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    Arnold Arluke: Beauty and the Beast: Human-Animal Relations as Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905-1935

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Floraphilia Originals

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Just a note to let you know that the summer's worth of Floraphilia originals (including the newest one, below) will all be in my shop tomorrow, Thursday 9/28 at 12 pm Pacific!

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The Garden of Eden / 8.5"x11" // watercolor & gouache on paper

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September 27, 2017 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (0)

Floraphilia

Ever week this summer, I've been making a new flower (or flower-related) painting.
Shameless mixing Greek & Latin, I've called the series Floraphilia...

Now that I'm about halfway through the project, I though it would be nice to have them all in one place, so here are the first six pieces!

(If you want to follow along on the installments, I post them on Instagram & Twitter)

 

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Floraphilia / 8.5" x 11" / watercolor & gouache on paper

 

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The Serpent & the Bloom / 8.5" x 11" / watercolor & gouache on paper

 

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Love Will Tear Us Apart / 8.5" x 11" / watercolor & gouache on paper

 

 

 

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Rose of No Man's Land / 8.5" x 11" / watercolor & gouache on paper

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The Hidden Garden / 8.5" x 11" / watercolor & gouache on paper

 

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The Emperor's Peonies / 8.5" x 11" / watercolor & gouache on paper

  

The series will be available in my shop when summer ends & the flowers are gone for the year!

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July 19, 2017 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (6)

Littlest Family Process Art

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Do you want to see what one of my books looks like at the beginning?

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Julie at the great Seven Impossible Things has posted a bunch of process art from The Littlest Family's Big Day --  click over for storyboards, cover sketches, etc. There is even more, but I pared it down to a good overview of what it looks like behind-the-scenes.

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I love these two early cover sketches so much. I think they were the first thing I ever made, when the idea was just percolating. Anyway, there's a lot more to see, along with art from two other books, The Lizsts & The Bear Who Wasn't There included in The Sweet & the Surreal, a post from her Kirkus colum last week.

I love seeing the beginnings of things, all wispy and rough.

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October 21, 2016 in Art (my pictures), Books | Permalink | Comments (2)

Saltwater Fabric Collection

Do you remember these seafaring designs from earlier in the year?
They were for my first fabric collection! Full of mermaids, sailors and sea monsters, we named it Saltwater. 

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It's slated to come out next year (2016) and I'm so excited.

You can visit the entire collection here at Birch Fabrics -- and here's a peek at some of my personal favorites:

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I can't wait to make a dress of constellations, or little sailor guys...and cut & sew dolls! (!)

 

December 15, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (14)

Kimonos Postcard Set

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I just got this Kimonos postcard set back from the printer and I'm so happy with how it came together. Already works on paper, they just seemed so right for stationery.
You can find the set in the shop!
(I've squirreled away a big stack for my own purposes)

I'm currently working furiously all hours finishing up my next book, nestled away painting and painting and painting while wintery rain falls outside. So the rest of the new things (more Wolves & Wonders prints and postcards) will come to the shop in the new year.

I hope you are having a wonderful December!

 

December 08, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (2)

Leopard Odalisque

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Leopard Odalisque     14"x11"

Wolves & Wonders has officially come down and now I'm setting to work making postcard sets (there will be two sets from this show!) and prints soon. 

This piece about visiting the gallery's street had this nice photo of the show, up in its hideaway attic-y space:

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November 11, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (3)

A Monkey

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A Monkey      8"x10"

I liked this monkey so much, and I kept thinking "I'd like to paint myself another monkey after the show." Then I thought, why don't I keep this buddy as a souvenir? And there are a handful of paintings still available (including another of my favorites) even if the monkey is spoken for.

And this is the last week to see Wolves & Wonders at Land!

November 02, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (1)

A Peacock Kimono & A Tiger Kimono

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A Peacock Kimono      11"x14"

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A Tiger Kimono
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I really love making companion pieces and I think I always will.

October 19, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (1)

The Tiger's Bride

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The Tiger's Bride   11"x14"

Another look at Beauty and the Beast, named for one of my favorite Angela Carter stories.

October 13, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (3)

Wolves & Wonders is Open

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Over 30 paintings & nearly 100 lanterns later, the show is up & the opening was lovely. Thanks very much for everyone who came by to hang out under the paper lanterns with us!

Wolves & Wonders runs through November 9 at Land gallery (open seven days a week, 10-6)

Available work will be up for purchase online soon (really soon, actually) and I will let you know when it is all in readiness!

