Happy Monday Print!

"Sweetness" 7x7 inch print on velvet fine art paper on sale today for $15 at ETSY

I put this one on sale in honor of Mother's Day. It seems like a favorite for moms out there. This plus a bottle of delightful rose-scented bath gel would be a nifty gift. Gosh, I should send an art block of this one to my grandmother -- Rose! :-)

Have a beautiful day!

Happy Monday!

Today's "Happy Monday" $15 print is a new one I completed in my floral bouquet series called "Venice Bouquet" in honor of the beautiful gerber daisies always on sale at the Venice farmer's market. I so miss shopping there on Friday mornings before work. It is for sale as a print at my ETSY shop and the original will soon be for sale on my website today.

A Drawer Full of Flowers

I've finally finished my collection of small floral paintings, and I just had to take a snapshot of them before they're shipped off to the gallery in California! I love the way they look all lined up in my new Alex drawer set from Ikea. We purchased it this past weekend when outfitting my new sun room studio!

I can actually look out over the harbor as I paint (or sip coffee, or daydream) while my little girl naps. Such bliss after living in Manhattan!! I am in heaven out here.

I will be posting more pics of the studio as it evolves (I can't wait to trade out that decrepit picnic blanket for something more neutral). Hope you are having a happy weekend.

Happy Monday Prints are BACK!

Today's $15 "Happy Monday" Print: Home by the Sea

I've decided to showcase this print today as my Happy Monday sale item in honor of Earth Day tomorrow! I'm going to try to recycle for the next few days. So far I haven't used the lights. Okay. It's 8:30 a.m., so I'm not such a hero. ;)

And, by the way, if you're looking for another fun activity this morning, check out Poppy Talk's glimpse inside artists' studios. I'm creating a new studio space on our sun porch, and looking what other artists have done is very inspiring.

Lovely Lavender

"Au Printemps" 5x5 inch acrylic & mixed media on wood.

(click here to purchase original from my website)

I've never actually worked with purple before, so it was fun to experiment with today's 'bouqet.' I had the whole day to paint on this sunny Saturday, so I was able to complete a comissioned triptych and this little floral piece as well! Plus, I may get more work than I'd imagined done due to this pregnancy -- it seems like I've expanded to mammoth proportions overnight. At only 7 months along, I can no longer find a comfortable position for lying down. Maybe I'll learn how to sleep standing up!!





Well, I hope you enjoy this little lavender confection!

Some Flowers for Mom

I've been very busy getting some little flower paintings ready for Mother's Day. I enjoyed myself tremendously creating these -- flowers are so beautiful and soothing. Just painting them can be a meditation. I hope you enjoy them, too. The originals are for sale on my website & prints will be up tomorrow on ETSY.
"Yellow Bouquet" 5x5.5 inch acrylic on aspen wood panel (click here to buy original).

"Blue and White Bouquet" 5x5.5 inch acrylic on aspen wood panel

(click here to buy original).

"Red Bouquet" 5x5.5 inch acrylic on aspen wood panel (click here to buy original).

A Little Fun for a Monday

"Garden Tour" -- Watercolor, pencil, paper sketch

As I may have mentioned we had a little mishap with our wood for my upcoming triptych commision the other day... so I've decided to do a fun, creative abstractish diptych with the remaining two blocks of wood. This is today's sketch. There will probably be others. I had actually intended to reverse the order of the pieces, but Photoshop would not comply. Perhaps this is the way they were meant to be displayed. In any case, it was very freeing and fun to create these today! Sometimes you just have to cut loose!