WIP Work in Progress! Portion of Original Big Eye Rococo Maiden with Lovebirds Fantasy Painting & Close Ups of the Birds...

 

This is a WIP work in progress image of my refined birds from my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair.  This portion includes her rococo wig and the roosting birds.  The birds have a folk art feel, but the entire piece has an avantgoth feel to it.  I need to put some shadows in her hair and finesse some details, but I think I've made solid progress with this painting.

The little birdies told me they were ready for a close up, so I've humored them...  I plan to have the lovebirds available as individual prints, but at this point I haven't cropped them correctly or color corrected the images.

The traditional art original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame that measures approximately 12"x20" and will be approximately 14"x22" when framed.   It is titled Feathered Refuge.

This is Whispers of Love, my chibi green lovebird nestled in pink.  It is a close up portion of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair painting and will be available as an individual print when I've cropped it correctly and color corrected the image.

This is Feathered Dreams, my chibi orange lovebird nestled in pink.  It is a close up portion of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair painting and will be available as an individual print when I've cropped it correctly and color corrected the image.

This is Whispers of Love, my chibi green lovebird nestled in pink.  It is a close up portion of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair painting and will be available as an individual print when I've cropped it correctly and color corrected the image.

WIP Work in Progress! Portion of Original Big Eye Rococo Maiden with Lovebirds Fantasy Painting...

 

This is a WIP work in progress image of two of my birds from my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair.  They have been roughly blocked in.  Next I will refine them a bit; however Alex likes the unrefined feel of the birds and cautions me to keep them loose, so they won't be getting extremely tight.  

Some may remember the little bird at the top as one I have painted before in small format.  It's now a much brighter colored bird!  Initially all of the birds were going to be blue, but my painting became brighter in hue and I was loosely inspired by my friend's green bird and those two things changed everything...  

The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame that measures approximately 12"x20" and will be approximately 14"x22" when framed. 

WIP Work in Progress! Portion of Original Big Eye Rococo Maiden with Lovebirds Fantasy Painting...

 

Happy snuggles!  This is a WIP work in progress image of part of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair.  The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame that measures approximately 12"x20" and will be approximately 14"x22" when framed.  I've loosely blocked in the bird couple; I have not yet decided if I will refine this couple a bit first or move on to blocking in another bird next and come back for refinements after I've blocked in all of the birds...

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Rococo Maiden with Lovebirds Fantasy Painting...

 

This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair.  The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame.  The panel measures approximately 12"x20" and will be approximately 14"x22" when framed.  I've blocked in her glorious pink hair and am looking forward to starting work on the little birds...

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Fantasy Painting Underpainting...

 

Here is where I am on my 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting.  I've loosely underpainted the entire painting and need to begin finessing additional layers.  So very many feathers and so much more to come... 

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Rococo Maiden with Lovebirds Fantasy Painting...

 

This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair.  The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame.  I'll try to remember to measure it before the next time I post her.  I've been working on blocking in her face, features, and hair.  The hair is partly underpainted and partly blocked in, the silhouettes of where the little birds will be is visible...

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Fantasy Painting...

 

Still plugging away at this 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting.  I'm just blocking in some basics, much more remains to go for just the underpainting itself, but I hold that some progress is better than no progress at all...  

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Rococo Maiden with Lovebirds Fantasy Painting...

 

This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair.  The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame.  I've started on underpainting her face and neck.  Sometimes I am enamored of this soft focus stage, but I enjoy taking things to another level, so the painting continues...

Feliz Dia de los Muertos / Happy Day of the Dead ! Original Big Eye Sugar Skull Monarch Butterfly Fantasy Calavera Maiden Painting...

 "Unremembered Title" painting 16x20 inches, acrylics on panel, framed 

This one has a title, but I can't remember it right now and I don't want to take it off of the wall at the moment to check...  I painted her for the Ontario Museum of Art exhibit JOURNEY OF THE BUTTERFLIES a while back.  I missed sharing this somehow, but now I can share her here for the first time today!  We hope you have a wonderous Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead.

Happy Halloween! Original Big Eye Scarecrow Fantasy Painting...

 "Patchwork Princess" 11x14 inches, duo oils on wood

Patchwork Princess, a big eye scarecrow fantasy girl, and I wish you a happy Halloween!  The original painting is 11"x14" duo oils on wood.  I'm loving her heterochromia eyes...

This painting is available for adoption, if you're interested please feel free to contact me with an offer.  If you're more interested in a print and you'd like to be put on the list to be informed when I'm able to release prints, please let me know.  

