Here's another winter madness painting . It's early spring - she's still wearing sweaters and not looking too happy just yet. The checkerboard was just an experiment.... gonna paint over it. The flowers are called Leucadendrons! (from the genus, Protea) Finally found out the name - at the mom and pop grocery store where I buy them. Will make the bangs a bit longer and tweak her a bit more...
My daughter is a painter/artist at heart I think. She doesn't care about getting dirty and will work for a very long time - often singing to herself. She knows when she's done with a piece... and when to begin a new painting. Everything she makes, she seems to love and wants to display it right away. She finds no fault in her work and seems so very sure of herself. I want to be like her when I grow up :)
Here's the 'Daffs Lady'... still have to finish the daffs. I'm getting a bit bedraggled with this whole show preparation...wish I had more time to let the paintings sit and incubate. But, it's hustle time! They'll be dropped off mid month May. I'll be showing more this week and leave a comment if you'd like :)
Well, it's 'Sketchbook Thursday' and no sketches to be found. Everything's sort of put on hold until late May... then, maybe I'll be back to the usual and posting more on the Artslice blog too. 
This one is early in the season... She's realized it's snowing again.
Here are a few glimpses of the painting with the 'Proteus' flowers in them. Need to hurry up before the flowers die! Naturally, it's unfinished (aren't most of my paintings? :) The face I like but it's on the masculine side... I'm tweaking it and making some decisions about what to keep; what to paint over. 
I love these flowers and have inclulded them in one of my paintings. But, I have no clue what they're called and neither did the girl who sold them to me. Would love to know! Anyone know?
One of a triptych I'm working on... this wood is harder than my usual stuff (left over from woodblock camp in Victoria BC!... nice, big piece though) . Have had to take a break from it (hello numb thumb) and work on paintings today. Actually, I started a new one today with a mystery flower... I'll post it this weekend. Hoping someone knows the name of it :) 
Finally finished this drawing today while sitting out in the sun... my daughter re-arranged her 'rock garden' while I painted. Can't remember the name of this little town... I'm going to have to look it up and scour the names in order the jog the memory! Will be adding it to the shop tonight or tomorrow. There's another cathedral drawing that's just about done. I'm playing with color and making it a little funky. Will share it soon.
Here's a new woodblock started today!! It goes with the same theme as the paintings/winter madness/ only-spring-will-make-it-right. I like the way it's going... this is actually going to be a triptych. 
This unfinished lady is part of the Winter Madness series (must come up with a better name). She loves daffodils (or 'daffs' as the Brits say - love their sayings) and is proudly showing them off. Hoping to finish her sometime this week and make her face/skin more interesting and textured. It actually hit 70 degrees late yesterday afternoon. All these extreme temps are so very baffling. Half afraid to plant some flowers in the ground but will be brave and do it!
Gotta love these unusual violas... (I prefer to call them Violets!) Peach and purple, an unlikely combo and so beautiful!
This Strawberry patch woodblock was just printed... think will take even more dark out of the leafy part and then, will paint it which will really add more umph. The Speckled Eggs - it's actually a card. I made some cards for a local bookshop that are colorful, Spring-y and a few for Easter as well. Talk about last minute!! (can't believe we're this close to Easter, must get the candy baskets together - so much fun to watch all the kids hunt for eggs.)
I've been focusing my mornings on painting and I must say, it takes most of my attention. It can be so very absorbing. I feel like Jekyll and Hyde... my approach between painting and printmaking. Very strange. Anyway, I'm loving it as I haven't painted regularly since my son was a toddler. (watercolor and gouache don't count in this instance!)
