Sunlit Reflections ACEO

The sunshine in spring is so warm and such a welcome change after the cold colors of winter. It just seems to reflect everywhere.

This card is painted with watercolors on paper. It's standard ACEO size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches, and is signed and titled on the back.

More details and photos are in my Etsy shop.

Fall

We've had incredible fall colors this year -- brilliant yellows and reds -- and they've lasted longer than usual. It's breathtaking.

My ginkos especially have been gorgeous. Funniest thing: I went to work last Thursday and the ginkos looked great. Came home that evening and they'd dropped every single leaf. My driveway was paved in 4 inches of golden leaves. Very pretty!

Windy

Acrylic on paper. We've been having a lot of windy weather lately...funny the influence it has.

Carnival

A cheerful, happy, riot of colors. Acrylics on mat board. What the scan doesn't show is that the light areas are irridescent or opalescent - meaning they are slightly sparkly and shiny and change colors depending on the way the light hits.

Fronds

Acrylic paint and permanent ink on patterned paper. Again, this one just stuck in my head and wouldn't let go. Something about the shapes and the fall colors...

Alpha-Cross

Finally, some color! This one started out as a pen doodle, but ended up with a few embellishments.

I'd bought the alphabet stamps for $1. They're all stuck together in a block. I'll have to pull them apart to use the individual stamps, but I had to try them as one big bunch. Very cool! Now I need more colors of stamp ink.

Textures and Patterns

Tried some new patterns on this one to see how they'd work out. I'm liking it. May do more of that.

I carry a small zippy bag with precut ACEO blanks in my purse, along with my trusty Identi-pen. If I can get away from my desk at lunch, I'll scribble a quick doodle. They take maybe 10-15 minutes but make all the difference in my afternoon if I can dash off one of these.

2 More ACEO Doodles

Slightly different than the previous few doodles, but still simple stuff. The first one has a landscape-y feel to me; I rather like it.

The flowers were imaginary, but appropriate for this time of year.

2 ACEO Doodles

A couple more ACEO doodles. Used a new gel pen: it's a nice shade of blue. I might put color in the second one; we'll see.

Four Doodles

Here are a few scribbles from my sketchbook in ACEO size/format. These are the kinds of things I do while waiting or on the phone. Not finished or anything, and they become ideas for other works -- or not. Who knows. Best just to get the ideas down before they vanish.

I'm calling the last one "Bearing Fruit" for the moment. The others don't have titles.

They're all done with either blue or black pen. Nothing fancy.

Blue Moon

Acrylics and gold paint on card stock.

Buy it here.

Nautilus

A reference to the marine creature, not the fitness equipment. What's difficult to see in the photo is the pearlized paint used for the white spots - it has a peach-colored cast - that mimics the interior of a shell.

Buy it here.

Clothesline Art Show Results

The Hudson Society of Artists' Clothesline Art Show was a big success -- moving the event from the green to the Middle School was brilliant. It brought much more visibility, traffic, and buyers -- and let's face it: comfort. It was so nice to been in a cool place rather than outdoors in the heat.

I sold two: Sunflares and Cortland Apples.

Sun Flares

Not that I was actually thinking about sun flares when I was making this card. While most of my images are close ups of small things, this one has a sense of depth and space that I usually don't tackle.

SOLD

ACEO Magazine is here!

The first isue of "ACEO Magazine" arrived today and is it gorgeous! A really classy publication!

I am delighted that my ACEO, Stonewash, is included on page 3. What an honor!

Here's a picture of page 3. For details about the magazine and to subscribe, visit www.aceomagazine.com.

Pink and Yellow

I'm sorry, but I seriously can't explain this one. It has been coming up in my sketchbook for at least a month -- maybe two -- and I just had to do it. I don't know what it represents, but there's something about that combination of pink and yellow with a dark form in the middle that has been on my mind.

There. Now it's on paper. Maybe I can move onto something else.

Enjoy.

Fields of Green

Much of my inspiration comes from nature -- how light plays on flowers, how breezes ripple through leaves, even how sun sparkles on snow. I delight in those things, and trying to represent them on paper is a satisfying challenge. Have you seen how a breeze plays with tall grass? That's the idea behind this card. Buy it here.