New ACEO - catterfly family

Thought it was about time I painted a traditional family. Click here to bid!

New ACEO - coral reef mercats

Happy Monday everyone! Here's something really pretty to start your week - mercats in their natural habitat, the coral reef. The coral was a tonne of fun to paint! Click here to bid!

Shichifukujin magnets

OK, I now have the first three of my "shichifukujin" magnets up for sale. I guess I better get cracking on the last four! Click here to purchase Ebisu, Hotei or Benten!

New ACEO - catteflies out for a walk!

Did anyone notice I was missing? LOL, probably not. We've been away camping, but I didn't want to advertise that my house was empty, so I only let a few people know. It just so happened that wednesday was the hottest day of the summer - ever! The actual temperature was pushing 100, but with the humidity factored in it was around 115. Whew! Luckily we were camped on a beach so we could swim and cool off. The sunscreen we bought worked well - I have only one tiny little burnt spot on one arm, that I got in the car on the way there. We were camped at Falcon Beach, which is in the Whiteshell provincial park, which I know most of you have no idea where that is. We did some hiking, some fishing, and a lot of sitting around vegetating by the fire.

I painted this before we left, but I didn't get the time to list it until now. So here we go for friday! Click here to bid!



Ok, so now I'm off to do some more laundry. If any of my pictures turn out, I'll post them - I have to charge my camera first.

New ACEO - rainbow bridge

I wanted to capture the moment the spirit leaves the body, and looks back reassuringly just before scampering away. Click here to bid!



There's also a full-sized version of this on note cards and magnets in my cafepress store - click to buy!

New ACEO - learing by example

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New ACEO - Joker cat

This is what I came up with today - the "joker" type of cat personality. Like his little evil puppet stick? Click here to bid!

New ACEO - shinto shrine

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New ACEO - lily catterfly

click here to bid on the pinkness!

New ACEO - momma catterfly

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New ACEO - tidepool treasures

Nestled in a shell, a tiny mercat naps the afternoon away. Mercats are just like regular housecats - they like to bask in the sun, but they have to come in quite close to shore to find a good spot. This often results in them getting stranded in a tidepool at low tide. Click here to bid!

New ACEO - Ebisu

One of the shichifukujin, or seven lucky gods of Japan, Ebisu is the god of fishermen.
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new ACEO - if cats could paint

Here's miss kitty, doing what I like best! Those little sparrows take this one right off the cuteness meter I think!
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New ACEO - hanabi

I don't usually list of fridays, but I skipped wednesday because of the holiday. Here is a typical ukiyoe scene of a woman in a yukata watching fireworks. We went to watch the fireworks this past Sunday (monday was Canada day). We waited out two hours in a prime spot (on a bridge), and then were treated to.....NINE whole minutes of fireworks. They were really nice, but really short. Afterwards, we got stuck in traffic - it took us almost an hour just to go a two block distance. Whew, next year we won't be going downtown to enjoy them - maybe we'll set off some of our own. Click here to bid!

new ACEO - Bastet

The cat here is a Chausie, a breed of cat derived from the Ancient Egyptian Jungle Cat, which was domesticated and kept as a hunting companion and was probably the model for the statues of Bastet you see. Click here to bid!
This design is also available on magnets and ornaments - click here to purchase!

New ACEO - dreaming courtesan

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And just a reminder, this auction is ending tomorrow. Apparently the mild nudity violated my photo hosting service's terms of use, so it got yanked and there's a big violation notice instead of an image in my auction. So, I've uploaded the painting to my own server. I can't edit the aution, but I just wanted to let you all know what is going on. Click here to bid!

New ACEO - wake up, it's time to go!

got a lot of requests for another rainbow brige painting, so here you go!