ACEO - The White Swan

ACEO on ARCHES grain satinè 140 lbs watercolor paper.
Painted with Winsor and Newton Paints.

Edelweiss from Heaven - Bookmark

I listed this today in e-bay, nothing special but I love bookmarks and I use remnant pieces of paper to do those.

Waterhouse Rendition - Boreas ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, 2008


This is a watercolor rendition of a detail from the Waterhouse painting "Boreas". Boreas was the north wind, and he had courted Oreithyia all winter with no success. Finally one spring morning he spied her picking flowers and carried her away, hence why she is clutching her shawl and holding it to herself as he blows around her.

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My Family

8 x 11 inches, watercolor with gouache, 2008

I painted this today - it's a portrait of my partner Mike and I with our cat Tom and dog Ziggy. It's a present for Mike's birthday tomorrow. I got him to pose for the photo I used by telling him an old friend had been in touch after many years and wanted to see a picture of us, which is sort of true LOL. Of course getting the animals to sit still was a bit of a nightmare but it all worked out in the end :)

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Serena ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor, gouache and gold ink, 2008

A beautiful girl with an almost abstract and Klimt-like background.

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Cosmic Frog

"Giant Cosmic Frog Attempts to Devour the Moon"
Original watercolor ACEO
ink and watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper.

Diablo! ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, 2008

A painting of a little devil!

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Sweet Tempatation - ACEO

ACEO 3,5 x 2,5 Watercolor on ARCHES 140 lbs cotton paper - Winsor and Newton artist paints and black ink.

I made this ACEO for the April Nibblefest Art Contest (NFAC).

This month's theme is "Reptiles".

I don't like much snake and am lucky enough to live in a snake-free land. We have one only exception and it si vipers. Viper live in mountain, near little rivers, and I take a great care to stay miles away from that danger places!

Eye of the Iris

Surreal original watercolor and ink ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, on cold press 140 lb paper, done from a real iris. Well it didn't have an eye.

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For a Local Exhibition

This is one of my paintings I have submitted for a local exhibition, hopefully I shall be as successful as last year when I made several sales. I'm planning my next project which will be a change from my usual seascape and landscape paintings. Watch this space.

Richard III

4 x 6 inches, watercolor, gouache and gold ink, 2008

Richard III is one of the most controversial monarchs in British History. After his brother Edward IV's death in 1483 the succession was to pass to Edwards elder son, Edward V, who was only aged 13. Richard executed Antony Wydeville, Earl Rivers, the child's guardian and took on the role of protector. Edward and his brother Richard were placed in the tower and by the end of the year had disappeared, presumed murdered. Richard had his brother's marriage to Elizabeth Wydeville declared illegitimate, thereby removing young Edward and Richard from the succession. He was crowned King in July of 1483. However, he only reigned for two years. A rebellion headed by Henry Tudor saw Richard defeated and killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, ending the reign of the Plantagenet's and the House of York.

The fate of the Princes is still hotly debated - did Richard give the order for their deaths? A chest containing two children's skeletons was found buried under a staircase in the White Tower in 1674. It was presumed that these were the Princes. What is certain is that Tudor propaganda created the image of Richard as the hunchbacked and crippled villain of Shakespeare's play.

Daffodil on Green

Just playing around with different daffodil colors and background. I started this with my regular yellow and was playing around with cadmium orange and cobalt blue but then decided to switch to quinacridone gold and winsor blue. The gold really gives it some life especially contrasted against the blue. To bid on Ebay, click here.

The Wicked Lady ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, 2008.

The Wicked Lady was Catherine Ferrers, a young woman married to a man she disliked and living in the country in the mid-17th century. For excitement she began to disguise herself as a highwayman and rob coaches. She soon became notorious for a series of daring robberies. She had no need of the loot she stole and hid it in a secret room along with her disguise. Eventually she was wounded during a robbery. Her husband found her dead at the door of her secret room. He sealed the room and had her quietly buried. However, Catherine's ghost is said to haunt her old home, Markyate Cell, and the surrounding lanes.

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Yellow Gold

ACEO 3.5 x 2.5
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The Courtesan ACEO

2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, 2008

A courtesan in the 16th century was a mistress of rich, wealthy and powerful men.

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April Showers

We get some pretty good gully washers here in Texas. RoseAnn

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Wabash Iris

Iris are blooming like crazy, now, in Texas. The flashiest is the famous Wabash variety. RoseAnn

Daffies

Here is my addition to the daffodil display. RoseAnn

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Watercolor Wednesday - My Town

In the marina I caught this man returning home after a days work.
He'd just pulled in and was cleaning up and getting ready to leave his boat and head home.









On a clear day you can see Mount Hood from My Town. Just outside City Hall is an overlook of the river, a park, and marina. Only the top of some masts are visible. Across the river is Sauvie Island and in the distance Mt Hood.

Pan ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, 2008

Pan was the Greek God of shepherds, fields, mountains and wooded glens and music. He is half man , half goat. He is supposed to have gained his pan-flute after a nymph called Syrinx turned herself into reeds to escape him. He blew down the reeds and heard her song and so fashioned the instrument from them.

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Morning Glow

Aha! FINALLY my daffodils are starting to open. This is the first daffodil painting of 2008! I went out early this morning and took lots of pictures. This is ACEO sized 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 and I used watercolor and watercolor pencil on Arches 140 lb hot press. Visit my personal blog to see a WIP. To bid on Ebay, click here.

Rose in my Shelf watercolors by Erika Nelson

"Rose in my Shelf" ACEO
This rose was from my garden. I can't begin to recall the name but I just love the salmon-pink shades it gives out. It reminds me of the sort of colors and roses I'd see in vintage paintings. It's listed in my Etsy

Waterhouse Rendition - Gather Ye Rosebuds..

4 x 6 inches, watercolour with gouache, 2008

A rendition of J.W. Waterhouse's painting "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May".

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Swallowtail & Lilacs

Happy Spring!

Watercolor 7 x 11