Busy Making Items For My Etsy Shop!

Life has certainly changed for me this last year.  I sold my Green Acres home and have split my time between my children's families living with them.  No more loneliness!  Sometimes it can be a challenge since I'm so used to living alone (10 years) but we work hard at it and it seems to be working!
Here are some items you can find in my shop:
POPUP CARDS and Regular!

  Thank you for stopping by!

Complete! Philippians Angel Commission

PHILIPPIANS ANGEL - 22x28" Mixed Media Commissioned

I am excited to announce that I have completed my 'Philippians Angel' for a client.  She has many verses of the Bible from the book of Philippians.  I enjoyed working on this painting because there are so many verses that I strive to live by with the main one being "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".

There are a kajillion mixed media layers to this piece, with verses over/under layers of paint.  When the right brain kicks in, the world is ignored while I work in a creative frenzy getting her done.  So much fun!

Here were all the stages:
Step One:  Rough blocking in -

Step Two: Working on face and color palette - 

 Step Three:  Working on mixed media layers -

 Step Four:  Detail of wing with background

 Step Five:  Detail of face

Now on to the other commissions that need to be finished before Christmas!  Woohoo!

Philippians Angel Commission Stage 2

I now have reached Stage 2 - the face is nearly complete and the wings and background are ready for bible verses and mixed media application.  Let the fun begin!

Philippians Angel Commission - Stage 1

I have been commissioned to create more of my 'angels with words' for a client so I am off and running!
My first angel at Stage 1 - this is where I sit and ruminate, chew, fix, change, decide how I want to continue.  There are always wonky things at this stage because it is testing out colors and design like a 1st draft of a book.  The mistakes can eat at you if you let it, but it's all in the game and there's a long way to go to get to the finish line.