Sweet Painting

This little one is going sweetly and suddenly I feel like painting more!

even though I can't really paint, I do more like a scrubbing & killing my brushes thing!

Mortimer Montrose

I've been playing with markers on raw canvas and light washes of colour...the results...

"Mortimer Montrose"



As soon as I can get a better scan of him I'll list some prints in my shop.

Thanks for hopping in...I am off to snuggle some bunnies.

...And The Dreams Perched

A new illustration...

"...And The Dreams Perched"

and they refused to leave her, so she nourished them until they helped her take flight...

This image of mine is all about those dreams that stick around and refuse to be pushed aside...

The exact dreams we must nourish for in doing so they nourish us, even if they never fully come true.

This is a 12 x 16" acrylic and coloured pencil on stonehenge paper

(soon to be mounted and sealed onto a cradled panel & is indeed for sale).

Nourish your lofty perched dreams today.

XO A coloured pencil loving Mandy

Leda

So back to some artwork, as promised...

I admit to not being super busy in the studio these last few weeks,

but than a gals gotta enjoy some summer holidays with her honey-pie too...

I thought you may all like to see my beautiful goddess

"Leda"

She is a woman in tune & in complete alignment with nature...it is she and she is it...



Here is how she came about...

I am still trying to figure out what kind of frames to put on them.  I am thinking ornate gold ones.

Prints of them will be available by the end of this week I believe.

Well, I spent a couple hours at the dentist this morning.

A couple hours at the movies with my mom in the afternoon.

Next on the agenda is quite abit of paperwork in the studio (yuck!)

But part of that paperwork is because I was the lucky recipient of an

Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant,

which is so wonderful & helps me out alot to cover costs from my last solo exhibition, so YAAAYYY.

Than, hopefully I am looking at a good couple hours with my prismas...

Hope your week is off to a good start.

XO Mandy

Zuniga

Introducing another Goddess...(another from my recently past exhibition)

"Zuniga"

I know her name is abit strange and the way she named herself was abit strange, ha ha but there were 2 strong signs in two completely different places, both in one day...so who could ignore that...

Here she is in the making...

Well that's about it for this week....thanks for hopping in and hopefully we'll see you next week.

XO Mandy XO

Freya....In The Making...

Some of you may have see my lovely goddess "Freya" in the gallery exhibition posts

but I wanted to officially showcase her here on my blog...

Here she is....isn't she lovely?

She is acrylic and coloured pencil on a birch panel and is about 2 x 3 feet.

And

For the FIRST TIME EVER

I am going to show you my work IN PROGRESS....

Here we go:

What do you think?  Did you enjoy seeing Freya In The Making??

Would you like to see more of my pieces in progress???

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XO Mandy & her sweet sweet bunnies who are enjoying some Paul Simon in the studio today XO

The Conversation

Another little tiled piece.  This one is called....

"The Conversation Between Leeson & Thibeault"

...Are they gossiping...

...are they complaining....

...are they being kind and giving each other words of encouragement...

well I guess we'll never quite know...

What would 2 feathered friends be likely to chat about???

(I personally think they are of the gossipy variety, ha ha)

This one is another mixed media on a wood block with a row of tiles.

(I can't believe I messed up the order of the tiles!)

My dad made me some frames for my exhibition and I just adore them so much,

they add so much finish and punch to the pictures.

Have a lovely iced-tea & bird-song filled day....

XO an ice-tea sipping Mandy & her four dandelion munching bunnies XO