My Heart is a Bouquet of Roses

9x8.25in. oil on Trekell wood panel - click to purchase here

A while ago I picked up these cute heart-shaped wood panels from Trekell. Picking up a bouquet of roses from Target, I just knew that they had to be the subject of this painting. This heart is part 1 out of 4 of my heart-shaped painting series. The second will be another configuration of this bouquet and then the final two will be sunflowers, just because I love sunflowers. This painting took me the longest time to paint, beating Warmth in time worked. While this painting was incredibly daunting (and spent a long time in the "ugly" phase) it was really rewarding to finish. Stay tuned for part 2!

I Love You, Cupcake!

6x6in. oil on Ampersand Gessobord - sold; click to purchase stickers here

To celebrate Valentine's Day this year I wanted to do a still life painting of a Valentine's Day plushie I purchased last year. He's very cute! I love these little tenacious facial reactions, like how Mintie looks in my "Goochy, Mintie and Momo" painting. When I went back to Walgreens this year I saw the same plushie but with a different color frosting, and I think I still prefer the cute teal. Valentine's Day is quite precious to me and I love that I was able to celebrate in style with this lil boy. I hope you had a fantastic Valentine's Day and that you remember that you are loved!

Valentine's Day Candies

7x5in. oil on canvas panel - click to purchase here

I love cherry heart lollipops! The next in my candy series, I've created an homage to Valentine's Day. Candies featured in this painting are the cherry heart lollipops, M&Ms and cookies and crème Hershey's hearts. I thought a blue background would help the pinks and the reds really shine. The hardest part about this painting was the foil on the cookies and crème Hershey's hearts, but once I realized that it was just color blocks next to each other, it was pretty easy to translate them into the painting. I also ate all of these candies. 7/52

Candy Hearts

7x5in. oil on canvas panel - sold; click to purchase prints here

I actually love candies like conversation hearts and candy corn. My husband may make fun of me for my "terrible candy taste" but that means more for me. This painting actually sparked my love of painting candies! I just loved the dramatically lit hearts against the stark magenta background. These hearts said the silliest things, like "bae". The trick to make it "look" like there's writing on the hearts is to actually just paint abstract shapes! Who knew? I ate all of these candies. 5/52