2011 Christmas Card _ Merry Krampus

Storm Warning

An image I did for  friend who plays on a roller derby team. I also painted the image on her helmut.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Humbug

Christmas Card 2010. Trying hard, but not feeling it yet.

Greek Gods II

Dionysus

Zeus

Iris

Hermes

Hera

Demeter

Artemis

Apollo

The Miller's Daughter

 This is the last in series I did of the Fairy Tale heroines. I started her the same time I started Briar Rose and Cinderella. I believe that was back in Fall of 07. She has sat on a board for three years, mostly finished. A friend's interest in the series renewed my  desire to complete the detail work, as this Heroine from Rumplestilskin was one of her favorites.
The Miller's Daughter, first placed in the impossible situation of spinning straw into gold, strikes a bargain with a small strange man who demands her first born as payment for his help, with the condition that she is free of the contract if she can guess his name.
The poor girl, now the Queen, is shown holding her child and glancing at the place where the funny little man once stood. Apparently she guessed correctly.

Anne Bonney

Did this paper doll for a silent auction fund raiser for BBBS.

Non playing characters

These are some quick characters that were created for a game my brother is designing. They are based on characters that were created a while ago, but they were always drawn more  realistically. This was an experiment to make them a little more stylized and somewhat more cartoony.

Marilyn

These dolls were create for a private project and should not be copied.

Scarlett O'Hara paper doll

Catherine

This Paper Doll I created after Christmas for Scarlet. She told me that she doesn't like "fluffy" girl stuff. So I thought of doing a doll based on a character that I created several years ago who is the consort to an incubus. The idea was that she was sort of a Gothic Grace Kelly who always wore black. Her costumes reflect her taste and style through the centuries.

Cecily Cardew Paper Doll

This doll is based on the character in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

Titania Paper Doll

Lizzie Bennet paper Doll

Paper Dolls

For Christmas this year, since I have been extremely short on money, I made a few paper dolls for some of my friends.
The first one is Beatrice from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. My friend, who is an actress/ director, have discussed setting this play in the 1930's. I experimented with that look for the doll.

Cinderella

This one has been a long time coming. I think I have actually started painting her four times and actually finished the painting twice. My nieces tell me that Cinderella is blond. I think I have always pictured her as a brunette, because my sister's name is Cindy and she has dark hair.

Briar Rose

Not much to say about this one... I wasn't planning on painting her at all, since all she really does is sleep, but I thought of a neat pose and ended up painting her anyway.

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen is not the heroine in Hans Christian Anderson's story, although she is the title character. She might be an antagonist of sorts, but certainly not an evil character. I included her in the collection because I wanted to do something very monochromatic and she seemed to fit the idea, and she will make a good January.

Rapunzel

Sorry it's taken so long to get this one up. I have had another project to finish up, and it was a pay job, so it took precedence. Rapunzel turned out to be one of my favorites in the series. Painting the hair was a lot of fun.

An Amphibious Agreement

The latest in the series. It does seem like they are not getting finished as quickly as the first few did. The last three or so are on the boards now though, so it shouldn't be too long now.

Morgiana

Anyone who has read Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves knows that the servant girl, Morgiana is the true heroine of the story. Without this clever girl's wicked imagination, Ali Baba would never have escaped the schemes of the treacherous thieves.

A Real Princess

This one might make a good February, just because of the palette. I don't usually use so much pink, but I branched out a little. It was tough, the color you see, is actually the third tint of pink that I finally liked.
The Princess is about to have the worst night's sleep of her life.

Happy Birthday Little Robin.

The Little Mermaid

Happy Birthday Scarlet! And thanks to Delanie on this one for reminding me that the scene should be at dawn on a ship.

Princess Badoura

Another heroine from The 1001 Arabian Nights.. Badoura is brought briefly together with Prince Camaralzman by two Djinn who want to compare the fairest mortals in the world. The Princess and Prince immediately fall in love, but are transported back to their homes, China and Persia, by the Djinn The rest of the story tells of their search to find each other again. In her adventures, Badoura, disguised as a youth, becomes the king of an island. This is how I chose to depict her.

Beauty - sans the Beast

Third in the series. I always picture this story set during the Cavalier period. It's one of my favorites for costumes and sets.

Scheherazade

She is the heroine of the 1001 Arabian Nights. In order to prolong her life, she distracts the Sultan with a one story per night . The result is the collection of stories which include Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin, and Sinbad the Sailor.

Snow White

Second in the series. Good for December.

Elise - The Wild Swans

I am currently working on a series depicting heroines of fairy tales. There is a suggestion that perhaps they could be made into a calendar or something. This is the first one I finished. She is from the Hans Christian Andersen story The Wild Swans. I think it would make a good illustration for October.