Valentine's art preview

Valentine's art is something I've always love to do, I don't know why, maybe it's the sheer garishness of the Holiday, that no one pretends it has anything to do with it's original origins or maybe I just like having an excuse to eat a half pound of chocolates in the name of L-O-V-E. I actually really dislike the color pink, but I put that aside once a year and become inspired to paint anything from heart shaped horror stories to scantily clad nymphs. Of course I'll be saving the Nymphs for the opening of the new site, but here's a little something I've been playing at. ;)

Rainy Day

Two paintings done in acrylic on canvas in honor of the lovely rainy day we had, a rare thing here.


"Everyone wants to be your friend when it's raining and you have the only umbrella"

and


Rainy Day

Unrequited

Just another little story from my head, painted in Gouache on paper.
I only started painting in Gouache last year, and it has quickly become my favorite medium to work with. For those who have never worked with it, it's an opaque water color favored by designers.

I learned about it while on a vacation to Disneyland. As long as I can remember, one of my Disney musts was to visit the little watch shop on Main Street, where an artists would work on painting the image of choice while sitting at a drafting table in the front window of the shop. If you were lucky enough to afford to have a watch made you got to keep the original painting and a watch with the image shrunk to fit the watch face. (unfortunately I have get to be able to afford one....someday *dramatically shakes fist here* SOMEDAY!!)
I finally got up the nerve to interrupt the artist at work and in true "vintage" Disney fashion she very kindly told me everything I wanted to know.

Sorry, to explain the "Vintage", I grew up going to Disneyland, as old as this makes me sound, the level of service has continued a downward slide over the last 10 years. Now it seems like they are more interested in getting you in and out of their hair as quickly as possible than giving you that surreal-ly pleasant Disney experience I grew up to know and love. Though you can still find employees there that started back when this was the standard.

It's Official...

My website is well under construction and in good hands with exciting new changes to come...well, exciting to me at least. For now this will be my home away from home, where I'll show off any new arts that will later be featured on the site. Here's a sneak peak of new art to come...



This one is called Watching Ophelia and was painted in Acrylic on canvas.