Mirror, Mirror - Revisiting old work

18"x 24" Oil paint on Stretched Canvas
So again, I re-visited one of my older paintings. I had a lot of fun re-working this one. I darkened the ledge the apple sits on, so that it would anchor the piece. I added a pattern to the wall behind the mask. That was one crazy pattern to do! But it was worth it in the end.

The mask is a Chinese Mask I got when I lived in Beijing. I thought it was symetrical, but it's a little quirky - he or is it she? - has a crooked grin. And one of the lower eyelids was knocked off at some point. I have no idea what he represents, I like to believe that it's some type of buddha or bottisatva. Who knows.

And the apple brings me back to Snow White. I can't tell you why - I liked how the mask was looking down at the apple. As if it knew, that one bite of the apple, you'd fall asleep. And who would then be the Fairest of them All?

A Color Pencil Drawing & some Watercolors

The Color Pencil drawing is approx. 8"x8.5" (artwork dimensions) Framed.
Three Watercolors, all 8"x10", (artwork dimensions) framed.

All for sale!

Warm Up 2x3s, part Deux

From the top - Dogwood Flower, Apricots, Old Man in the Ball.
2"x3" Oil on cardstock.

Warm up 2x3s

A couple days ago I started a series of 2"x3" paintings on cardstock - I think they would qualify as ATC size pieces. Just for fun. They are quick pieces - under an hour each. Interested? Email me. More tomorrow.

Lavender Bench - Monthly Painting Challenge

I'm trying something new. The Monthly Painting Challenge posts a photo reference image once a month, and we do our thing and create a painting from the image. Though I've been following the blog since, well, January, this is the first posting I will make, and hopefully not the last.
8x8 oil on canvas.

MetroCard Painting

Well, it's last minute, the paint is dry, I'll mail it out tomorrow. I just couldn't resist trying my hand at painting ATC size - rather, NYC MetroCard size. It's for a show in NYC - opens next week. Check out the website. And they have an event page on FaceBook.
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Lana & Pheny

This is a double portrait painting of my mom, Pheny, and her best friend, Lana. My husband asked me to do a painting of them. Lana now owns the painting. 24"x30", oil on stretched canvas.