carter's giraffe

***OK FIRST THINGS FIRST-MY SCANNER WASN'T COOPERATING TONIGHT SO THIS IS A PIC AND A LOUSY ONE AT THAT! ALSO, THE BORDER APPEARS TO BE "OFF" AND UNEVEN DUE TO MY LOUSY CROPPING. HOWEVER, IT IS PERFECTLY STRAIGHT AND EVEN! OK...NOW THAT I CLEARED THAT UP...;)***
FINALLY the baby was born...a little late. but better late than never;) his name is carter and here is his own personalized little piece of artwork. alexis and mark chose cocalo bedding in the pattern jungle jingle (see photo below) but there is no giraffe in it. SO...lucky for me...i got to design one to coordinate with it:) i am framing it in a white wood frame and am ready to turn it over this weekend. hope they love it!!!
welcome to the world little carter!!!

happily ever after...christy and brian!

this is what i worked on this weekend...a recreation of my piece "happily ever after" for my friend christy and her husband brian. the wedding was this past saturday and i was so incredibly bummed out that i couldn't attend due to my shoulder/neck injury:( i really wanted to go!!! so i had to do something extra-special and i am so happy with the way this turned out:) the dress and veil is spot-on to christy's and i threw in an extra touch of cuteness for brian with the bow tie as opposed to the regular one he wore;) the clover green of the background is homage to the maid-of-honor's dress color. i am SUPER excited to give this to them!!! all i have left to do is cut a mat and put their names and wedding date on it, then frame it and wrap it! i hope they love it!!!
by the way, prints of the original "happily ever after" are sold in my etsy shop:)
http://etsy.com/listing/41682170/happily-ever-after-reproduction

ariel...the little mermaid

here she is...all done!!! finally!!! i actually am pleased with the way it turned out...especially the hair. i hardly ever get to paint redheads so...not too bad;) now she joins my little snow white (posted in the pic below). both for sale as prints in my etsy shop next up...belle (my FAVORITE)!!!

next up in my princess series...

...the little mermaid~ariel! i'm so excited to be able to work on another princess (since the snow white was so popular). i think i have sold more prints of that than anything...i think;)
anyway, i am in the process of working on ariel and hoping to have it done by the middle of the week:)

ladybugs and butterflies~right panel

finally done! both panels are for sale in my etsy shop...due to the fact that the order fell through...right in the middle of the painitngs. oh well...at least i managed to finish them...and like them:)
http://enchantedeasel.etsy.com

ellen's custom angel

i've been crazy busy filling custom order this last week...even with a pinched nerve which shoots right down my drawing arm:( but still, the show must go on! i love painting these little angels and the boy ones are actually my favorite. this was for a sweet little baby girl named ellen and i loved every second of custom creating this for her!
next up is putting the letters on the giraffe posted below (we finally found out the name of the baby "carter")...

this week's illustration friday~"satellite" 6/25/10

this is my illustration entitled "alistair and the spy glass" and i thought it fit this week's i.f. theme of "satellite" perfectly. this is my FAVORITE piece to date! i love how little alistair has his little pet turtle apollo at his side as he spies all the wonders of the universe with his little red spy glass! this piece just makes me happy:) one day i would love to be able to base a whole book around this little character and his pet turtle...and his spy glass, of course...;)
prints of this are for sale in my etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/31464539/allistair-and-the-spy-glass-reproduction