New Mother Daughter Painting

Here is my latest painting and my last painting of the year! It has been an incredible year for me and a very busy one! I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and want to say a big thank you to everyone who has commented or emailed me about my art and paintings, I really appreciate all your comments and support. Thank you.
Hope 2010 brings lots of happiness to you all.

Moonlight Fairy Painting

I'm glad to say we are all feeling much better and I have found time to paint and finished this new Fairy Painting. Evening and night time scenes are my favourite , I love the mystery and magic of the Moonlight.

New Custom Sister Painting

It's been a while since I posted, the children and even myself and my husband have had all sorts of colds and coughs and therefore my time for painting has been limited with the children being home form school a lot. But finally I have finished my new custom sister painting. I hope you like it!

New Collage Tree Painting

Here is a new collage tree painting I have just finished the original is sold but the painting will be available as a print on wood in my etsy shop very soon! It's called 'Summer Tree'.

New Art Pocket Mirrors

Here are my new art pocket mirrors! You can find them in my Etsy shop!

New Art Pendant

Here is a little pendant I have just finished you can find it in my etsy shop.

New Trinket Jewelry boxes

Here are the new little trinket jewelry boxes in my etsy shop that I have been working on. Hope you like them!
Look out for lots more goodies to be added to my shop very soon pocket mirrors, postcard sets, tote bags and handmade art jewelry!!!

Custom Couple Painting

I have just finished the last of a series of four paintings I did for a family in Newport Beach.
This one is of the couple on their own. I decided to go for a romantic evening setting!
Next I have a tree painting to do for a lady in Moultrie!
Hope you are all well and enjoying Autumn! The weather here has turned wet and grey after a beautiful warm and sunny September!

New brother and sister custom painting!

Here is a new custom painting I have just finished today. It's of a brother and sister from the same family I did a large painting of.
I have quite a few custom paintings to be done but I am finding it it hard to find the time to fit them in.
The children are only at school for a few hours and often come home from school to a house covered in paint and bits of paper sprawled everywhere and I often turn up at school covered in paint and glue because I have left it to the last minute to leave the house!!!

New Custom Portrait

I have just finished this new custom portrait of the two little twin girls from my last custom painting.....have been very busy lately and trying to squeeze in some originals where I can!

New Original Mother Baby Painting

Here is a new mother and baby painting I finished yesterday, it's called Sweet Lullaby and is available in my etsy shop.

New Mixed Media Portrait Painting

The little portrait painting underneath, I painted yesterday, it is inspired by the suziblu class I have been taking.

I love the way it has turned out! I have listed it in my etsy shop! The piece is titled Amelia.

New Custom Family Portrait Painting

Hi everyone, I'm back from my holidays and ready to go back to being creative!! I actually really missed it but did visit some nice art galleries whilst away for a bit of inspiration! The prices in the galleries were quite pricey though so no purchases were made!!

We all had a lovely time and the children had fun body boarding in Cornwall although the weather was typically British and it was at times quite chilly, next year we shall go somewhere hot!!

New Custom Mother and Daughter Painting

Here is my new mother and daughter custom painting. I'm very happy with how it turned out but found it hard work taking it on during the children's school holiday so many distractions and stop starts!! Still it is now finished and in three days we are off on holiday to hopefully lots of sun,sea and sand!!! xx

New Mermaid Painting

This new little mermaid painting is available as a print mounted on wood in my etsy shop.

New Mixed Media Portrait Painting - Dream

This the second of my two new original paintings. This one is titled 'Dream'.
I had a disaster with a portrait I was doing on this piece of wood so I decided to just scrap it and paint over it with this distressed peach background and then painted the girls face on top of the background kind of the opposite way to what I usually do which would be to sketch and draw out the face first then paint it and then add the background but this was so much easier I think it will turn out to be one of those things where something goes terribly wrong but you end up learning from it and maybe working out a new way of doing things!

Dream is up for sale in my etsy shop!

New Abstract Collage Flower Painting

Here is a new addition to my flower series, Flowers 5!

Love the colours of this one! Background was really fun to do went through many different shades before finishing this way!!!

Available to buy in my etsy shop!

Triptych Tree Collage Lanscape Painting

Here is my newest painting, it's called Forest Trees.
I had wanted to try something different and thought it would be a nice idea to do a triptych tree painting. So here it is!
I can tell you it took a long time to cut out all the collage flowers for the trees!!!!

Portrait Girl with Flowers and Butterflies Painitng

Here is my new original painting, it's titled Flourish.

It was a long and difficult journey finishing this painting and it almost ended up being thrown away as at one point it didn't seem to be going how I wanted it to but in the end here it is and I am happy with the finished result. So I guess perseverance paid off!! I love working on wood as it is so much easier to change and go over areas that you are unhappy with without damaging the painting!

Custom Family Painting

Here is the custom painting I have been working on for the past few days. It's a family portrait for another family who are adopting a little girl from Ethiopia. The challenge here was doing a little boy which is not something I often do but I think it turned out well.

