Dog Days of Kenmore Paintings

Below are a few of the paintings that I completed for the vendor table at the Dog Days of Kenmore.

All paintings are custom made and hand painted. You choose the breed of dog, monogram/initials, and color preference. You can purchase a painting through my etsy shop, or contact me directly and save on your shipping costs! 

8x10 acrylic painting on canvas board

Price $15.00 each

Because each painting is made-to-order, your painting may differ in appearance from the one shown. 

Man walking dog

Woman walking Dog

11x14 acrylic painting on canvas

Price $45.00 each or both for $80.00

Because each painting is made-to-order, your painting may differ in appearance from the one shown. 

The picture below is a PRINT of the original painting.

This item is not made-to-order

WHITE DOG HAT CO. VINTAGE AD ART

8x10 print

Price $12.00

That is all I have for now. I am exhausted and will write about my vendor table experience at a later date. 

Thank you for looking! Have a great evening!

Adorable Inspiration

I am in LOVE with these little owls by Kklaus! They have inspired me to jump into owl land for the next set of my paintings! Tee hee, aren't they just adorable?

Visit her store at the link below:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78901284/owls-in-fall-and-winter-colors-set-of-5?ref=af_circ_favitem

Love Birds

I must apologize, I have not been posting as often as I would like to, but I promise after this weekend, I will be more active here. I have been working on painting some pictures to sell at my first vendor table at this years "Dog Days of Summer" event. I did not realize how much effort goes into getting ready for an event was, I mean, it is starting to become work! :-P

I am so into birds right now! I am loving this style. It is such a beautifully experimental, expressive, and free way to paint. Below is the latest piece, The Love Birds.

This photo really doesn't do the colors of this picture justice. I will try to upload a scanned image later tonight. 

Commission Architectural Rendering

Perspective drawings of lobby for client.

Dog Days of Summer Paintings

Here they are! My two newest paintings. I only have...6-8 more paintings to do before August 13, eek!

For Pricing and more information:

nikki M. Design

Summer in Buffalo.

The next two paintings are neutral and can be used alone, as a pair, or as accent pieces.

When the painting madness is over, I will post a fun article on creativity! 

Sneak Peek

A little peek at what I have been working on...

All good things come to an end.

It was my fault, often I was just exhausted from the day, preoccupied with other obligations, or just too busy "chasing the American dream". The difficult task of finding the time to put forward an honest effort was overwhelming. As more time passed, thoughts of never being quite good enough and my self-defeating attitude became stronger. What had once been a beautiful relationship had grown old and resentful.

However, I pressed on. Determination overcame insecurity. Exposing my faults and vulnerability led to small victories, and frustration turned into celebration.

All good things come to an end; and in the end, it was all worth the effort.

2H, HB, 2B mechanical pencils and a Gazziolion hours 

Full picture:

Critique welcome.