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Blue Cat Series Original Painting

20x16 Stretched Canvas

3/4" Profile back stapled - no visible staples

Sides are painted Black

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Mother and Baby Fairy Tote! yummy!

1 pic with flash looks shiny, but not in real life. This is really cute. The Original Painting was sold here locally in like April. Mom is explaining 'WHY?' to the fairy baby - that is the name of this Artwork. Contact me : admin@loralai.com if you want this one, or click my Etsy Shop!

FAIRY Tale WITCH Painting NEW on Vintage Wood

I LOVE MY NEW FAIRY WITCH !!

SHE IS SO CUTE WITH HER GOLDEN EYES AND PIXIE CURLS !

Her long Green Robe is gonna get all kinds of dirt on it and pine needles probably and bugs and spiders too. She probably doesnt even care. That Beautiful Red Apple is TOO Tempting and its special magic qualities are just what this little lady is looking for - These Magic Apples come in handy in Fairy Tales, tempting the unsuspecting young maidens and what-not. What is She up to, I wonder -

I was happy to find this old cabinet door at The Hab, its not too heavy and the old hardware came off pretty easily. I always feel so powerful when I accomplish ANYthing with a screwdriver. Or those plier things. The frame color is just perfect - it looks washed out being semi-opaque black over the old white wood, I decided to leave it like that instead of applying additional coats of black, which would be more opaque, but less aged looking. The piece is in pretty good shape considering its age, just a spot on the top edge where I had to fill in a small hole.

So satisfying.

She's Ready ! Private Request for a Red Fairy Girl

So happy to post this Requested Fairy Girl. The support, a recaptured cabinet door I found (as usual) as Habitat for Humanity's Rebuild Center, is a really dark one this time. I tried to use an unfinished door but it had like a gouge on the side which I tried to smooth out or fill in, neither worked ! So I had to get out the sand paper and my Elbow Grease ! These 'framed' doors are getting so hard to find ! But I keep looking, because they are my favorite supports to work with.. Years ago, I painted on wood because it was cheap and easy to find. Later I was able to buy canvas, and learned to stretch it myself, but after all, I hunt for the cabinet doors. And the money goes back to a very worthy cause, and I like that alot.

The color, called 'Moroccan Red' is a Folk Art brand I think, but I went to look for more and they were out. The spot was even gone. Hmmm.... So glad I had enough for this painting.

I used a photo of the last Red Fairy Girl (titled Flower Girl) to create this one, the only difference is I added some dots around the swirlies, and blue eyes this time instead of green - I gotta have SOME Fun !!! Still, the painting is not an exact copy of the last one, and I dont want it to be either. Each is one-of-a-kind, and so this one will never be exactly reproduced either.

I think this sketch would look nice painted all greenish-blue. Like a swishy mix of both colors (Like the painting titled Fairy Club - Members Only posted a short while ago. (Replacing the red entirely.) Maybe one day I'll do it, but not now because I've got a coupla Witch ideas. A pretty midnight blue, graduated to an eerie moonlit white for a background, then, well, just wait and see -
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ANYHOW ! Your Fairy Girl is Ready !!! If you are satisfied with her, and would like to purchase this Painting the cost is $49. I will cover the shipping cost. The size is apx. 18"x23". I have not varnished it yet, so it will take a day or two before she can be packed. I can send a paypal request or feel free to send a personal check. LMK, and thanks for your interest in my art.

Get in touch at admin@loralai.com, or loryia.bond@gmail.com . Or leave a comment here - I'll check back later today.

PRIVATE REQUEST - For JJ's Mom

Hi. I finished this painting today. It has not been varnished yet. I want the paint to set about 24 hours. I couldnt take my eyes off of it, that is, only to dry them up with kleenex and blow my nose!!! I am a total sap for cats. Today my favorite Cat Lady came by for a donation, which I am GLAD to give cause She has helped me so much when my black cat Tom Petty was just a tiny baby and I couldnt get him to eat food - only his bottle !! :) She had 3 kittens in her truck, found in the bushes. She is truly an Angel, and a Cat Expert.

ANYHOW ! The colors are a powdery pink chiffon for the dress which has a swirly Rose effect, the hair is several red hues with a pearly white shine on the top, the black cat is several black hues including a kind of 'iron' and gloss black. The pearls in her hair are irridescent and shine in the light. The halo is a kind of 'swoosh' with the pearly white and gold mixed, which also shines. The background colors are a black cherry glaze over a coffee bean color, which is applied to the frame portion as well, in crosshatch strokes, creating an aged effect.

If u would like to buy this painting, the cost is $63.00 (about 10% less than ebay SOLD price for similar Artwork ). I pay the shipping cost. I can send a Paypal Invoice, or your personal check. The painting is 18"x24" and weighs around 6-7 lbs, so the best ship method would be UPS 1-6 days delivery. They have always been very reliable.

I would like to title the painting 'Always'. If you have another title idea, just LMK.

It will take another day or two before the painting is ready to be packed.

You can reach me at admin@loralai.com or loryia.bond@gmail.com

Yours Sincerely.

