Snowdrops...

one of the first signs of Spring. 

Happy first day of Spring!!

"Serenity Amid the Solstice". 2018's first painting (and my favorite painting to date). PRINTS available and PENDANT NECKLACE coming next week!

PS/BTW, I'm still running a FREE SHIPPING SALE on EVERYTHING in my Etsy shop. Sale ends 3/31 at 11:59 pm EST.

SPRING SHIPPING SALE!!

Despite being sad to see my beloved season of Winter make it's exit later this month, I try to spread the love to the other seasons as well. 😉

No better way than to start an early Spring with a FREE SHIPPING SALE!! ALL items in my Etsy shop are are listed with FREE SHIPPING. No coupon code needed. Sale ends March 31st at 11:59 PM EST.

🌸🌷Happy Early Spring!!🌷🌸

HaPpY SpRiNg!!!

new season. new week. new SALE! 

10 STRAIGHT DAYS...EVERYTHING IN MY SHOP...HALF OFF!!!

{so, click on over and help me clean up my studio a bit...}

FINALLY....

got around to curating my first little treasury on etsy late last night (yay me!)....inspired by one of my favorite flowers (and recent paintings), the delicate and graceful snowdrop.

click on over and take a look at the exquisite handmade items i found in my search. they are simply stunning in their own right.

silence of the snowdrops
8x10 acrylic oncanvas
©the enchanted easel 2016

the other inspiration for this lovely treasury, my painting entitled "silence of the snowdrops". prints here and other goodies here.

meet Flora....

flora~original drawing
7x9 graphite on bristol
©the enchanted easel 2015

the first in a series of three summer/flower girls i will be releasing FOR SALE this summer.

*NOTE~this is an ORIGINAL DRAWING not a print. i will not be selling prints until the original drawing is sold. you can find here FOR SALE here.

also, in my etsy shop, i have three winter girls (ORIGINAL DRAWINGS) available. try not to be biased but they are my favorite. well of course they are, they represent WINTER...one of my obsessions (because God knows i have a few of those...;) )

ok, back to business.....i have also added share buttons to the images here in my blog. i have been trying to add pinterest buttons to the gallery images on my site but due to the format (carousel) i have the images displayed in, well that's the only format in which the pinterest buttons do not want to play nice. kind of stuck on the carousel format so i apologize for the lack of ease in sharing any images you may love on my site onto your pinterest pages. please feel free to share from my blog here though...if the mood strikes you. always remember, ALL of my images belong solely to ME. NONE of them are to be reproduced by anyone but myself. i see lots of artists have their hard work taken by others unknowingly and popping up all over the internet without consent/permission. so wrong but don't get me started....

so now that Flora has made her little debut this first full week of summer (thank you God for the gift of air conditioning....) her lovely little friends, Camillia and Blossom will be following...soon! :)

~HaPpY St. PaTrIcK's DaY~

...or as i like to say "happy leprechauns day!" love me some red-heads! :)

*PRINTS of this piece entitled Thea's Wishing Tree (painted early last year) can be found here~

https://www.etsy.com/listing/124707690/thea-and-her-wishing-tree-reproduction*

here's wishing you all the luck of the irish today....even if there's not a lick of irish in you. ;)

batter up!

and so today baseball season officially begins! yay! 

i "heart" baseball :)

(PERSONALIZED) PRINTS CAN BE FOUND HERE:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/107543732/steppin-up-to-the-plate-reproduction

so, i say on this first official day of baseball...BATTER UP!!!

~HaPpY EaSteR~

...because bunnies can be artists too ;)

(also my submission for this week's IF theme ~ egg)

HaPpY EaSteR!!!

"wow, that's a mighty big carrot!"

©the enchanted easel 2013

said no bunny ever.

just a quick little sketch of some easter cuteness :)

LOVE cute little bunnies!

well, i guess it's official....

mr. winter, you've let me down once again....but my love remains true. i will always be faithful to you and your pristine beauty and frosty temps :)

until next year....

btw, PRINTS of this painting are SOLD HERE:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/50841599/ladybugs-and-butterflies-set-of

~HaPpY MaRcH~

well, the first day of March has officially arrived, which means spring is not too far off. happy for most people right? not so much for me, as winter is my favorite season and we seem to have gotten shafted of yet another really snowy winter (which makes the arrival of spring even harder for me to digest) :(

anyhoo...my beautiful aquamarine hued mermaid, Beryl, has been featured in a treasury over at etsy welcoming in the new month. take a peek at some of the other interesting pieces she has featured in shades of the calming and peacefully beautiful aquamarine.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NjEwNzQ2N3wyNzI0MDU5MjQ4/nerd-alert-its-march

below are some crops of March themed illustrations and their links, where you can purchase prints of them. 

oh, and Easter is early this year (March 24th) so i believe there may be a CUTE little bunny FOR SALE in my shop as well, an ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING. check him out, if you will....:)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/94197949/rainclouds-and-rainbows-reproduction

https://www.etsy.com/listing/96758366/baby-bunny-with-easter-egg-original

https://www.etsy.com/listing/124707690/thea-and-her-wishing-tree-reproduction

an ORIGINAL touch of CUTENESS :)

so, after much *debating* with myself, i have decided to start selling some ORIGINAL pencil drawings. that way, i get to draw almost every day and you get ORIGINAL art at an AFFORDABLE price. "win win" right....?:)

let's start with this ADORABLE little baby bunny, who obviously has a little *something* behind his back....

FOR SALE HERE:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/96758366/baby-bunny-with-easter-egg-original

~HoPpY EasTeR~

springtime at the fish pond...hannah and her little sister ashley:)

here is the custom piece i just finished for little hannah. you can see the full story here http://theenchantedeasel.blogspot.com/2011/03/ahhhsisterhood.html
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH!!!:)

it's a tea (with milk) and cookies kind of day...DONE!:)

i'm happy to say this piece is all done and ready to be shipped! it was a joy working on this and i truly think it is one of the cutest concepts i've had yet;) it is FOR SALE as a REPRODUCTION/PRINT in my etsy shop and can be found here http://www.etsy.com/listing/70175432/it-s-a-tea-with-milk-and-cookies-kind-of
i "heart" this piece!:)

making progress...

i LOVE this piece and am enjoying EVERY second of painting it!:) ok...so as we all know, i am the world's worst photographer;) took this pic with my phone really quick so the colors are a bit "off". but, i'm getting there...:) can't wait to finish it!!!

illustration friday~swarm 2/26/11

ok...so i figured this painting fit this week's illustration friday theme of "swarm". i actually just finished it last week (as it is part of a set for a little girl's nursery). i just remembered to post it now...at 11:30 pm before the midnight cut off for illustration friday. whew...;)