Custom paintings

I have been taking a break from the clay for a little while to work on more paintings. I am almost finished with a custom sugar skull rabbit for a wonderful customer who LOVES rabbits! I really enjoy painting the details of the sugar skulls...fun to get lost in the patterns and vibrant colors. I completed the second painting last week and delivered it to a customer in Raleigh. She is redecorating her little boy's room with a cars/trucks/planes theme and wanted his favorite animal, a turtle, driving a car down a winding road with a bible quote she had chosen. I added in a little flag with his name and put his birthdate on the license plate. She said that Tyler giggles whenever he looks at the painting which is now hanging over his bed. I think that is the perfect stamp of approval :)!

18" x 24" Sugar Skull Rabbit



24" x 30" Tyler's Turtle

Sugar Skullcat painting for STJ update!

I have been wanting to create a painting in honor of the millions of cats killed in shelters every year. I didn't want it to be morbid or dark, so I decided to use the bright, colorful style of the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration. Those precious lives are lost, but they are not forgotten by me or any of the rescuers who do their best every day to change the reality of pet overpopulation and abandonment. Our hearts ache for each and every kitty, and we will continue to give them voices and fight for change.

This painting will be available tonight at midnight for the Spookytime Jingles update! It was done on a 16 x 20 gallery wrap canvas with mixed media accents...i.e. glittery cardstock leaves and hearts. 15% will be donated to spaying/neutering/vaccinating 2 feral cats through the TNR program in Lexington. Preventing unwanted births is the only way to end pet overpopulation and the deaths of so many adoptable, loving animals.

Sugar Skullcat and Snowcat

Hello everyone! I feel like I have been away from blogland FOREVER!! We went to the beach for a week and returned last Tuesday. It took me the rest of the week to get back into the groove of things. We also had something very sad happen, so I was moving very slowly. I will write about that soon...have just needed time to let things absorb.

I made a few grinning kitties over the past few days...that always helps soothe my soul :). I created the Sugar Skullcat for the Spookytime Jingles' Day of the Dead auction tree and the Snowcat for the Snowman auction tree. I decided to make second similar versions of both, so those are available in my Etsy shop right now.