Halloween Doodles

In between projects, I like to doodle. I was experimenting with pen and ink and colored pencils on hot press watercolor paper. Just a fun little piece I wanted to share.  Still working on my studio clean up and hopefully photos will be in order soon. Happy haunted weekend!

Fab Halloween Art Up for Grabs on EHAG Emporium

Head over to the EHAG Emporium to have a chance at winning one of three Halloween folk art pieces now up for grabs! Just leave a comment on the blog, along with your email address in case you win, and you could be one of three lucky winners! The uber talented Laurie Hardin of Monkey Cats Studio (above giveaway) and David Everett of Chicken Lips (giveaway pictured directly below) have donated items for the giveaway as have I.

My Curious Eye Ornament below follows you around the room and is perfect for anyone's cabinet of curiosities! They are also available in my Etsy shop, where you'll find Halloween art all year round.

Good luck!

A New Year Means Time for Reflection

 

"Halloween Haunts"

The start of a new year means time to reflect on my art. You may notice that I often paint a pre-teen girl and a younger boy. You see, unconsciously I am painting our two children, during a time long ago. It is a time I cherish most of all, when the world was still innocent and our family was still complete.

The new year also brings the birthday of our departed 17-year-old daughter Brianna. January 12 ushers in wonderful memories and much sadness. The fact that she is now gone is as fresh today as it was three and a half years ago when she died.

So I keep painting scenes in which innocence abounds, and the world on Halloween is full of wonder and not too scary. My idealized world helps me cope with our loss. Some of you have told me my paintings help you escape to a gentler time and place too.

So as I think about my art moving into 2011, I've realized it has been a source of joy for me during the darkest time in my life. And it continues to elevate me to a better state of mind each time I put pencil and paint brush to paper.

The above painting is available on SpookyTimeJingles.com.

Join the Masquerade on EHAG Emporium

 

My offering for November's EHAG Emporium is a Vintage-Inspired Art Doll with antique fabrics, lace, porcelain doll parts and head, and the page from a french book.

Her torso is a wooden picture frame that I've embellished, textured and given a golden hue. Attached are her legs, arms and head, all moveable. 

She wears a felt mask trimmed in gold dresden, with a dresden star. Inside the frame, reads an aged banner, "Join the Masquerade." The piece measures 15-1/2" tall by 10-1/2" wide. It can hang from a ribbon or two picture loops in back. She is $85, plus $6 shipping. Please email me to purchase.

Don't forget to see the other wonderful Halloween pieces on the EHAG Emporium!

Cyber Monday Coupon for All Items in My Etsy Shop

To get into the holiday spirit, I'm giving a Cyber Monday discount to any and all items purchased in my Etsy shop today! Enjoy a 10% discount, when you plug in the coupon code CyberMonday2010 during the payment phase of your Etsy purchase. Enjoy the kick off to the holidays!

Halloween Costumes ~ What will you be?

Our annual Halloween costume party is almost here and I've been playing with costume ideas. I am so intrigued by the makeup of Dia de los Muertos festivities that I thought I'd give it a try. I think I found my costume. What do you think?
 

 

The decorations outside and inside are all ready for our guests.

Now, add some spirited folks, food and drink, and Halloween 2010 will be a positively eerie night to remember! Don't forget your costume! What will you be?

My Halloween Art Up for Grabs on the EHAG Emporium

Halloween is almost here and that means GIVEAWAY time, not to mention the newest update of the EHAG Emporium. On the 31st of every month, the artists of the Eclectic Halloween Artist Group offer for purchase spectacular Halloween art valued at $75 or more. And there's always a giveaway before the big day. 

This month two pieces of my art are up for grabs! A limited edition "Haunted Mansion" watercolor print (8" x 10" and no. 8/50) will be given away, along with an original, vintage inspired Halloween mask ornament. And there's several other pieces of art to be gifted to a lucky few.

To enter, head on over to the EHAG Emporium blog, leave a comment telling about your favorite decoration or piece of Halloween art! A winner will be drawn on Saturday, October 30th.

And, if you're interested in seeing more of my original Halloween watercolor prints available for purchase, check out my "Buy It Now" listings on eBay and my prints in my Etsy shop. Lots of Halloween images to choose from.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Smiles

I'm busy decking the house, inside and out, for my favorite holiday! It always makes me smile when I  break out the decorations! I take special pride too when people walking past tell me they always love my Halloween yard display.

So still smiling, I managed to complete another original Halloween-inspired watercolor. It tells you how I feel at this time of year! It's painted on 140 lb. waterolor postcard and bears all the necessary postcard markings on back...except postage! What better way to say Happy Halloween to someone than to send an original painting! I have finished it with a special spray coating for protection. It's available now on eBay and ends Friday, Oct. 22.

My Watercolors Featured in Celebrate365 magazine!

 

I am so proud to be in the Halloween issue of Celebrate 365, a journal for the ornament enthusiast. There are many other Halloween artists featured too, as you can see from this two-page spread of the quarterly publication. The magazine also offer artist interviews and many photos of ornaments and October 31 inspired art.  Another large watercolor of mine also was featured, in addition to my Victorian Paper Doll Witch wall decor. Publisher Connie Porcher does a great job finding the best in the industry and I'm humbled to be a part of it.

Say Hello at Glitterfest Saturday, Oct. 2

Come see me this Saturday at Glitterfest, 212 South Elk Lane, Santa Ana, CA, from 10 am - 4 pm. I'll be celebrating Halloween and Christmas, with a few seaside goodies as well. Please stop by and say hello!