Pretty little Coral

Well I'm still feeling VERY Summery (or should I say 'Springy' ....it's the last day of winter today!! Woohooo!!).
I think it was the thought of sunny days & beautiful blue seas that inspired this one.

She's a pretty little mermaid called Coral...and she is so very proud of her beautiful tail. She only wishes she had a mirror so she could admire herself every day. ..sigh..
lol

She's a mixed media, painted on a 16" x 16" (40.6cm x 40.6cm) Canvas Panel.

Hope you think she's as pretty as I do. ;)

Pretty little Coral - Mixed Media

Susie loves the Sunshine

Spring is almost here in Australia .. YAYYYYYY!!!!!
I'm just a little bit excited about that! Can you tell?
I'm sooo over winter and ready for some warmer weather and lots of blue skies! (There had better be plenty of blue skies otherwise there is going to be big trouble! grrr)

Anyway, I think the excitement of Spring inspired my latest painting. It's called 'Susie loves the Sunshine'. She's only a little one this time. 4" x 5 3/4" on paper.

I love her little striped stockings don't you? :D

'Susie loves the Sunshine' - Mixed Media

Isabelle et son petit chien

This one was inspired by a lovely bunch of ladies some of whom have spent time, or are still living in, Paris. The name 'Isabelle et son petit chien' means Isabelle and her little dog'. (It sounds so much better in French doesn't it! lol)

'Isabelle et son petit chien'- Mixed media

My Heart, My Home

I did this one during the London Olympics. Obviously I must have been feeling rather patriotic at the time! lol
I moved here from England 31 years ago and fell in love with Australia straight away. I think this painting expresses just how I feel about this absolutely wonderful & amazing country.

'My heart, my home' - Mixed Media

The world was so beautiful

Here is another recent painting. I'm not 100% sure whether she is finished or not yet...still thinking I might add some words... & if I do, I have the perfect quote for her.

“She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short.”

Brian Andreas

I'm thinking I might change it a little though....

maybe something like this...

"She cried not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful"...
Yes..I think I like that better. :)

'The world was so beautiful' - Mixed media

Willow in the Night Garden

Sharing another one of the paintings that I've done since I started the 'Paint Your Story' course by Mindy Murphy Lacefield. Enjoying myself sooo much!!

Here she is...

'Willow in the Night Garden' - Mixed Media

I hope that, where ever you are in the world, your day is filled with lots of paint and pretty blue skies.

Sally by the Sea

Back again to share another one of the paintings I've been working on..
This one is called 'Sally by the Sea' and again she is a mixed media using acrylic paint, watercolour pencil, pencil, & oil pastels.
She's a favourite of mine...she looks like a little sweety ♥

'Sally by the Sea' - Mixed Media

Mary's quite Contrary

It's a lovely winters day here today. Beautiful blue skies (which always make me feel so energised) not so warm though. Going for a top of 17celsius. I can't wait for Spring which starts in 3 weeks but in the meantime, if the rest of winter is like this, I'll be quite content. :o)

I'm sharing another one of the paintings that I've done since I started the 'Paint Your Story' course by Mindy Murphy Lacefield.
Doing this course has been the best thing ever for me! I'm so excited about how much freer that I feel. So much more relaxed. Before the class I used to have to plan every last detail about what I was going to put onto canvas and paper. Now I just start making marks and let the canvas tell me what it wants to be.
I never in a million years thought that I would be able to be paint like that...giving up my control over whatever I was creating and just seeing where the paint took me. Its wonderful!! I love it! ♥

Here she is...

'Mary's quite contrary' - Mixed media