Nat's Ramblings

Monday, April 08, 2013

Tsubasa

My latest painting a Diptych - Titled Tsubasa (Japanese for Wings)

A close up of the wings.. which have a lot of texture

and a smidge of gold leaf on them here and there

From another angle

and lastly, just one wing.

As always thank you for looking :-)

Monday, March 18, 2013

Elle est Belle

Latest Painting Titled - Elle est Belle (She is Beautiful)

24 x 36 inches

lots of texture in this painting

and of course a tattoo lovingly drawn down her arm.

and a close up of her face. Again lots of texture in her hair and on her face!!

I just love that look!!

and lastly from another angle.

Thank you for looking :-)

Thursday, March 07, 2013

Five Feathers

My latest painting titled - Five Feathers - 24 x 36 inches

again another homage to the great painter Frida Kahlo

and a close up

and another angle.

As always thank you for stopping by

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Purple Poppies

Latest painting - Purple Poppies - 36 x 48 inches

From another angle

And a close up

Thanks for taking the time to look :-)

Monday, February 11, 2013

Two Frida's

My Latest Painting Titled - Two Frida's. This is a homage to Frida Kahlo's own version of her Two Frida's. Here is Frida' Kahlo's Version above.

And here is mine below -

and another angle

***SOLD***

Thank you for looking

Sunday, January 27, 2013

I am taking a small break from painting at the moment (to give my wrist a bit of much needed TLC), but it's hard to not still do something!! So I've been working on my 2013 goals in my journal. Would love to know if anyone else has a journal and if they write down their goals.

The picture on the left was drawn with pencil, while on a plane ride (to somewhere - can't remember) in Oct last year, so I've just cut and glued it into my journal.

I have been writing down goals for about 3+ years now, but I used to just write them down in the back of my diary. This year I thought why not pretty those goals up.

I find that writing goals down is very powerful.

I try to make the goals very specific and small.. (ie small steps to a bigger picture).

Please leave a comment and a link to what you do with your goals.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

My Version of Madame Pompadour

My version or modern take an Madame Pompadour.

I think that I will do another painting of her in the future,

but next time put some crazy things in her hair, like birds or even a bird house.

By the time I took this photo, all natural light had gone, so this photo does not

do the true colours justice.

Also this painting along with other such goodies as $750 worth of Hasbro Toys, a Chris Martin Live Art Piece (that he will be painting during the ball), 6 month membership to WA Institute of Martial Art and loads more - will be available to bid on at the HeartKids Foundation Ball Auction on 9th March. So if you are interested in purchasing this painting or any of these other magnificent goodies, please visit this link http://heartkidswa.org.au/the-2013-heartkids-wa-annual-ball/ or like their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/#!/HeartKidsWAAnnualBall

and for any Doctor Who fans out there - this famous quote -

"I'm the Doctor, and I just snogged Madame de Pompadour!"

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Amber

My latest painting titled - Amber

She is 20 inches x 24 inches
She went through a few changes before this being the end result.
I just struggled and struggled with her. and then finally I followed this advice -
“I shut my eyes in order to see.” Paul Gauguin - Painter
and finally she turned out how I wanted her to look.

A close up of Amber - lovin those freckles, even if I do say so myself :-)

And from another angle (photo taken on my back lawn :-))

Again thank you for taking the time to visit my blog

*** SOLD ***

Thank you

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

First Painting for 2013

Whoop whoop, today is the 1st of January 2013 and so far, this year has started off beautifully! This year CANNOT be any worse for my family than the last one, so here's to bigger and better things. xxx Who says the number 13 is unlucky..

Titled - Denham - and she is 18 inches x 36 inches

And a close up of my girl

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

As 2012 comes to an end

As 2012 draws to a close, I have been thinking about the direction I would like my art to take in 2013. I was actually asked this question by an art friend earlier in the year, but it hasn't really been until now, that I have processed that question and thought about it seriously. From what I have been told, art collectors want a strong, identifiable, consistent style from a particular artist. As you can see by browsing through my albums, this does not describe my art.
I get an idea in my head, and madly try and get that down on to canvas. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I also get inspiration from other artists and try and put my own stamp on to a piece. I have been known to paint over a canvas or two, I have also been known to *cough* knife a canvas or two and then smash it to pieces. Not something I have done recently. I think that's called maturing!!
In painting terms, I'm still relatively young.
I've only been painting seriously for a few years. I've been creating I guess, for a big part of my whole life. But as far as painting on a regular basis and offering the work for sale, it's not been THAT long, in the scheme of things.
I try to paint what excites me. I struggle when asked to do a commission, because I put immense pressure on myself, so I apologise to people I have had to say "no i'm sorry I can't do that too". Because whenever I try to paint something particular for somebody, it turns out rubbish.
I suppose I could pick a style and say thats it, that's my style and stick with it.... But I would be giving up possibility. I would be giving up the unknown. I would be sacrificing my growth as an artist. Which I am just not able to do at this point in time.
I really do love painting faces - womens faces in particular. I love stylizing their faces. I like long necks and big cat like cartoony type eyes. I like using ephemera in my collages. Vintage texts and scrapbook paper especially. I love the colors green and blue.
But I really feel at this point that I want to take more of an 'uglier' view on a womans face. Not make her so pretty, not so perfect... so please bare with me, as you see my art (maybe) take a different direction in 2013.
Into the unknown - I LOVE IT.
Wishing you a fantastic 2013 xx

PS Once again, thank you to everyone that has supported me through 2012. You have no idea how much it means to me, that people 'actually' want to put my art work on their walls at home.