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
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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.
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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
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Two weeks ago our little family was changed forever. On a cold and rainy Saturday Mac popped over to the neighbouring town and came home with Mac’s and my best-kept secret! Previous to this Saturday afternoon, the terrible trio has for months been asking, pleading and slyly pointing out that we need a pet. Bean
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After I finished my Sheltered painting I was bitten by the big canvas bug! I really enjoyed the freedom that a bigger canvas was able to afford me, and seeing my big eyed girls on such a large scale was super exciting. So I had been thinking about a series of paintings that were inspired
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It’s nearing the end of winter here at LilliBean Designs studio, a winter of clear blue skies and savage morning frosts. My hope of growing frangipani’s away from the humid coast took a battering but we are still limping along….just. My first solo exhibition comes to a close in two days which means I have
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Beatrix and the butterfly The stories of Beatrix have been flying out on the canvas this year. Have you meet her yet? Let me introduce you to Beatrix – the little unicorn who when she was very small she was separated from her family and caught by some trolls. A king from a small magical
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