Garden Bridge

Please forgive the less-than-stellar photography of this painting.

I'm surprised with myself how well this turned out. It was actually only my fifth painting or so. I'd really like to do another one like it to see if I could improve upon it now. What do you think?

P.S. Check back soon! Some jewelry pictures for my first Etsy listings will be showing up soon =)

Sunset Silhouette

I'm really proud of this painting. It's beautifully simple. I love the bright colored sunset and the dark shadow in front. What do you think?

Fishtank!

This painting was my Christmas gift to nephew M. I wish i could say I had some great reason to give him a painting of cartoon fish, but that wouldn't be very true. I think the fish are cute and this made an appropriate painting to give a 2-year-old boy. =)

What do you think of it?

Bold, Quirky, Cute, and Bubbly

Since this is my first post of actual work I've done, let me go ahead and disclose this fact:

*whisper* I know that I'm not good at photographing my work yet *end whisper*

This painting is a gift I gave my niece for Christmas. It's much brighter and a little more cartoon-ish with the floral elements than anything I've ever painted before. I was going for a look that matched my niece's current bedding in colors but that could stay in her room for quite some time. Luckily, I can imagine something like this going through teenage years and even into a dorm room.

I think it's important that paintings reflect qualities that resonate with people who will look at them. Now, since my niece is only 3 years old and I didn't ask her what traits she has that could be reflected in a piece of art as a gift for her, I had to go with what I gather from interacting with her. To me, her personality is...

Bold, Quirky, Cute, and Bubbly.

Tell me what you think of this painting and if you think I was able to capture some of those traits in the elements I chose. I'd also love to hear any info via comments/email about what would be helpful information for me to include when I post work like this, keeping in mind that I'm working towards a well-developed Etsy shop. Thanks in advance for any input!