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A Busy Time of Year

Melia — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:02:24 +0000

This is the time of year that everyone is busy busy busy. Art usually ends up taking a back seat to art shows, handmade gifts, cooking and shopping. But well, even taking a back seat I still have to make art if I am to stay sane.
I made Luna as part of the Enchanted Visions Project. It isn’t up yet, but until it is time to update check out some of the cool art they are exhibiting on the site.
Last night I work on sketchfest. That is going on until this afternoon. Maybe I will find time to do a sketch or two today, but depends on the art show at the Grapevine Library. I got a sneak peek at some of the art while setting up, and boy do you all need to stop by that can. There is some cool photography and pottery. Brad Foster will be there, and he is my favorite fantasy artist. And I am debuting my new large size coloring book of Winged Cats. They won’t be available online until later in the week.
Oh and of course I am working on a new project that I hope to be able to show soon…..

New Fairy Cat bookmark Design

Melia — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:33:26 +0000

Well, this is my next project. Took all day just to get to this point and it is only 3×9 inches. I am hoping to get it painted so I can make some bookmarks from it before Friday.
Why Friday? Why this weekend is my first outdoor art festival in a couple of years. If it goes well, I might try and talk J into doing more of these again. If I rent a tent, I can get by without a van. Which is good, because the old van bit the dust and we have no plans to replace it.
Anyway, if nothing else, I will get some bookmark pages for folks to color to have at the festival, as well as coloringbooks, original art, prints and other fun things. So Saturday stop by the Thrill of the Grill festival in Plano and get yourself some art.

New Drawings and Packing for Cons

Melia — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:11:03 +0000

H1N1 - Illustration Friday Challenge

New year Dragon

Sandcastle

Between trying to clean my Rapidograph pens and packing for the MileHiCon and Necronomicon, I have actually gotten a few drawings done.
H1N1 is probably the grosses thing I have managed to draw yet. For me he is a Kawaii blob of snot with a pig nose to represent the illustration friday theme of “germs”.
The New Year’s Dragon is of course my latest drawing in my holiday dragon series. Valentines Day is next…
And last we have a cute little dragon building a sandcastle.
None of these are going on etsy just because I will be sending them to the cons I am in the process of packing up for. Actually several drawings are going to have to be removed from etsy, just because I have several sci-fi and fantasy conventions to ship my work to.

Illustration Of ArtFest 2008

Melia — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:58:20 +0000

This started out as just a drawing to occupy my time while waiting for things to start at ArtFest today. It was hot. But when I got home and scanned it, I realized that that image of discomfort and heat and maybe even low level anxiety mixed with creativity also could be a good representation of worry for this week’s illustration friday…..
Now granted when you add in the second page of the art journal drawing (yes, I am trying this art journalling thing, but I am not very good at it, cause I want to show off what i do in a way that art journalling really isn’t very good at) the peice has more energy and doesn’t look so worried to my eyes. But then I guess I am always just a bit worried before a show. I mean, willl folks really like my art this time?

In case you wanted to know, I did get some nice comments about my paintings. And I discovered that the one painting that everyone liked the most, I didn’t get photographed. I thought I did. I thought I photographed it weeks ago and had uploaded the images to imagekind, but I was wrong. So now I am worried that I will actually sell the painting….

ArtFest

Melia — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:40:48 +0000

Well tomorrow is the start of ArtFest. This year it is going to be held at Fair Park in Dallas. Friday night from 6pm to 9pm is a Winestroll, which sounds like it will be a very nice event. Saturday will be from 10am to 7pm and Sunday from 10am to 6pm. Parking is free!

I have been doing ArtFest since it moved to Addison a few years back, and am excited to be participating for the first time at Fair Park. This show was held at Fair Park for many years at Fair Park, and it is cool to see it back at the original location.

Stop by and see me. I will be on row C-4.

Bath House Cultural Center Spring Art Mart

Melia — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:07:03 +0000

Just to let you all know that I will be exhibiting at the Bath House Art Mart next week. It is part of the Dallas Art Dealer’s Association’s Gallery Walk. I will be in the theater this year.
Come by and visit.

