclaimed, "this is awesome." I have to agree with her.

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I'm having a 20% Off Sale this week (Dec. 14-20) on my original paintings. Stop by the Etsy shop to puruse the selections! :))

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