SHARPIE SHELLS So, I was able to totally zone out and draw today, on what might be my new favorite medium…shells. I have a big jar full of ones I’ve found at the beach, so
So, I’m thinking this might be
So, I’m thinking this might be the start of a new series where I paint places I dream of going to one day. Who knows If I’ll ever make it to any of them, but
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GFK Gifts. Give ‘em.
I was working on a gift guide for you all, then realized, for the first time in the 7 year history of this blog, that I can do a gift guide composed entirely of Goldfish
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Here’s the latest from my desk
Here’s the latest from my desk. This one’s called Some Wave Under The Rainbow. High five for puns. Might need to make that title into a tee shirt too. Anyways, story behind the painting time:
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Here’s the latest from my studio
Here’s the latest from my studio (aka my extremely messy yet conveniently colorful desk in our guest bedroom): An outfit I’d love to rock, and the location and activity where I’d prefer to rock it. Because,
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I just really like zoning out
I just really like zoning out for a few minutes, painting boards, drawing patterns and bleeding colors together. And fins. Fins are fun. Art is fun. It all should be fun. These are fun. Fun
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One of the perks of painting
One of the perks of painting a scenic, or landscape, or whatever it’s officially called, is it’s easy to imagine you’re there while painting it. So, if you see me painting more scenics, you know
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I painted this one last week
I painted this one last week, I went a little crazy on the flowers, I named it “Freckle Face”, and it also taught me a big lesson in motherhood… I am not the tidiest person.
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The Painting and The Pic
It’s pretty sweet when a simple pic I take inspires me to paint. Maybe it’s the lighting, messy hair, or flowers. Whatever it is, I love it when an image causes a butterfly to start
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Views from my desk
Let’s just say I’m having some fun in one of life’s greatest therapies lately – putting a brush loaded with some gloriously vivid paint on some thick and juicy paper. I’m doing my best to
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One of my absolute favorite places
One of my absolute favorite places on the planet is the art supply store. The smells, colors, papers and brushes all bring back memories. It also instantaneously gives my brain creative butterflies. I went the
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Wouldn’t it be cool if you
Wouldn’t it be cool if you earned frequent flier miles to a place whenever you painted it? I’d be a tropical landscape painting machine. …anywho, I miss my paints, and have so many ideas in
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Goldfish Kiss X Rip Curl
If someone told me a decade ago that my watercolors and messy penmanship would be adorning a second capsule with one of my favorite surf companies, I’d be thrilled with your creativity, but probably think
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I may never find a sunrise
I may never find a sunrise shell, but I always have a pretty darn amusing time painting them. Prints of this crazy yet tasty little one are over at goldfishkissgoods.com
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Up Close and Personal. A lot of
Up Close and Personal. A lot of the time a favorite part of one of my paintings is just a section of it, some random area where the colors bleed together, a certain scribble, or