Original acrylic painting on 8" x 10" canvas, 2008.Available at www.livefunky.etsy.com
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Portrait of Now - Limited Series of 3
Yesterday I came up with this idea to do hand altered prints in limited sets. It came after a very long and very inspiring phone conversation with a friend. The kind of conversation that gets your heart pumping and positive ideas are eagerly bounced back and forth across the miles. After the phone call, with a hot ear (you know how it goes), I sat back in my computer chair staring at my Etsy shop and it came to me. I know other artists have done this before, but I thought of how I could do it in my own voice and style. I quickly got to work.
To share my process with you... I begin with a sketch on paper (usually with a Sharpie marker) which I scan and then save as a bitmap file. I bring that file into Illustrator to convert it into a sleeker lined design. I print out three prints of this Illustrator image and then sit down with my watercolor paints and oil pastels to make each one an original work of art!
I made a new set I will post after this today. I'm excited to do lots of these limited sets and I've created a new category in my Etsy shop especially for them called Altered Limited Editions
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Rediscovering some older work
Red BullAcrylic on canvas paper, 11 x 14, 2003
I'm offering some never before seen older works for a slightly discounted price on Etsy right now. Most of these paintings are similar to this style and size. Take a look!
www.livefunky.etsy.com
Friday, January 18, 2008
Now We're Talking
You are looking at a new canvas with the first strokes of paint, purple + yellow makes a brown that sings.... with my pie plate palette, a reused Tupperware thing with water, and my thoroughly paint splattered coffee table.My first paintings of this year were in watercolor, which really isn't my natural medium. And this was after enough of a break that it was a bit of a challenge to get back into the groove. Even when I did, I still wasn't happy. But I haven't been very happy lately, period. It's nothing serious, nothing horrible, just the winter blues, I guess. I haven't been miserable, but I'm a person that likes to feel PUMPED UP! and happy as often as humanly possible.
Well, today has been a very positive day, in part because I read the India section of Eat Pray Love last night. I read the Italy part a few months ago and then put the book down, knowing that I wouldn't be ready for what the writer discovered in India until I was in the right place. Yesterday was the right time. I am so empowered and inspired. I won't get all spiritual here, it's not the right place for it, but I will say that we all have our own spiritual path that makes sense to us, and sometimes we know we are deviating but simply don't care. Maybe it's because we're stubborn, or it feels too good to wallow in self pity, or we simply think we "don't have time". I've found that for me, when I open myself to the potential of growth and learning, there is fear at first, but if I can kick my attention in the right direction and follow through anyway, it ends up showing me the very keys to get out of whatever funk I'm in. Everything else just comes tumbling (in a positive sense) after.
So with this new energy, I busted out a new canvas I got for Christmas (thank goodness my family knows to get me art supplies) and my acrylic paints, and as soon and my brush pushed that gorgeous, squishy paint around I couldn't help but think "ahhhh.... my love, how I've missed you so". 2008 might just be a kick ass year after all.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Etsy Front Page - Jan 6, 2008
I know they are here and then gone in a flash. Fortunately this time I caught it and got a screen shot. Thanks to 3FUN for creating this great list (and for including me in it!).
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Friday, January 04, 2008
Thursday, January 03, 2008
i'm just an animal looking for a home
if feels really cool to see one of my greatest inspirations dancing on this page... the wonders of technology. i hope he wouldn't mind.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Happy New Year!
This picture was taken last night at our favorite place to spend New Year's Eve, Szechuan Tokyo in West Hartford, CT. Live jazz, great food, friendly people = good times.
I can hardly believe that it's actually 2008. Today is a day to chill and reflect, tomorrow really begins the NEW year for me. After getting a bunch of shipments out, I plan on starting some new paintings. I feel the spirit!
Happy New Year, my friends!
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