little Etsy items

I'm just beginning to add some prints to the shop that might make nice little gifts:

I may not be able to plan my OWN holidays very well, but I can at least help other people with theirs.

Candy Wife

Back in May, I had the pleasure of working with my friends at Screen Novelties in LA. They create all the stop-motion animation bits for "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" which airs on Cartoon Network (if you've never seen it, you really ought to; it's strange and clever and unlike anything else out there). Anyway, Peppermint Larry fashions himself a wife out of taffy and various sweets and calls her "Candy Wife". She made her first appearance during season 1:

No one expected her to become a recurring character but she's seen again in season 2. Unfortunately, that original puppet was a little worse for the wear so a new one needed to be made and that's where I came in:

Forgive her nudity; the dress was the only part of the puppet I didn't make. And for the record, I ended up wrapping a bit more foam around her waist because she was, ahem, a bit too "va-voom" (what can I say, I was just trying to do Peppermint Larry a favor).

She can be seen in the episode entitled "Candy Casanova".

decor8

Just a quick note to say how excited I am that Holly wrote a little feature about my work on her lovely blog, decor8! Thank you, Holly!

my favorite spots in Oregon

There's this place called "Camp 18 Restaurant and Logging Museum" outside of Portland on highway 26. I can't say much for the food, but the grounds are full of inspiration:

Vintage frames......

seem to work with these prints:

I've just added them to the shop.

more new prints in the shop....

I've been a bit negligent about updating this blog when I add new items to my shop. These two, and more, HERE.

Rufus et Le Nain

things I found at the coast....

I keep painting rabbit-y characters

"L' Entourage de Mademoiselle Paniers"

Hurrah!

Just a quick note to say I'm featured on The Shiny Squirrel blog today! Thanks Jessica!

When I see photos like this......

I almost want to give up painting. Really. This is so perfect, I throw up my hands. I can't possibly add anything more interesting to the world.

I'm afraid I don't know who to credit for this but whoever you are, you have my deepest admiration.

But then, of course, I will bumble along again. And I've no doubt some tree silhouettes will make an appearance in one of my paintings in the near future.

If you're in the New York area....

Just a reminder that the Too Art for TV show opens tonight in Brooklyn at the Erebuni gallery. Lots of good stuff to see (including a few of my pieces, wink wink). It'll be up until mid-October.

Recently finished

"Poor Edward"

"The Owl's Imperfection"

Both pieces are acrylic on wood.

Prints of these, and more, available in the shop.

More new stuff

This little piece I'm calling "Soon Our Fortunes Will Be Made, My Darling"

It's acrylic on wood.

Below is the print (on a wood plaque so it looks much like the original!)

available in my Etsy shop:

Oh how I wish........

that I'd taken this picture:

whoever you are, you made my day.

2 and 3 of 3

So here they are, the other two paintings going off to the Too Art for TV show in Brooklyn. It's like letting go of children. Really. If I had children, I fear I'd be so protective of them, I wouldn't even let them out in the yard to play. It's probably a good thing I don't have them. Might explain why my dog is a touch neurotic. Anyway....

"Monsieur Griseus"

"No One Knows Where We Are"

I will have prints of them available in my Etsy shop in the next day or two.

1 of 3

Here we go. This is one of the 3 paintings I'll be showing as part of the Too Art for TV show in Brooklyn opening Sept. 18th:

"The Tailor of Strix"

More to come in the next few days.

Documenting art work is a pain in the you-know-what. I suppose it's time to invest in a scanner. I HATE spending money on "technology"! I KNOW it's useful but do you know how much paint (wonderful, pigmenty Golden acrylics) I could buy with that money instead?! AaAaarrRRggGH!

2 Weeks on the Road

I've just returned from a 3,100 mile road trip across Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Oregon. The primary objective was to spend time with Mom, get my new car from Kansas to Oregon and meet my new nephew. Along the way, we explored Carlsbad Caverns, aliens in Roswell and Hearst Castle (or as I like to call it, my future home).

The Too Art for TV Show is in just a couple of weeks so I'm madly finishing some new paintings which I'll post pictures of soon.

Flapjack Birds

I'm pleased to finally be able to post some pictures of the birds I worked on for "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" (the epsiode aired, yay!):

*bottom photo by Joseph Schmidt

They were used in a charming episode wherein flapjack meets the "Comb King".

Special SDCC Project

A few weeks ago, I was called in to put together costumes for a limited edition of Coraline dolls for the San Diego ComicCon. The term "dolls" does them a disservice because they were more like actual puppets, from their metal armatures to their silicon skin.

I love how the next two look as though they've been interrogated/tortured by the slow removal of their little hands ("Tell me what you REALLY think of that Wybie character!!")

Ahem.....where was I? Ah, yes....

Each doll came with a little, handmade booklet documenting their fabrication.