More celebration of all the mamas out there. I couldn’t resist painting tiny mamas with their babies. I’m sorry for the short notice, but I decided to paint these last minute and wasn’t sure when I’d finish them. But this series of 6 tiny originals is officially up at the shop right now!
happy creative thursday!
This is a new stamp message that I found that is now gracing the packaging of all my orders. All I can say is that this message sums up perfectly how I feel about what I do. If I haven’t told you already, everything created here at Creative Thursday is made with love and I can’t tell you enough how thankful I am to do what I do. When you get a package from me in the mail, you should know that I send love with it. And you should also know that I can’t thank YOU enough for the continuous support you offer me and my handmade creations.
That’s all. Sometimes I just feel like I have to tell you these things.
(by the way… it’s looking like I’ll be back tomorrow on Creative Thursday with some tiny creations…)
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Well we know what special day is fast approaching ~ Mother’s day! This one is for all the Mama bird’s out there and especially to my wonderful Mama who’s birthday is also this week.
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Oscar : “Good morning Olive, who are you going to be today?”
Olive: “Why a puppy dog, of course.”
We biked to the farmer’s market today. Fresh produce, sunny skies, bright yellow sunflowers, a red bicycle, pure joy. I don’t know what it is about going to farmer’s markets that brings me so much happiness, it just does.
hope you’ve had a happy sunday
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So here it is…the large painting I’ve been working on. It’s now officially finished and titled “enchanted forest”. Or a second title by Sean is “polar bear who took a wrong turn”.
A request by my licensing company, a combination of two prior pieces, I’m really happy with how it turned out. This painting will be licensed and printed as a giclee on canvas in a much larger size ~ so perfect for over a bed or crib. I’m also posting the original for sale right here. It’s one of those images you can gaze at endlessly, discovering the little critters or just allowing your eye to trace over the shapes and colors.
On a side note, I am working on the next podcast. I haven’t forgotten! After listening to and absorbing all of these Eckhart and Oprah classes lately, I’m taking great care to ensure that these podcasts will be written and spoken from my most conscious place, which is particularly important as the next one I have in the works will continue on the delicate subject of money, with an emphasis on pricing, licensing…and so on.
wishing you an enchanting weekend.
*Edit* Sunday ~ I decided to add some close-ups of the little critters, so you can actually see them 
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A special request that felt like a perfect fit for these new wood panels I found last week. Oh, weddings are simply wonderful.
*Edit* Monday, May 5 ~ If you are wanting to give this one as a gift, I’ve decided to make it available as a print over at the shop.
My oh so talented friend Cathy released these gorgeous paintings today and I just love how she photographed them. It’s all just so pretty, I had to share it with you. You can still find some of the originals right here, and she’s selling prints here….perfect for Mother’s Day!
I think I finally finished up my large painting, so I should be back with a daily painting soon…After all those tiny portraits, painting large is a whole different experience.
Do you ever have times where everything feels so exciting, it’s hard to focus? Today is one of those days. Let’s say the last 3 days have been brimming over with excitement, that and cleaning, especially the windows in my studio. One project, I’m not ready to share yet ~ but, oh am I looking forward to the day that I do share it! The other excitement is that if I can remember correctly I finally “surfed” officially yesterday, meaning I stood up on the board and road the wave in on two feet, not my knees or my stomach. I say that “I think” I remember because when you finally stand up after many, many, many attempts the excitement causes you to go into momentary shock and there by lose your memory temporarily. I do remember wobbling to keep balance, so it must have happened! Our surfing friend, John is my witness.
The other news that I am ready to share, is that today I spent the most inspiring morning with these wonderful ladies, Wanelle, Jo, and Marina while they photographed me and my studio for the first issue of “Where Women Create”. I think the universe heard my request for more “real”, authentic feeling magazines, because this is it. In fact, it’s so “real” the inside of my studio cabinets and drawers were even photographed. Now you know why I was cleaning my studio windows this weekend, and all the organizing I did earlier this year came in handy ~ as my drawers were at least half way decent when opened And after meeting Jo, the owner, editor, publisher, in person today ~ I know this magazine is going to be FABULOUS!! It is another extension of Stampington, who publishes many titles, among which, my new favorite, Artful Blogging. The best part is that this magazine, is Jo’s dream, thirty years in the making.
So, it’s now afternoon and after some food, always good for focus, and a quick nap I think I’m ready to finish my large painting I’ve been working on, among other things that need getting done, that is if I can survive the heat today. While I love that my studio is a sun room, let’s just say that it gets a little hot in the summer time, I mean spring time…it already feels like summer here. Alrighty then, with a fan blasting on me, I’m off for some creating and messing up of the studio I spent yesterday afternoon straightening. I just wanted to pop in and say hi and share some excitement. I hope you had a lovely weekend where ever you may be.
The third series of tiny portraits are officially up at the shop! What can I say, other than I’m having too much fun with these tiny critters!!!
I woke up this morning in a good mood as is often happening these days, then my mind started spinning and a fierce, feisty mood, probably brought on by that crazy pain body…and ego ~ ensued. I decided that I needed to channel that energy elsewhere, as feeling annoyed was and is seriously a waste of time.
Ok, then. I channeled it into some new tiny portraits! painting = pain body. (If you don’t know what the heck I’m talking about with this “pain body” jargon, just read here. I honestly can’t say pain body, especially with a German accent, without laughing and that alone makes the pain body diminish.) It wasn’t my plan to create more tiny portraits this week, especially because I have a large painting project I seem to be stalling on…but, you know what they say, when inspiration or a bout with the pain body strike, PICK UP the paint brush. And it is Creative Thursday after all.
