More characters from Dreaming. Acrylic on maps on canvas, detail size ~3″ x 2″
If you followed my Oddments blog, you might recognize this pair from their birth as Oddment No. 1!
Tag Archives: Acrylic
Vegetotem (Detail of larger painting)
Yet another detail from Dreaming. The entire painting is 30″ x 24″; this part is about 6″ x 3″. You can see more tidbits from the painting here. I’ll be putting prints of the whole thing up in my Etsy shop soon. :-)
In case you were wondering, SPX was fantastic. It was my first con & I had no idea what a tumult of sensory overload it would be! So many amazing people, such a high concentration of creativity! It was a little dizzy-making at times, but a great experience overall. I’d definitely recommend a visit if you ever have the chance.
Shellbound Acrylic on collaged paper on canvas, 12"x12"
This is an older painting, but newly available in my Etsy shop, along with Shroomdweller!
Also folks, one more reminder of the Cartozia Tales Kickstarter— I hope you’ll agree that this comic deserves to continue!
Lush Vegetation (Detail of larger painting)
Shroomdweller Acrylic on collaged paper on canvas, 12"x6"
I’ve been working on this relatively small painting in between jobs for over a month now! I’ll probably tweak it a bit more yet, but I couldn’t wait to share it now that it’s finally coming close to what I envisioned. This mushroom, like its climber, is entirely imaginary, but it was inspired by various real species. If you are a fan of fungi in its many fanciful forms, be sure to check out this fascinating blog: When we die, we become one with the earth. Beautiful photos of some amazing shrooms!
The background engraving was scanned from The Practical Standard Dictionary, 1943; the borders were from an old map.
The not-so-secret message in the annulus refers to a series of books by Eleanor Cameron that I loved as a child. Working on this really made me want to reread those books!
p.s. This one’s dedicated to my friend Heather, an avid mushroom-hunter, & my father, a soon-to-be truffle farmer!
Edit: Prints of this painting (along with the original) are now available in my Etsy shop!
The Girl with the Oddment Tattoo Acrylic on found doll, ~3.5" tall
Tattoos make everyone look more powerful, don’t you think?
This isn’t a new piece, but as I hadn’t posted it on this site, I thought I’d remedy that. If you’re a fan of Noah Scalin’s Skull-A-Day (& you should be!) you might have seen it there a while back too.
p.s. Gearing up for some new toys coming soon! :-)
Fresh Peas (Detail of larger painting)
Another snippet from the aforementioned painting; you can see a bit more on my new Flickr profile banner. (And Oddments followers may remember their digital genesis as The Triplets of Peaville.)
Acrylic on scanned maps on canvas. Total size 30″ x 24″; size of detail, ~8″ x 10.5″
Dreaming (Detail of larger painting)
This is another detail from the same painting as my previous post. Hybrids have always been an obsession of mine, especially zoophytes & even zoorobotanical specimens!
Allegretto (Detail of larger painting)
I don’t know if this is a jungle, exactly, but it’s certainly full of tree-dwellers! It’s part of a fairly large painting commissioned for a young child’s room.
Fructus Acrylic on collaged text on canvas, 6"x6"
This painting was recently featured (in black and white) in The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, accompanying a poem by David Faldet.
