This may not be my best work, but it's certainly one that I'm the most attached to. This is a watercolor painting, inspired by iron lawn-birds from my Great Aunt Susan's yard. I painted it sometime in the summer of 2007.
Time for a back-story!
In the summer of 2007, I was able to take painting lessons from my Great Aunt Susan on my dad's side (my grandma's youngest sister). I hadn't really interacted with her since my childhood, so I never fully knew her personality, on an adult level. I love my family very much, but there are things that are quite different about my personality and interests, and I never really knew where I got them. That summer I was able to get to know my Aunt Susan, and I instantly knew where those parts of me came from. I've always taken after my grandma quite a bit (physical traits as well as interests), so this was really no surprise to me. I haven't seen my aunt in a while, but I'm hoping to be able to catch up with her soon (she's now giving my dad drawing lessons). She's such a remarkable woman, and I admire her very much!
Yes, I'm a Beatles fan. This is my "Octopus's Garden". It's actually fairly large, especially considering I usually paint on a fairly small scale (I wish I could get over that...). It's about 2 3/4 feet long and not quite 2 feet tall.. Painted with oils in the fall of 2009 I believe.
Another painting inspired by my Aunt Susan, summer 2007. She was having me practice different techniques, and let me choose whatever subject I wanted. The hand is actually my friend Shelly's hand, and the necklace being "grasped at through water" is one I was given in 8th grade as a joke by one of my guy friends. He thought it was hideous and told me I had to wear it on every date I went on.. I think it's beautiful! Sorry... another back-story..
Self-portrait. Done in acrylics in the early spring of 2011.
Non-realistic portrait of my Chinese Water Dragon, Mohinder. (I call him Buddy, Buddy Green-Pants, or Mr. Dinosaur more often than Mohinder.. they're easier to say). Winter of 2009.
Yet another painted while spending time with my great aunt. I actually did all of this at my own house, using an old worn out table I got in high school (I'm now in the middle of re-finishing it with my boyfriend... I'm sure I'll post those at some point). This was a HUGE exercise in creating lighting in watercolor painting. Aunt Susan gave me the model candles (which are actually white and bejewelled), and I used my own Van Gogh picture book and martini glass. Summer, 2007. I gave it to my close friend Nic a few years ago, as a departing gift before his band toured Australia for 4 months. I just saw him this week! :)
I painted this for my beautiful little sister for Christmas, 2010. Acrylics.
My mom actually had me do a set of 3. I took artistic liberty and made the other 2 different... one was mostly the yellowish color, one was mostly the bluish print, but they all had the same basic idea. I don't think I have pictures of them, but I'm sure I could take some. Mom actually gave me a pillowcase as a guideline. It was pretty fun!
Painted for my grandma on my mom's side. She has apples all over her kitchen. Christmas 2010. Which reminds me... I need to get to work on THIS Christmas! :)
Set of watercolor hand-painted note-cards. I occasionally put them up on Etsy!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/springsatori
Close-up of one of the note-cards.
That's all I have for now, as far as paintings go. Thanks for looking!
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