New Easter listings hop, hop into my etsy shop

 Inbetween everything else I'm doing I managed to finish at long last another little art doll. The rabbit was felted yesterday...little bit out of practice with my felting manged to stab myself at least 8 times...
but I'm very happy with the end result! You can visit her in my etsy shop there are 4 more photo's of her there. Her title is Woodland Girlth her White Bunny.

Also today I listed my new Alice painting...you can never paint enough of Alice! It is a 10 x 10 canvas mixed media painting with scenes that go all the way around the sides...check it out here!

If you're in Melbourn next week with nothing to do!!

Little Black Crow featured on Ditty Bag

A couple of days ago the very talented Sam Johnson from Gollywobbles, contacted me about being featured on her blog Ditty Bag. I agreed and left it in her capable hands. Sam did a fantastic job, so much information that even I had forgotten about:)
You can find her post here. Leave a comment and make yourself know to Sam and who knows you could be her next featured artisan!
Apart from the Gollywobbles blog site, Sam also has an ETSY Shop and a wonderful site called Handmade Art Fair

 A big thank you to Sam for supporting my art!

Congratulations to ArkMetal Pig

Big, big news!! My partner Pig, has sold one of his large metal sculptures called"Kiss the fish"
He was sold at  Hobart's Rebecca Roth Gallery. Yep the same gallery where my paintings are hanging!

The fish like sculpture made at Arkmetal & constructed from metal building materials, stainless steel parts, found objects, brass, copper, & various car parts has been a popular figure with our dinner guests in the last twelve months. Oh well, makes way for the next thing!  You can read more about Arkmetal Pig  over at ARKMETAL where he and his mate Arkmetal Brad make the most original objects from metal! I encourage you to leave a comment and follow their blog. This year I'm certain will be an amazing journey for both of them!

Off to SJS Gallery!

Four new paintings finished and ready for their journey to Melbourne! Hopefully they will be taking part in a group exhibition at SJS gallery in Fitzroy. I wont be traveling with them, it's going to be hard to send them off on there own...fingers and toes crossed that nothing goes wrong!

 He Watched her Every Move

 She Felt Like Alice

 She Took Her Little Brother And Ran Away

She Stood And Watched The Pardalotes

On the walls at Rebecca's Gallery

Snow White, 2011

 Rose Red, 2011

I like to share with you some of my paintings that recently went to Rebecca Roth's gallery in Hobart. A little sad to see them go but I'm sure they will go to good homes. A few weeks ago I met one of my buyers, she mentioned that she has been buying local artists work for her daughter for Xmas and every birthday ever since she was born. her daughter is about 11 now. Isn't that fantastic!
It's not often that I meet the people that purchase my work but when I have its always been a very humbling experience.

OWOH, Winner Announcement!

Thank you to every one who participated, it just was over whelming to see how many people left comments from all parts of the world! And a special thank you to for all those that added there names to my list of followers...300!!

But now to announce the winner for Glen the little bunny boy...drum roll please......the winner is number 134...Tanya from 3Cats Creation!!! Yay!! I'll be in touch with you soon.
Thank you again to Lisa for organizing this grand event and by the looks of things she has an even bigger and grander event lined up for 2012!!

Happy Valentines day!

What an intersting day out we had. Not only is it valentines day but also the wooden boat festival was on.

Some of you may know that I do love the nautical life! Here are a few pics taken just a few hours ago!

The figure head from the James Craig.

This years wooden boat festival was special for a friend of ours Rod, who last year finished building his 26 ft couta boat in his backyard. This was his first time at the wooden boat festival with his own boat!

Oh but this is also Valentines day...and to commemorate this day of amour...I left to little dolls around Hobart, each carrying their own little felted heart. One of the tags has instructions for the new owner to participate in a World wide Valentines Treasure hunt that Artisans Creating Outside The Line is hosting

Good luck little dollies...I hope we hear where you traveled too!

Blush

Discombobulated Black Bunny, sef portait. I made her for the Art Dolls Challenge, 'Animal totem. this was our first challenge for the year. She is a mixed media doll made from cloth and paper mache...and why do I hear you ask didn't I make her a little black crow or my Chinese zodiac, which is a wood dragon?? Because it's year of the bunny!! Check her out she is up for sale in my ETSY shop.

What else has been happening...well Little Black Crow's ears have been burning again...Samamra from Maddabling contacted me the other week wondering if I would be interested in being interviewed..yes I was and you can read about it here... you will find other wonderful articles and featured artists...I found out about a beautiful fiber artist Lizet Frijters. you can find her etsy shop here...I could look at her bags and shawls for hours!
Well I'm off to do a bit of gardening and then it's back in the studio!

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