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WEBSITE UPDATES: REDESIGN

7/26/2016

If you visit regularly, you'll notice a lot of redesign of specific pages, mostly the portfolio pages that have the greatest amount of imagery. For several years I have been wanting a more clean, easily view-able thumbnail/album format for my portfolio. Although this NEW ART blog is mostly unchanged, you can now flip through Painting: Scapes, Portraiture, Silver and Black: Organic Mosaics, and my new Cosplay Art portfolio albums quickly, and you can efficiently click on thumbnails out of each entire album, or view them altogether at one glance as a body of work. Feel free to contact me with any questions or feedback! Enjoy!

Previous 2015 Website Design, Portfolio was broken into individual media

New 2016 Website Design (cropped in to feature new portfolio design) now divides into Albums within Portfolio to feature my artistic focuses

Cosplay Art: Joker

7/19/2016

Next in my Cosplay Art Series, I have completed an acrylic painting measuring 16 x 20 inches of the Joker from "The Dark Knight," as portrayed by cosplayer Zaratuth. This was a relatively quick painting, and though much of the facial features are obscured by the white make-up, I made sure to define all the distinguishable features of the person underneath. The setting for the photo used as source material was a University of Alabama Homecoming bonfire.

Cosplay Art: Captain America Jacob Summers

7/15/2016

This week has been building up to this latest painting and timelapse. Taking alittle longer, this newest artwork is of my brother-in-law: super-soldier Jacob Summers, a serviceman and recent award-winning body-builder, and also fellow cosplayer. Making Captain America his own, this painting required several pieces of imagery (both him in costume and other resources) to fully assemble.

Of course the second half of this recent endeavor has been improving these time-lapses (which I owe special thanks to my husband), not only cleaning them up to a more professional standard, but also better documentation of the entire process, start to finish, the mistakes and the successes. More visible than in any previous videos, you see when I have to redo certain parts for the sake of accuracy and perfection, as best as I can achieve it with my skill.

Thanks and enjoy watching me work!

Finished painting: Acrylic paint on canvas measuring 16 x 20 inches

Cosplay Art: Jubilee Self-Portrait

7/13/2016

Acrylic painting of my cosplay of X-Men character Jubilee (DragonCon 2014). 18x24 inches.

Cosplay Art: Musable Supergirl

7/12/2016

Continuing my adventures in Cosplay Art: Art based on ordinary people like myself dressing up as favorite comic, cinema, and/or literary characters, I completed a painting of Cosplayer MUSABLE, portraying Supergirl. Finally have another time lapse video up again, documenting the process. Enjoy!

Cosplay Art: Psylocke

7/11/2016

Self-portrait of my cosplay of the Marvel Comics character, Psylocke.
Acrylic on panel measuring 16.25 x 24 inches.

Paws, Pints, and Performances Music and Art Festival

7/9/2016

Today, I set out to have a nice full day event (as opposed to the mere typical 4 hour events I showcase my art at), however about halfway through, after a decent crowd and lively music had already long been underway, a thunderstorm started rolling in. Even after rearranging the booth set up to be more conducive to protecting the art from wet weather, it was clear this wasn't going to last. My husband and I packed up the booth (no art was damaged!) in the middle of a torrential thunderstorm, complete with frequent lightening and gushing water. My husband joked that, "Hey, at least it amounted to another 4 hour event," and despite cutting out early, we still enjoyed ourselves, talked with potential customers, and enjoyed good food and drink and music. Finally, before leaving I was given a gift certificate to the local art supply store. I believe this means I won the "Angels Among Us" art competition. I snapped a photo of my entry (a recreating of a painting of my dog, Casper, who passed away a couple years ago, just with angel wings added, per the contest rules), under the tent, in the middle of the storm before donating it to the U.S. Animal Law Center, the people putting on the event today.

WEBSITE UPDATES: REDESIGN

Cosplay Art: Joker

Cosplay Art: Captain America Jacob Summers

Cosplay Art: Jubilee Self-Portrait

Cosplay Art: Musable Supergirl

Cosplay Art: Psylocke

Paws, Pints, and Performances Music and Art Festival

Simon Cat Pop Art Painting

Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham AL

Kenmare, Ireland Painting

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