So, I’m still trying to figure out the best way to let all of you know, email and/or blog, and/or shouting from my studio window, when creations like this are released. This time I am giving those of you dedicated blog visitors a day ahead of time head’s-up. And I’ll send my daily painting email out when they are officially up. TOMORROW at 9 am PST at Etsy (a bit earlier than usual as tomorrow I have errands to run in the morning…got to get out of the door before the traffic begins), a new series of 10 tiny portraits will be available. And I’ve been listening to your requests….
Oh and I almost forgot to mention the blueberries ~ my first of the season, organic and crazy expensive (i’m still not sure those numbers weren’t a mistake on the grocery receipt) nonetheless… so worth it because they were some of the MOST delicious blueberries I’ve ever had. delicious blueberries = good mood returns.
happy, fiesty, fierce CREATIVE thursday
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Today, I’m inspired to be even more green than I already try to be…and that’s it!…I’ve decided I’m finally going to go get a compost bin.
happy earth day ~ a day to celebrate this beautiful planet we live on. let’s take good care of it.
also, on my usual “side note” ~ since you loved the tiny portraits, Outi thought it might be fun to turn them into a print. I thought it would be fun too, so I put together a print in case it might be a little something you’d enjoy. Once again, this bunch is so incredibly cute all together. You can find the print right here at the shop.
Meet Adelle, a bird by Ann Wood. I mentioned the talented Ann last year when I attended her show and brought home one of her horses, that I also adore. Almost a year later, I was finally able to acquire sweet Adelle who now sits at the helm of my ship, I mean desk. All I can say, she was the worth the wait ~ and the wait was not due to the fact that Ann only makes birds once a year, but it took that long for the timing of me to match up with the timing of a bird that was for sale that I could then purchase at super fast speed. Now that I am beginning my adventures with sewing, I realize just how much work goes into these little hand sewn creatures. And as with anything hand made, sometimes you have to be patient (a word and a concept I despise…) but it’s always so worth it!!!
My advice if you want one of these cuties yourself, is to sign on to Ann’s email list and her blog and get ready to pounce when they are released for sale. I’ll be back with a painting today…it’s been too long…..and thank youuuuu for the softie love!!!
bunny family ~ prototypes for Creative Thursday softies ~ eeeee!! i love them.
I’ve been creating softies!! You know it was just a matter of time before I started exploring soft versions of Creative Thursday characters. I, myself have become a bit of a hand made softies collector this past year and couldn’t resist exploring this whole new world of sewing and embroidery. Once again, things I used to do when I was little….it all comes in handy one day.
Since this is still a relatively new form of creation for me, I enlisted the help of another one of my favorite people and artists, the most wonderful Mavis! I met Mavis about 3 years ago when we were both members of the co-op gallery in Venice, Ten Women (of which she is still a member). Let me just say I spent the NICEST creative Friday with her yesterday, at her gorgeous home and studio. And even the Lulu girl was invited to come along and visit with Mavis’ three great danes. Yes, she has 3!!! Once you’re a dane owner you instantly bond to anyone else in the company of these amazing dogs.
Mavis has one of those homes that envelopes you with inspiration, kindness and peace the minute you walk in the door. And you can spend endless time absorbing all the decorative details that are so beautifully, and thoughtfully displayed throughout every room. Her incredible art and creations are an extension of her sensibilities. It was all too inspiring not to share a few photos with you.
one of the girls, Angie, the “grandma” as Mavis calls her, sitting in the living room (umm…I mean half on the couch) and behind her, that little bit of “red” art hanging among Mavis’ work, is one of my early, early prints “conehead dreams of a great love”. Mavis was one of my first collectors and it was so fun to see that print hanging in her home as soon as I walked through the door.
Mavis sewing at her antique Singer sewing machine, in her studio with the Lulu girl taking part in the creative endeavors. Mavis’ studio is filled with so many tactile, vintage and antique treasures, you hardly know where to look to absorb it all. You feel like you have endless possibilities for any and all of your creations. And you do!
Here’s one of her gorgeous creations in progress. She has recently started creating these 3-D pieces combining all of her treasures in the most enchanting displays. And in this one, take note of the tiny “mural” of people in the back. This is a piece of an antique hand painted fan.
I didn’t even know such a thing existed. Really! That someone once took the time to hand paint tiny ~ I mean tiny portraits of people on these delicate fans. And the shiny silver details are little sequins stitched to the paper. Incredible.
Another one of the girls, Betty, and the Lu.
Mavis, thank you so much for sharing your afternoon with me and for all the guidance on the sewing!! And if you, the readers want to find out more about Mavis, here you go ~ her blog, website and of course you can see her work 7 days a week at Ten Women Gallery on Abbot Kinney.
hope you’re having a super nice saturday ~
A little baby eye candy on a Friday. This little cutey is Sam, Melissa’s baby boy. And let me just say he is as sweet as he is adorable. She sent me this photo yesterday, because he is wearing an elephant t-shirt that I designed a couple of years ago, one of my many incarnations as an artist. It almost inspires me to want to make some more of these with one of my characters…
happy friday to you ~ I’m off to work on a very special project today that if it turns out the way I hope, might be something you will enjoy too!
