Mad Hatter's Tea Party

It's "official"...

The 'Mad Hatter's Tea Party'

painting

took me far longer than any other

painting I have ever painted...to date.

 

I started this two panel painting in April

and only finished it a little over a week ago.

 

Creeper History

 Most of my followers probably already know the 

'story behind' my Creeper characters.

But...I'll relate it...very briefly again.

In 2006...I lost my husband and best friend in the whole world....

our lives (after almost 35 years together) were so very intertwined

that I had a very difficult time getting through the stages of grief...

mostly I just wanted to stay in bed and not be bothered by anyone.

I did make myself get out of bed...and tried to continue to work on the art

I had been creating and selling on eBay...mostly abstract stuff.

But...it wasn't exactly my best work.

I came up with these 'androgynous' little characters

who were portrayals of my emotions...

and revelations of whatever stage of grief I was in at the time.

This painting was titled...

'Say A Little Prayer'

and it came into being during the

'bargaining' stage.

Now I need to decide if my Creepers are 'history' or

if I will continue to paint them.

I think if I don't paint them, that might make me a bit sad...

and if I do continue to paint them...they will be fewer

and further between.

They did what I needed them to do, and helped me through the

hardest time in my life...

and I'm not sure where to take them from here.

More 'tough' decisions...

New Fairytale/ Fantasy Pieces

BEAUTY and the BEAST

This painting has been Sold, 

but the 8" x 10" print is

available in my Etsy Shop.

ALICE in an ENCHANTED FOREST

I used an 'Alice' from one of my paintings

and set her in one of my digitally created Fantasy Forest Backgrounds.

I'm just doing a little experimenting to see what works

and what doesn't.

I have listed this print in my Etsy Shop as well.

SNOW WHITE and the SEVEN DWARFS

In this one, I experimented with one of my

digitally enhanced 'girls' as Snow White and included

her in a a print of a painting I did a couple years back,

to see what I thought.

I don't know yet if I'm going to list

this one as a print or not...

still getting some feedback on what

folks think about it.