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.

Halloween paintings!

I just finished (and listed) two Halloween paintings - one's for Nibblefest (our theme this month is OWLS).

First up, for both of you Star Trek / Halloween / Lunchbox fans out there:

LunchSpock
5 x 7 Oil and Chromacolour on Panel
(click to go to auction)

It’s that time of year again! We all know by now how much Lunchbox loves Halloween, but I bet you didn’t know he was such a huge Star Trek TOS fan. Actually neither did Lunchbox, he just came across this Spock costume at the Halloween Store – it was marked down because the Tricorder was missing. But you know what? Lunchbox doesn’t care – he has his lunch-pail and his diaper. When you have your lunch-pail and your diaper, who needs a silly tricorder anyway?

This painting is the third installment in my “WibbleTrek” series, and as well as the third installment of my Lunchbox Halloween series (I think).

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Next is my Nibblefest entry:

Happy Owloween!
5x5 Oil and Chromacolour on panel
(click to go to auction)

“Trick or Tweet!” OK I know owls don’t say "tweet" but oh well.

So anyway, Shelly's taking her little brother Alex out trick or treating - she's kind of mad because she had other plans and her parents just dumped this on her at the last second. Poor Alex is really scared of all the ghosts and monsters too. ☹

Spam & Trout!

"Second Thoughts"
5x5 Oil & Chromacolour on Panel

Well the "big day" is finally here and Spammy is having second thoughts. Maybe it's not such a good idea for a slice of Spam to marry a trout - after all, don't trout eat Spam? Not that his beautiful bride would ever harm him, but you never know for certain about such matters. Besides, I bet he's really delicious!

Maybe mother was right, he should have married a nice slice of bologna after all...

I created this painting for EBSQ's "Spam & Trout" show.

The Moozles

The Moozles
(click to see the auction)

The spotted calf wants to know your name. Really she does, but don’t get too close! If you look carefully, you can see that those aren’t ordinary spots. Bossy has the moozles (not to be confused with their cousins, the measles) which (from what I’ve read), are super contagious and all kinds of itchy.

I painted this using Genesis heat set oil paints, about which I can't say enough good things. They very well might be my favorite paint now.

Soft and Fuzzy O'Johnson

"Soft and Fuzzy O’Johnson”

They say everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, at least that’s what Soft and Fuzzy Johnson (or should I say Soft and Fuzzy O’Johnson) believes. Personally, I think it’s just an excuse for him to dress up like a leprechaun and drink green beer in the middle of the week.

Tailey

"Tailey"

You know, it's bad enough when you have just one tail that won't shut up - imagine having three! Now imagine that those three tails are really bossy, always telling you where to go, what to do, who not to talk to, etc.! NOW imagine that those three tails are really stupid on top of everything else - I don't think I'd be too happy with that situation, would you?

Tailey was painted for the June Nibblefest contest, our theme is "Things With Tails."

Mr. FluffySpock

I feel like I've been talking about Mr. FluffySpock forever. Well he's finally here, the much-anticipated second installment in my Wibble Trek series.

"Mr. FluffySpock"
in
"The Trouble with Eyeballs"

"Sensors indicate an alien life form approaching ..."

That Mr. FluffySpock! Always futzing about with his tricorder, detecting alien life forms and such. In this pivotal scene, Mr. FluffySpock is about to make contact with an eyePod from the planet Oculus 5 (with results that are sure to send Pankirk and the crew reeling!!) I'm not going to give away the rest of the plot, but I tell you it's a good one!

Live Long and Prospurrrrrr!

Illustration Friday - Parade

It's been a long time since I participated in Illustration Friday, so I thought I'd enter this one since the topic is "Parade":

"The Parade"

3"x3", oil on illustration board

Mr. Sainesbury

Mr. Sainesbury
American Gentleman

Mr. Sainesbury is looking quite proper and dignified in his bowler hat, bow tie and pipe, it's easy to see why the nickname for the Boston Terrier is the "American Gentleman". Of course whoever came up with that nickname obviously never met Mr. Wiggles, the alter-ego of Mr. Sainesbury. In fact, if Sainesbury had gone to medical school, I'd venture to say that these two were the Jekyll and Hyde of Dogdom. In case you've forgotten Mr. Wiggles, here's a recent pic:

Mr. Wiggles*
Unspiration for this painting

Don't get me wrong, we love Mr. Wiggles dearly, he's just not particularly dignified.

Lots of new Wibbleys!

I just listed three ACEO's (trading card sized original oil paintings, also known as ATC's or Artists Trading Cards) on Ebay for the March "Asian Inspired" contest. I have a lot more ACEO's that I've done and will post soon, and tons more in the works.

"Ghost Cat" (Pluto)

All of these ACEO's + the ones I haven't posted yet have been assigned planets. I'll explain that in another post. Anyway this one's Pluto (and yes I still consider Pluto to be a planet).

"Noodle Night" (Saturn)
(the idea for this one came from my husband, Chris!)

"Ho Chung" (Uranus)

"Elephant of Mystery"

This is an 8.5" x 11" drawing by my daughter Violet. This is Violet's first Nibblefest contest, I'm so proud of her!

Please click on the images to see the auctions!