"pin + interest"

i have started collecting my "pin + interest" board before my career as an artist ever began.

it is an ever changing and evolving board, thick with layers of magazine images- cool posters - fabric samples- photographs - and pieces of nature.  what i love most is digging beneath the layers to find ideas that i have long since forgotten!

three little fishies~

remember this snippet of an image? 

well, . . . here is the final painting!

this commission was completed for an energetic couple that
loves the WATER!

whether they are on a boat cruising the KY lakes or further south
snorkeling along the salty shores in the  Abacos,
the water's edge is not far from their toes!   

-M.ELLIOTT

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an in depth look at the commission process

(beginning the color study)

(final color study)

(applying sketch and base colors to the canvas)

(almost done.....)

 

tah-dah!

2.0.1.3

2.0.1.3
well, here we are!  

the new year is

 a white canvas and a clean palette

where opportunities await!
 here's hoping yours is filled with  heaps of 

blessings and creativity!  

i am looking forward to sharing more 

creative energy, thoughts and musings

 with you this year . . . stay tuned!

-M.ELLIOTT