oh hey, illustration friday...

sweet serenity
9x12, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2016

it's been a while! with the theme/prompt this week being "swirl" well, i thought this piece from last year would be rather fitting. 

PRINTS available here , a sweet PENDANT NECKLACE available here and a little peek into the STEP BY STEP process of how she was created can be seen here.

{can we take a moment and appreciate the Pantone color palette from last year which inspired this painting...definitely one of my favorites to date.}

printing and packing....

this month's FEATURED art print, Silence of the Snowdrops.

this is my favorite painting from 2016 (do you think it has to with the WINTER theme?! ;)). happy to have sold multiple prints of these so far this month and looking forward to featuring another print come february.

2 more weeks left in january to get 20% off this beauty. enter code:SNOWDROPS2017 at checkout in my etsy shop.

{now, if only i could get a little SNOW around here....}

this right here....

makes me rather thankful for my mally beauty waterproof mascara.

this was too beautiful not to share. it's reviews like this that really humble me to the core. 2016's final commission went over big, i see...and that makes me really really happy. :)

2016's final commission....

was a pleasure to create.

avery's painting-commission
11x14, acrylic on canvas

the sweetest lady came to me requesting a custom painting based on one of my drawings (pic below). it was to be for her ginger haired, december born baby girl. they were redoing her room based on a few prints of my drawings that she purchased (yeah, that happened-a room redo based on MY drawings-huh?!)

so-ginger, december, winter...three of my favorite things. triple win for me. :)

glacia
6x8, graphite/tinted graphite on bristol

HAPPY NEW YEAR, FANS AND FRIENDS!!

with the new year upon us, i will be offering a different PRINT each month throughout 2017 at a DISCOUNT PRICE. january's FEATURED PRINT is this little winter beauty, Eira.

silence of the snowdrops
8x10, acrylic on canvas

just enter code:SNOWDROPS2017 at checkout. *sale ends 1/31/17 at 11:59 est.

wishing all my fans and friends the most happy, most healthy, most successful year ever!!

so, it's official....

the very first day of my MOST FAVORITE SEASON is finally here!! HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE, MY FRIENDS!! :)

to celebrate (because this is a day i look forward to every year) well, i'm offering a 20% SALE on ALL WINTER THEME items in my etsy shop. drawings, prints, paintings, ornaments and pendant necklaces....just enter code:WINTERSALE2016 at checkout. sale ends 12/31/16 at 11:59 est. 

{fake snow filter-not included.}

BAD BLOGGER!!

{hangs head in shame:( }

crazy last couple of weeks....between a commission, matting and framing prints for some friends who are always kind enough to buy my work for their littles and a pretty intense flare up in my right arm from all the osteoarthritis, radiculopathy, nerve damage and chronic inflammation in my cervical spine (something i know i rarely talk about in this blog) after three neck surgeries. i guess i've always been one to try and not dwell on the not so positive stuff but perhaps it helps others who deal with pain just to follow their biggest and most loved passion. there is (and always will be) a FERAL need in me to create. maybe you have to be an artist to really get it. you just can't live without out. really. so, apologies for the lack of posts but if you know me personally, you know my drive far outweighs my tiny stature. in the words of my favorite Pixar film, Meet the Robinsons, "KEEP MOVING FORWARD!!"

now to what i've been up to (besides the pain)...a sweet commission from one of my drawings (FOR SALE HERE) which i turned into a painting for a sweet little ginger. i will be posting the finished painting as well as offering prints of her very soon! you'll have to check back and see...;)

here are some WIP pics as well as a cute little blue penguin i sketched...just because.