The Four Seasons

Introducing four new paintings they are heading to Dragonfly gallery in Hurstbridge early next week. I'm so happy with these four especially autumn, which is my favorite month.

Woodland Girl and Bunny, SOLD

Also on my plate today is another little painting soon to be listed in my Little Black Crow etsy shop, called woodland Girl. The colours are very reminiscent of vintage children's book illustrations.
Plus there is a very big painting underway for an exhibition in June.

And finally...well not really there are so many other things going on in the studio that if I was to show you you would be totally discombobulated! Another little painting in progress, titled In My Garden.
Off to play in my discombobulated world!

More Spookieness!!

 Little Pumpkin, mixed media painting, on SALE now at my ETSY SHOP!!

The Little Sisters Poe, mixed media painting, on SALE now at my ETSY SHOP!!
 Hi to all my recently joined followers! Thank you for joining in on my little arty crafty adventures! As you can see this is a busy time of the year for us arty/crafty types, I have oodles of work to do at them moment so my not be around very much. So have a happy and creative time till I see you all in a little while! Be sure too to check out my ETSY SHOP as there maybe even more SALES happening!!

 The Girl Who Had Nails For Hair, ART DOLL

 Swinging in Spring

 Kitty, Kitty

Where do I Belong

Boy what a morning...both the cat and I couldn't sleep...maybe its because I had such an early night..didn't mean too I was all ready for the last episode of Midsummer Murders! I didn't even make it half way...so anybody out there that watched can you fill me in on who the murderer was..pleeeeeze!
So being up early I was able to put the last touches on my three new paintings, photograph them and post them up to Etsy. The little art doll I've had on my to finish list for a while now and now she is complete you can see here in my etsy shop along with a little poem I wrote for her!!
Today I also sent off one of my little Annie dolls to SPAIN, can you believe it...my dolls have traveled the world and I haven't even left Australia!!
Well lots of projects to finish before this month is over...YIKES not much time is there!!

Four New Paintings

 Taking Bunny to the Beach

 Lost In McCubbin Country

 Pondering the Pardalotes

'Shhh, listen!'

Four new paintings just about to head off shore to Dragonfly Gallery in Hurstbridge.

If you are interested in purchasing one or all four of my paintings feel free to contact  Emma at Dragonfly gallery. info@dragonflygalleryhurstbridge.com

My Neighborhood, new painting

 My Neighborhood

The sun is shining the birds a chirping in the trees, a little boy walks through his neighborhood  wondering who's behind all these closed doors and windows. 

My Neighborhood is a mixed media painting 10 x 10 painting and you can purchase him at my etsy shop.  

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New at Etsy

Little Black Crow, 10 x 10, mixed media, SOLD

My Orange Cat, 10 x 10, mixed media

Two new paintings up for sale at my Etsy shop, go take a look there are more photo's there!

Stage 4

Magpies are added...I feel it's close to being finished but there are a few things lacking in the background. I don't want to rush this so I'm going to leave it for a day or two and work on some other paintings. I'll just think about it from time to time.

Big painting update

Stage 2, working on composition

Stage 3, blending, adding, subtracting, thinking

Needs still a lot more work on the left side and still thinking about adding some flying magpies and what to put in the the distant background...all up I'm happy with how it's going.

Oh and I know some of you would be wondering what I'm using to store my pencils in! My lovely Prismacolored pencils...So happy to find a store near by that stocks them!!

Big, big, big work in progress!

I haven't worked on a big painting for quite a while but this landscape idea demanded to be on a big scale.
This painting once finished is headed across the Bass Straight to a gallery in Sydney! I'll post more progress photos soon!
Thanks again to everyone for your support!

DragonFly Gallery

Chione's Way, mixed media

Wonderful New's Everybody!! Two of my paintings are soon to be hanging and for sale at Dragonfly Gallery in Hurstbridge, Victoria. Dragonfly Gallery is owned by the very lovely Emma Maginn, whom I met while staying at Dunmoochin. So for those venturing into the Nillumbik country, there is so much to see and do there, make sure you drop in and say hi to Emma at Dragonfly Gallery!!

Around Us, mixed Media

here's some I made earlier!

Trust, soon to be for sale!

