It's sale time

Well it must be nearly Christmas because everyone is having a sale, i'm not one to feel all left out of the sale action so i'm having one too!!!

I have opened up a 20 dollar sale section in my etsy shop

feel free to pop by and have a looksie ;o)

Love and hugs

Micki x

Last few paintings for this year!!!!

Well it's been a lot of fun working on these wood pieces over the last week, I forgot how much I love to work on wood.

The oval plaques are super light weight wood and fabulous to work on, the 2 plaques in the centre are MDF and pretty heavy especially the one with the angel on which is 18mm thick and pretty solid.

They all have d-ring attachments on the back ready for hanging straight away ;o)

This year has gone by super fast and I can't believe these will be the last paintings for my etsy shop until January 2nd!!

I will still be painting over the next few weeks, just not for my etsy shop.

I will post up any new work I make for the mail art swap so you can wonder which one might become your's ;o)

As always these are all available in my etsy shop now (except one because I love her and i'm keeping her all to myself ;o)

There is only one week left now until my etsy shop shuts up for Christmas so if you see something you want, grab it quick or reserve it to pay in the New Year :o)

A pretty angel just in time for Christmas, painted on a chunky mdf plaque.

Watching Over you:

I love this colour scheme, I will definately be using this colour scheme again on another girly.

Painted on an oval wood plaque with moulded edges.

The Muse:

I couldn't resist visiting some of my favourite themes for this last week, a slightly moody looking Alice on an oval wood plaque with moulded edges.

It's just a matter of time:

Another favourite character to revisit over and over again, I seriously never get bored of little red, on an oval wood plaque with moulded edges.

Who's afraid:

Well it was about time I had a painting named after my business, this one sat in my journal for a long time and I thought it was time to re-paint her on an MDF plaque with cut corners and chamfered edges.

The Secret Hermit:

The weather has been horribly dreary here in the UK and this girl is a little reminder to myself that spring will be here again in a few months and life will be green again :o)

on an oval wood plaque with moulded edges.

After the rain:

Another favourite to revisit the harlequin girl, on an oval wood plaque with moulded edges.

Broken dreams:

This one is going to be living on my wall for a while keeping me company whilst I make mail art. When I finished painting her I just felt I couldn't part with her, i'm not sure why, but she's staying with me for a while.....this is all I know ;o)

The Collector of dreams:

Before I go I just want to say thank you for all your support with my work this year, I love blogland and I love you guys!!

X

Bringing some whimsy back

Hmmm lots to say this week so i'll jump right in.

This week I decided to bring a little whimsy back in to my paintings, they have all been quite dark over the past few weeks and I have been missing some pretty in my work, I hope you will like them :o)

Next week is my last week of painting before I shut up my etsy shop for Christmas and I will be working on some wood pieces instead of my usual canvas boards, I am really looking forward to working on wood again as it has been quite a while since I last did.

Over the past week I have had a few emails from blog peeps asking what I will be doing in the 3 weeks that I am not working on stuff for my etsy shop, well I think you know me by now, I won't be slacking off and taking any rest that's for sure ;o)

I will still be updating my blog on a weekly basis but I will be posting piccies of all the mail art pieces I will be making ready for the swap in January. so keep an eye out for those.

I updated my etsy shop yesterday afternoon lowering all the prices on my older work, I would love for them to find happy homes.

Well that's enough waffling from me now, here are this week's paintings as always available now in my etsy shop  enjoy :o)

This one is a 12x10 inch canvas board, I am really enjoying working on this size of board at the moment, I will be buying plenty more boards in this size ready for the new year I think :o)

Courage:

I'm just a little bit head over heals in love with this girl, her eyes have me mesmerized.

Secret garden:

I love polkas and this colour sceme makes me very happy indeed.

Make a wish:

I love the rawness of this girl's face and hair, I wish my garden was this pretty at midnight ;o)

Midnight Garden:

This one is my attempt at being a little Christmassy without being 'in your face' with it, I do hope you like her as much as I do.

Fly with me:

Well that's all for this week, keep an eye out for next week's paintings all on wood for a change.

Bye for now

Micki x

Etsy Shop Christmas Update

Before I start with the art stuff I just want to thank you all again for all the lovely comments I have received here on my blog and via email, facebook, etsy and flickr too, I am so grateful to have so many lovely people leave me such thoughtful messages in the past week, I wish I could give you all hugs.

Thank you x

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I am posting here my Etsy shop Christmas opening times as I will not be having my shop open for long during the Christmas period and wanted you all to be the first to know.

My Etsy shop will be closing from December the 5th until January 2nd so that leaves only 3 more weeks that it will be open for, if there is something you have your eye on you can have it put on reserve to pay later if you can't afford it now, just send me an etsy convo and I will happily do that for you :o)

Ok now on to this weeks paintings:

A couple of these paintings are painted from an emotional state of mind still thinking about Dunc and the grief I have been feeling and the others have more of a positive outlook, with affirmations written on them, looking towards the future. (you can tell my head is still messy right now)

I love this one, the textures are fabulous.

Deep in thought:

This one is black and white, even though the photo makes it look a little bluey tinged.

Strength:

This one has a poem written on the front which you can see when you are up close to it, but from a distance blends into the background.

Go Softly:

Poem on painting:

Trying to be positive.

Never stop dreaming:

Wonderful textures on a wood box canvas that my hubby made :)

She believed she could:

Thank you

I am just popping in to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who left comments on my last post, I am so grateful to each and every one of you for your thoughtful comments.

As you can imagine it has been a difficult time but we are slowly coming to terms with what has happened, as it is only 3 years since the loss of another close friend, this has hit me quite hard.

Last week was one of the toughest weeks of my life but I am trying to be grateful for what I still have and the happy memories of the past too.

Love to you all

Micki x

With sadness in my heart

This past week has been one of the worst of my life, myself and my husband had news that one of our closest friends had died suddenly over the Halloween weekend.

Dunc was one of the nicest people anyone could ever have the pleasure of knowing, he will be missed by so many.

We got the news on Sunday morning but it didn’t sink in until Monday then I cried all day, I just couldn’t stop and didn’t think I ever would.

On Tuesday I decided (with encouragement from my wonderful husband) to paint my feelings on to canvas.
I am truly grateful that I was able to ‘paint it out’ and feel some mild relief for doing so.

A part of me felt like I needed to hold on to these paintings but deep down I know I don’t, those feelings at the time were raw and painful but have now changed into other feelings and I know I can let these go.

I have always tried to make my paintings personal in some way and have meaning to them rather than to be just a pretty picture, but these are the most emotional paintings I have ever painted, I hope you understand when I ask you to be gentle with your comments this week.

As well as the raw emotions that went into painting these girls, a lot of tears fell into the mix also, the girls are all named after the feelings I had whilst painting them.

In memory of Duncan Cartwright RIP sweet friend:

Sorrow:

Alone:

Remembering you:

At Peace:

Hollow:

No More Tomorrow's: