'TRANCE'

REMEMBER

those collage papers I made

from scans of antique tiles.?

Here is a fixated dog

painted on top of one of them.

Ink, acrylic and watercolor

on collage.

THOSE FRAMES....

The two frames I did have ink and silver wax

with studs over turquoise enamel.

The rag mats were wrapped in paper,

and slathered in acrylic mud.

Excess paint was scraped from the mats

with an old credit card (handy tool!) and

when dry, rubbed gingerly with

silver wax.

This is also my submission for Illustration Friday's word, 'double.'

THE BEST DOG IN THE WORLD

I'VE BEEN

tidying up the studio.

I buy simple frames to refinish and have been working on a matching pair

way longer than it takes to make a painting.

This hound, about 7 inches square, will 

find his home in one of them.

Ink, acrylic, watercolor 

on rag board.

'TINY GODDESS'

I HAVE TO

post something...

This little immortal is acrylic (blue), random ink

monoprint (black) and

watercolor (hand and face details)

on rag board.

How much does the eye need to know?

Even if she was upside-down you'd know it's

a winged female humanoid.

Wings and a little gold make her

otherworldly.

'SLIPPERY TOAST'

This week's word is 

'BREAKFAST.'

Don't shave at the table, either:

have you ever tried getting half-and-half

out of your sideburns?

'MOM BIRD'

YOU SEE,

it's easiest for me to do a splurge of posts!

Especially this week as I pulled five shifts

at our gallery.

Not complaining; I'm so lucky to have my own retail gallery!

It's off-season so there's time to doodle in

PAINTER 11.

Me thinks I'll do a little brushwork on top of this

and do a little edition of it for my folio.

'DEER DIARY'

'DIARY' is this week's word

on

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY.

Painter 11

'GOOD DAY'

THIS PALETTE

of muted colors gives a cloudy atmosphere

to an 

underwater introduction.

Starting as a green form on

pink background, I started to 

think of Milton Avery's paintings.

Painter 11.

'CHANGE IS GOOD'

I SEEM TO BE

making up for the days I didn't post....

From worm to wonderful, 

this little guy is watercolor and acrylic

on gessoed rag board.

A little something to put in my

portfolio of originals

at the gallery.

'WOMAN IN BLUE LIGHT'

MONOPRINT on

scan of vintage Fortuny.

Acrylic wash and color

with enamel.

The eyes are lit with

Corectype film.

'MOON TIDE'

OIL ENAMEL

makes the darkest marks on this

scroll-like painting.

I got to do

my calligraphy and play

with 23 carat gold

below the lemon moon face.

'PAREO'

THERE'S

a monoprint here first on which

I painted the line figure in enamel.

Color is provided with acrylics.

On paper.

TRIO (plus one) enhanced...

I like the lettering on this one:
that nice big 'A' at the beginning.