I recently had a request for a painting featuring owls – I’d never painted an owl before until a bit over a week ago when I painted Satellite and Sage. Now I could be a little addicted!
Here’s my latest creation – I’ve titled it “Midnight Meeting”:
Midnight Meeting
I’m looking forward to this Saturday’s Handmade Expo, where I will have my original art, keepsake boxes, jewellery and cards for sale, including some owl-inspired pieces. Brand new to the market will be my wearable art rings, featuring prints of some of my most popular paintings.
I’ve still got a week to make new pendants and rings – are there any designs you’d just love to see on one of my jewellery pieces? Let me know and I’ll make sure I have them there.
I’m looking forward to creating an artwork for the Two Happy Stampers July colour challenge soon. In the meantime, I thought this beautiful selection of colours would be a great inspiration for my Saturday Selections this week:
1. In “Concord Crush”, this beautiful Handknit Scarf by Crickets Creations. I just love the different textures and shades of purple in this gorgeous handmade scarf – the title says “fit for royalty” and it certainly looks it!
2. For “Poppy Parade”, I’ve chosen these vibrant Red Chiffon Flower Hair Pins by Nomsa. I love their simple elegance – what a wonderful finishing touch to your outfit!
3. In “Very Vanilla”, we have this gorgeous looking Paradisi Body Butter by fellow Queenslander Rhasdala. This creamy moisturiser is perfect for soothing dry skin, and features a blend of soft vanilla and refreshing grapefruit scent. The Paradisi scent is one of Rasdala’s most popular, and is also available in soaps, bath salts, lip balms and many other body and beauty products.
4. I love the warm, dark colour of “Early Espresso” – I think these Smoky Brown Quartz Wire Wrapped Earrings byAngelene (anothe QLDer!) capture the colour perfectly. These two high-quality smoky quartz briolettes in a rich coffee colour have been spun with sterling silver wire to create this beautiful pair of earrings.
5. This Pear Canvas All-Purpose Pleated Bag by Tippy Thai matches the “Pear Pizzazz” colour perfectly! It is made from high quality canvas, and features an adjustable strap as well as plenty of compartments for all your essentials.
I hope you liked this week’s Saturday Selections. Which is your favourite of the five colours above? I can’t decide between “Concord Crush” and “Early Espresso”.
We’ve had a few very chilly nights here in sunny Qld lately – certainly no snow though! But, as I’m heading off to the Snowy Mountains for a skiing holiday soon I’ve got snow on the brain. Especially as they haven’t had much snow yet this season. Let’s hope these snowy handmade beauties from Etsy will send the right message out into the universe – let it SNOW!
2. Snow Crystals Bridal Necklace by the Beautiful Garden Boutique. This necklace is so elegant and pretty! It’s advertised as bridal jewellery, but I think it would also be stunning worn with an evening gown and a pair of matching earrings. You could even use it to dress up more casual outfits – a very versatile piece!
3. Hoop Framed Wall Hanging – Snow in the Forest by Caitlin Sainio. Isn’t this pretty? It features three hand crocheted snowflakes mounted on a forest green background. And I love the title, “Snow in the Forest” – it conjures up all kinds of peaceful images of large flakes of snow falling on trees.
5. Snow Queen Tattoo Tights by Tattoo Socks and More. These are just the coolest thing ever! I love this idea. Make sure you check out the Tattoo Socks Etsy store, as there are lots of other cool designs like butterflies, swirls and peacock feathers.
6. Snowy Tree Notepad by Jennifer Boston. I fell in love with this stunningly pretty notepad featuring a tree being dusted by glittery snow before I even realised who had created it. I get most of my supplies for pendant making from Jennifer’s supplies store, The Crafty Dragonfly. So, I can personally vouch for the friendly, personal service, quick delivery and careful packaging which have made me keep visiting her store.
I hope these beautiful items have put you in a snowy kind of mood – even if you’re in a part of the world where it’s summer right now. I’ll post up a pic of me in the snow when I get back from my holiday, and who knows, maybe I’ll come up with some of my own snow inspired art too!
I think you’d be hard pressed these days to find someone whose life hasn’t been touched by cancer. I myself have lost family members to cancer, which is one of the reasons why I’m honoured to be participating in a ‘Crop for Cancer’ scrapbooking day next Sunday.
I’m able to combine my love of art with my love of scrapbooking to help raise money for the Cancer Council, in the name of a dearly departed ‘Scrappin’ Sister’ who lost her battle with cancer more than a year ago. Last year’s charity scrapbooking day raised $1093, and we’d like to top that this year.
To that end, I’m delighted to donate a painting which will be raffled off on the day. I’ve titled it Field of Hope, and included the daffodils which are the symbol of the Cancer Council. It’s my representation of hope for a cure.
I must be on the up-swing of my creative funk, because I’ve finished my first two paintings in months today.
This one is on hold for someone:
Evening Garden
It must have been the cold weather making me dream of spring for this painting (although I don’t want spring to arrive *just* yet – we need some snow down at Perisher for my ski trip!).