K. The Key words for this effort are 'probably' and 'maybe'. I probably have looked at it too long and have lost my focus and ability to make a coherent judgement on the outcome. Maybe i have misjudged the shading. It is supposed to be set in the darkness with 'maybe' the Moon shining on the water lilly petals. The petals are printed from a Fairy book I often use. It is pretty old and I've got lots of stuff sticking inside the pages like photos, half done ideas, pieces and scraps of projects that didnt work out, at least, not yet. Everything falls out when I pick it up but that does not stop me from picking it up and letting everything fall out. Maybe I still have not got the message that I should clean out that book and probably organize the miscellaneous contents.

The lilly pads are Mulberry Paper, which has threads running though it and looks very natural and pretty, plus I liked the olive color. I used jewelry wire to make the words 'Nite Life', but I'm not sure it shows up very well. I am glad to be able to make the words using the wire though, because otherwise how would I get them? Craft stores have some 'word' options, but they are usually limited to 'Dream' and 'Love', you know the deal.

Anyways, I finally got the 'Bright' (teehee) idea to paint the petals white, which added the only possibility of success to the effort. The paper bag dragonfly wings have some sparkly blue added which is similar to what I've seen in real dragonflies. I hope so anyways, then i got desperate and put silver glitter on the body, which is pearl paper clay. 12"x12"x1".

Well, its O.K. I'm on to the next Artwork idea, which is 2 witches on old recaptured (recycled!) wood cabinet fronts. They match, and are extraordinary in style, so I have high hopes for these pieces, which means I better not goof them up. They will be 2 witches, one black hair and dress holding a white cat, the other an opposite, white hair and dress holding a black cat. They will be wearing crowns which replicate castles, a scary one and a kind of princess one.

Thanks for reading all of this nonsense. :-)

BON VOYAGE ! - Mixed Media Artwork

GOOD Morning ! What a beautiful Sunny Day is gonna be - Hmmmm.... what fun shall I have today.....ART !!! I think I'll paint another Paper Bag Bug. teehee!!! SOOO Cute. Like this one.

When we go to Michigan, near Traverse City, and get in the little aluminum fishing boat by the fishing cabins, and go out on Lake Choppy or whatever it is called, the water looks like this. And sometimes the sky looks like this too, and we have to go really fast to get back to the cabins before it comes a thunderstorm, and I have to hold on to the sides of the boat so I dont go flying out. But I have my lifejacket on even though no one else does which makes me look like a landlubber nerd but I dont care because sometimes my hubby is not totally careful and so anything could happen. So I feel like the Paper Bag Butterfly holding on for dear life.

Once we went canoeing in this place called The River of Skulls, which should've told me something. But anyways, it is also the Pierre Marquette River I think thats what it is called. But Honey-Buns had to scoot all around to get his derriere completely comfortable on the life preserver seat, and in the process he caused us to dump right over and we had just got in of course.

All of our stuff went floating away and the water was about 10 feet deep so the canoe was floating away too, and there was an older couple who went by very expertly in their canoe and stared at us. So we were totally soaking wet when we saved our own lives and got back in the canoe which was not easy. We lost some of our stuff and the new camera got totally soaked, but in like 3 days it started working again!!! It was a Kodak so we totally believe in that brand and always get a Kodak when we need a new camera. The rest of the way was twisty and turny and thank goodness the old man knows how to steer a canoe, at least once he gets his butt adjusted that is. By the Way, the life preserver that was the subject of our tipping over made him sit up too high once he got adjusted so he threw it in the back of the canoe.

That is all I have to say about that.

The butterfly wings are crumpled paper bags, and the same stuff is used on the cardboard form which makes the boat. I used some 24 gauge (i think) jewelry wire to make the words 'Bon Voyage', them put some black paint on to help it show up. Then I cut out some polka dot blue paper for the sails, and sprayed a little pearl paint for a final touch. Then I coated the whole thing with mod podge in Matte.

Now I'm gonna make another one. Then I'm gonna go get another recaptured (recycled) cabinet door and make a witch.

Thanks for reading about my vacation.

DRAGONfly Mixed Media COLLage 'FLYING DREAM'

I have had the Dream of Flying only 2 times. Maybe 3. And I dream ALOT. Vividly. In long 'Movies'. Sometime I have like premonitions i guess. And sometimes i dream of things that happened recently, but i had no knowledge of them at the time. I will tell my Mom about them, and She will sometimes tell me about something that just happened which she hadnt thought to tell me about yet. Once i dreamed about a cyber-pal who lives in San Franscisco. I dreamed I was at a Store or Restaurant she owned. Her husband and mine were there too. Business was great, the store was really rustic, lots of wood fixtures, and people were buying like souvenirs and gift-y items. It was So Fun. When I told her about it she said 'That was my Store near Haight/Ashbury back in the 60's'. Gave us both chills... She's such a hippie too. Still!

Anyway, if you ever have a Flying Dream, you are very lucky. They are rare.

