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Ship Faced Quirky Surreal Doodle Pop Art
The idea originated in my sketchbook from an idea to create 2 little characters sitting on a little boat. I was also exploring the idea of whether the painting could still read as a face if one of the eyes was replaced by a house. A first I struggled with a title,...
Meowsers Quirky Art Painting
If you listen to the podcast you might know that I am a dog person, which is why they appear in my work a lot. But, these cats appeared in my sketchbook and so I went with it. I do think cats are amazing creatures, so agile and clever, but also a bit contrary. Saying,...
Facetastic Friday Semi Abstract Portrait
I had to have a go at #Facetasticfriday an Instagram Challenge that I co-host on @kickinthecreatives. This week the guy in the photo has such a great face. I thought his expression looks like he was thinking "Give me Strength!". It's like one of those days when you...
New Hair Do Asbtract Face Pop Art
I'm calling this one - "Is That a New Hair Do?" Let's face it wouldn't everybody like a snail hairdo where its shell becomes a hair bun? I'd love to know what is the favourite hairdo you've ever had and what is the worst? My favourite was about 15 years ago I found a...
Slurpy Slurpy Milkshake Abstract Face Pop Art
I like my art to have deep and meaningful titles, so I am calling this one "Slurpy, Slurpy Milkshake" I do love a good milkshake, do you? I used to say to my partner that apart from the nice buzz that a couple of alcoholic drinks gives you, I would rather have a...
Abstract Portrait Painting
This is a portrait I created of @sior_mirkaccio for an Exhibition preview last Friday with @life_drawing_plus @sior_mirkaccio has a really interesting face to draw This painting was created using @Carandache Neocolor 2 and Stabilo All Pencil on a Yellow paper...
Big Personality Painting of a Small Dog
Isn't it funny how some little dogs can boss their much larger friends about. Years ago, I used to walk my dog with friends. I remember one of the dogs used to play with sticks. I picked a stick up, but before I got a chance to do anything with it, a little dog jumped...
The Nose Knows Painting
Isn't language weird? Who do you think decided that it was a good idea to have more than one word that sounds the same but means something completely different? In this painting, I was playing with this idea as the nose which makes up the girl is reading something -...