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Evolution of The Blue Belles

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Feb 272012

Once again I’ve been a bit slack with the old blog posts. Life is busy. What can I say? Here is a quick little post about my last painting for 2011. As usual I didn’t have a title so I put it out to my peeps on Facebook and the lovely Mel from Meliesque Art suggested I call them The Blue Belles. I loved it so that became the title. In my mind these girls were upset with their lives so decided to become runaways, sisters who were willing to escape to anywhere as long as they were together. So [tell me more, tell me more]

Guitar Chicks ROCK!!

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Nov 112011

I’ve been a bit quiet lately. Life is busy with 2 little ones to chase after and I’ve been suffering from a bit of a creative block unfortunately (creative blocks suck btw). Good news is I think the block has lifted and I will have some new art to share very soon. Yay!! In the meantime I can finally share my finished Rock Chick painting that I did as a commission for a very dear friend of mine. This little piece was created as a gift for a Bona Fide Rock Chick from Singapore who just had a little baby rock [tell me more, tell me more]

Ooops!!! Blog Neglect……..Guilty as charged!!

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Sep 132011

Ooops!!! Blog Neglect........Guilty as charged!!

So much has been going on lately that I have neglected my poor little blog so it’s time to make amends. Let’s start off with a new artwork shall we. This one is imaginatively called “Butterfly Girl” :) She’s only little, about the size of a postcard. I think she sort of ended up being a bit of a self portrait in a way (not that I actually look like this, that would be weird haha). There’s a lot of me in this one though. I love butterflies for starters. My dad even used to call me “little papillon” when [tell me more, tell me more]

A Little Bit About “Coralei”

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Aug 162011

My latest artwork is yet another mermaid. I always look at my other mermaids and just want to redo them all. Instead I thought I would just start a fresh one. I love seeing progress shots so here are a few of Coralei. I’ll explain a bit about her name in a sec. So when I started her I knew I would give her coral coloured hair so in my mind her name was Coral. As I painted her though I knew Coral wasn’t right. I even asked on my facebook page for suggestions as I wasn’t sure what to [tell me more, tell me more]

A Little Bit About “Spin Spin Sugar”

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Aug 162011

Ooops I’ve been neglecting my little blog a bit lately. Here’s the start of what you’ve missed. A new artwork. This one was done as part of Louise Gale’s Colour Challenge. The theme was to create your own interpretation of the colour wheel. The idea for the girls with their hair like this sprung straight into my mind the moment I read the theme. I felt really inspired and just couldn’t stop. I think I painted most of it that day. I like how it’s come out. Very bright and fun. The title is from a Sneaker Pimps song of [tell me more, tell me more]

A Little Bit About “Rainbow Girl”

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Jun 182011

I just can’t help myself when it comes to colour. I have tried painting in soft, subtle tones but it’s just not me. Some paintings start out that way but always seem to end up with bright crazy colour in them somewhere :) This painting is no exception. My own hair has been many, many, many different colours over the years. Lovely shades of Purple, Black, Blonde, Hot Pink, Fire Engine Red and many shades in between. But if I could have had my hair like this I probably would. I imagine “Rainbow Girl” might work in some quirky little [tell me more, tell me more]

A Little Bit About “Fairy Best Friends Forever”

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Jun 172011

A Little Bit About "Fairy Best Friends Forever"

This little painting started off with a wee sketch about friendship. I was away on holidays and thinking about my friends and how inseparable we were growing up and the adventures we used to have. I am still close with many of my special little friends from my childhood and I treasure them so very much. I was thinking about how it was not out of place to hold hands whilst playing when we were kids so I wanted these girls to be holding hands. I just adore watching that innocent play where kids are happy to just drag each [tell me more, tell me more]

A Little Bit About “Mardi”

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Jun 102011

Another post to tell you a little bit about one of my paintings. Today is A Little Bit About “Mardi”. Mardi has a few little stories going on here. As I started drawing her I was reminded of the captivating Miranda from Picnic At Hanging Rock (if you have not read the book or seen the brilliant movie you should totally look it up). Obviously she doesn’t actually look like Miranda as she was a stunning mysterious blonde angel. I guess it’s just that peaceful, misty, enchanting yet glazed look in her eyes or something. I don’t know. When constructing [tell me more, tell me more]

A Little Bit About “Delta” and “Magenta Rose”

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Jun 082011

A Little Bit About "Delta" and "Magenta Rose"

As a follow up to my post on A Little Bit About “Violet” I thought I would share a little bit about the other two Mermaids in the Mermaids for Milla series. I’m a bit of a “buy 3 in different colours” type of person when shopping and often I am a bit the same with my art. I like sets of 3 so another 2 Mermaids were born. Of course I also had some input from my little muse Milla. After seeing the results of her last request for a Mermaid painting she was keen to see another. She [tell me more, tell me more]

A Little Bit about “Violet” from the “Mermaids for Milla”

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Jun 062011

A Little Bit about "Violet" from the "Mermaids for Milla"

My “Mermaids for Milla” series started out with just one little dreamy mermaid who is now known as “Violet”. I innocently asked my 3 year old daughter Milla what I should paint today. Her enthusiastic response was “Merliah”. Those of you who have little girls may know her from the Barbie movie “A Mermaid Tale”. Milla is a little obsessed with her Barbie movies at the moment and is especially enchanted by Mermaids of all shapes and sizes (who isn’t??) So anyway a Mermaid it was. I like seeing artists works in progress so here are a few little pics [tell me more, tell me more]