DECEMBER DISCOUNT DAYS....DAY 20!

a green eyed, lily loving beauty is this twentieth day of December's FEATURED PRINT!

{"green eyes, yeah the spotlight shines upon you..."~Coldplay}

illustration friday~bouquet

green eyes (lily)
9x12 acrylic on canvas
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perfect for this week's IF theme, bouquet...and a little throwback thursday action as well.

this green eyed beauty, lily, and her bouquet of what else? white lilies.

"green eyes, yeah the spotlight shines upon you..."~coldplay 

{PRINTS (AND MORE) FOUND THROUGH THE SHOP LINKS HERE. ALSO, ORIGINAL PAINTING IS FOR SALE SO CONTACT ME HERE IF INTERESTED.}

"green eyes....

"green eyes" (lily)
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the spotlight shines upon you!" {to quote my beloved chris martin from coldplay}

and here she is, little miss "green eyes" (aka, lily)..named for the coldplay song (of course) as well as my love of white flowers and lilies. oh, and my love of red heads and gingers too. ;)

PRINTS AND OTHER GOODIES FEATURING HER CAN BE FOUND THROUGH THE SHOP LINKS HERE!

{"honey you are a rock, upon which i stand..."}

"green eyes,

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yeah, the spotlight shines upon you..."

{Coldplay}

this beauty, named Lily, is what's on the easel for the next week.  i "heart" her.

{couldn't resist the Coldplay lyrics, of course ;)}

moonlight mavens...

moonlight mavens
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the new *face* of the enchanted easel!

and...wait for it, wait for it....the new website is done too! I'm a girl on a mission! :)

www.theenchantedeasel.com

so, now the back story for this painting (because isn't there always one.)...

well, i knew i wanted something different...something to represent the new style i seem to have evolved into with the start of 2014. i also knew i didn't want an easel in the image, knowing of course that this would be the new front page of the website. 

so...i had to include my stuffed elephant, maggie into the design because she is my partner in creative crime, after all. couple that with the fact that i am an insomniac and do my best work after midnight (don't all of us artists?!) and the fact that i'm obsessed with chris martin and the coldplay song "yellow" ("look at the stars, look how they shine for you....i drew a line, i drew a line for you and all the things you do, and it was all yellow") well, there it is. 

a little coldplay, a little insomnia, a little nicole and a little maggie, of course...and so "moonlight mavens" was born. from my head to the sketchbook to the finished painting.

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and because this song was such an inspiration to me....

it just doesn't get any better than this...or him.

detail of my painting "the wistful ones"
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what's that you say, mr. polar bear? you'd like to take me away with you on an ARCTIC adventure? well, yes sir. i would happily oblige you, mr. polar bear...as we seem to have a true love and appreciation for the same type of climate. :)

{it's NO secret...i loathe summer, heat and humidity. not one bone in my little august born body likes this weather...especially once the numbers hit triple digits. add in the words "oppressive" and "heat warning" and yeah, nicole is not a happy camper. so.....

AC is pumped up, Christmas music is on (after all it is Christmas in july) and i'll be dreaming of snowflakes and Christmas lights while painting at the easel. speaking of "Christmas lights"...(sorry, couldn't resist attaching the video below) which leads me to some wishful thinking...perhaps a little Chris Martin under my preverbal Christmas tree. hmmm..;)}

***ps and btw, here's a link to the painting above...FOR SALE as a PRINT***

https://www.etsy.com/listing/180804870/the-wistful-ones-reproduction

a sky full of stars....

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on the easel this week.

speaking of...i thought i'd be kind enough to include Coldplay's A Sky Full Of Stars video below....just because i'm nice like that. ;)

and while i'm on the subject of my beloved Chris Martin, my FAVORITE Coldplay song turned 14 yesterday (gosh, i really feel old right now....). best. song. ever.

{i know, i'm a little obsessed. but....it inspires paintings....like the i'm currently working on. :)}

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...and she was all YELLOW!

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kirro kokeshi
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(my favorite Coldplay song)

ok, getting back to what's on the easel this week....this lovely little YELLOW kokeshi, named Kiiro {japanese for YELLOW-just in case you didn't know...;)}

wrapping her up in the next day or two! 

{...because perfection always has a place in my life! ;)}