Category: Animals

25/12/2020 0 Comments

Mum's Baby

Mum's full size portrait of Timmy. I tried to think of something else to paint for Christmas, but why did I bother when this was really what she wanted?

Timmy came into our lives in November 2005. For the first few years, he was treated more or less like a 'dog'. He even slept outside! But from age five, he started to become Mum's baby. He was the little one she'd turn to and seek comfort from. He'd be on her lap the moment she sat down and started sleeping in her bed. He was spoiled rotten and much loved by our family and all of our friends. He saved us from deadly brown snakes and always told us when there was a rat around. He was the best rat catcher, and even taught my border collie Jacob how to do it! Timmy was such a big part of all our lives right up to the day we sadly lost him in August 2020. He had developed liver lesions and he went to sleep peacefully with everyone he loved around him. That was when I decided I first needed to paint him and I signed up to Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art's Animal Masterclass.

I do believe this will the final painting of Timmy for a while, as we all now have a portrait to remember him by.

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24/12/2020 0 Comments

Julie and Ian's Fishbowl

I decided to use this tutorial from Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art, which I completed earlier this year, as a painting for my mum Julie and her husband Ian for Christmas.

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22/12/2020 0 Comments

Buzz

Buzz is my dad's dog. Last minute inspiration struck days before Christmas when I saw this photo on Facebook and felt the need to paint it.

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20/12/2020 0 Comments

Tiggy's Timmy

A portrait of Timmy painted for my brother for Christmas.

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16/9/2020 1 Comment

Cosy Timmy

I completed this mini portrait of Timmy for my mum in honour of his 15th birthday, which he didn't make. Timmy loved curling up in beds and was often found hiding among our pillows. One of my greatest memories will always be of Timmy sneaking into my bed early of a morning after Mum had headed off for work.

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14/9/2020 1 Comment

Coco the Chihuahua

Coco is the chihuahua I plan to include in my next novel, nicknamed Emerald Artists. Her mummy Freya is a painter who meets an animal artist who specialises in pet portraits. Needless to say, Jake will paint Coco in this book. So I needed to have something to inspire me to keep going before I get stuck into Freya and Jake's love story.

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17/8/2020 0 Comments

Timmy Forever

I did it! A week after expressing the desire to paint Timmy, the painting is complete. Even though I still have a long way to go in honing my new craft, I felt it was important that I painted Timmy now, rather than in a few months. I really enjoyed painting him and I love that I was able to remember my long-time puppy in this way.

Timmy went to sleep on the 5th August 2020 after 14 long years of love.

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12/8/2020 1 Comment

Isabella's First Birthday

Day #11 Prompt with Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art's Artist Challenge. The task was to paint any pupcake. I wanted to also give painting a dog a go, so I drew inspiration from Isabella's first birthday party last month.

Isabella is my mum's maltese. I adore this painting and was pleased to create this piece for my mum. I seem to love painting for others more than I seem to enjoy painting for myself.

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11/8/2020 0 Comments

Victoria and her Goldfish

My first piece completed with Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art. This was the prompt for the Day #10 Artist Challenge.

I joined the Animal Art Masterclass this past weekend to further pursue my painting and build my skills with the focus on animals. Lauren's aim is to help beginner to advanced artists reduce stress through animal art. She has many tutorials that focus on wildlife as well as lessons aimed at learning how to paint your pets, which is my goal.

I was drawn to this prompt because I liked the many different images it included, and I thought the cat was cute.

I have related it to my book by painting the cat to resemble Victoria, my heroine's cat from Bali Holiday.

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5/8/2020 3 Comments

Long-Time Boys

Painted for my mum to commemorate Timmy going over the rainbow bridge to join Dillon playing in perfection forever.

Together, they run in emerald fields where the sky is always blue and tennis balls grow on trees.

Dillon Jacob - 7/9/2000 - 11/11/2015
Timmy Joe - 19/9/2005 - 5/8/2020

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16/2/2020 0 Comments

Anastasia Hamilton

This piece was created at a Wasted Paint class inspired by Picasso's faces. We were instructed through this painting, but were able to choose inspiration from wherever. Some people chose to paint themselves. I, of course, drew inspiration from one of my books.

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21/9/2019 0 Comments

Jellyfish

Completed at Wasted Paint. This remains one of my favourite paintings from this class.

Again, my love for painting only grew from here.

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9/6/2019 1 Comment

In the Surf

I completed this piece at my third Wasted Paint class. We were instructed on where and how to place the surfboards and people. There is no symbolism in this painting. I did, however, choose to paint a border collie instead of a pig.

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Art is a new love of mine. I love creating vibrant, visual pieces of art to brighten up my - and other peoples! - home. While I've always loved being creative with words and dance, I've never been a visual artist. But now, I'm so excited to be exploring this new hobby.

In early 2019, I attended a social paint and sip night in Townsville called Wasted Paint where we are instructed through the basics of a painting. I loved going there, learning new techniques, and seeing the many different paintings that are created by the one prompt. By the end of 2019, I honed everything I'd learned to create paintings for my family for Christmas. Sadly, Wasted Paint was cancelled during the pandemic of 2020.

It wasn't until August 2020 when I picked up a paintbrush again. When my little dog Timmy was diagnosed as terminal and we knew his days were numbered, I decided to do a painting for my mum. It helped me deal with my grief by painting my childhood puppy Timmy at the rainbow bridge where my other childhood dog Dillon was waiting for him. During this, I rediscovered my love for painting and set myself a new goal - to paint Timmy.

That's when I joined Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art's online Animal Art Masterclass. Now, my goal is to paint animals. I also hope to build my skills in landscapes to capture images from my books. And that's the story so far!

So this is just a little blog where I share the paintings I've created.

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Mum's Baby

Julie and Ian's Fishbowl

Buzz

Tiggy's Timmy

Cosy Timmy

Coco the Chihuahua

Timmy Forever

Isabella's First Birthday

Victoria and her Goldfish

Long-Time Boys

Anastasia Hamilton

Jellyfish

In the Surf

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