Oh my gosh, I am so excited about some upcoming paintings. Some are commissioned paintings and some are ones that I’m just doing for myself…just painting them because they are swirling around in my head and I need to get them OUT and on to the paper so I can move on.
They’re like a creative [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Mad Mom, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Portraits, Watercolor on August 31st, 2010 | No Comments »

…I’m your man.

Completed: August 25, 2010
Soundtrack: Jane’s Addiction, Kettle Whistle
Beverage: H20

Filed under: Art, Mad Mom, Painting on Yupo, Portraits, Watercolor on August 25th, 2010 | 4 Comments »

There is this show coming up at the end of the month that’s calling for art inspired by Dia de los Muertos. I had such luck painting my daughter as a two-headed girl a few weeks ago, that I thought I’d try my hand at painting her as a Catrina figure.
Today we drove to my parents’ house on [...]

Filed under: Art, Beautiful Things, Mad Mom, Portraits, Resolutions, Step-by-step on August 21st, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I love painting little kids. Their eyes are so big. They’re usually smiling. Or impish. They have tiny little Chiclet teeth.
I remember when my kids were toddlers. Damn, they were cute. My son liked to pretend he was a T-Rex or a pterodactyl; very serious face, wings or tiny arms,  and accompanying dinosaur sounds. We [...]

Filed under: Art, Mad Mom, Painting on Yupo, Portraits, Watercolor on August 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This painting has been rattling around in my head for months. Months. Before Evelyn Evelyn released an album. Before I went to the concert in May.
I knew exactly what I wanted to paint – an image as haunting as the album and its concept. My daughter and her big brown eyes would be a perfect [...]

Filed under: Art, Beautiful Things, Mad Mom, Painting on Yupo, Portraits, Watercolor on July 22nd, 2010 | 2 Comments »