Flower Fairies Painting

I have just finished this cute little painting!
I love the soft colours of this painting.
I found the fairies delicate little faces very tricky! It took a long time to get them right so difficult to work on such small faces.
In the end I think they turned out nice and I am pleased.
It is for sale in my etsy shop .

New Mixed Media Fairytale Painting - In My Garden

Here is my new mixed media painting.
I finished it last night and have just listed in on etsy.
It's a bit different for me as there are no collage paper elements in this painting.
To view it in my etsy shop just click on the photo.

Amazing changing faces

New Whimsical Art Collage Painting - Laundry Day

I've been tagged

Thank you to Artistic Accents by Darla for tagging me.
The rules are I have to name my tagger, name 6 unimportant things that make me happy and then tag six bloggers.

Here are six unimportant things that make me happy

Chocolate
A good movie
A clean and tidy house
Getting new shop hearts on etsy
Coca Cola
A new outfit

This was hard to come up with as of course ultimately all the things that make me really happy are extremely important to me!!!!

My six tagged bloggers
sonia close
Lisa Lectura Creations
Flor Larios Art
bonnesinger
Joanna Dover
Lemon Shortbread

Retro Flower Tree Art Collage Painting - Sunshine

Here is my newest tree painting.
It's called `Sunshine' you can find it in my etsy shop!

Ideas, ideas, ideas......

Today, my head is full of ideas for new paintings, I can barely write or sketch them down fast enough!!!

Treasury

I'm very excited to say today my tree made it to the front page of etsy in this beautiful treasury picked by alibli .

New Mixed Media Painting Twilight

I am so pleased I have managed to paint two new originals this week and have sent off all of my orders whilst caring for my eldest child who has been home from school with a sore throat and cough!!!
It has been a busy week but a productive one!
Here is my newest painting, it's called `Twilight'. I love the atmosphere and mystery in this one.
It is for sale in my esty shop!

Mother Daughter Painting - So Alike

Here is my new painting, just finished it tonight the varnish is barely dry!!!
I'm really happy with the colour combination.
It was so nice to get back to painting faces and pretty girls!!!
For sale in my etsy shop!

Flowers Bird Art Collage Painting - The Little Yellow Bird

New Flowers and Bird Collage Painting! I have been busy working on some new paintings and wanted to share my newest one. It's called `The Little Yellow Bird' and is available to buy on etsy

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24290083

New Flower Collage Painting

Here's number 4 of my Flower Collage Painting Series.
I have really enjoyed doing this series.
I keep them all bright and cheerful!

Mixed Media Art Owl Painting

I decided to do a fun and whimsical little owl painting!
Three little owls sitting on some branches!
Hope you enjoy it!

Tree Collage Painting - In Full Bloom

It's raining outside today so I thought I would cheer you all up by posting my tree collage painting. It's one of my favourites . Its called 'In Full Bloom'
I love the colours they make me feel cheerful and happy.
Enjoy!

Abstract Retro Flower Collage Painting

Here's is number 3 of my Flower Collage Painting Series.
This painting is full of some of my favourite colours plums, aubergines,reds and pinks. It reminds me of big retro flower wallpapers from the 60's and 70's.
The original is available in my etsy shop.

Flying Fairy Art Collage Painting - Fly

Hi there, it's been a while since I posted. I have been very busy and trying to juggle family life with a very busy March, but I'm pleased to say I have finished my new fairy painting. It's called `Fly' I hope you like it!!

Abstract Collage Flower Painting - Flowers 2

Here is number 2 of my Flower Collage Painting Series.
The original painting is for sale in my etsy shop!

Sisters Fairy Painting

Here is the new custom fairy sisters painting I have been working on all week.

It's for a lady in America who has three children already and is adopting a little Ethiopian girl. One of her daughters is going to share a room with her new adoptive sister and she wanted a painting depicting their relationship.
I have loved doing this painting and very much admire what this lady is doing.
Hope you like it too!!!

Abstract Flower Collage Painting Series

I am starting a Flowers Collage Painting Series of Original Paintings.
This is number one it's available to buy in my etsy shop!

Fairy Sisters Painting - Autumn Glow

Here is my new Fairy Painting.
Autumn Glow was for me about experimenting with a more layers and mixed media techniques. I really like the depth the layers have given the painting.

New Mixed Media Collage Painting - Just thinking

This is my new Mixed Media Collage Painting I finished yesterday.
It's called `Just thinking'.
I am really pleased with how it turned out. It will be going up for sale in my etsy shop later on today.

The girl on the swing has taken time to just think...

Art Collage Flowers and Birds Painting - Dreaming of Spring

New Collage Spring Flowers and Birds.
I get to this time of year and I long for Spring and flowers and the return of the sun.

My new painting is based on this longing. The original has now sold out but it is available as a print on wood in my etsy shop.

Fairytale Ballerina Princess Painting - Letting go

Fairytale Ballerina Painting - Letting go

This is a painting I finished last month which has now sold but is available as a print in my etsy shop.
It is based on the idea of having to sometimes let go of the things we love in the hope that they will come back to us of their own free will.