Baby Blackers, friend of Baby Quackers

Baby Blackers,

friend of Baby Quackers
2.5 x 3.5
oil on panel

This is the first painting I did in 2011, and it's the long-awaited prequel to my painting, Blackers, friend of Quackers. Remember?

Regular Blackers,
friend of Quackers

Which reminds me, I really need to resurrect Mr. Quackers, he hasn't been around in ages!

Anyway Baby Blackers, Friend of Baby Quackers isn't for sale yet, mainly because I still haven't quite made up my mind between selling on ebay or ETSY. If it wasn't for Nibblefest I'd probably never get anything listed!

I think Baby Blackers, friend of Baby Quackers is a good start for "The Year of Cute*" if I do say so myself.

*more than likely featuring lots of baby animals

Happy New Year

Birthday Bear
2.5 x 3.5

oil on panel

I had actually painted this as a birthday present for myself back in September, but didn't completely finish it until last night. So as the last painting completed in 2010, Birthday Bear gets to be the first painting I'm posting in 2011, the Year of Cute :)

Happy Holidays!

6x8

Oil on wood

Oinky

Oinky

When someone says, "Things with Wings" to me, the first thing I think of is a pig on wheels. How about you?

This is Oinky, my final Nibblefest entry for 2010.

I've been working on some other projects that I had originally hoped to have done by Christmas. Even though they technically are done I decided not to rush anything and will be posting them in January.

More Holiday Art!

I've meant to post more often but I've been working on a new project, and for me at least it seems that everything is more complicated and takes longer than expected. I hope to be able to have something new to post later in the week.

Here are some holiday themed pieces I just put up on ebay. The first is a print of a painting I made for Violet last year, and the other two are original colored pencil ACEO's.

Lunchbox, Lost in Antarctica

Pengy has lots of friends – his newest friend is Lunchbox who he met when Lunchbox got lost (again) and ended up in Antarctica! I know you must be thinking I’m a terrible mother to let poor Lunchbox to to Antarctica dressed like that, but really he said he was on his way to Florida (visiting GPWTSM)! I have no idea how that happened, other than it’s Lunchbox’s way.

Anyway he’s not even cold, because when you have your lunchpail and your diaper, what more do you really need?

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Candy Cane Kitty

This is Pengy’s friend Kitty. Kitty’s also getting into the Christmas spirit, what with her candy cane and such.

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So who is this "Pengy" you've been hearing so much about lately? Why let me introduce him!

Pengy

This is a portrait of my daughter’s penguin, Pengy in his Santa hat, getting into the holiday spirit! Don’t worry, he’s not as menacing as he looks - he’s actually quite jolly and good natured, kind of like Santa (except when he’s pecking at your legs, but he only does that when we forget to feed him).


I couldn't figure out how to do this on ebay but I'd also like to offer free first class shipping with a buy it now on either of the ACEO's to my readers here, as well as my mailing list and my FB page fans. I'm asking for immediate payment with BIN so if you buy one with BIN, just let me know that you saw this here & I'll issue a shipping refund. If you want priority that would be extra.

Furry Friends

I just listed these two paintings plus the Not-So-Magnificent Eyebrow (post below) on Ebay for the November Nibblefest contest. If you want to go to the auctions, just click on the images:

Jimmy

~3"x5.5"
oil on wood

You know how sometimes you wake up and just have no idea what you are? That happens to Jimmy at least once or twice a day. He used to think he was a cute little bunny rabbit, but then his dad told him he’s really a baby bat, so now he doesn’t know what end is up anymore (literally).

Oh well . . . Bunnybat?

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"Happy Friends"

5"x5"
oil on panel

Want to see something really, really sad? Look at these three having fun. Greyness and Oochka and Pengy just skating away into the night. It’s so sad it makes me want to cry. After all, there’s nothing sadder than happiness.

The Not-So Magnificent Eyebrow

(updated to add the link, just click on the eyebrow - I know all of you have just been beside yourselves waiting for this auction to start)

I recently networked my blog to facebook & twitter (there's a link over there to the right if you want to join the Wibbley World Facebook page) and I'm currently testing the updates out with a sneak peek at one of my entries for this month's Nibblefest (our theme for November is "Furry Friends.")  Technically I'm not even sure this qualifies - the Not So Magnificent Eyebrow isn't exactly a friend, but it sure is furry so hopefully the furriness will make up for the not-so-much-a-friendness and it won't be disqualified. 

Once the auction is running (it starts on the 20th) I'll update here with a link.

The Not-So Magnificent Eyebrow
2.5 x 3.5
Graphite on Tannish Stonehenge Paper
(sorry I forget the proper name for the color)

Have you ever seen eyebrows so large you could swear that they're about to march right off of the person's face and take on a life of their own?  Well you're not imagining things, that really happens!

Soft and Fuzzy Johnson in the Lollipop Forest

I thought I'd take advantage of Ebay's current free listing/BIN promotion & list a few bigger paintings. Hopefully I can list a few more tomorrow night too.

(click on Soft and Fuzzy Johnson to go to the auction)

Soft and Fuzzy Johnson

in
The Lollipop Forest

Meet Soft and Fuzzy Johnson
He's a friend of Bloo
And if you're really nice to him
He just might lick you too!

I generally don't recycle ideas I've used for other paintings, but when I created this painting for a show a few months ago, I felt a return visit to the Lollipop Forest was in order. After all, one can never have too much of the Lollipop Forest, can one?

Anyway, this is Soft and Fuzzy Johnson (not to be confused with Soft and Fuzzy O’Johnson, his alter-ego), who is fairly new to Wibbley World. I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing a bit more of Soft and Fuzzy Johnson in the months ahead. Bloo was actually hoping her friend Lunchbox would be here, but she got Soft and Fuzzy Johnson instead.

Oh well, sometimes life isn't fair.

Happy Birfday

Happy Birfday!
4x4
Oil on Panel

I painted this little guy as a birthday gift for my boss who turned 50 on Monday. I don't usually give artwork as gifts but I really appreciate him and this job (plus I have no money to spare!) so I was happy to paint this. I just hope he likes it!

Happy Halloween!

Halloweenie

I know this is an older painting but since I recently posted this year's Halloween paintings I thought I'd dig this one out since it's one of my favorites.

Anyway, today was pretty busy - first we had our Grandpuppy (or Granddogger as Chris says) Lola for the weekend - Violet and Linda were thrilled, but the cats and Jabby could all think of other things they'd rather have happen.

Lola

Today was also our 23rd anniversary and we celebrated as usual by going to the Chiller Theater convention. Violet wore her Cleopatra costume, she looked great & a lot of people wanted to take her picture! Here's a pic of her with her Gus Fink Puff Dog, Violet's a huge Gus Fink fan (like her mom!) and luckily he was there or she'd have been very disappointed.


I was very happy and excited that I got to meet LeVar Burton there! I told him that we watch him almost every night in TNG reruns :) Even Violet knew who he was, although she didn't recognize him at first without his visor (she watches with us sometimes).

Other than that it was the usual Halloweenery, trick or treating and such - we took Linda with us for a bit but she barked furiously at the decorations in which she could recognize a face, pretty cute! Violet did quite well for herself, a 5 lb haul (!)