Since my computer died, I haven’t been able to keep things updated. The computer I am borrowing until my new one arrives doesn’t have even the most basic graphics software installed so no new art to show off. But if you come to the show, you will see some new stuff. Some art cards and a pen an ink of Cthulhu even.

Dallas City Arts Celebration – I’m In!

Melia — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:57:34 +0000

I am very excited. I just got my acceptance to this show. It is usually a good show and museums are free for the weekend.
Yes, I have been accepted every year that I have applied, but I still get a rush when I get these letters. Despite doing this for several years now, these acceptance letters to juried shows still make me feel warm and fuzzy inside. They like me, they really like me.

Huffines Art Festival

Melia — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:08:07 +0000

This past weekend I was at the Edom Festival of the Arts. It was a nice little show and I am looking forward to going back next year if I can find some grunt labor for Friday set up.

Saturday a fellow walks into my booth with his wife and they are looking through my prints, and I notice a card sticking out of his back pocket that looks very familiar. So me being the rather blunt go getter that I am asked him if I could see what he had in his pocket. I was right, that was the top of the hat from my Party Cat Painting. The flyer was for Huffines Art Festival, which is the up coming weekend. I never knew they were using my painting for the flyer this year.

The image is reversed and the colors are a bit off, but that is understandable since they were copying the image from a 35mm slide.

Also I got to see a wonderful performance by Dreamsicles at the show.Â The music was great and several of the songs had me giggling nonstop.Â So I did have to acquire their entire collection of CDs.Â My favorite CD is Cary’s Yellow, but James prefers their self titled CD.

Christmas Cards, New Prints and Festivals

Melia — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:23:24 +0000

Well the new Christmas Cards are finally in. To cover shipping I had to price the cards at $15 for a set of 6.Â They are beautiful.Â I am so happy with how they turned out.Â Nice glossy finishes.Â And they are big cards too. 5.5×8.5!

Christmas Cards on eBayÂ

I have also been working on getting up to date on my print listings.Â First I am working on small prints as I am further behind on those than anything.

Small Prints on eBay can be found here.

Also I am in the midst of my fall art festival season.Â Upcoming shows are Edom this weekend and Huffines Art Trails the weekend after that.

Then Kismet is Nov. 11th, where my original painting In The Spotlight will be raffled off.

Happenings!

Melia — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:43:35 +0000

Well I am excited to announce that there is a new retail store carrying my prints and note cards in Arlington, and soon possibly some original works of art as well.Â It is Mystic Moon Mansion at Cooper and Park Row, just a hop, skip and a jump from the University of Texas at Arlington.Â Luna is wonderful to work with, and I really enjoyed meeting her this week.Â I am also hoping to acquire some of the items in her clothing line. There was a jacket there that I am not sure I can live without.Â She also carries Laurel Burch hand bags.Â There is a part of me that secretly wants to be Laurel Burch, with artwork on scarves, handbags, journals, and note cards.Â But for now I am content to have my work hanging in the same lovely shop.

Also this weekend is the Great Steak of Texas show.Â Â The show opens at 10am tomorrow and goest til 11pm that night and is open 10am to 6pm on Sunday.Â And I am debuting some new prints at the show.Â Dallas and Texas Wine Country.Â I will also have some prints that I mentioned here, but never got a chance to put in my eBay store.

Texas Wine Country

Things have been very crazy around here with my son’s biopsies and art festival season beginning, and working on the mural for the Kellam’s nursery.Â I will have to get photos of that once they get all of the furniture in there.Â And now that they have confirmed that it is a girl, I have been given permission to go in next weekend and paint pink and violet flowers in the fields with the sheep.Â Â Anyway I am looking forward to Nov. when my life slows down just a bit.

Speaking of Novemeber……The original In The Spotlight painting ($885 retail) will be raffled off at Kismet on Nov. 11th.Â I believe that each person gets a free raffle ticket with admisssion and can buy extra tickets to increasee one’s chance of winning.