Sweet Baby Jane

"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 branch. There are also touches of gold leaf in the flowers.

Every night before putting my son, Nicky, to sleep, he waves goodbye to the animals in one of his paintings. It makes me smile to think that Jane may do the same one day!

(PS -- I am trying to figure out how to create a grid on my blog of all the contributions to Found Art Friday. I am finding myself just a tad technically challenged. If you have any suggestions, I would love them!!!)

It's a BOY!!

I'm happy to announce that we are expecting our second child -- a BOY -- in July!! We wanted to wait until the amnio results were in before making the announcement, but we have the results, and it seems our little one is fine (so far, of course)! YAY! We can't quite agree on a name, but hopefully he won't be "baby boy" for much longer. I'm so glad that Annabelle will have a little brother to play with this summer... only 18 months apart...

And, as luck would have it, Real Simple Online has just done a fabulous round-up of affordable children's art.  It was a happy surprise, too, to see that my new piece, "Sanctuary" was included among the 60 artworks and artists listed! Prints of this piece are on sale at my ETSY store, the original is for sale through my website and will soon be hanging in the Ten Women Venice gallery.  The list is wonderful -- and I've found so many new artists to decorate my nursery, too!! It couldn't have come at a better time! Have a happy Saturday & Easter everyone!! I'm currently on 'vacation' with baby Annabelle in California.