Red Heads …LOVE TO PAINT THEM
Don’t Look Away
16″x12″ mixed media painting on clayboard profile stretcher (sides are painted scarlet).
$400 US+ shipping
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The women that I have been painting as of late are definitely a little homage to Klimt and even Toulouse-Lautrec … they both loved big haired red heads! I have often mentioned how much I love to paint red hair. My daughter, Imogen, whom I use as a model quite frequently, often scowls at me (like only a six year old can) and protests:
” Mum! My hair is NOT red!”. (Imagine hands on hips, eyes rolling around her head, lips twisted, nose crinkled.)
I won’t be surprise if she doesn’t dye her hair when she gets older. It isn’t that I don’t like other hair colours but I find in a painting red hair is so powerful! Black and brown can look a little flat, blonde can take on green tones. But red … ORANGE …. it just POPS. I lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-Ve it.
Oh, and I really love this clayboard material this painting is on. It is especially made for mixed media. Great for drawing on, scratching into, collage on, painting on! It is awesome. Also, the stretcher is museum quality. Just beautifully made. The aren’t cheap but boy are they worth it.
Harvest Crow
11″x14″ mixed media painting on canvas.
Thomas –
This is a 11.5″x15.5″ mixed media portrait on 100% rag paper.
Today when I was going to pick up my oldest daughter from the School bus, my three year old was wearing the most interesting ensemble. Tan cords, brown leather knee high boots, a pink tee and a tan faux lambswool coat. Sounds fine except I have neglected to mention the pink princess dress and a pointy princess hat (pink of course) with flowing veil.
KIDS DO LOVE TO DRESS UP!
Here is Thomas. He also loves to dress up. Over half of the reference photos I was sent to paint his portrait were of him dressed either as Batman or Superman. It was his mother’s idea to have him wearing a cape and I instantly thought it would be great.
I chose Superman strictly because of colour. ( I do like red.) Personally, when it comes to superheros no one can hold a candle to Aquaman. Perhaps because he is mainly under water. ( Get it? hold a candle? … under water? … ha, ha … geesh … tough crowd).
However, I am not sure if Thomas even knows who Aquaman is. Is he still around, I don’t have boys so I don’t know. I am fairly certain that he never wore a cape, it just wouldn’t have been practical. I do know but I have always been partial to the fair haired male (except you Mr. Depp, you are fine as you are) and perhaps this is where me liking Aquaman stemmed from, OR PERHAPS, (OMG) me liking fair haired men stemmed from Aquaman!
Now that I think of it, I do remember when I was five, watching Super Friends while my Mum made dinner, standing in front of the TV, eating a raw carrot and crushing on Aquaman. It is one of those weird vivid memories that up until now seemed so insignificant. Perhaps, he was my first crush! WOW.
Hey,come to think of it, do you think Aquaman looks like Chris?
Don’t Look _________
You looked!
OK, you can LOOK. HA, ha, that reminds me one of our favorite books. You know the one where Grover is telling you not to turn the page because there is a monster at the end of the book and it turns out that HE is the monster at the end of the book. No matter how many times I read that to my kids they still get a kick out of it.
ANYWAY!
Just having a little fun up in the loft today. Painting beautiful people.
Hope you like them. They were fun. Maybe I will do larger versions, these are just wee.(4″x6″)
Don’t Look Away SOLD
Don’t Look Down SOLD
Girl In The Green Housecoat
This is a 7″x10″ mixed media painting on paper. SOLD
The Crow Sisters …. in progress
This is a 16″x16″ profile canvas.
This painting is in progress. I am doing an art show in November for Shadow Theatre’s season opener “Harvest”. I am still in the progress of reading the play and am enjoying it immensely. It takes place in the Alberta country side which I just happened to look at for over 8hours while driving up to Grande Prairie and back last weekend. I saw a lot of harvesting and I saw a lot of crows. I have to admit, I love crows. They are kind of sinister but they stick together and they are so brave and vocal. Boy, are they vocal. I don’t see crows often in the city. We have a lot of magpies and I think that the crows stay away from them. I love magpies as well, although I know a lot of people don’t, but they just aren’t as intriguing to me as crows. I wonder if it is because we didn’t have magpies in Victoria so there is no emotional pull. No nostalgia, no child hood memories … stuff that I often resurface when painting. Speaking of that, the title comes from what we called the two old spinster sisters that lived in my neighborhood. I am guessing their last name was Crow, I never really thought about it before. They, like crows, stuck it out together in their little house way into their old age. They were sweet, kind and gentle to us children, perhaps this is why I have such an affinity to crows. Who can say.
