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Whooooo Are Youuuuuuuuu?

I finished this little one last night! It was so much fun to paint, I'm working on two more Alice paintings today!

"Alice In Wonderland - Who Are Youuuuu?" (5 x 7 acrylic on canvas)

She's right here.

xxx

Flutterings at Springtime

So now I've finished two of the new butterfly paintings and I thought you'd like to see them here if you haven't already over at the shop!

"Green Hairstreak on Green" Original acrylic painting 5" x 7"

"Adonis Blue on Red" Original acrylic painting 5" x 7"

We went to Southampton for the weekend and it seemeed the world was blooming!

Oh and don't forget that there are some new surprises in the shop this week too!

Yup - lots and lots of goodies both old and new up for grabs...
I'm filling them with AT LEAST $60 worth of lovely bits and bobs from the shop...

and the best bit (because you don't know what you're getting) is that they only cost $25 smackeroonies!

Woot!

See you there, or be

xxx

 

Tuesday snapshots

Our Quince is bursting into bloom! I love these bright, unapologetic flowers and their spikey armour (spot the spines). Ouch!

I only (consciously) noticed them after working on these two paintings:


Coincidental colour matching? Possibly, but I also just watched (more listened to) a programme about neuroscience and how large a part our unconscious mind notices as opposed to our conscious (the link is here - Horizon on the BBC, but it will only be accessible in the UK and until 17th April 2012).

More shots from the workdesk today:

...and an often-made mistake...

...and some little legs - part of a larger painting I'm working on...

Happy Tuesday yep!

xxx

British travels and new beginnings.

Yesterday, I spent most of the day on the train to pick up Amelia, who had been in Cornwall for the half-term hols. I used most of the train hours pointing my phone out of the window to capture sights like this:

Late Winter. Many freshly-ploughed fields getting ready for planting. So exciting!

Lovely, warm sun through the window and waking up all those little seeds underground.

...and a few sheepies enjoying a munch! I also spotted a load of lambs, but didn't managed to capture them on camera quckly enough. Sorry! Anyway, i'm sure you know what lambs look like by now, so you can imagine them :)

I do love travelling through our English countryside and training it is probably my favoured method of getting around.

One of today's jobs has been to list a few new prints. Originals have sold and these images have been just waiting around in the computer for me to put them to good use, so here you go!

All three are available in the shop. From left to right >>here<< >>here<< and >>here<<

Toodlepip!

xxx

An oceanic update...on a very small scale.

Hello!

Now the oceanic mini-update is sorted, the whales print set is up in the shop, as are these ladies:

Mermaid Rock

The Mermaid and the Sea Fan *SOLD*

Next week, I'll be working on some cosy little items, and a few more ACEOs too!

Have a sweeeet weekend!

xxx

 

Mini Ocean Update!

Hello!

I always wanted to be a mermaid. How better to pay homage to this wish than paint a couple of my own?! Just a little varnishing to do - it brings out the colours brilliantly!

I gave them fun frames - a painting is never quite finished without a proper frame ;)

They should be in the shop tomorrow - I'll post on the Facebook Page when they're ready!

Joining the two mermaid ladies will be this Narwhal and Beluga print set. The originals are staying with us for a while at least - I can't quite let them go yet - their faces make me smile!

xxx

 

Land or Sea?

Just thought I'd share a few photos and the new cold water whales print set with you this lovely, sunny, but ffffffreezing Friday...

Yup! We're growing a carrot and a parsnip top. I'm wondering if they'll ever get to the stage where we can plant them, then I can take the seeds, plant them and grow more actual veggies...anyone know if that's possible?

For the moment (as our wall and framed decor changes ALL the time), this little Lizzie Bennet is sitting on one of our kitchen shelves. If you'd like one, she is available for sale >>here<<.

...but if you prefer something more aquatic...

 

Mr Narwhal print! I love how the detail of the canvas really stands out in these prints!

...and Mr Beluga...I love their whaley smiles - if ever you're in a bleugh mood, just take a look at their cutie faces! Ahhhh!

And the print set, which will be popping into the shop next week:

I really hope my love for these amazing animals has come through in the paintings.

Happy Weekends, melovelies!

xxx

Gypsophila Elegans

...or "Baby's Breath". My mum used to grow this in our front garden when we lived in Southport. I've always had a soft-spot for it. When I saw bunches and bunches of it for sale yesterday, I could't resist!

Love it!

xxx

 

An artist cannot do anything slovenly ~ Jane Austen

Morning! - A chilly one here - it feels like it's really wanting to snow!

Concerning the title of this post, Ms Austen mustn't have seen my home! Well, maybe it isn't so much that I do housework in a slovenly manner, rather that time seems to be absolutely filled with things which MUST be done and kept up to, then while my back is turned sorting out those tasks, somehow, piles of paperwork materialise behind me and it tends to take a long time to find any extra time to go through it. That's all it is - paperwork. Where does all the paper come from?! Surely, I must fill a 2' x 1' basket with paper recycling every day. HOW???! Is it just me, or do you have this problem too? Are there malevolent paper pixies trying to ruin our lives? What did we ever do to them? Oh...maybe it's the wood elves...yes, I suppose they would have reason to be annoyed at our destroying their forests... Anyway, enough of my inane babblings...

This is what's been going on here this week:

Original Regency Lady painting on Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice book page (7.8" x 5")

Yes - lots and lots of Austen-esque, Recency-style painting. I've been concentrating more on the original 18th Century fashion plate paintings and drawings, with those whimsical, dreamy poses. I have had an inspiration wall in front of me too:

These two ladies appeared too:

Original Regency Lady painting on Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice book page (7.8" x 5")

Original Regency Lady painting on Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice book page (7.8" x 5")

More originals and prints for you lovely Austen fans are available here.

I'm itching to do some more, but have a few other creations to finish off this week! Here are a couple of them whom I showed you a post or two back:

There are more marine lovelies on their way too.... and if you haven't already, please come and say hello to us here to see what we're up to day-to-day!

Thanks for reading!

xxx

"The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead." ~ David Lynch

Don't you agree?

Hello! I've been beavering away on a few different projects the last couple of weeks, so haven't been putting energies into keeping in touch with you guys :/ Sometimes I wish I could be one of those people who can survive on four hours of sleep per night, or even six, but I seem to be at my best on eight or nine. Plus, as the fantastico Dina (whom I don't see nearly enough, but we're planning on meeting up again with our respective sketch books soon) reminded me last week, on a short jaunt around the city - even people who claim they can get by happily on so little sleep are probably just kidding themselves - surely it can't be healthy...can it?

Tea at the Tate!

Recent projects:

A close up of two young cold-water fellows who will be joining the shop very soon! Meet Mr Beluga and Mr Narwhal! I can't get anough of those littIe smiles all whales seem to have! There is a little more work to do on them, but it won't be not long now :)

...and a few more peeks at the Twin Peaks dollies and scenery for the update this WEDNESDAY 25th Jan!!:

Can you recognise them?

Misty Mountains!

Thanks for reading and thank you new Facebook followers! (we're >>HERE<< in case you haven't found the FB page yet :)). It would be great to meet you!

xxx