Matted prints are now available!!

I'm so excited. I have wanted to order prints of my work for so long but every time I saved a little bit of money it ended up going to something that I needed more. Like paint or canvas or brushes or whatever. So with my money from my last job I promised myself I was going to spent it on prints. So happy with how they came out. Only 2 of them I didn't like but it was due to my photography, not the printer. So I know which ones to retake and have printed again.

So you can order almost any of my paintings in a fine art matted print in 8" x 10" for $45. or 16" x 20" for $69. The look so good!! And it's a less expensive alternative for people who want a piece of my artwork.

Visit http://www.FunkshonalArt.com to order!!

Helloooooo Kitty

My daughter, who sees me painting things everyday, asked me to paint her a Hello Kitty. I couldn't say no.

So here is her "special" painting.

I couldn't just do hello kitty on a white canvas so decided to do hot pink with zebra stripes. Why not? And I thought she would like it if I added her name since she just recently learned how to spell her name.

I finished the painting (she never saw any start of it) while she was at school. So when she came home it was done. She was thrilled, to say the least. Her face lit up. After five minutes she said, "mommy, I think you should paint a Thomas train for Axton next". So glad she thinks of her brother sometimes.

"Shattered"

This is called "shattered". I was going to name it shattered dreams but didn't think it was appropriate since the eye is smiling underneath the "cracks".

This is my son's eye. He's 2 and he's a complicated little being. He is the love of my life. Of course my daughter is as well but he has my heart. So this one was for him. I wanted each of them to have their own painting. I painted one of her when she was a baby, probably a few months old. This is hers.

So I could make up some kind of story about how the eye is smiling but it's shattered so this represents hopes and dreams being squashed and all that crap. But I would rather you make up your own story and figure it out. Please tell me what you think it means. Or what it means to you. Thanks!

New pics for the "Badasses" painting

So excited to start my next painting. This is the one I took some pictures for about a month ago but I decided that the clothing and the lighting weren't right. So I had my husband take a few pics today. Had to bribe my daughter with chocolate to cooperate. It worked!

So I picked this one out of like 30. The only thing I'm going to change is that I'm going to make Suzie Q (the pink bear) facing forward. Other than that it's a pretty good shot.

I'm having an endoscopy done tomorrow so I'll be out of commission all day (the anesthesia wears me out!) so I'll be starting on Tuesday. Yay! So excited!!

"Gram" is finished. Dedicated to my belated grandma

Gram

This is a painting that I did from a photograph that my grandma took while visiting Europe years ago. She passed away on the 23rd of Dec, 2010 and I miss her so much.

Funny thing is that I don't really know what this is a picture of. I like to take all my own photos as research if possible but I just felt like I had to do this one.