"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

~

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

"are black and white colors?"

 "Are black and white colors?" - is one of the most debated issues about color.  Ask a scientist and you'll get a response based on physics: 'Black is not a color, white is a color.' Ask an artist 

and you will get quite a different answer!" Ask me, 
and I will say . . . BOTH are colors!

White is a color.  White reflects all the colors of the visible light spectrum to the eyes; thus it is the blending of all colors to become it's own unique color.  Want proof?  Look at a rainbow, which is sunlight refracted to expose all the colors that make a single beam of "white" sunlight.

Alternately, black is a color as well.  When all three primary colors are combined, you get a "black" color so to speak.  For more on black & white theories, check out this link devoted to exposing the "black & white truth".
-M.ELLIOTT 

*click here for Answers to the black and white debate!

stocking stuffers!

falalalala....,

the studio is busy getting stocking stuffers ready

in time for santa to deliver!

blue bird, blue skies-

(blue bird-blue skies, acrylic on board, M.ELLIOTT)

ahhh, after a taste of the winter yet to come-  

gray skies and cold brittle air - it was delight today to wake up to

 the morning sun and see blue skies through the kitchen window.  

i am feeling like a busy little blue bird today, 

working on CHRISTMAS commissions and visiting with two local 

framers to decide on some custom frames for 

new pieces of gallery work....

nothing but blue skies ahead!

gathering bits and pieces-

(red bird, 5x7, acrylic on board, M.ELLIOTT)

i marvel at the birds outside my studio as the temperature

begins to drop; they continue hunting and gathering
bits and pieces for nourishment and for nest building
materials, with seemingly no regard for the colder air!
meanwhile, in my cozy little studio, i enjoy the opportunity
to watch these little creatures from inside fortified with
 wooly socks, a hot mug of green tea,

and,

sweet coconut curry granola bars

made with bits and pieces of 5 different types of nuts and SEEDS.

MMMMM, wouldn't those birds be envious if they knew how much better these treats tasted!