Bilingual Animal Painting for Escuela Montessori

Coupla new guys.

I just painted these guys for some sweet little girls.

Maeve's favorite colors are green & pink. Mina's are grey and hot pink. And you'll never guess their favorite animals!...

You can see them and ORDER YOUR OWN in my Etsy shop!

New September Window Painting at Two Little Monkeys

Two Little Monkeys is at 77 Bow Street in Somerville.

Go check 'em out and tell them Mandee sent you!!

Semi-Girly Owl Triptych

Some girly owls in response to the below owls painted for a little boy's room. They're a little softer and a little pinker but still the same idea.

You can see the link to them on my Etsy shop here.

Custom Artwork with a Paisley Print

These paisley paintings were done for a little lady's room inspired by the lampshade her Mom bought at PBK from the Tera Paisley Collection.

All of the designs mimic the style of the fabric but are completely original to match the overall color-scheme of bright pinks, purples, greens and blues in her room.

Because there is no discernible top or bottom, left or right, they can be hung in any order and any direction. They can be hung separately, one on each wall, in a row, in a grid, in a circle, on the ceiling...whatever her little heart desires.

This one kind of looks like some sort of weird amoeba. I'm ok with that.

Contact me if you'd like some custom paintings for your own little one. Thanks for stopping by!

Sophie's Safari

24"x36" wall size custom canvas painting for Sophie.

Including her name, date-of-birth and her favorite little Caterpillar.

I'm always accepting commissions for custom artwork and quotes are always free.

CONTACT ME if you have any questions or want a painting of your own!

Owls for a Fish

A trio of owls for baby Fish's* nursery in Cambridge.

*Fish is short for baby's last name: Fischer.

Contact me if you'd like some of your own.

Happy Critters Custom Playground Painting

This custom 24"x36" painting was made just for Vivian who turned 2 last weekend to bring more color to her "not too pinky-girly" nursery and came to me my favorite way, through word of mouth advertising.

Included in the painting are Vivan's favorite stuffed animals, herself and of course, a girl's best friend, her dog, Milo.

Vivan wasn't home to see the painting in person when I dropped it off but luckily her Mom shot me this adorable play-by-play of when she first saw it:

"I wanted to let you know about Vivian's reaction when she first saw your painting. She saw it as soon as she walked into her room yesterday afternoon, and did a total double-take. Then she pointed at Dolly in the picture and said her name, and went to grab the actual Dolly from her toy bin so she could hold her just like she is in the picture. Then she pointed at each of her "friends" in the picture and named them, and also pointed out Milo. I asked her if she liked the picture, and she said, "Yesssss!""

Reactions like that make this job even sweeter, if that's possible.

And, as if that weren't enough, piggy-backed on top of all that sweetness was this painting also done for Vivian commissioned by the original word-of-mouth advertiser, the customer I painted Ryan's Safari for.

Little V is a second generation Chinese-American, this is her birth animal, the tiger and her name written in Chinese characters. It was painted to coordinate-with but not necessarily match the playground painting in order to keep the room from looking too "theme-y" (which is definitely a word) and topped off with a distressed white frame.

Thanks for stopping by and please don't hesitate to contact me with questions if you'd like your own custom nursery artwork!

...don't be a stranger, ya'hear?

Safari Painting for Baby Ryan

This huge 36" x 24" painting was done for Ryan whose Mom wanted a bright, colorful, happy Safari scene. Ryan's walls are painted a neutral color so the sides of this painting were done in alternating dark and light green stripes to really make it stand off the wall. The happy characters are intentionally kept very simple to keep the painting from being overwhelming to baby.

Ryan's date-of-birth was snuck into the painting on a leaf in the zebra's mouth and Ryan's loving Mother is represented by the giraffe who's giving her son's name a good snuggle.

From rough sketch to final product:

This painting was designed to grow with Baby Ryan- being young enough to be appropriate for a nursery and also bright enough to be able to transition easily into a toddler's room. Email me if you'd like a painting made for your little one or if you have questions about price, sizing or anything else. All questions are welcome.

E is for Ella

Ella's Mom just re-did her room for her and ordered these letters to complete the transformation. Her room is now a bright mint green with a coordinating green and pink bedspread and I'm told these letters look great hung on her wall.

