New artwork!

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New ACEO

"Sayuri" - click here for ebay auction!

Kats challenge entry

This painting was done for the Kats challenge for the Kats ebay group I belong to. It's a smallish group dedicated to cat artists. The theme was "colorful cats". If you're interested to see all the entries, go to ebay and do a search for "Kats challenge". This kitty is an Oiran, which is a high ranking courtesan from the Edo era. Of course there are no more Oiran working in Japan, but women still dress up as them for yearly festivals. An Oiran made her living from her body, using her beauty and social graces as her greatest assets. I don't know about you, but I would think a man would be completely terrified by such an amazingly dressed woman! Click here for the ebay auction!

New ACEO

Here's something to go with the cooler weather. Click to bid!

New ACEO

Kokeshi Inu. Click here for auction!

What a wierd morning. It took forever to get my internet connection working - in the long run it turned out there was a power failure sometime before I got up and it screwed up the connection. The gas company is tearing up the lot across the street from me so the kiddies and kitty have something to watch to keep them amused. ^_^

Anyway, here's wednesday's aceo. I did another shiba for friday and it's ADORABLE but you'll have to wait.

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Something blue....

Good monday morning everyone! Here's my latest aceo - a new Shinto bride wearing a pretty modern uchikake with a blue roses design.
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Black and Tan Shiba Maiko

New ACEO!



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New artwork

This week I decided to do a tribute piece to Utamaro - one of my favorite prints of his, because it's just so elegant. Also, it's a very unusual subject matter for modern times, that's for sure. I recently came across a picture of a modern geisha with blackened teeth - I wish I had bookmarked it.
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Here's a link to the original

New artwork!

Here's a cute painting of a kitty standing outside an Unagi (eel) restaurant. Broiled eels are a traditional summer treat in Japan that are thought to stimulate the appetite. The noren (hanging curtain sign) outside this restaurant has the work "Unagi" written on it in hiragana, and the "U" is written to look like an eel.
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I've also added this design to my cafepress store - click here to purchase it on mugs, magnets, and other assorted goodies.

New merchandise...

I'm slowly adding new designs to my cafepress store. New this weekend, my shinto bride design (shown here on an ornament, but also available on magnets, mugs etc), and my Osake design, shown here on a magnet. Click here to go to the store.

Doumo arigatou!!!

Shiba Maiko

Here's a really pretty Shiba Inu dog dressed as a maiko. Click here to bid on the original painting.

This design is also available on merchandise at my cafepress store. Click here to shop!

Grand Opening!

I'd like to invite you all to my brand new, renovated Cafepress store! New designs will be added weekly. If there is any products you'd like but can't find, let me know!
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New artwork...

Here's something cute - a mom and kitten having a bath! Mom is dressed in every day attire from the Edo era.
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And here's a sneak preview for friday!!

New ACEO

Post ceremony Shinto bride.
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Aren't the kanzashi the cutest ever??

New artwork...

First, a maiko kitty with two shiba inu puppies...



And, a maiko and a geisha playing cat's cradle:

Portrait of a Maiko

New ACEO, a pen and ink drawing with just a touch of color. Something a little different for a change!
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Also, a maiko kitty with a pet parrot! Click here to purchase!

New artwork

Maiko kitty with a new pet puppy - click here for auction.

Another in my everyday scenes from the pleasure quarters - lighting a lantern.

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Cat with a pet cat!

A cat with a pet cat - how cute is that?
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New artwork!

Sorry I'm a bit late with this one today. It's a holiday in Canada so I slept in. It's been really, really hot here lately so I thought a cool theme was in order. I love the kimono, I've been wanting to do something Indigo for a while, and I really like the way the blue pattern looks. Click here to bid on the painting!

New ACEO

Here's a shiba inu - a breed of Japanese dog - dressed as an onnagata, a kabuki actor that portrays women, in this case a courtesan. Whew!
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New ACEO

Courtesan wearing an octopus uchikake.
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New ACEO

"Courtesan holding a figurine of the God Ebisu"
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New ACEO

"Burning loveletters"
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Ohayou gozaimasu!