Spring Afternoon
I have plans to get a few more things done this holidays too – I’m painting something to donate to a charity scrapbooking day I’m attending next month, and I have some new ideas tucked away featuring owls, moons and swirly trees! I’d also like to get started on a new large canvas, but we’ll see how we go with that one.
Tell me, what’s your favourite season? I’m really a summer girl but I tend to paint a lot of spring scenes.
Today I spent the day at the Handmade Expo market at the Ipswich Turf club. I had a lovely time! It was so great to see some familiar faces and some new ones. I was thrilled to be able to meet some of my online fans in real life, and I got to talk to lots of people. It’s really helped to get the creative juices flowing again and I can’t wait to try out some new ideas this week. Many thanks to those who came to visit me! I hope to see you again at the next market on Saturday the 17th of July.
Of course going to the Handmade expo does have its down side – and I’m not talking about the early start (although that isn’t my favourite bit). First of all, I have a tendency to spend my profits before I make them. There are so many beautiful things around, it’s hard to resist! Secondly, The Handmade Expo is likely to help me to become the size of a house. Today I bought a bottle of Verdelho from Welgan Estate wines, a bottle of delicious Caramelised Fig Balsamic from Robinvale Estate, and gorged myself on fudge, cupcakes (OMG they were amazing) and woodfired pizza.
OK, OK. I know. I’ve been REALLY slack lately. No blog posts, hardly any posts on my facebook fan page. I’ve been in a bit of a creative funk lately (I blogged about it over at Handmade Spark). It’s been a tough term at school – that’s my excuse anyway.
Now that I’m on school holidays, I’m beginning to crawl out from the rock I’ve been living under, and start connecting with the art community again. So this blog post is a catch up – like at the beginning of a TV show when they tell you all the stuff that happened in the last episode. Here’s what you missed…
"Sunset Joy" - SOLD - Profits to Cerebral Palsy League
The Art for Art’s Sake exhibition was a success – my Sunset Joypainting sold and was able to raise $200 for the Cerebral Palsy league. I was proud that my little painting could make a difference!
Fabric Cards by Georgica Designs
I’ve been lucky enough to participate in another DUST team swap (Meanwhile, isn’t saying DUST team a bit like saying ATM machine?) This time I was paired up with Deb from Georgica Designs. Deb makes gorgeous fabric greeting and note cards, and I was lucky enough to receive a package of mixed cards and gift tags. They are so simple and elegant, perfect for that special person’s birthday!
In return, I’ve sent Deb her very own original painting, with a matching pendant. I’ve named it Deb’s Garden:
Deb's Garden
Karen from New Earth Soaps was kind enough to feature my Summer Field painting on her blog. I was also honoured that my Rescued painting was featured by fellow tea lover Verity on her blog, Nice Life With a Cup of Tea. I always feel blessed when someone has liked my work enough to feature it on their blog. I’ve added both Etsy stores to my favourites and look forward to ordering some of the gorgeous looking sugar body scrubs from New Earth Soaps and lovely hand-blended tea leaves from Joidetea.
If you’d like to see my artwork in person, take yourself along to Cafe @ Kitchener, where my artwork is featured along with the work of some other wonderful local artists. You can relax with a coffee while you view beautiful artwork! Many thanks to Michelle from Art Salon for letting me know about this opportunit and for doing all the running around and organising. Michelle is having a Studio sale at the moment – have a look at some of the amazing paintings she’s selling at up to 50% off (I’ve seen some of these personally and trust me they are even more beautiful in person!).
Stay tuned for more (hopefully more regular) posts from KL Bailey Art!
One of the many things I love about creating art is the opportunity it provides me to support more charities. You may remember earlier this year I donated a painting to the Young Variety’s ‘Heart Art Show’.
This year I’ve also been given the opportunity to participate in the Cerebral Palsy League‘s ‘Art for Art’s Sake’ exhibition. The Cerebral Palsy League is the largest non-government disability services provider for people with a physical disability in Queensland. Having taught a student with Cerebral Palsy I’ve seen first hand the necessity of an organisation like this, and so I’m very happy to be able to support them.
This year’s exhibition theme is ‘The Joy of Living’, and I am donating the following painting, titled Sunset Joy:
The painting will be auctioned at the Gala Opening and Cocktail Reception on Wednesday 12 May 2010 from 6:30pm, at Waterfront Place, Eagle St, Brisbane. For more details, please see the Art for Art’s Sake website.
"Mother and Child" Acrylic on Board by Tracey Potter
Mother’s Day is nearly here again – doesn’t it always sneak up on you? This week I’ve been lucky enough to be featured in two blog posts about Mother’s Day gift ideas.
Firstly, one of my favourite artists, Tracey Potter, has blogged about her Top 10 Gifts under $50 for Mother’s Day, featuring my “Pink Lemonade” pendant along with many other beautiful items including her gorgeous original painting “Mother and Child” (featured above).
