Last week I shared with you the very funny story of how I thought my inner voice was speaking to me during a sound bath session (read it here) but during that session, I also had a fully formed painting pop into my mind. This painting is about embracing all parts of yourself - the light, the dark and the black. EMBRACE is now available as a print and is part of my oracle series … Continue reading EMBRACE
I AM ADDICTED TO MY DREAMS Vivid dreams. I have them all the time. Full colour, full drama, full immersion into a world that is sometimes a lot more interesting than my own. Sometimes I don't want to wake up. Sometimes I just want to fall back into the colourful world I have dreamed that night. I am addicted to my dreams. The fun ones, the sad ones, the ones where I am constantly trying … Continue reading I AM ADDICTED TO MY DREAMS
I have a little notebook that lives in my car (well it lives in my car when I am not in lock down!) and when I have to pick the terrible trio up from school or dance or wait for covid tests and doctors appointments, I'll sketch little drawings. Part of this is boredom - I could spend the time scrolling through socials (and sometimes I do) but I like these five minute sketches made … Continue reading OPEN HEARTED
Today I am share the third of 5 paintings created on wooden disks. Last year I bought five large round wooden disks from our local hardware shop. At the time I didn't really have a plan, but I was also slightly enamoured with wreaths, and starting to follow the moon phases. Earlier this year I found these disks hiding behind some canvases and decided it was time to create something with them. I have already … Continue reading WANDERING STAR
This painting seemed to take months. Actually it did take months! Each time I worked on it, I would take infinitesimally small steps forward, and end the session feeling frustrated and lost. But I think the end result was worth it. This is the second of my wooden disk paintings - the first being the CRYSTAL WREATH G I L D E D C A G E angel, why do you hide in your gilded cage … Continue reading GILDED CAGE
Adding a art journalling practice to my day has really helped with my creative ebbs and flows, and I find that often paintings I have made in my art journal are begging to be recreated into larger paintings. Mademoiselle was one of these paintings. Starting as a quick paint and then graduating to the a larger canvas. She spoke to me so much that I had to put aside the painting I was currently working … Continue reading MADEMOISELLE
THE MORRIGAN Last year my nephew had a god and goddess party for his birthday as he was slightly obsessed with the Percy Jackson books. But instead of going as a greek or roman goddess I decided to delve into my Celtic ancestry and choose a goddess from that pantheon. I have always loved the idea of the Morrigan: a triple goddess, the phantom queen, the keeper of both birth and death. A goddess of … Continue reading The Morrigan
I have totally been putting this painting off. I started it last October, and for the next four months, every week I would put 'Finish Draco' on my to do list! Seriously every week. So I didn't want to keep disappointing some of my HUGE HP fans who have been asking me if I have done any more and I was sick and tired of writing down 'finish draco' every week. … Continue reading IT’S FINALLY FINISHED!
If you are a LilliBean facebook or insta follower you will have seen my struggles to capture the Harry Potter gang in paint. In theory they should be fairly simple to do - Bean adores Harry Potter so I have read all the books and seen the movies several times but I think I have psyched myself a little bit. The first four paintings I ended up repainting half way through because I wasn't happy … Continue reading NEW FAN ART {harry potter}
The other day I was packing for River and Wren, when behind a stack of boxes I found a painting that I hung in my exhibition last year, but that I had never actually shared with you all! I have had these largish square panels in my studio for absolutely ages now - I think I may have even bought them in my very first art supply orders. During the big canvas clean out of … Continue reading The Sea Nymph
