Crimson Glow

This beautiful red rose cast an intense and unique red glow on the greens surrounding it; I have been having such a fun time painting these! This tiny painting is part of the Cubicle Art collection, named so because the paintings in this collection are small enough to be hung on a thumb tack, for those of you who would like a little more art in your cubicle. They're great for other rooms as well!

10cm x 10cm Oil on Canvas

Velvet Petals

I loved how the top rose in this lovely bouquet caught the light so crisply in some places and so softly in others.

This is also one of many pieces in my Cubicle Art collection, named so because they are small, portable, and easily hung on a thumb tack for those of you who would like a little more art in your cubicle or office. I've got a few hung up in my kitchen, too!

10x10cm oil on canvas

Sunbathing

These roses (a gift from my wonderful husband) were so lovely that I had to paint them in a mini-set.  I'm hoping to get a few more paintings in before they wilt.

These paintings are all teeny tiny 10cm x 10cm paintings that can brighten up a cubicle wall, being light enough to hang from a thumbtack. Hope you like them!

10x10cm Oil on Canvas

The High Dive

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of ALL AGES! I present to you the next painting in a series of many, I like to call Big Top Kitchen Edition! You are about to witness an audacious act of aqueous adventure, as our hero cherry tomato shall plunge from the very top glass platform into a mere two fingers of water! She may look like she has doubts, folks, but I assure you: she is a professional.

10x10cm Original Oil on Canvas

This is also one of many pieces in my Cubicle Art collection, named so because they are small and portable and easily hung on a thumb tack, for those of you who would like a little more art in your cubicle.

Teeterboarders

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of ALL AGES! I present to you the next painting in a series of many, I like to call Big Top Kitchen Edition! See the breathtaking teeterboard act! Two brothers in a feat of acrobatic grace, one (the elder) gearing up to launch the other (the younger) sky-high on to the higher platform! Will he make it? Will we have ketchup on our hands?? Can we handle the suspense???

10x10cm Original Oil on Canvas

This is also one of many pieces in my Cubicle Art collection, named so because they are small and portable and easily hung on a thumb tack, for those of you who would like a little more art in your cubicle.

Tightripe Walker

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of ALL AGES! I present to you the next painting in a series of many, I like to call Big Top Kitchen Edition! Behold, the tightripe walker, deftly traversing the forked tightrope without the use of a net!

This is also a teeny tiny painting, part of my Cubicle Art collection, because they are small and portable and easily hung on a thumb tack, for those of you who would like a little more art in your cubicle.

I've been getting a lot of really great feedback lately - thanks so much! If you have any other ideas for subjects along these lines or anything else you'd like to let me know, please feel free to leave a comment.

10x10cm Original Oil on Canvas

Natural Lullaby

I made this blueberry orange honey sleep tonic (with lavender, catnip, lemon balm, and all other things sleepytime) in order to combat a small bout of insomnia.. And boy, not only was it gorgeous, but it worked like a charm!

12"x16" Original Oil on Canvas

Snap Dragons

I had every intention of doing a painting of these gorgeous snap dragons and calling it "Oh, Snap!", but this one turned out a little too peaceful and pleasant to wreck with such a ridiculous name. Never fear; I will most certainly be painting them again soon. You know me... I certainly can't waste a gem of a pun like that.

White flowers, you guys! They're so much fun to paint!

10cm x 10cm original oil on canvas

The Dragon's Mouth

My dear friend brought me a lovely bouquet of snap dragons yesterday, knowing full-well that I wouldn't be able to resist painting them! I love their character, and the vibrations of temperatures that come from semi-translucent white flowers in a warm environment.

10cm x 10cm, original oil on canvas.

Food Pyramid

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of ALL AGES! I present to you the next painting in a series of many, I like to call Big Top Kitchen Edition! Behold, the gravity-defying cherry tomato pyramid! Will they stay that way? I guarantee you they will, now that they've been immortalised on an easy-to-pin surface!

These three little guys charmed the paint outta me. :)

10x10cm original oil on canvas

Ready for Launch

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of ALL AGES! I present to you the very first painting in a series of many, I'd like to call Big Top Kitchen Edition! This would be, I suppose, the cherry tomato cannonball, preparing to be launched sky-high for spec-maters.

Should I apologize for that pun?

It's a cubicle painting, so it's light and flat enough to be pinned onto a cubicle wall.

10x10cm, original oil on canvas.

When We Grow Up

The beautiful cherry tomatoes look up at the deep, spiced red peppers, and say to themselves "Wow, when we grow up we want to be just like them!"

Sorry, babies.. You're much better off realising that you're perfect as you are!

12"x16" Original Oil on Canvas

Off the Handle

This teensy weensy little guy was a blast to paint! I had a lot to do in town today, so I only had about half the light I normally do. I grabbed my smallest panel and got to it! Hope you like it!

This is my first in a large series of paintings I call Cubicle Art,  because they're tiny, flat, and light enough to pin into an office cubicle.

10cm x 10cm Oil on Canvas

Gaston's Breakfast

A little goofy villain humour for you all on this painting's title.

I love eggs. I just love them. Painting, eating, throwing, eggs are simply wonderful. And this painting is a doozy at 12"x16". Hope you enjoy!

I do have a funny egg story, but I'll have to save it for another entry. I have to have SOME reason for you all to keep coming back, right? 

(now he's roughly the size of a barge.)

12"x16" Oil on Canvas

Tea for the Heart

I've been making a lot of herbal decoctions and teas for my friends this year; I feel like it helps me fill a spiritual void and makes me feel like I am, if even psychosomatically, connecting with ancient medicine women and shamans. I love the idea of brewing a pot of tea and a bounty of life and flora springing forth.

This certainly won't be the final blooming teapot I'll be painting this month!

Again.. Thank you for all your support. I am humbled by the amount of emotional support I've been receiving throughout this daily painting adventure. I simply can't thank you enough.

10"x12" Oil on Canvas

Not From Concentrate

This big juicy reflective collection on my counter was too lovely not to commemorate. You can't see it, but there is actually a persimmon in the way back holding the green apple up.

I love apples so much, you guys.

10"x12" Oil on Canvas

Gifts and Green (they love each other and they love our team)

Lilies from my birthday present and some lovely apples that I inhaled shortly after immortalising them in paint.

10"x12" Oil on canvas

A Bowl of Cherries (and what you make of it)

I know, I cheated; it's in a frame, so of COURSE it looks better.. But hey, it's my birthday and I do what I want.

Today I turned 29, and I feel like I've not gotten older so much as levelled up. Life is a bowl of cherries, friends. And I'm so lucky to have you all in mine.

12x16 Oil on Canvas

Pre-Pesto

Yes, my very first basil! I'm starting to see each of these paintings as more of lessons than necessarily triumphs or failures. I hadn't painted basil before, but now I understand it far better than I ever did. I'll have to paint it again to know for sure.

Also, if you were curious, that tomato actually *was* that round. It was almost off-puttingly perfectly round.

12x16" oil on canvas

What did I do this week, anyway?

What did I do this week, you ask?


Oh, a little of this...

Blue Lemonade

Little Palette Cleanser Demo (it looks much more green and orange in real life)

... A little of that...

Flow Drawing at the Aberdeen Wellbeing Centre

And even a little bit of this!

Oil Painting Fundamentals at the Rosemount Community Centre

So I may have been absent, but I've been just as busy as ever. New paintings will be coming soon! I hope to get 4 paintings done this week. Wish me luck!