"Bounce" is done.

I got a little side-tracked after I got about 1/2 way through this painting but got back on track and now it's done. I absolutely love it.

My husband said he thinks it's my best one yet. I don't know about that but I'll take the compliment anyway.

I don't know if you can figure out what the background is....hmmm....take a guess....come on..

It's a trampoline. Ah, now you see it. I had this picture that I took of my daughter at a birthday party where the color of the dress and the lighting and everything was just great. Then I thought, well how the hell am I going to make that look like a trampoline with a screen around it? But it was critical to include it since her right hand skimming the screen was such an important part of the photo. That, and her left foot skimming the trampoline bed were the most essential points of interest in this photo. Oh, and I just knew the colors would be awesome in paint.

So let me know if you like it. Do you miss her whole face not being in it? Framed? Or not framed?

Wow, it's been a while.....sorry!

So I've finished so many paintings since my last post. I've been so damned busy with getting that last art party (at our house) together on June 4th, painting, trying to save a dying computer and transfer to a new one, and yes, being at least acting like a full time mom that I've not had any time to blog. Oh, and keeping up with advertising and press releases and all kinds of stupid crap. A lot of stuff I'd rather not be doing. I'd rather just be a mom and paint but I need to do more if I want to make any money.
So.....here's some recent pics:

"BasAsses" is now done!
I am thrilled with how it turned out and it just makes all the stressing over it seem so silly now.

The next painting I think was "Balance". It's of my friend, Val, on a balance board. She is vacation (if you can call it that) in Panama for like 5 months or something crazy like that. On facebook she posts all kinds of pics and this was one of them but it was straight on and not cropped. I cropped it and turned it and then painted it. So happy with how it looks and she's happy too!

The next one I'm working on is called, "Bounce". It's of my daughter on a trampoline but I don't know how many people will get it. Here it is so far.

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!