'The Magpie Gaurdians', not for sale, private collection of the artist

Silver Eyes, (Zosterops lateralis)

Silver Eyes, 10 x 10 canvas, Mixed media

Dedicated to those busy little birds that I watch year after year on the tree outside my lounge window. This painting is up for sale in my Etsy shop go take a peek there are more photo's of it there. Well it's doll making day today so best get back to work!!
Oh and thank you everyone for your wonderful comments about my last two paintings!

New paintings, Australian landscapes

The Big Gray, mixed media, not for sale

Bird Spotting. mixed media, not for sale

Inspired by my stay at Dunmoochin. Some of you may know my love of nature photography and my other blog, Little Clicking Crow, where I posted many photo's of the birds, fungus and toadstools that thrived around Dunmoochin. Every morning the Striated Pardalotes, Choughs, White- backed Magpies, Bell Miners, Spotted Pardalotes, Fairy Wrens, Kookaburra's, Thrush, Tree Crawlers, Fan Tails and Red Breasted Robins flew around my front door. Toadstool spotting became a obsessive addiction and everyday held new surprises! Eucalyptus polyanthemos, grew everywhere and provided the blue green palette for the background.
Painting is not for sale.

Back home and busy!!

How long has it been, I don't know...but boy there has been some changes. Wow look at all of you following my blog, 206 people!!! I better get back into the flow of things or you all might get bored! I had a great time whilst away full of renewed energy, inspiration and new friends!
The last three weeks was spent in Sydney with my sister, Annette and her husband, Ian,....(my sister has a little blog, its early days but worth a little peek!). I was there for her sons wedding, Bill and his lovely partner Karren. I knitted Karren's garter that she wore on the day.

It was a hoot, loud V8 falcons, great food, music and terrific people. Annette and I had a wonderful time together doing lots of girly things..like SHOPPING, love it. We were treated to some awesome food by Ian who is a top cook, his curries and Moroccan style dishes are rich with flavor, smells, colour and textures, yum, yum! Needless to say I was a lapsed vegetarian during this stay....Tofu for 2 months was good but I was craving for a something with blood in its veins! Back to my vegetarian ways now:)
And it is good to be back with my partner, PIG and our kitty Ned and Big Bunny..although Big Bunny was in a bit of a bad way he nearly lost his eye probably through Ned and him play fighting:( but Pig's been looking after him with eye drops and antibiotics and Big Bunny looks like he is well on his way back to his old grumpy self.
And if I was spoiled by Annette and Ian I've been tripled spoiled by Pig, presents , gourmet vegetarian cooking, wine and cocktails, I don't want to ever wake up!!
But as the days roll by I have to remind myself there is lots of paintings to complete, competitions to enter, markets to sign up to and doll orders to fulfill.
I've already had three of my little paintings sold at a group exhibition called, 'Rainy Days'. If you are in Hobart near Salamanca go and check it out the gallery is called Cube (art + design). Lots of wonderful art there and all painted on the same 10 x 10 cm wooden blocks.


cheers for now and I'll drop in for visits to your blogs soon!

two more paintings!

My brother can fly!
Currently not for sale

Two friends have a teaparty
Currently not for sale

These two are painted on a beautiful unprimed canvas board. Using canvas board has opened up a few more possibilities size for one thing and weight. I like using wood but it gets heavy to lug around and finding someone to cut it up isn't always easy.
I'm still at Dunmoochin and you can see more photo's of my surroundings here!

caught up in mixed media

He Marches To The Sound Of His Own Drum

There is NO WAY that anybody will be seeing photos of my studio for the next few months/years!!

I'm just so hooked on making these little mixed media paintings that nothing and I mean nothing gets chucked out without me at least pondering ways to use it in some way. I have always been bad at throwing things away. feathers, stamps, bits of paper, dried up insects, rusty nails and bottle tops, bottles, bits of string, old cardboard, broken crockery, dried leaves, shells, drift wood, scraps of fabric....have I left anything out??? Well now I have a use for them, well maybe not the dried insects, they are too special!

So now not only do I knit, paint, sew, make dolls, sketch, lino print in my studio I now have to find room for my mixed media work! BF has promised me to make some shelves...I told him I neeeeed lots of shelves, but I think he knew that already.

So this little guy is nearly finished, sometimes it helps to look at your images on the computer so you can see how it's going.

I can see his ear needs a bit of work, his shoes could stand out a bit more....don't know whether I should put text in there or not???.....Some areas could still be lighter....maybe hammer a few rivets and melt a bit of wax. What do you think?