Queene of Hearts and update!

Its almost time for some new folk art and I haven't even had a chance to post a pic of my last doll,

Queene of Hearts!

She is sold but I thought you might enjoy some pictures:

Still for sale are my collage hearts. These are great little bowl fillers all year round and they each feature a loving little word. I love filling my home with things that make me smile at a glance, don't you?

For sale at PFATT Marketplace until March 10.

I have been SO remiss in updating my blog. I will try to do better.

Mostly I have been painting like a crazy woman! I am absolutely obsessed with mixed media painting-mostly girls. I have always loved doing faces, I'm sure that is a big part of what attracted me to dollmaking so many years ago. I find that painting has informed my dollmaking in a very  satisfying way. My doll faces are becoming more vibrant, which I am loving.

 With painting, I also am able to explore color in a really exciting way. As the years went on I found I was unable to limit myself to the primitive palette. 

Don't get me wrong,

 I have always loved primitives,and still do.

 But as an artist I eventually found them limiting.

What is man but a being who must change and grow, right?

If you would like to see my paintings and whats going on in my studio follow me on Instagram. I post almost every day!

find me at;

@anniezart

Hugs to you and stay warm, spring is right around the corner!!

~Annie

Art Journal All In!

I have been journaling like a mad woman! 

Yes!

After taking about 6 months off I found myself ready to dive back in, and it seems my art has made a LEAP! 

All of the sudden it is just flowing and I am liking it! Yes liking it!

I am liking what I am creating for the first time in FOREVER!!

Fairy Queene of Hearts

Hey guys!

Happy 2015!!

Just wanted to pop in and let you know I've got a new doll for sale coming up on the 

10th at PFATT Marketplace,

Yay!!

This is my Fairy Queene of Hearts!

She is a perfect mash up of my two current obsessions-mixed media paintings and cloth dolls!

I have been painting and art journaling a lot lately. But I still really enjoy working on dolls. 

I just love doing faces, either on dolls or in a journal. 

Here are some of my painted faces:

They are so much fun to do!

                    These are from my art journal, but I hope to do some as paintings for sale soon.

Here's another one:

This is a painting I made for one of my kids for Christmas. 

It is layers of collage and paint on watercolor paper. 

See the circuit board in the background?

 When I found that I knew it was perfect because my son (who I painted this for) 

is a computer engineer. 

This painting is about creatures and their longing for their maker. 

My son loved it!

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Hope to see you on PFATT On the 10th!

Blessings,

Annie

More art journal.

 I'm really getting back in full swing!!

Yay!!

XX

~Annie

New New New!!

Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday Sale!!

Starting NOW everything in my Etsy Shop is on sale!

25% off!!!

Just use coupon code ANNIEBEEZ25

Sale ends at midnight on Monday, December 1st!

Have a wonderful Holiday Season!!

{{Warm huggz}}

To all of you!!!

Annie

A Funny Thing Happened...

on the way through this artful journey.

 I had pretty much set aside painting, since spending all of my time doing so was NOT paying off.

 I have not been able to market my paintings much at all,

 and after all, I have bills to pay.

 So I went back to publishing craft patterns, mostly sewing, and making primitive dolls.

Then out of the blue came a quiet little convo on my Etsy shop. A local shop owner had seen my work on there and loved it! She wanted to carry my paintings on consignment in her shop. And she pays well!! 

I eagerly took all of my work in to her shop, and there they all are.

 All of my paintings, cards and even a pumpkin head (which I threw in for good measure! LOL!)

So this has given me the excuse to pull out all of my art journal supplies and splash around! The water seems a little warmer and there is a faint little stripe of "hope" on the horizon!

Maybe something will sell.

Ha! 

We'll see.

This is called White Winter

And my beloved whimsy characters!