The Feed Your Soul Project

The 'Feed Your Soul' project is run by the lovely people at Indie Fixx. The idea was to allow everyone to have access to art for their homes. Since times have been financially unstable lately, not everyone is able to treat themselves to art. Artist's volunteer to the project and submit one piece - this piece will never be put up for sale either. Then the users, you, get to go onto the site and look at all the wonderful pieces (available as PDF's) and print whichever ones you'd like!

The project has already had an overwhelming response, and there are so many wonderful artworks to choose from! I know I have my eye on a view that I'm just waiting on frames for!


Now for the exciting news! My submitted works were released this past week!! You can see the article here. It's listed under my real name, but I'm sure you could recognize my style anyways :) I approached Indie Fixx's project a while ago, and submitted my artwork and had to waiting - trying to keep the secret - and now it's out!! :) You can't see it really on the small thumbnail, but the two little birds are cuddling.

As per the whole idea behind the project - this print is not available for sale in my shop in any shape or form. I may be painting a similar piece with birds...since they turned out to be little darlings in that tree, but I'm still working out ideas.

As for the original painting, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with that either. Currently it's hanging in my office, framed. I don't have any of my original trees to keep - except for the ones waiting to be sold, but they're just temporarily staying I hope. So I might just keep this one. :)

Lemon Yellow Week: Love for the walls

This modern silk screen print, Love Candy, by jenniferramos, can brighten any room.

The simplicity of the prints design allows it to compliment most room designs - giving pure sunlight, without overdoing it. And what better than the phrase 'Love' to peak out of this silk screened piece?

Lemon Yellow Week: Candied Earrings

These Lemon Drop Earrings by manamoon look like just that - lemon drop candies!These earrings are as sweet as they look! And they would look amazing peaking out of some long hair. These delicious earrings would compliment a dark outfit wonderfully.

Prairie Wheat

Prairie Wheat - 8 x 8" acrylic on canvas board

I completed this 8 x 8" acrylic painting yesterday morning. I was itching to do a wheat field when I had gone home to visit my parents only to find that their wheat is starting to turn (Farmers term 'turn' = turn from green to yellow / light orange-red; depending on the crop. Crops, like wheat, are ready for harvest when they're no longer green).


My dad had also planted Soybeans - which are still green; so you can only image how inspiring they looked lying up against each other.

Through some trees on my parents farm; this was my 'reference picture'. You can't see the neighboring soybeans here since they're on the other side. But you can see what a beautiful shade of color it is!

This painting looks more like a prairie field out West than the fields back home. I live in Northern-ish Ontario, where there's a lot of trees and rock. But I think the simplicity of the field in this painting, along with a large clear sky, lets the wheat have the viewers full attention.

Available for sale on Etsy

Lemon Yellow Week: The Floral Necklace

This summery, floral Jolie Rose Necklace by KristinFriesen is the perfect touch a yellow to any outfit.


The cute yellow rose lies on an antique brass chain. It's like a little piece of sunshine around your neck! This playful and elegant piece would brighten anyone's day!

Scary, Scary Halloween!

My ghoulish Scary Eyes Halloween stationery sets are now listed!! (Find them on: Etsy, Artfire and Supermarket).

They consist of 3 'scary eye' designs. I'm not sure if you could guess what animals they belong to - and I thought that this might make an amazing contest - but I hate to keep secrets, and really want to tell everyone! One is a set of cat eyes, and then owl eyes, and then a bunch of mice eyes - I'm sure you can figure out which belongs to which! :o)


As I had mentioned before, this is a limited edition set. It is limited to 10 sets - and I won't crack and make more - so get them before they're gone! They also come with an assortment of envelopes: a light orange, pumpkin orange, and a deep brown kraft envelope. I thought it would be more fun this way!

For more pictures, see my flickr.

So send some scare-mail today!

Lemon Yellow Week: The Cute Purse

This cute Summer Sunshine coin clutch comes from BagatellesAndCo in the United Kingdom!

The beautiful pinkish-purple lining contrasts the rich yellow - bringing out it's 'lemony' aura even more. The material is a smooth, soft silk. Holding it throughout the night would feel lovely in your hands.

Growing up so fast!

I went to visit the farm this weekend - it was so nice out there! It's been about 6 weeks since my parents acquired some baby chicks. Now they're grown (or almost all the way grown) chickens! I was shocked at how they got so big so fast!


They get to grow a lot more too - I wonder how big they'll actually get! They're so funny to watch too: they pick 'battles' with eachother and have stare-downs. I love this picture that I look below at the gate - it's like an 'evil' chicken hehe

Grassy Meadow

Grassy Meadows - 18 x 24" acrylic on stretched canvas

I just completed this painting today, and it is now available on Etsy. I spent all afternoon trekking away on it - it was quite the painting session, and I'm pretty tired from - amazing how painting can just drain you when you're so involved with it!

I was also able to record some of the painting! I wasn't able to do the whole session today (about 5-ish hours) since my battery died. I had also started a few days before, so the beginning steps weren't recorded either - But some of it is there:

Fan Page on Facebook!

I just wanted everyone to know that I now have a fan-page on Facebook. I will be posting a great deal once I reach 100 fans! :o)

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