Zen Goldfish for a Cold Monday

I mean, I'm in Minnesota and we'll be lucky if we make it to zero degrees today, and there's not much to do about that except stay indoors and make art with nice, warm colors.

This is another in the series I'm doing from photos I took at Josephine Geiger's little pond last summer. While most of my daily pieces are 10 x 8", this one needed a slightly more vertical format, so it's 10 x 7". The original is available on my Etsy shop at $35.

My blog site has made this photo's oranges and greens much yellower and brighter than they are, while the same photo on Etsy looks like the actual piece of art. Does anyone else see this shift when they click through, or is it just an idiosyncrasy of my monitor/browser/blog combination?

Things Going Swimmingly

Red and White Goldfish, 8 x 10"-- today's fast and loose original. I am reminding myself that the world will not always be caked in snow, so I've been looking at my photos from Josephine Geiger's goldfish pond last summer. These guys are waiting it out beneath the sheet of ice, and aren't we all? Available for $40 on my Etsy shop.

Tomorrow's daily original is a smaller one, a purple pony that was originally a quick demo in one of my workshop classes. 

Big and Little Goldfish: $30 Drawing for Tuesday

Red and Black, 8 x 10" watercolors and pen on cotton printmaking paper. Second in my series of 30-minute drawings, this is based on a photo I took at a friend's goldfish pond. The fish are so graceful and calming to watch, with their colors and curves, that they've become a favorite subject of mine.

This piece is available for $30 plus $5 shipping if applicable. Click here to purchase at my Etsy shop.

Goldfish Greetings

I have new greeting cards coming out! The first two designs are the ever-popular Goldfish series; this time, a pair painted from life at FK ArtGlass in Minneapolis, where they have a nifty indoor fish pond.

The cards are 5 x 7" (standard size), blank inside, and come with pretty linen-textured envelopes. Sets of four -- two of each design -- are available at $16 plus $3 shipping in the US. Ordering is easy; just email me and let me know what you'd like.

The original paintings are watercolors measuring 6 x 9." I held onto them until my printer was done scanning and formatting them for the cards. They are now available (unframed, art only) at $65 each.

Spring Goldfish

Spring Goldfish, 7 x 11" watercolor on Stonehenge paper. I took the photo for this last fall, and for months it's been one of those pictures I look at and think it's lovely and I ought to use it eventually.

Lately I've been printing some of those and carrying them with me. Yesterday, when I needed a break from the two horse commissions I was working on, I started sketching this. 

At the Goldfish Pond

Koi Pond at Josie's, 9 x 12" oil on panel. Click to enlarge. Available, $145.

The ice has finally melted here. Finally, finally, finally.

One of the things I look forward to is painting sessions at my friend's charming little goldfish pond. The fish are soothing to watch, challenging to paint, and generally good to have around.

Goldfish for Note Cards

These are all "artist trading card" size, 2.5 x 3.5", pen and watercolor. I made them during Art Crawl this weekend. Planning a set of four note/greeting cards from them.

More Tiny Goldfish

Again, just 4" square, oil paint on canvas. Priced for the holidays at $45 each. More to come!

Tiny Goldfish Paintings!

These are from Josephine Geiger's studio -- or more accurately, the little fish pond outside the studio. Painted from life during Art Crawl last weekend, these are 4" square canvases, available at $45 each or $80 for a set of two.