It has been forever since I managed to pop onto here and share some art with you. In fact I hadn’t even shared the last Queen from last year, so I thought I would spend the next couple of weeks catching you up with the art that has been happening in the LilliBean Designs Studio […]
THE QUEENS: CELESTE Read More »
I have been working on finding a self care practise that is energising and inspiring and not painting my nails or having my hair cut FFS! ‘Cause “New nail polish makes everything all better right??” ~said no one ever! So part of exploring this concept has been to make time in my week to play
Art in Motion (Time lapse video!) Read More »
HELLO 2019! Will you be the year that people remember as one of the best ever? Or just another year of shit that seems to be surrounding everyone I speak to including me? I used to be a person who would sit down on January 1st and plan everything to the nth degree. And if I
DEFIANTLY (2019 here we are!) Read More »
Today I woke to the sound of rain. We have a balcony off our bedroom that has a laser light roof. The rain steadily falling against it resembles the old tin roof homes I grew up in. The sound of rain is one of my favourite sounds in the world. It is right up there
LIFE SNIPPETS (stories from around here) Read More »
CIRCE. Circe is the queen that started this series! A couple of years ago I painted the Winter Princess, which although bares a striking resemblance to a certain Disney princess, was actually inspired by one of my favourite authors Kristen Ashely and her Fantasy Land series. (I will share her in one of my flashback
I always say to my class participants that there are three rules in art There are no rules in art There are no mistakes in art (just beautiful blunders) If at first you don’t succeed smoosh some paint and start again!! SMOOSH is such a great word. SMOOSHING PAINT. It sounds like what
If in doubt Smoosh some paint and start again…. Read More »
The Queen Series ended up being a series of paintings that just seemed to magically flow from my paint brush. Not one of the queens gave me grief, or had me second guessing my colour choices. And when people ask me which one is my favourite, I can honestly say I love all of this
Tillie was the first of the queen that I thought of. I was out on a walk in my neighbourhood and on it there is this huge big gum tree. The bark has peeled off and drapes over the branches like the old mans beard that I saw every where when we traveled through Louisiana.
The QUEENS: TILLIE Read More »
Beatrix and Grace have made an appearance in two paintings this year so far. I have already shared the Beatrix and the Butterfly painting in another post. The next painting I did with Beatrix was with her friend Grace. As a kid I would often climb my tree in the backyard. My tree (mine because
Beatrix + Grace: A Quiet Afternoon Read More »