OVashti Art

Sometimes I will find a beautiful piece of #wood, but it's warped. I don't want to just throw it away, so I use these for #bendytwisty things like #Jellyfish . Now, this wood won't lay flat on your wall, but the painting makes it look #sculptural rather than accidental. My life has felt very bendy/twisty lately! As a family, we have taken some hard hits this month! Mostly health-wise.. weeks of fevers and flew have rearranged our schedules, our finances and even our roles wi

I have been hunkered down and painting away! A few weeks ago I was trolling through the FB feed when I came across a garage sale post... In this post they were selling their leftover plywood from covering their windows for Hurricane Irma.. John and I snapped it up! I thought you might like a preview of what to expect from me at the Cocoa Beach Art Show on Thanksgiving Weekend 😊. I have been loving working in larger formats!! I am finding it hard to put into words how it feel

Well... Today was the Yin to yesterday's Yang! Peace and harmony have ruled the day so far and I was able to complete yesterday's mermaid and complete as well as another!! For today's piece, I was imagining the mermaids, cold from diving deep for shellfish and kelp, might warm themselves on the rocks in the sunshine! I wanted to see if I could capture gravity's pull on the body with this mermaid... How it pulls on the folds and weight of a person... I sketched her first and f

It has been a year since my last challenge... I have been plotting and planning another for a while now! In the last challenge I tasked myself with painting 30 Paintings in 30 Days. It was tough! Forcing me to think on my feet and compose my pieces quickly! I loved it and I found out that I was able to do more than I thought I could! I'm ready for the next challenge... In this challenge there are a few areas that I want to push myself in. 1. The Human Form, 2. Skin Tones

January held to it's promise to start with a bang! I have had an idea for a while to hold a private auction for those fans that take fandom a step further and subscribe to me Website & Email List. Not only was it a huge success, I have been getting requests to extend it! So I am doing just that! I have a Page on my website set up just for those who subscribe to my newsletter, once you subscribe you will be sent a password to view this page in order to place bids! 7 pieces h

Through this whole challenge I have intended to paint a Kraken, but the wood has not cooperated! Every time I got started sanding down a piece of wood with a kraken in mind I would get down to the grain and "see" something completely different. This time I would get my way! A song from my childhood came into play in the creative process of this piece. In the mornings this week, I have been playing music instead of turning on the TV. I found my collection of 2nd Chapter of