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Fantasy Painting...

 

I've concluded that there's no way I'm finishing this painting in time for Dia de los Muertos.  I've started to block in the feathers, hair, and neck for this 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting, but this is all just underpainting and I still have her face, headress, and dress to block in before I even begin overpainting.  I wish I could finish it in the time allotted, but I know that even if I had my schedule entirely clear, which I do not, I'm just too slow of a painter to manage.  Fortunately I do have another one that's on the wall that I'll try to share with you in celebration on that day...  

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Fantasy Painting...

 Feathers, feathers, and more feathers...  I'm starting to block in the feathers for this 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting.  The lineart is difficult to see in the photograph, but I can assure you, there are more feathers, many more feathers...

"Xochitl Study" for the Dia de los Muertos/ Day of the Dead Mujeres Valientes Show

 

This is my "Xochitl Study" that I did for the Dia de los Muertos/ Day of the Dead Mujeres Valientes Exhibit at the Ontario Museum of History & Art in 2021.  It was a year when I didn't feel I'd be able to finish the full sized painting that I started for them so I submitted this colored pencil drawing on toned paper.  I bring it up this year because my schedule was too complicated to even ask them to consider me this year for their show, but I'm hoping to complete this year the painting that this drawing was a study for that I started for them so many years ago...

I'll try to post a wip work in progress image of my Xochitl painting in the not too distant future.  Please look forward to it.

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Scarecrow Fantasy Painting...

 

This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye scarecrow fantasy girl.  The original painting is 11"x14" duo oils on wood.  I've worked on her eyes and face a bit since you've seen her last.  I still need to do more with her hat, hair, nose, lips, and eye details.  This is my first time painting heterochromia eyes...

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Rococo Maiden with Lovebirds Fantasy Painting...

 

This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair.  The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame.  I've only worked on the background at this point, a soft yellow that lets the panel shine through a bit.  It's difficult to make out the details at this point, maybe next time I paint on one of these wood panels that Alex's father cut to fit vintage frames for me, I will gesso the panel first instead of just using GAC-100 to seal in the sketch, but I'll see how it goes with this painting...

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Scarecrow Fantasy Painting...

 

This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye scarecrow fantasy girl.  The original painting is 11"x14" duo oils on wood.  I've worked on her hair and top since you've seen her last.  I haven't done much with her eyes yet, I think they will be next...

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Scarecrow Fantasy Painting...

 

I didn't manage to finish this painting for Halloween last year, so I'm hopefully giving myself enough of a head start to do so for this year.  This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye scarecrow fantasy girl.  The original painting is 11"x14" duo oils on wood.  I've done the underpainting; although in my enthusiasm I lifted up some of the shadow from her right cheek.  It's a good indication that I need to let things dry when that starts happening...  This is a painting with many painting sessions ahead of it before completion, painting in layers is fun and rewarding, but requires patience.

Happy Valentine's Day! Original Big Eye Gothic Goddess & Betta Fish Painting!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!  Hugs from me and betta fish kisses from Lovfina's friend.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

WIP Work in Progress! Original Big Eye Scarecrow Painting...

 

This is the start of this big eye scarecrow painting, I'm working on her for Halloween, but I may not finish in time as I've embarked on a massive household project...  The original painting is 11"x14" duo oils on wood.  At this point in the wip work in progress, I've worked mainly on the background.  I think the next steps will be to continue on to underpainting... 

Sketch Line Art Drawing for my Dia de los Muertos Day of the Dead Piece

 

This is the sketch I submitted for the Ontario Museum of Art Show Día de los Muertos: Recuerdos de Sabores/Flavorful Memories Exhibit.  The theme was memories and food and I decided on a whimsical headress of pan dulce that was composed of sweet bread that I shared with my grandparents on the head of a maiden kissed by her ancestor.

I plan on sharing some work in progress views of the piece as well as the finished piece on Dia de los Muertos, but if you'd like to see the original completed painting in person, it's up at the museum.  The information is below.

Día de los Muertos: Recuerdos de Sabores/Flavorful Memories

Ontario Museum of History & Art in the Museum's North Wing

225 South Euclid Avenue

Ontario, California 91762

Thursday October 5 - November 19, 2023

Regular Open Hours

Thursday/Friday, 12 PM – 4 PM, Saturday/Sunday, 11 AM – 5 PM

Admission is free

General Information or to make a reservation call: (909) 395-2510