This effort on Canvas (for a change) is representative of my Flying Dream. Paper bags make the wings, sprayed with water and crumpled. Dried Rose petals from my personal collection, paper confetti, hand cut, glass beads, stars and a small butterfly print of my Original Art is mounted on Stained Glass and added to the piece. The Dragonfly is made of Pearl Paper Clay. Acrylics are used for the first layer. Semi-gloss sealer spray is used in several coats to make the wings hard and secure all the stuff onto the canvas. I bought the silvery charm at a craft store, and was glad to have it this morning for this Artwork!

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MORNING GLORY - new painting !

This recycled wood cabinet door was a find at Habitat for Humanity's Re-Build center.

I used yellow ochre and a bright gloss yellow for the background. Metallic pinky-fuschia and cobalt blue are used for the 'Morning Glory' portion, with gloss white centers.

Pearl paint glazes the flowers and also the frame, over the white gloss. Very striking, a lovely Portrait style pose.

She has a Mae West feel, I think. Do you?

'Moonlighting' Vintage Witch Folk Art Painting - NEW !!

She has a pretty face. The Moon is scrubbed

in with a damp sponge. The stars are srubbies too. The background color is purples and white

with a medium blue on top. The semi-opaque black

lets the background colors show through a

little. Its a big 30" tall Vintage recycled Cabinet

Door. Like it??

here are s'more pics of this fairy girl painting

This cute fairy girl is ready for her new Home !

Moroccan Red, which has a touch of orange, is paired with yellow ochre and a kind of transparent black, and the result is almost an old-fashioned Renaissance feel. I really love the look of carved flowers in the painting. Oh, BTW the size is ... hold on i gotta get my measuring tape......OK. 18"x24". Thats nice and generous for a striking, Original Wall Hanging. Show your Pals you support Outsider Art, specifically MINE !! :)

Flower Girl - NEW Folk Art Painting

This painting started with a trip to my local

Habitat for Humanity Re-Build Store.

Sturdy shoes required for rummaging thru

lots of Home Repair/Restoration stuff to find a

suitable 'Framed' cabinet door.

Scuffed, Sealed, Painted and Finished,

Available today probably at my Etsy Store.

She would also look great on a paper mache Trinket Box.

Maybe I'll do that too.

Looking forward to September when I hope to do

a Winterfair sale. This image may be there also!

Her title is 'Flower Girl'. The Orangy-Red color is totally

Beautiful with the Yellow Ochre hair and slick black frame.

Used a wet pencil-top eraser to 'carve' the flower designs, and

some permanent marker lines to accent. The result

is a dimensional, carved look, with the paint lightened to represent

the dress, and the black paint allows some brush-strokes to

come thru. Since the painting is done directly over the maple-finish

of the frame, the color comes thru slightly, which is exactly

what I wanted. Mmmmmm. So satisfying.

Witch Painting ! THE Harlequin SISTERS - Folk Art on Recycled Framed Wood - Halloween Magic !

This is my new Witch Painting. I havent done any Witches in Ages, but this idea was really strong. The title is 'The Harlequin Sisters'. I'm totally happy with the colors. That means alot. The background design is other-worldy and a little spooky, which i also like. These Girls are capable of some Serious Magic!

New Collage Art - Mixed Media Original

This is my new Effort called 'I Love You This Much'.

Beeswax sealed, lots of confetti fun with red hearts

and beads

and stars,

a sprinkle of untrafine glitter,

this one is in my Etsy Shop and comes with a Gift Card,

perfect one-of-a-kind, all ready to give to somebody Really Special. Maybe YOU!!

Collage Art

An interesting story is behind this Mermaid Collage - Literally ! A favorite page from one of my Mermaid Books is copied for the background of this Mixed Media artwork. Acrylics are used to paint the head and body, then art paper, raffia and shells are added to embellish and add interest to the piece. Sealed with a Matte finish, and a sprinkle of blue deco-sand is tossed on for a final touch. Very textured and touchable. Ready for my Etsy shop soon. Gonna do a series of these on Canvas Art Boards. Could be displayed as is with the tooth-style hanger on back, or framed for a different look.

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This is my new Mosaic-style piece. Seaglass and sand on Acrylics, with a Mermaid inset. A unique Cabinet Door I found and just HAD to HAVE - know what I'm sayin'!! :)))

NEW PRIMS! Beeswax Sealed

Hey ! I have been so busy with the art, I have started trying to hide the face that I'm spending like 12 hours a day on it. I dont even eat until really late when i consider myself 'done' for the day. It is an obsession i admit. But I've done some sales! Even an etsy sale which I was sure would NEVER happen. Ebay also! I'm making these Mermaid Altered ARt pendants from my old painting pics. They are doing well i think... Thank God for the success, I hope only to be worthy of the blessing the Good Lord keeps piling on me.

NAME MY FAIRY!!!

Hi. I have a new Fairy painting in this Folk Art PRIM Series.
It's called My Very Own Cow. This Girl really needs a name. I thought of Elbie (L.B. thats my initials) but I wonder if Anyone has another idea...LMK PLEASE!!!!!