the making of lollipop

i started with layers and layers of sap green

i'm guessing there are about 10-15 washes of green!

 next, with help from the little man, 

i started on the chandelier

now, my favorite!!!

COLOR is being added

i used striped tissue paper from 

Kate Spade as inspiration

(you can see it on the back wall)

i was constantly moving from color to color

my jars of water and palette

here, i thought i may be done, 

but something was missing

the chandlier wasn't popping like i wanted

so...

i added paint pens

and voilà

lollipop

:)

go here for details

Lollipop

introducing my new favorite

 

Lollipop

 48 x 60 inches

yes, it's large and colorful 

and full of layers and drips

here are some detail snaps :)

finally,

Sadie with Lollipop 

(taken with my camera phone)

as always, head to my web site for details

in the studio today

this is what's happening

hope you're having fun 2!

obsessed with togo

who's with me?

and

it comes in 

orange!

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introducing:

togo, don't get me started

6 x 12 inches

started with pencil drawing on canvas

watercolor and gouache

done? 

no...

needed some pink clumpy acrylic

and

orange, of course

yep, that should do it!

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via

i heart you, togo!

go here for 

togo, don't get me started

info

:)

yaddo

Founded in 1900 by the financier Spencer Trask and his wife Katrina, herself a poet, Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400-acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.  -excerpt from yaddo.org

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where i would like to create 

:)

painted steps

i'm excited to share with you

a fun and

(not so) little 

side project 

i've been working on

operation:

paint the steps

oh my, i know.

here's how it went down

after much trial and error

i decided to make my own stencils

steps before: 

this is the pic i took when we saw 

the house for the first time

my inspiration?

 these beautiful steps

 found on pinterest, of course.

mother lovely

i am delighted to be lovely lady no. 13

on mother lovely!

thank you shannon for a lovely interview! 

i appreciate you adding a link to my hometown :)

here are some of my fav past posts

on mother lovely:

yummy cookie recipe

some cozy clicks

click on over to read the interview

buysomedamnart show

that's right

you didn't misread the title of this post

my work is the current show on

buysomedamnart.com

funny, huh?

get over there now, 

because 

hot dang

3 have already SOLD

yippie!

happy valentine's day

ihopeyourdayisfullof

love

gaze at art

according to a study last year from 

University College London, 

when people looked at paintings they liked, 

MRIs showed that the medial orbitofrontal cortex,

part of the brain that governs pleasure, lit up. 

the caudate nucleus, 

which is the nerve center relating to 

romantic love, also brightened.

- whole living, march 2012

Image: David Hockney. The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) (detail). Oil on 32 canvases (each 91.4 x 121.9 cm), 365.8 x 975.4 cm; one of a 52-part work. source: click here