Louise's ARTiculations
Custom wood slice portraits are unique gifts. Two more wood slices are on their way to the USA along with Patches, the cat. Such a cute trio they are! Teddy and Annabel are Mini Aussiedoodles, a breed I had not … Read More
Apprehensive Amalia at 33 years old. This week’s vintage sketch is based on a small, blurry passport photo (see below) taken in January 1934, a few weeks before my grandmother sailed from Genoa, Italy, to North America. During the … Read More
Connecting through social media. Warning! This is a rather long post, even for me. Depending where you are in this world, you might get yourself comfortable and have a cup of coffee or a glass of wine in hand before … Read More
Celebration and Tiny Dancer are florals on recycled wood and paper. Like most artists, I hate throwing anything out. For instance, I have used old leftover yarn as underpainting for a floral. I dunked the old yarn in puddles of … Read More
A painted memorial portrait of Sophie, our Maltese, for keeps. Sophie has the look I remember so well in this recently painted memorial portrait. She was always known for her “bug eyes” especially when we first brought her home because … Read More
Lola, a first pastel pet portrait. Thank you to an Instagram follower who proposed Lola as a name for this cat. A special thank you to my followers for your excellent suggestions. (First published in May, 2019 and revised … Read More
A client describes how a painted portrait differs from a photograph… You might ask yourself why have a portrait painted of your sweet fur companion when you have so many excellent photographs? I will let one of my clients who … Read More
Art journals can bring us closer to our goals. How do art journals bring us closer to our goals? They allow us to daydream, to write how we see our future selves, to plan for the days and months ahead. … Read More
