Princess Mary

4 x 6 inches, watercolour, gouache and gold ink, 2008.

A portrait of Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, as a young woman. She eventually ruled as Mary I between 1553 and 1558, dying aged 42.

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Texas Landscape Painting with Live Oak Trees and Bluebonnets

I finally got around to making some prints. I found a printer, not too far away, that makes really pretty prints on Futura 100 lb semi-gloss paper. I love them! I decided to start with my favorite landscape, that I painted years ago. The colors on the prints are even brighter and stronger than the colors on the original painting!

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Chorus Girl

9 x 12 watercolor and watercolor crayon on cold press paper

Lestat ACEO

2.4 x 3.5 inches, watercolur and gouache, 2008.

A portrait of the vampire Lestat, a character from the vampire novels of Anne Rice.

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The Beautiful Satyr ACEO

2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2008.

A beautiful satyr, a half man/half goat and mythical woodland creature.

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Ganymede's Offering

5 x 7 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2008.

This is my second entry in the 2008 Ripped Off show. It's a rip of J. Michael McCrackens "Ganymede". I chose this piece for the classical theme and the pose of the figure. I went back and used the original stock photo from Felix D'eon and then created my own version of the painting. Ganymede was a Trojan, and very handsome. He was kidnapped by Zeus and taken to Mount Olympus to be his lover and cupbearer.

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Icon

5 x 7 inches, watercolour and gold ink, 2008.

An icon is an image of a religious figure. This is not meant to be any saint in particular - the figure seemed to suggest a kind of religious suffering so that is what he became.

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How to Watercolor

Mermaid ACEO

"The Key to the Booty" ACEO on 300 lb paper, watercolor and gouache. Reference was a drawing I did of a live model at an open art studio.

"whispers only"

Watercolor 13 x 10 inches on Favini 150lbs artist's paper - Winsor & Newton artist Paints.

Taking inspiration from Patience's art works has been very exiting because her art works are so various that each one could have been the good-one.
I ended onto this three ballet dancers, like Patience I love dance and the "bohemienne" air you breath in theatres.
I liked also Patience's hand ability in sculpting with the papier mache.
I was impressed by those three masks, very similar to those used in the ancient Greek theatre's representations.
I mixed this two subject and I'm really