Each letter is painted on a big ol' 10"x10" square canvas which means that when it's hung on the wall 2" apart, this piece takes up a full four feet of wall space. This type of painting is an excellent option for renters who can't paint their walls but are looking for a big piece of artwork for a focal wall. They take up a lot of space without being too busy.

As always, special requests like this are welcome and encouraged. Email me if you have questions or for pricing info. Makes a great Christmas present!

FEATURED!!

I was featured in my work's quarterly magazine, the BIDMC Quarterly, this month for my window paintings in the EU! It's not Juxtapoz but it's a start. Check out the full page article below:

The rest of my window paintings can be seen here. Enjoy!

The Ol' Switch-er-oo.

These are some light switch covers I painted for a brother and sister combo.

His name is Dylan, he likes baseball.

Her's is Madi, she is quite convinced that she is a princess.

These are painted with acrylic paint and sealed with acrylic sealant. Able to withstand years of abuse from little sticky fingers.

ONE HUNDRED SALES!!!

Cue the confetti...I made my hundredth sale on Etsy today!

**allow time for confetti to settle**

I am pleased as punch with myself...not unlike my 100th sale himself, below:

It's fitting that it was my giraffe character to hit this mile

marker with me as he was the first character I ever

got paid to paint on a wall in 2008.

Since then, he's shown up on other walls and even added a Missus:

Here's a small run of giraffes I've painted and sold on Etsy in the last 3 years, it's been a long, slow road and I've learned so much. Hopefully it shows.

Starting in 2008...

And ending in 2011!
RESERVED Repurposed wood block Smiling Giraffe painting

Thank you to everybody who's ever helped me, critiqued me, taught me or bought from me.

You like me...you really like me!

Lex's Robot Paintings

These robots were painted for Little Alexander (who will be called Lex in preparation for his eventual conquer of the free world) in Denver. He's not born yet but when he is I'm sure he's going to be stoked.

Paintings done in acrylic paint on wood and distressed by hand to give them an aged impression. Each piece comes with a sawtooth hanger on the back, ready to be hung in Little Lex, our future leader's nursery.

More images after the jump...

Multi Cultural Mermaids

New mermaidens in my shop.

Mermaids can be painted to resemble anyone. Email me with some specifics and we'll get started.

The Name Game

Custom name plaques are always a big hit at baby shower's and birthday parties and these two were no exception. This double canvas set was painted for a little girl who's named but not yet born. I left some space under her name for the birth date, weight and height.

I love this bunnies and had a great time painting them. I only wish I could take credit for the characters...

but I can't. The bedding that the paintings are themed after is available here.

Here's another name plaque I painted recently. This one for a boy's room but also painted to coordinate with the bedding set.

I really want to make a "this one was a slam dunk!" comment here but I'm going to resist.

The inspiration for this painting can be seen here.

Let me know if you need your own name plaque painted for someone special coming into your life!!

Contact me.

Follow Your Dreams!

This is a painting I did for an upcoming auction in April.

I'm not usually interested in inspirational quote type paintings but when you have a unicorn and a castle nestled under a rainbow how can you go wrong? Amirite?

Available here.

Daddy's Girl

Oh dear, how could we have been so blind?

Last month I was commissioned to make an adorable Mother/Daughter painting for little

Tayla's nursery in Melrose. The painting was a hit and Tayla's Mom loved it!

The only problem was that there was a very important piece of the picture missing from

her new room- there was no daddy painting! Oh no!! Well, that is all fixed now and I hope that

Tayla's Daddy, Sean, can forgive us for ever-so-temorarily leaving him out!!

Sorry Sean! From what I hear you are an awesome

husband and an even better Father.

Congrats on your little girl!!

Crazy Love

Adorable little pink, heart-eared Mama & baby elephants for Little Tayla Toomey in Massachusetts!

Tayla Bear is Danielle & Sean's brand new bundle of joy. When I asked Danielle what the significance of "crazy love" is she told me that it's the love she feels for her daughter. She said she can't even explain it, "it's just like this crazy love...there's no other word for it." How absolutely beautiful.