Can You Dream a Better Tomorrow?

Surrounded by grey-ness - raining blues, she closes her eyes and dreams of you...her spirit friend appears in the sky, a seagull flying high. A diamond in magenta appears next; a geometry of lines to carry her forward, not into sadness, but hope. As a flower, a lotus? a tulip? in pink appears. She will close her eyes and dream a better tomorrow.

365 Days of Paint + Words

On Nov. 1, 2016 I began a project to make a painting and to write about it and post it on my blog or Instagram for 365 days WOW! This painting is no. 9 from that project.

Be the Bear: Strong, Powerful, Beautiful

It all started with her rein (rain? reign?) of blonde hair. From there I could 'see' the bear, but was it brown, or white? Definitely white: Power, Strength, Mystery, Northern. The blues in the bear accent it's far Northern habitat and that same blue wanted to live in the sky - a star? A form. That could indeed be a star. But she needed heat and warmth and passion. Hot pinks radiated from her and a sun was born - psychedelic, swirly, strong, like her. Again, opposites unite; warms (reds) and cools (blues) as we are both, all of us, and so much more.

Bear Power Original Gouache Painting with Mat
Bear Power Original Gouache Painting with Mat
$95.00

Bear Power: It all started with her rein (rain? reign?) of blonde hair. From there I could 'see' the bear, but was it brown, or white? Definitely white: Power, Strength, Mystery, Northern. The blues in the bear accent it's far Northern habitat and that same blue wanted to live in the sky - a star? A form. That could indeed be a star. But she needed heat and warmth and passion. Hot pinks radiated from her and a sun was born - psychedelic, swirly, strong, like her. Again, opposites unite; warms (reds) and cools (blues) as we are both, all of us, and so much more.

  • The original watercolor painting is 6x6 inches (15.2x15.2 cm) and is adhered to an 8x8 inch acid free mat, ready-to-frame

  • Signed and dated by the artist

  • Includes poem and certificate of authenticity

  • The artwork will be packaged in a clear sleeve and shipped flat in a sturdy cardboard mailer

Enchanted art and poetry to bless your magical life from Kathy Crabbe’s Elfin Ally Oracle Collection.

About a Cat and a Dog - a Simple Celebration

At first I thought the main character in my painting was Asian with her black, black hair, but then the stripes appeared and the Light Ultramarine Blue of her eyes matched and she became French too! I pictured her with a kitty but my kitty drawing became a dog instead joined by a friend with the same ears, but this time definitely a puddy tat (ie. a cat). It seemed to be some sort of celebration and so a wreath took shape - voila! This painting celebrates love and friendship and would make a nice present for that very reason.

A Simple Celebration Original Gouache Painting with Mat
A Simple Celebration Original Gouache Painting with Mat
$95.00

At first I thought the main character in my painting was Asian with her black, black hair, but then the stripes appeared and the Light Ultramarine Blue of her eyes matched and she became French too! I pictured her with a kitty but my kitty drawing became a dog instead joined by a friend with the same ears, but this time definitely a puddy tat (ie. a cat). It seemed to be some sort of celebration and so a wreath took shape - voila! This painting celebrates love and friendship and would make a nice present for that very reason.

  • The original watercolor painting is 6x6 inches (15.2x15.2 cm) and is adhered to an 8x8 inch acid free mat, ready-to-frame

  • Signed and dated by the artist

  • Includes poem and certificate of authenticity

  • The artwork will be packaged in a clear sleeve and shipped flat in a sturdy cardboard mailer

Enchanted art and poetry to bless your magical life from Kathy Crabbe’s Elfin Ally Oracle Collection.

365 Days of Paint + Words

On Nov. 1, 2016 I began a project to make a painting and to write about it and post it on my blog and/or Instagram for 365 days WOW! This painting is no. 4 from that project.

NOW She Could Sing: A Princess and a Frog - a Painting Analyzed

Grateful. As I painted her face a frog appeared in my mind and a combination bullfrog and tree frog appeared on the page. Surrounded by FIRE energy; passion, creativity, love symbolized by the color orange and the rays of a sun or a sunflower extending out from the frog. In her heart was rain and sorrow and tears; both sadness and release as symbolized by the giant teardrop in the left corner. The two energies and colors: cool (blues) and warms (reds) melded together to form her striped shirt and she was complete. NOW, she could move forward. NOW she could sing.

NOW She Could Sing Original Gouache Painting with Mat
NOW She Could Sing Original Gouache Painting with Mat
$95.00

Grateful. As I painted her face a frog appeared in my mind and a combination bullfrog and tree frog appeared on the page. Surrounded by FIRE energy; passion, creativity, love symbolized by the color orange and the rays of a sun or a sunflower extending out from the frog. In her heart was rain and sorrow and tears; both sadness and release as symbolized by the giant teardrop in the left corner. The two energies and colors: cool (blues) and warms (reds) melded together to form her striped shirt and she was complete. NOW, she could move forward. NOW she could sing.

  • The original watercolor painting is 6x6 inches (15.2x15.2 cm) and is adhered to an 8x8 inch acid free mat, ready-to-frame

  • Signed and dated by the artist

  • Includes poem and certificate of authenticity

  • The artwork will be packaged in a clear sleeve and shipped flat in a sturdy cardboard mailer

Enchanted art and poetry to bless your magical life from Kathy Crabbe’s Elfin Ally Oracle Collection.

365 Days of Paint + Writing

On Nov. 1, 2016 I began a project to make a painting and to write about it and post it on my blog and/or Instagram for 365 days WOW! This painting is no. 3 from that project.

Forest Heart: A Painting in Gouache Explored

I have decided to paint and write about one painting a day and then blog it too! A tall task that I began yesterday on the Celtic New Year (Nov. 1). I feel happy about my decision and pumped!

My current series of work is the Spirit Animal Series painted in gouache on 6 x 6 inch Montreal-made watercolor paper.

In today's painting the woman is definitely indigenous; of the forest, the hemlocks, the rivers and the hot sun of California, as is the Marten, her Spirit Animal. It is peace she seeks; in nature and within. Yet she is a fierce fighter when called upon. The River sings her to sleep and the Sun, hot and unrelenting, sings her praises, but it is deep within the forest that she belongs; singing her heart song, silently, relentlessly, alive.

Forest Heart Original Gouache Painting with Mat Forest Heart Original Gouache Painting with Mat
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Forest Heart Original Gouache Painting with Mat
$95.00

Forest Heart: She is indigenous; of the forest, the hemlocks, the rivers and the hot sun of California, as is the Marten, her Spirit Animal. It is peace she seeks; in nature and within. Yet she is a fierce fighter when called upon. The River sings her to sleep and the Sun, hot and unrelenting, sings her praises, but it is deep within the forest that she belongs; singing her heart song, silently, relentlessly, alive.

  • The original watercolor painting is 6x6 inches (15.2x15.2 cm) and is adhered to an 8x8 inch acid free mat, ready-to-frame
  • Signed and dated by the artist
  • Includes poem and certificate of authenticity
  • The artwork will be packaged in a clear sleeve and shipped flat in a sturdy cardboard mailer

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Enchanted art and poetry to bless your magical life from Kathy Crabbe’s Spirit Animal Collection.