TINY ART

i posted my new paintings! ok, not the ones i already told you about my my new super fun awesome project - tiny paintings! put them in your tiny homes! put them at your tiny office! put them in your tiny greenhouse! - ok don't leave them outside. or keep them in your pocket. i'm loving the tiny movement and i love all things tiny so why not tiny art?

i took a bunch of old business cards and painted over them so that i could paint inspiring things that people can bring with them anywhere! i'm so excited about it. what do you think?

oh my!

new paintings! that may or may not have been posted on etsy yet. actually, one has been posted; the rest haven't. any suggestions for titles for these paintings?







also, i'm working on a new project! stay tuned. it's in the works. 

genius idea

often ... i shouldn't say often. occasionally friends and i will participate in a lady's clothing swap. it's wonderful. everyone gets rid of all the things they don't want and gets new things for no money! everyone wins!

as i was cleaning out my attic the other day - i looked around and thought, man- i have a lot of junk. (am i alone? no. don't lie. you have a lot of junk too.)

but for some reason this time i thought you know what would be perfect? being able to get rid of stuff and know that it goes to a good home. and that's when my genius idea hit!

CRAFT SUPPLY PARTY SWAP! 

i'm going to get all my crafty and non-crafty friends together and organize a craft supply swap! that way people who have projects that they're missing the one piece to complete them, might find that piece! or people who want to start a new project, can do it! with new to them stuff! and i can finally get rid of all that fabric that i was going to do something with and never did! i think this is possibly the greatest idea i've ever had.

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wedding time!

at the end of this week, my cousin will be marrying his best friend and combining their families into one. it's very exciting. more so exciting/nerve wrecking is the thought that i am going to be officating the ceremony! eeek!!!

so in order to distract everyone from my painful speech that will probably be laden with choking back tears, i've created these paintings to attach my speech too so i can read it in style.

 

this one and the one underneath are my favorites i think. maybe i'll figure out a way to keep them for myself.

 

their colors are lilac and yellow. perfect for a spring day by the pond. and it'll just be us and their two little kids. i hope the weather works out as well as it did for my wedding. the pond looked like glass when i got married. it was so beautiful.

Blue

so a friend of mine commissioned me to make a painting for her... which is always tough for me. because the moment you put a thought in my head, it seems impossible to make it my own. i think that's why i like abstract art so much. you lead by the feeling and nothing really specific has to come out of it.

the worst part about it is that she was unspecific in what she asked for.... she just gave me one guideline: blue. so of course i started coming up with paintings like this one:

can you get any more unblue than this?

in an attempt to bring in the blue, this came out:

 

and this:

 

i enjoy these paintings but i think part of the problem is that i know this woman and i want something that truly reflects her style...  that being said. you can expect to see some more blue paintings added to my shop shortly. :) 

check it out:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/ET2paints

 

days go on

here are some other daily paintings that will soon be added to my shop:

i painted!

ok. so i painted more. actually i painted a lot.

i just added more paintings to my shop, https://www.etsy.com/shop/ET2paints it's very exciting. also, i'm at a point where i feel like i'm letting more of my personality shine through. i mean, sometimes it's hard writing the descriptions because i want them to incite people into my work and entertain them but at the same time i don't want to overstep any boundaries. because the work i make is generally abstract, i love that anyone can see whatever they want out of my paintings. and i don't want to put images or ideas in people's heads for what they can use/see/do with my painting. i hope that something will jump out and evoke an emotion or feeling or just make people happy and therefore they'll want to buy my painting, commission me to make numerous more paintings based on my own efforts/ideas and then i'll become a millionaire. i'll probably continue to put money back in etsy because that's where i got my start but i'll vacation in different parts of the world - encouraging children to follow their dreams and anything can happen.

this could happen, right?

side note: does anyone out there know how to make prints of paintings? i'm sure it's easy enough and i should probably just look into it myself but i'm asking because i have a couple paintings i'm hoarding for myself right now because i like them so much. i'd love to be able to share them and keep them all at the same time.

here's one:

awesome, right? yes, i'm biased.