Happy Year of the Dragon!

Being that this year is "water dragon," I find my piece very fitting! Done for our Crowdstar dragon mini art-show.

Also digitally colored/ inked on my ipad!

Water for Elephants

Suijin

Ladies Night Out Exhibit

On Friday, December 10th, myplasticheart NYC will be host to the Ladies Night gallery show from 6-9pm. I have the pleasure of being one of 11 artists chosen to be participating in the show! There are some really great names in this show, so it is a huge honor to be part of such a talented grouping : D

I'll post pics of my pieces after the show goes live on Friday night!

Ladies Night
Female group exhibition 
Opening Reception: Friday December 10th 2010 6 - 9pm 

myplasticheart

210 Forsyth Street
New York NY 10002
646.290.6866

Exhibition runs through Jan 2nd 2011

for press inquiries please contact info@myplasticheart.com
to sign up for our preview list contact previewlist@myplasticheart.com 

Betta Mermaid

You would think my love for mermaids and for Betta Fish would have resulted in this drawing way before now, but yes, it did take this long to combine the two.

Ichthyosaur Mermaid

Inspired by our trip to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC

Blossoms & Sea Fan Witch

I just need to say, I am in LOVE with the paper from my new sketchbook- it is so lovely to draw on!

El Porto sunset

View of sunset at El Porto beach... just a quick sketch again- sooo tired from a very, very full week and weekend!

Mr. Pink the betta

This is a watercolor study of an old betta i used to have who's long since passed; he was one of the original three I first had (I have had many, many bettas over the years; I'm currently down to around 9 at the moment)- I loved his coloration because it was this soft pastel pink and purple, and I used to keep him in a bowl with a fake rubber anemone that he loved hiding in.

More underwater color studies

Some more variations on the buddha head under water- still just a rough color study, but I think this one better defines lights/darks and doesn't compromise color saturation in the statuary.

speed painting

More a color study than anything- not tons of detail, but trying to get the underwater ambiance combined with warmer colors from sunken ruins/statuary. i might come back to this theme and re-work it- I'd like to eventually do a nice "underwater sunken head" piece that's more finished...