New Project and SALE items for April - Alice in Wonderland and Grunge

Alice in Wonderland paintings are again on SALE for the month of April for 20% off. Also the Grunge Postcard set is also on SALE for $3.50. 

If you haven't got a postcard set yet better get one because this is the lowest price yet!


Also, just finished this tile sample for a painted tile mural that I'll hopefully be working on in the future. This tile took me 5 hours and the mural's are 3 x 3 ft and 3.5 x 4.5 feet. This project is going to be huge and time consuming.

Alice in Wonderland painting progress 2

Here's some more progress on the painting that I'm currently working on. Still a bunch of detail to do yet. Hopefully finish it within the week.

Alice in Wonderland painting in progress

Back to Alice in Wonderland paintings! 

This is the newest painting that I'm working on. I'm about 7 or 8 hours into the painting. The scene in which the painting takes place is where Alice is inside the white rabbits house and she drinks the potion on his table and all of the sudden grows really big filling up the entire room. I've added some cracks in the ceiling and the broken chair to show her destructiveness. In the painting I've also tried to make Alice as sad as possible to show the predicament that she is in. Included is the sketch on which the painting was based and an earlier update. Alice has changed a little from the original sketch. More updates on this painting soon!

If you haven't seen already the Alice in Wonderland paintings are on SALE this month for 20% off to celebrate the Tim Burton's movie release of Alice in Wonderland. Can't wait to go see the movie it looks like a ton of fun :-)

 

The Gillioz - Friday Artwalk November 6th

Everything is set up and ready to go for tomorrow night. I've been very busy and need sleep bad. Here is a couple pics of the Gillioz that I took the other day. The second one is my name on the artwork on display list. More pics coming soon. Stop by the Gillioz tomorrow night from 6 to 10 to view my artwork. I have 18 paintings on display.

Paintings @ the Gillioz this November

Haven't posted anything in awhile been busy working on my Alice in Wonderland paintings. Stay tuned all month for pictures from the Gillioz and the First Friday Artwalk. I'll also be posting the newest Alice in Wonderland paintings throughout the month. The painting that is on the flyer (pic below) is one of my newest Alice paintings made for the cover of my Alice in Wonderland book I'm working on illustrating. Planning on doing about 25 paintings for the book and I have 7 finished so far.

Queen of Hearts - finished painting

OFF WITH THERE HEADS!!!!

This is my 3rd Alice in Wonderland painting and I'm gettting ready to start the next one. All month I'll be focusing on getting as many Alice in Wonderland paintings done for the show in November. Very happy with the way this turned out. Enjoy!

Queen of Hearts WIP - Alice in Wonderland

This is the newest Alice and Wonderland painting. I've spent about 8 hours on it already and have quite a bit more work to go on the painting. The queen was modeled after the actress Monica Bellucci.

It was displayed for a luncheon for the American Heart Association at the Oasis Convention Center in Springfield, MO this afternoon. Great group of people and a very worthy cause.

Smoking Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland painting

This is the finished painting at least for now. Might do some extra tweaking before the show in November. I really wanted to have the caterpillar spewing out smoke but after much trial and error I ended up with this. Really like how the hookah and the caterpillar turned out. MIght see if I can get a better photo tomorrow. Next I'll be working on a pet portrait then I'll start the next Alice in Wonderland painting. Thinking about doing the Queen of Hearts next.

Smoking Caterpillar painting progress 1

Finished with the caterpillar but might have to change the color of the caterpillar to blue digitally when it gets put into book form since it specifically says the caterpillar is blue in Alice in Wonderland. Should be fine to display though. The caterpillar that I referenced for the painting is called a Common Yellow Swallowtail. I'm very happy with the mushroom. Can't wait to get to the background with all the smoke around poor Alice.

She must be a little frightened.

Smoking Caterpillar sketch for Alice in Wonderland painting

Decided to go with a realistic caterpillar looking over a mushroom at little Alice. The caterpillar is blowing out smoke which should make a neat background for the painting. The caterpillar will be very detailed and mostly white with orange, green, and black in it.

Stay tuned for more Alice in Wonderland!

Alice sees the white rabbit - finished painting

This is the 1st painting in the Alice in Wonderland series that I've finished for my show at the Gillioz in Springfield, MO coming this November. I'm very happy with the finished painting. Please look through my previous posts to see the progress of the painting. It's very interesting to look at the beginning sketches and the finished painting. Next up is Alice and the smoking caterpillar!

Alice sees the white rabbit painting progress 2

Woohoo! The rabbit is finished. Well, almost I'll add the whiskers and some more little details once the background is finished. Enjoy!

alice sees the white rabbit painting progress 2

Finished painting alice although I might go back in and do some touching up. Next I'll begin working on the white rabbit!

alice sees the white rabbit painting progress 1

Been painting most of the day and got enough done to post some progress. As you can see the sketch on the canvas is very rough but once detail is added in the painting comes to life. I still need to do some more detail on the face and the hair needs polished and finished on alice. Overall pleased with todays progress.

Hope everyone enjoys seeing my Alice in Wonderland paintings!

Alice in Wonderland sketches for painting 1

Here are some sketches of my next painting in the works. If you haven't heard already the theme for my show at the Gillioz in Springfield, MO in November is going to be Alice in Wonderland. I can't wait to have my paintings displayed in such a wonderful building. The plan is to have 20 to 25 paintings done by November. Alice in Wonderland has so many interesting characters and themes. The scene in which I'm currently sketching is where Alice first sees the white rabbit. Once I sketch it on the canvas there will be more detail. I'm basing the character of Alice off of actress Emily Browning who has been in movies such as the Uninvited and Lemony Snicket.