Cat Nap and Rembrandt ACEO watercolor art

"Cat Nap" 16"x12" watercolor on paper

I do love sleeping paintings!  Somehow they make me feel like I too have caught up on my rest!  This painting will be delivered today to Poor Richard's Art in Rogers, Arkansas along with some prints.  Recently they have sold a giclee on watercolor of my "Dreaming Sweet Dreams" and my original ACEO below.

"After Rembrandt Self Portrait 1659" 3.5"x2.5" watercolor on paper

This favorite ACEO I've painted was sold by Poor Richard's Art for $350.00!  It's quite exciting for me because it breaks my old ACEO record of $250.00 for this small format art!  Giddy and so grateful!!!

 

Here I wanted to show my "Bed Hair" ACEO along with my latest obsession the wasabi peas!!!  I've been crunching and doing my 30 days of painting this summer.  Hope you're all staying cool and doing outdoor fun stuff!

Sent Mom Home

Sent Mom home with her oil painting of her dear conures Kiwi and Sunny. Bet you can't guess which is which can you? :) Mom visited for 3 weeks and we're missing her already. I guess this means her left over cooking is almost gone?

I've been busy creating but not much painting. I recently got hired as film editor with a lot of graphics involved and some art directing thrown with it. It's a small company right now so we're pulling all resources from within but we're having FUN! Keep an eye out for MyArtTutor.com !

Right now I have a 16x20 and 30x40 canvas with gesso coating. However I need to do a charcoal portrait of a handsome young man first and I'm looking forward to that!

Hope your summer has been great!

Cat and bird portrait Van Gogh Starry Starry Night

"Fred and the Birds" 16x20x2 acrylics (I think) on canvas

Most of you loved Zoey's portrait so I thought I'd show Fred this time :) I'll try not to take it too personal that my readers like Van Gogh's backgrounds over what I usually paint hehehe. This is a portrait of our pets. Fred is a she. My husband didn't realize it was a female cat until after she was named. He had her forever, at least until she was 22 years old. I have since converted him to a bird lover lol These are 4 of our 5 cockatiels because we adopted the 5th one after I painted this. From the left: Blondie, Boo, Yellow Head (I named her Alexa but hubby wanted the other name sigh), and Pecker (so named because the bird bites like we never feed him). I do love the texture or brush stroke after Van Gogh's, it's so expressive and decorative. Each time I see this I plan to paint something completey my design in the same technique but shortly after I forget.

I've recently gotten some graphic arts orders and am about to start an architectural piece to do for the same client. I've been busy in the background with that. Sorry so busy!!!