Stumpy Runs Away

Stumpy Runs Away

5" x 5"

Oil on Masonite Panel

I don’t know if you remember, but the last time we saw Stumpy he wasn’t the happiest of tree stumps.  Well I’m happy to say that Stumpy has since taken matters into his own roots:  he packed up his knapsack & teddy bear, put on his Sunday hat and ran away to join the circus!  I’m thinking he might make a good lion tamer, or maybe even a trapeze artist!  Wasn’t there a song about that?  “He glides through the air with the greatest of ease, that daring tree stump on the flying trapeze…”

This is my entry in the April Nibblefest contest, our theme this month is TREES!  Please click here to go to the auction.

29 Faces Round III - Face 3

Face #3

The Party

2x2.5, Oil on canvas panel

 Sure hope someone else shows up.

29 Faces Round III - Face 1

Well I'm doing the 29 Faces in February challenge again!  Here's Face #1:

Face #1

Violet

2 x 2.5"

Oil on canvas panel

This time around all of my faces will be oil paintings on tiny 2x2.5" canvas panels.  I will also offer them for sale, probably in my ETSY shop but possibly some will go on eBay as well.  I plan to list a week's worth every Saturday, so if you'd like to be notified when they're available please let me know your email address.

Violet, sideways

Here's the link to the 29 Faces Blog (I think, hope this works):

29 Faces: Days 12 - 17, Parade of the Baby Elements

Catching up (again)

OK I've gotten way behind with these 29 faces and will attempt to catch up here - I've actually been working all along but haven't found the time to post.

These six faces were part of my Nibblefest entry, our theme for May was "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water."

Parade of the Baby Elements

Faces 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17

8 x 4; oil on canvas

 It’s nighttime, and you know what that means!  Well in case you don’t, it’s when Earth, Air, Fire, and Water go on parade. and if you’re lucky you just might see them march by!   This is a sweet little scene from happier days when the elements used to play nicely together.

Here comes Earth (leading the parade on his unicycle) followed closely by Air and Fire, who was even then keeping a safe distance from Baby Water (so cute in diapers he always had a hard time staying dry)!   This was long before Water gave himself that pretentious title,  “Universal Solvent” and everything went to hell in a handbasket.

And what’s a parade without an audience?  I do believe that’s Lunchbox I see, trundling up the hill to watch the show.  Good ol' Lunchbox!

Artist retains all copyrights.   

 "Parade of Baby Elements" © Elizabeth Victoria Knowles, 2012   

29 Faces Challenge - Day 22

Presenting face 22, another WIP of sorts - almost but not quite done:

Face 22

Oil on Illustration Board

3x3

FULL moon?  I thought you said FUR moon?!!!

29 Faces Challenge - day 13

Here for day 13 I've painted Nuwitness, a little white cat we used to have.

Face 13

Oil on YUPO

1.5" x 2"

I'm not really happy with how this came out - it's not a very interesting painting, but oh well. I guess they can't all be winners.