sunday studies.

chad and i painted lastnight. this is the result of two hours work.
i painted the pear and chad painted the rose.

sisters three.

commissioned silhouettes through etsy.

each has a finished size of 8x10 inches. paper cuttings mounted on white wc paper.

maybe.

started a small oil painting today. maybe i will finish this one...as i have said before, i can paint but it is not my 'thing'. above is the photo i took of the lovely little japanese vase my daughter bought for me. i really like the intersection of the lines and planes in the picture. not sure if i will complete the background or leave it brushy and abstract. my husband opts for the later. below is my hour's work. i'm not a fast painter. i tend to layer and spend too long on the underpainting.

painting aside, i updated the studio space. i ran out of paint and will need to get more to do the trim and buy another color to repaint the ceiling. i am debating whether or not to repaper the wall leading into the back bathroom but with a 'zero' budget, a fresh coat of leftover paint went a long way!

if i do repaper, i want to use some of my vintage wallcovering and will need some paste. the paper coordinates well with the paint color. the have the same shade of green. yes, the floor needs replacing.

luftballon.

acrlic painting on wood.

http://loriotndorr.etsy.com

not 99, just one. kinda was thinking more of the red balloon movie, not nena, but love the phrase luftballons!

a finished boy.

5x7 custom silhouette.

boy unmounted.

silhouette commission.

piece will be mounted on wc paper.

feather.

plume.

original line drawing of peacock feather.

for sale in my esty shop,

http://loriotndorr.etsy.com/

it's christmas time.

christmas card 2009.

sketch.

husband.

pencil on tracing paper.

perhaps it will become something more, maybe a painting.

10.

www.loriotndorr.etsy.com

10 dollar sale in the sale section of my etsy shop....ck it out! all original minis...sweet pumpkins!

perkins.

an owl friend.

mixed media aceo.

yesterday a decade past.

i decided to finally photograph my college portfolio...it has taken me more than a decade. my husband and i recently found a calendar at hobby lobby put out by dayspring featuring the works of one of our art instructors, brian jekel. i miss school and regret never finishing my commercial art degree. this is a smattering of some of the work i accomplished while working towards that degree. i will need to reshoot these photos as the lighting was poor. the skull picture is an illustration i did for mr. jekel of the valley of dry bones in the book of ezekiel. this piece brought me my only a for the year in his class.

cats eye.

simon. full sun.

c, day one.

i decided to start with a small canvas, gesso on a piece of antique door. i don't paint with oil much and i generally work small. i didn't do a preliminary drawing. this is alla prima...but it isn't finished.

family portrait.

l to rt: chadwick, charles (front center), shelly, and cosette.

pattern.

inner being of a purple, bearded iris.

taken early summer. full sun.

creation is beautiful.

alla almost prima.

wet in wet watercolor.

ink and pencil application to be applied later.

this will be a mixed media mini painting of the cross that sits above the baptisty at my church.

little matryoshka.

taken mid morning, slightly filtered light.

paper and paint.

rainy day owl.

mixed media. 5x7 inches.

sold.

jellyfish

blur

opened a shop on imagekind and had two sales yesterday. yay!http://loriotndorr.imagekind.com/