Gulfsprite

A Little Dark I Would Say

Gulfsprite — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:45:26 +0000

I decided to go waaay outside of my box and paint something a bit dark. So far the response has been an overwhelmingly shocking. I like them and the reaction to them as well.
I’ll let you be the judge:

First up: The Calling

Direct from my nightmares for your enjoyment. This is the largest canvas I have attempted so far: 30″ x 40″ x 1″. Details:

Next: The Screamer

This one is my favorite so far. The colors are richer and deeper than they appear here in this photo. Do you just have those moments of pure frustration and you are trying to be calm and rational… but inside this is what you want to do? Heh! Details:

Last but not least: The Martyr

I’m not sure if this one is entirely done yet. She ended up a tad bit bloodier than I initially intended. I may have to start over and redo it a bit. Also I’m not positive if I am happy with the barbed wire. It may be a bit over the top. Subtlety should produce a better scare than this over abundance. I imagine that in my zeal for painting nightmares I got a little carried away. These are not exactly flowers, which would be fine in abundance. Details:

I have another painting in the works right now. The working title for that is ‘winged avenger’. He is no where near complete enough to be photographed.

I have to admit painting these has been far more fun than I ever imagined. All of those years spent watching horror flicks and reading horror/sci-fi/and fantasy novels seems to have given me loads of inspiration.

-Christy

Art Journal Play – #Draw365 day 31

Gulfsprite — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:50:34 +0000

Playing around with my journal and painting the negative space.

At some point I want to do one of these negative paintings real real big.

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Christy

It is all going to the birds

Gulfsprite — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:27:35 +0000

Birds. What is it about them? They are like cats. You can’t really hug them or pet them much and yet they are so sweet and cute and cuddly.

I was working on a bird painting and wanted to do a few practice runs… you know how we artists get.

This sweet little guy is in my journal. Right beside a full color photo of Fra Angelico’s ‘The Coronation of the Virgin’. I can imagine this little guy just watching the beautiful event and singing a sweet tune for the crowd.

A confession of sorts

Gulfsprite — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:46:04 +0000

Some of you know, and some of you don’t… but I am without a job. The web development market here in Southwest Florida is in the tank. The only job I could find was such a horrible fit that it would have been funny were it not so bad. I gave it four months (at a 15% pay cut after the 1st month due to financial woes with the firm).

The long and short of it was: I am a web designer/ developer with 12 years experience and found myself trying to work in a print only oriented company. And although the position was supposed to be as a commercial web designer, print was asked for any way.

So unless something major occurs here in my area, in my field, I am at odds with how to support myself. And I have a mortgage to pay. Unless I want to face foreclosure I have to figure something out.

I would very much like that something that I do to include art, creativity, and if possible the many many hours I have invested in learning all things web design.

Until that major thing happens for me I am going to do my best to offer quality art and quality digital art and hope to find my niche, my tribe, my fans.

I put together a pretty texture pack, a bakers dozen, of high resolution digital images that you can use for personal and commercial work. I’ve priced the set at only .99 cents to make it affordable. I did not compromise on the quality. You can purchase the set here.

If you do any digital art these texture packs will make a nice addition to your set of tools.

This is a photo of my daughter taken on vacation years ago. I used two of the 13 textures to liven up an otherwise cute but typical vacation photo.

I would also be happy to create additional sets in any color scheme or subject. Just let me know what you might need.

-Christy

Spring – Mixed media painting

Gulfsprite — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:48:06 +0000

Fun mixed media painting with my vision of a winter tree just starting to warm up and leaves budding out as if blooms on a flower.

Lots of layers, old book pages from a German tabletop art book, bible verse, gospel music pages and more. Finished in high gloss with painted edges so all you have to do is hang it. 18″ x 24″ x 1.5″ and on sale today in my etsy shop.