New ACEO - ajisai

Ajisai is hydrangea in Japanese. Click here to bid!

New ACEO - Victorian Kitty

Kitty is wearing an outfit from the 1880's. Click here to bid!

New ACEO - sacque dress

This kind of dress was worn in the late 1700's. I love the way the hydrangea background turned out - It's great when you plan something out in your head and then the paint cooperates. Click here to bid!

New ACEO - Catshepsut

LOL, yeah the title is a real groaner, I know (Queen Hatshepsut was an 18th dynasty pharaoh). Click here to bid!

New ACEO - Elizabethan cat

This is my version of Queen Elizabeth I's "Rainbow" portrait. click to bid!

New ACEO - hibernating catterflies

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Magnets with this design available here for only $6.00! Click here for magnets!

New ACEO - Nekomata

This is a nekomata - a Japanese spirit cat, recognized by her double tail. I resisted the urge to call her Kilala.
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New ACEO - Pandora's box

AKA curiosity killed the cat! click here to bid!

New ACEO - tudor kitty

Miss Kitty is dressed in early to mid tudor costume.
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New ACEO - Victorian Kitty

This kitty is making Tatted lace. I like to tat, but the most I ever produce is little snowflake motifs for the Christmas tree. Kitty is dressed in Victorian era style suitable for at home wear. Click to bid!

New ACEO - knitting kitty!

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New ACEO - wallflower

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New ACEO - trick or treat!

Boooooooooooo!!
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New ACEO - last trip to the beach

The weather here is amazing! It's still pleasant to go walk along the beach without bundling up - although the swimming season is past.
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New ACEO - kumihimo

Here's something that I tried a long time ago, but wasn't very good at. Of course at the time I didn't bother to get the proper equipment and that really makes the difference. I'm of a mind to try again. The stand itself can be bought online (even on ebay) but can be expensive - so I'd make my own. It's really only two pieces of wood attached together with dowels.
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New ACEO - Moon viewing courtesan

A new courtesan cat, dressed up for moon-viewing!
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New ACEO - mooncakes!

Here's a Chinese version of the Japanese "Tsukimi" I painted recently. The tradition originally came to Japan from China. Every year our local grocery store sells huge boxes of these mooncakes, and I've always wanted to try them so bad. But they're very expensive and I never want to shell out the cash for something I just want to try - $20 is a lot to pay for a box of beanpaste buns that only I will eat and probably not finish!
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New ACEO - fall geese

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New ACEO - rainy days

Actually I'm enjoying the cooler weather here. Which is why I painted this with happy colors.
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New ACEO - autumn cat fairy

LOL, inspired by a bush in my neighborhood.
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New ACEO - tiny treasures

A catterfly is mesmerized by some mundane things on a windowsill... Click to bid!

New ACEO - kimono cat sushi chef

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New ACEO - Tsukimi

Celebrating the Autumn full moon. Click to bid!

New ACEO - geisha with bat pattern kimono and obi

Japan the bat is a symbol of happiness, but it seems an appropriate thing to do coming up to October. Of course, you don't see many bat pattern kimonos today - this ensemble would date to the Edo era. Click to bid!!

New ACEO - Heian era courtier

An upper class lady in casual (!) dress of Heian Japan. There is a long description in the auction if you'd like to read about it.
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New ACEO - delicious meal

It's always a good idea to remember to be grateful for what we have! Before a meal in Japan, you say "Itadakimasu". Click to bid!

New ACEO - kiku-kitty-catterfly!

Kiku means Chrysanthemum in Japan - and September is the Chrysanthemum festival.
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New ACEO - kikuko

Haven't painted a grand couresan in a while. Here ya go - click to bid!

New ACEO - zen calligraphy "autumn"

Here's a new "zen calligraphy" painting of the character for autumn, pronounced "aki" in Japanese.
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New ACEO - a dream of spring

Happy friday everyone. I wanted to put this up yesterday, but my isp was down most of the day. Hope you're all having a great day. Koko ni, chotto ame ga futte imasu. It's raining here a little. It's a bit depressing. Anyway, here's my last painting of the week - a dream of spring. Much nicer in person because I used a lot of pearl medium that didn't scan well.
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Two New ACEOs

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New ACEO - green tea!

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New ACEO - fishing cat

While miss Kitty's been lazing around on the beach, master Tom's been busy catching dinner!
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New ACEO - Miss Kitty at the seashore

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New aceo - oak catterfly

It's that time of year again - not quite fall, but not summer anymore, really. Where I live we have such extreme seasons that the yearly changes bring on an extreme nostalgic feeling. Especially autumn - even when you're an adult, the nip in the air brings back vivid memories of first days of school. Anyway, it's not quite fall yet, but to me the leaves on the trees are starting to look tired, and the angle of the sun is introducing coolness to the afternoons. Great news if you don't have air conditioning like me!
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New ACEO - temari

Happy friday everyone! I should have done this one yesterday, but instead I took the day off to clean O_o
This little kitty's making a temari, a kind of thread embroidered ball. "Te" means hand, and "Mari" means ball. In times long past these were actually used as a plaything, but nowadays they are more considered an artwork. I've made several and they're not too hard to make if you can embroider - if you do a google search you should find lots of links and there are lots of instruction books on Amazon. I have a picture of one of my own on my computer somewhere but I can't find it right now - and it's packed away as a Christmas ornament. Anyway,
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New ACEO - mercat

Here's a new mercat. Click here to bid!

New ACEO - latest fashions!

Something I used to do a lot when I was younger - peruse the fashion mags. The history of publishing goes back quite far in Japan, and included fashion books illustrated by Ukiyoe artists. Click here to bid!

New ACEO - sashiko

Kitty doing sashiko - a kind of quilting. Click here to bid!

New ACEO - ikebana kitty

Here's Miss Kitty choosing flowers for her ikebana. Click to bid!

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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