Ohayou gozaimasu means "good morning" in Japanese.Click here to bid on my latest ACEO!

New artwork

I should have had this up yesterday, but the video card in my computer died thursday and didn't get fixed until last night. This is a geisha in a yukata, Edo style of course. I think the colors are really pretty.
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Kitty sashimi chef

I'm thrilled with the way this one turned out. I think it's a perfect blend between ukiyoe and my style. Everything worked for me on this one - the colors are perfect, the cat's face turned out really pretty and the fish and octopus are sooo cute. I had so much fun drawing and painting this.
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Sketchin'

wow, my little sashimi chef kitty turned out fantastic! You'll see it tomorrow. ^_^
In the meanwhile, here's a new aceo I sketched out tonight.

On the agenda today...

On friday, I finally inked my larger piece (it's 9x12). I HATE the inking stage, because my hands always shake a tiny bit, and if I screw up on the kimono collars and hems I go crazy. For some reason though on friday my hands were really steady and inking this was a piece of cake. I still have to in the kimono patterns, but I'm really happy with this since all of my straight lines are straight, and all of my parallel lines are perfectly parallel, with no jogs or wobblies. Yesterday I started on a new aceo, isn't it cute? I love the little octopus! Anyway, I know what I'll be doing today, besides taking frequent breaks to check the progress of my beans and carrots in the garden. They all poked out yesterday.

cute new aceo....

Something pink and girly and pretty. Cute, ne?
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New ACEO

Kinda goes nice with the last one I posted.
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New aceo

squeeee! A new garden bunny!
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Cute painting!

A cute little bun, inspired by my love of gardening.
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Romantic new artwork!

This should have been up yesterday, but work ended up being more hectic than usual so I was too tired to post this after I got home. I LOVE the way the misty pine-clad mountains turned out - it was fun to paint a little mini-landscape like that.
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Later in the week I'll have a garden bunny painting up. It's the time of year to get the vegetables planted - I look forward to it all year!

Happy Victoria Day!

Today is Victoria Day in Canada, and it's a national holiday, so like most of the rest of the country, I'm taking the day off and will not be posting an auction today. It will be up tomorrow though! This long weekend is traditionally the time when we plant our gardens, since the threat of frost is officially over. I bought all my tomato plants and pepper plants yesterday, but I won't be planting them today - I'll wait until next weekend. In the meanwhile, I'll be doing a lot of weeding this week, and experimenting with different methods of keeping the neighbor's three cats out of the garden. So far the curry powder I sprinkled seems to be working! They do do a lot of damage, but it's hard to stay mad at them because they're just so darn cute. I'll leave a little bit of the front flower bed unstinkafied for their convenience.
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New artwork

New ACEO - "an elegant vice". Smoking was popular during the Edo Era, with pipes being tiny affairs that were stuffed with tabacco shredded to threadlike fineness which provided a puff or two with each fill. Pipes and smoking accessories were incredibly elegant and luxurious, and smoking appealed to women as well as men - pipes are featured quite often in Ukiyoe being used by both men and women.

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closeup:

New Artwork...

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This is a really beautiful fantasy portrait - she's looking for a good home!
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New artwork...

New ACEO, "Catty"

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Closeup (look at those teeny teeth!):

New artwork.

New ACEO - "Fuji Musume" for the Complimentary art and things group theme week.
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Fuji Musume means Wisteria maiden and is a famous classic Kabuki dance.

New artwork

Here's something a little different. I've had this little box sitting around waiting to be painted for almost a year. I finally got around to it! I painted it to mimic Japanese lacquerware. It was almost impossible to photograph because it was so shiny.
Click here for the ebay auction. It measures approx. 3.5 inches at it's widest.

This is a back view:



Scan of the top:

New artwork

A new ACEO! I wanted to do something really pink and feminine. Mom holds her squirming kitten and says what I must have repeated about a million times to my own kids: Look with your eyes, not with your hands!

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