Girl With A Black Headband
This is a 7″x 10″ mixed media painting on paper.
$35 US + $4 for shipping.
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Red Horse
Another 16″x16″ mixed media painting on paper.
The second completed piece for my restaurant commission.
BULL
This is a 16″x16″ mixed media painting on paper. It is for a commercial job that I am doing. It is going to be blown up to 4’x4′ and printed on canvas. No bull.
Girl On A Train
This is a 5″x7″ mixed media painting on paper.
This morning as Imogen ate her hot cereal I realized that appearances are starting to matter. Scarlett requested the curtain closed because the sun was in her eyes. I closed half of the curtain and left the other half opened. Scarlett asked me why I did not just close both curtains and I said it was nice to still be able to see outside. Disgruntled, Imogen stated that I should just close both curtains as a passerby might not only see her wearing the bib I made her put on so she didn’t drip on her clean clothes but also that Mickey Mouse Club House was on the TV. I hadn’t even realized. To be fair, I think she even found this humorous but I bet that would be different in a few years.
(OK, OK, I promise right here right now to never make her wear a bib again. A tea towel or a napkin would have been more appropriate for a six year old).
This painting makes me think about being clueless to her growing up. Sometimes I think I only really see my kids in photos. Look how old she is getting. She looks so young when she is sleeping or standing next to her 6′ 2 daddy. But in this picture she has some sort of wisdom I guess I miss when I am dealing with her on a day to day basis.
Lady With Hat
This is a 7″x10″mixed media painting on paper.
Up in the loft again today. I have a head cold so I thought I would just have some fun. No pressure, no commissions, just me up here painting. Nice.
Peonies
This is a 24″x36″ mixed media painting on a clayboard stretcher. The sides are 2″ deep and are painted tangerine.
Circus Girl In Progress…
So here is another Circus Girl painting, I am trying to coax myself back to the canvas. This break has been too long and not helpful. I am not feeling inspired. I know that Picasso was right when he said he often found inspiration while working but lately when I have tried to start a painting my eyes get heavy and my arm feels like a wet noodle. I instantly feel like crawling under my duvet and going for a long slumber. ARGGGG. I hate that. I wonder why I have to be almost possessed with inspiration and unable to stop even if I want to (or my family wants me to) or a total mindless, uncreative slug. Hmmmm? As my grade nine English teacher used to say ‘ponder, ponder, ponder’.
Anyway, I think I need a huge dress up photo shoot with the girls.
And yes (DAD), I know that I really need to finish writing Circus Girl. She talked to me today, she said “Hurry, I am growing up …look at how I am looking at you.” She also said ” I love all my fans”( see how she is smiling at you?)
This is a 4″x6″ mixed media painting on canvas. I thought you might find it interesting to see the progress of a painting.
Wear My ART
How would you like to wear my art? Well you can and here is how:
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Exciting, isn’t it!
Lisa Engeman is an Australian Artisan that feels we should all “Take art off the wall and into your life”.
Thanks Lisa! I think that your pieces are absolutely beautiful and I am excited to see people WEARING my art!
Peonies and Grade One
This is a 7″x9.5″ mixed media painting on paper.SOLD
Just something a little different in the attempt to get myself back into painting mode. It feels like ages! Imogen starts school tomorrow, grade one, and I am looking forward to getting back to some sort of schedule. I am sad at the same time because I realize that she is going to be gone all day and I am really going to miss her. My Imogen, six and in grade one …I can’t quite believe it!
Photo of Imogen by Trish Walker
Block Party Face Painting
Our block had a party this Sunday. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a blast. I did some face painting. I had several ‘beard’ requests, also rainbows, zombies and a Jack Sparrow. Here are my girls-
Scarlett requested a green bunny …
…and Imogen, a blue cat.
East Meets West
Setting up …
From inside The Italian Market …
Ruby
This is Ruby. She is seven months old. She was a delight to paint. I think a lovely gift from a daughter and son in law who are moving away to a loving mother/grandmother.
16″x20″ mixed media painting on wood.
Waiting for smaland
Here are the girls waiting to get into smaland in ikea. Very exciting, for all of us!
Yellow Socks and Poppies
This is a 18″x18″x2″ mixed media painting on canvas. It is available for $750.00 US.
