Monday 9 April 2012

Smaller Works

I hope everyone has been having a lovely Easter and enjoying the break. Yesterday we had our egg hunt as I mentioned in the previous post, that went well and the Easter bunny left lots of cadburys creme eggs in the garden (I think he even left one for me ;0) it didn't take Max too long to find them and I gave him a bit of help as we were rushing out to a family lunch. It was a really lovely Easter Sunday - good food and company.

That's us half way through the Easter holidays here and surprisingly I've had a fair bit of time to do some painting. I've been doing a mixture of A5 pieces and also some ACEOs, I really like working on a small scale I have to admit. I'll share with you the smaller ones today and I'll probably pop back later in the week to show some of the larger artworks.

This little lady is called Dance Through Life and I painted her on a 4 x 4 inch square (approx) I don't usually paint on squares. I thought she looked like she had been twirling and just stopped.


I created two new ACEOs - the first is called Thought Bubbles, I think I always feel like I go through every day in a bit of a haze, I like the abstract shapes and mark making surrounding my ladies to give a feeling of this, I'm sure I'm not the only one - I hope!


The Second ACEO is called Mind Alight, it's about ideas coming into your head, I think the pink swirls look a bit like fireworks.


I've put these ladies into my etsy shop at a reduced rate for a limited time. I've also been quite busy this week on custom orders and hopefully there will be a blog post coming very soon to show these, I don't like to blog about custom orders until they are with their new owner and I know they are 100% happy. I like getting custom orders because I love to have a bit of a brief to work to and it's always a bit of a challenge to put my own style with the ideas someone has in their mind.

6 comments:

  1. So happy you had a great Easter ;o) Mine was quiet. Family is coming over this weekend. Your new art is beautiful, like always! I like your abstract shapes and mark making around your girls ;o) That's what makes your art, your's! No one can take that from you! Can't wait to see your special orders! Good for you! Hugs ;o)

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    1. Thanks Stacy, quiet sounds good too - but it is nice to get a little family weekend, hope you have a good weekend this one coming. Thanks for the compliments on my artwork too, you always lift me :0) Hopefully the post on the custom orders will be up by the end of the week, but we'll se how it goes xx

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  2. your littles are great bigs in my heart.
    lovelovethem! happy belated easter, dear one.
    xox

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    1. Thank you Rachel for the lovely compliments, hope you had a great Easter too xx

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  3. Glad you had a lovely Easter weekend and the egg hunt was a success:)
    Love your new paintings,especially 'Thought Bubbles' - she's beautiful and your comment about feeling like you through everyday in a haze completely sings to me!that is exactly how I feel(your painting reflects this perfectly)Looking forward to seeing your finished commissions,Cassandra:)xx

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  4. Thanks Cassandra, I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels like that too. Weekends seem to blur in to weekdays, into holidays and the time zooms by - people said to me the years between baby to school go very fast! xx

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