He's Almost Done

This golden monkey of mine has taken forever only because

I've been working on so many pieces at the same time.

But it's just about finished and as usual, I can't wait to show you.

P.S.  I just renewed a whack of older art prints in my shop, do hop over and check them out.

Red Flowers In Focus

Here are the red flowers all finished up

"Red Flowers In Focus"

I don't know about prints yet but the original is for sure already up for grabs

just send me an email if your interested.

Simple Quiet Weekends

We've all been pretty sick the past month so our weekends have been quieter lately...

homemade pizza nights, lots of snuggles with buns & movies in our home theater...

and a bit of time in the studios since my heads been so bad during the weekdays.

How have your weekends been shaping up?  What's your most favorite thing to do??

She Marched To Her Own Beautiful Rhythm

So the sweet blue hummingbird and cutie pie snail ended up here...

on my latest mixed media lovely called

"She Marched To Her Own Beautiful Rhythm"

 Isn't she pretty?  I am so pleased with it.  I had fun with all the texture of the background
and of course with the snail and hummingbird.
 

 

It stems from my own personal experience of slowly learning to march to my own

imperfect rhythm because as a chronic & acute migraine/headache sufferer

I simple can't really keep up a 'normal' routine, never for very long that it!

but I've come to realize that it's just part of my life and whiles I feel like I am far behind

all of the time, that doesn't mean it's negative, not if I adopt a positive perspective atleast!

 

And yep you guessed it, prints are in my shop waiting for ya.  Enjoy!

Sner Snickley

Hi Everyone,

meet my newest little chum

"Sner Snickley"

I just have to share abit of his story with you

 

 

...Sner Snickley was excited.

He was so excited that his hat was about to wobble right off the top of his furry head.

So very excited that he had so many goose bumps along his bald little tail that he was getting chilly!

Yes, he was excited because he was on his way to the airport.

In under 2 hours, he would be flying high above cotton puff clouds to a long dreamt of destination...

a place he's been dreaming of all of his young life and right into his current middle life...

yes indeedy,

it was time for Sner to jet off to the mystical and magical island of Ibiza.

 

 

He had everything he needed packed up beautifully and efficiently...

An extra bag to bring back souvenirs & hopefully atleast 10 fresh pineapples, his favorite fruit.

He was already signed up for a 2 week long diving class so he had snorkel and fins packed.

Embarrassingly, his tail and fair face crisped up in the sun like a piece of soy ham,

so he packed not 1 but 3 bottles of spf 80 lotion.  No need for more wrinkles after all!

He had several swimming trunks in various colours,

though the submarine yellow ones with red and blue Ferraris on them were his absolute favorite,

he didn't know why exactly but they just made his heart happy, so he actually bought 2 pairs of those.

He also made sure to pack his jet black dancing shoes and extra shoe polish

for he planned to dance alot and every single night of his vacation,

oh how his heart fluttered just thinking of dancing away the nights under the pink Ibiza stars

And of course he must bring his special suitcase, the one that perfectly houses his burgundy top hat...

he went no where without his lucky top hat...ever.

Maybe, just maybe he might get lucky enough to meet the future Mrs. Snickley on the dance floor.

Oh yes, indeedy, he was hat wobbling, goose bump chilly, super duper excited...

 

 

I can just picture Sneer's face the first time he sets foot on Ibiza, what fun that would be to see, ha ha.

Prints of Sner will be available soon.

 

Have an amazing weekend everyone.

She Dreams Such Beautiful Dreams

It was a wonderfully cozy day with no headache (wohoo), pouring rain, napping bunnies,

green tea & movies playing whiles I finished up this lovely lady...

 

"She Dreams Such Beautiful Dreams"

 

It is a mixed media made with paper, paint, coloured pencils & ink.

 

 

 

(Prints will be available in my Etsy shop, I'll let you know when they are listed).

 

I've had a few people now tell me that they wish they could live inside my head for one day...

I think my imagery comes more from my heart & soul then from my head,

but I always take that comment as a compliment...

So here you have it...

another piece of me, in paint swishes & pencil lines & as always in joyful colour.

 

Hope you like it.

Joanne

I love days like today...

where it's the perfect blend of art making & bunny snuggles

& all the other good stuff in between. Ah.

 

I finished off these little sweetie today.

 

Her name is "Joanne"

It is coloured pencil on a painted wooden canvas.

 

 

I don't dedicate my work to people very often but this one is

dedicated to a very special woman whom we lost this last week...

Jonathan's Aunt Joanne.

She was a lovely auntie to me, she was a 2nd mom to Jonathan. She was so many wonderful things.

She will be greatly and sorely missed, she was such an awesome woman.

 

It's late but I am off to my coloured pencils again for just a wee bit longer before bed.

Nightie Night & Dream Sweetly.



Play Lightly

Wow, a brand new year of blogging ahead of me once again.  Exciting.

I think it's a good idea to start things off with a brand new illustration.

This one is called "Play Lightly" and is pretty much all Prismacolour on paper.

It's been a long & very cold winter so a dose of colour & summer-time dreaming is in order I think.

I have much to share with you.  I really hope you will join me often over this new year.

I promise, as always, to share the best & most positive of my unique self, here on my beloved blog.

Your Existence Gives Me Peace

I had been drooling over a set of Prismacolour markers

and my friend Maria finally convinced me to splurge and get them for myself.

So I've been playing...

and just finished up this ink drawing which I call

"Your Existence Gives Me Peace"

...I guess the couple in the image does look abit like Jonathan and myself,

and I suppose that was intentional since the piece is about us, love, partnership

and how my honey's presence and existence gives me great peace & soothing hope.

These new markers are perfect for those days where my heads quite sore

and I just can't bring myself to work at my desks or easels
but when I want to get something creative done.

I can just curl up with a small piece of paper and the markers whiles on the comfy couch or bed.

I am going to print out the black and white drawing and then take my watercolours to the print. 

I can't wait to do so...I'll show you the results here of course.

I have another black and white to show you soon...it's one for animal lovers/advocates.

P.S.  I just updated new shots to my Flickr account for anyone interested in my photostream.

XO Mandy whose heart is full