October 12, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (4)

Beauty and the Beast

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Beauty and the Beast    20"x16"

Beauty & the Beast is one of my favorite stories. I think it is such a lovely metaphor for reckoning with the savage & civilized parts we're all made of. And even if it was originally a an instructive parable about arranged marriages (this is the word on the street), I also think it holds a lot of significance about the contemporary idea of true love.

I have a lot of thoughts about this story, but it will have to wait for another day, hopefully not too far off. I'll just leave it at this: most of the new show amounts to Beauty & the Beast, and I hope if you're in Portland, you'll come see us Friday night for the opening!

October 08, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (1)

A Tiger & A Peacock

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A Peacock  
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A Tiger   14"x11"

These weren't really created as companions, but I think they're nice together like this.

October 07, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (0)

A Savage Beauty

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A Savage Beauty   14"x11"  

This is another favorite for me -- I wanted to do my own version of the classic Odalisque painting.

I'm going to try to preview a new piece every day 'til the show goes up on Friday!

October 05, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (0)

A Lady and A Monkey

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A Lady and A Monkey    11"x14"  

This portrait (or double-portrait) is one of my personal favorite paintings in the upcoming show!

I'll be previewing work from Wolves & Wonders up 'til the opening on Oct. 9, although there will be some pieces that will remain under my hat until after it has opened (I like a little element of surprise.)

September 30, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (0)

Kimonos on Paper

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I've been painting these small kimonos on paper for my (rapidly approaching) show in October. I love painting these -- it's nice to work on little pieces interspersed with larger, more involved things. I hope that by some magic, I'll conjure all these dream kimonos by painting them & they'll arrive in a trunk on my doorstep. At the very least, I'd like to make my favorites into a set of postcards...they seem just right for notes.

I've been posting them on Instagram as they come along, and I'll keep posting peeks & previews of the show both here & there!

September 25, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (0)

Bird of Paradise

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Bird of Paradise    9"x12"

This fancy little bird is part of Wolves & Wonders.
I'm going to try my best to preview more of the show here before it opens Oct. 9th!

September 21, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (3)

The Company of Wolves

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The Company of Wolves   
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I think I posted a progress photo of an earlier incarnation of this painting -- it's changed a lot since then! The painting is part of my show, Wolves & Wonders, which opens at Land on October 9.

The show was inspired by Angela Carter, variations on Beauty & the Beast, the East & the West...lots of things. Stay tuned for more lions & tigers & wolves & ladies!

PS: And thank you for your lovely and kind comments on the NY Times list post. So exciting and so unexpected.

 

September 09, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (5)

Back to the Sea

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I've gone back to the sea for a project I'm working on and my mermaid heart is very happy about it.

I can't wait to share more as I'm able to!

March 27, 2015 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (8)

Lion Disguise

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Lion Disguise   8"x10"    Acrylic on wood

Sometimes Eleanor wants to become something very fierce.

October 28, 2014 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (0)

Eleanor & Claude

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Eleanor & Claude    11x14    Acrylic on wood

October 03, 2014 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (4)

Costume Party Thumbnail Sketch

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A little sketch for something of some somethings at a party.

September 27, 2014 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (6)

Alistair

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Alistair 
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Alistair is Eleanor's other cat.
The three of them live together in their little apartment with drafty windows.

Alistair is gentle and shy and quick to steal the warmth from laps.

September 12, 2014 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (9)

Claude

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Claude     8"x10"

Back in Eleanor's world, this is her black cat, Claude.

Claude is a girl-cat, though her name has caused much confusion. Eleanor named her after Claudine, the troublemaker heroine of her favorite novels by Colette.

Claude is mercurial and clever and quick to steal unattended dinners.

September 10, 2014 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (4)

Little cat, Big cat

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Little cat, big cat, sketchbook, painting.

I've been painting more in my sketchbook this year (rather than just drawing with pens & pencils). I like it so much, for planning & just for my own personal little tangents.

These are some more bits from Eleanor's world...

August 15, 2014 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (4)

Eleanor

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Eleanor 
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A portrait of the heroine in an imaginary story about a solitary girl & her interior world.

I'm hard at work on my next picture book, but a small series of these Eleanor paintings has been accumulating. More of them soon, including her cats!

August 13, 2014 in Art (my pictures) | Permalink | Comments (8)

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