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Three of four pieces I will have hanging in the portrait show at Studio One Art Center in Oakland, California.

Hi everyone, Happy New Year! I will be participating in this show at Studio One Art Center from Jan16th-February 27th. I also have some paintings currently being shown at Art Thou Graphics and Gallery. I'll send out invitations to the reception as soon as I receive them!

Hello! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanks Giving! Recently I started series of small cocktail paintings. These were designed specifically for home decor rather than say, "Fine Art". I will be making several versions of each one and expect that they will get more neato with each reproduction. The images below are the 1st four compositions in various stages of completion and photographed from different angles. The originals are currently hanging at Art Thou Gallery in Berkeley California: The prints which are indistinguishable from original artwork, are available in my etsy store.

Happy fall everyone!  I thought I'd take some time today and explain a little bit about my process.  Below is my original acrylic painting, Pretty Bird:

This painting was painted directly on to canvas board.  Canvas board is my favorite surface to work on because of the stiffness of the panel.  It also is less absorbent than canvas which I like because I do a lot of washes. The artwork below here is a hand embellished print layered with resin, acrylic paint and glitter.

Here is an image of it grouped with some other prints of my work created the same way:

I find making these prints very valuable because it allows me to experiment with medium without fear of destroying the original.  Im left with neat little reproductions that look like original pieces because they are so richly textured.  And I can sell them for a fraction of the originals!