Saturday, November 28, 2009

Vacation = More Painting!

I work in a school and that leaves me little time to paint, so I've taken full advantage of my three days off. I finished a commission and worked on several others...

Jody's Commission is done!


These two are from my photo contest. I couldn't resist painting both of these!


I also joined a gym today and about passed out from my free initial personal trainer consultation. Being an artist does not go well with staying in shape!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

I've started painting..

I was so excited about some of the poll entries that I've already gotten started...


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Rachel will paint a siamese cat next!

Congratulations Julia, your photo won! You will get a free print of your picture and first dibs at the original.



Everyone get their pictures submitted to my facebook group for a chance to win in the upcoming December poll! Please no copywrited photos and please only add 5 photos per contest. I often paint more than one of the pictures featured in the poll because I just can't resist, so please don't enter your photos if you would not want me to use your photo as a subject.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

99 cent auctions

I just listed several 99 cent auctions for some holiday shopping fun!

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Llama Painting...

11 x 14"

This is a watercolor painting of a llama I met at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC. Don't those eyes just draw you in?

Sunday, November 15, 2009

"Sweet Dreams" - New Painting

Here's my latest little piece - "Sweet Dreams"

It's 8 x 10" This is a painting of my friend Karin's kitties. Her beautiful photos have been featured several times on webshots - check out all her gorgeous cats!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

I was featured in a blog...

Thank you Celine for featuring me in your wonderful siamese cat blog siams.wordpress.com

I'm sorry I haven't been around too much - this recession has made my work crazy. I'm a social worker in a school and it keeps me busy to say the least! I love my work, but I love my art too, so I'll be posting new things soon. I have finished several paintings and had a show, and all my work was very well received. Here are two more of the paintings I finished for the show...




The originals will be available exclusively on www.rachelsstudio.com, when I get around to having time to put them on there : ) Can anyone relate??


Sunday, November 08, 2009

Christmas Goodies now available

These two images will soon be available through Siamese Rescue for this year's Christmas cards. The originals are here and here, exclusively only on rachelsstudio.com!


These three images are available as Christmas cards through rachelsstudio.com


I also have all sorts of cool goodies that would make great Christmas gifts at http://www.cafepress.com/rachels_studio If you don't see what you want, just ask me. I can put almost any of my prints on anything!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Come meet me!

November 6th I'm having a show at Village Artists Gallery in Columbia SC. It will be from 6-8 pm and there will be food, wine and great art. I'm unveiling several new paintings that night, so I hope you can come visit. I'd love to meet you!

As a special thank you to my patrons, I'm offering the following original for $1. I appreciate all the wonderful people I've worked with and I hope you know I love all of you!


Click on the picture to bid - right now it's only $1!!!


Here's the latest painting. It was a winner in my Facebook Photo Contest. If you'd like to enter your photo to win, please upload it here.



Click on the photo to buy a print. To inquire about the original please email me at r1achel at yahoo dot com. That's a one after the r.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

More framed art...

Here is a painting I just finished. It's about 40" x 18" and I've entitled it "Curious Cows II"

The original is available exclusively through my online gallery.


I'm having so much fun seeing how my art looks framed on Imagekind.com, I have to share! Here's another one...

Saturday, October 17, 2009

New way to buy my art!


Now you can choose from 100s of options to frame my art just the way you want. Just go to http://rachelsstudiodotcom.imagekind.com/ and choose from the images I've uploaded. If there is a favorite painting of mine that you would like to frame, just let me know and I'll add it! This option uses Aegean Rock Grey Frame with Bridgewater and Coal mats.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

And the winner is...

Congratulations to the winner, Playful Kitten! You'll win a free print and first dibs at the original painting. For the rest of you, your pictures were gorgeous and I wish I could paint all of them! Keep posting your pictures in my group, and we'll have another contest next month!


Here is one of the paintings I've been working on. It's Lake Murray, with Martin Island in the distance. Every summer thousands of Martins come there to roost, providing a fine evening spectacle every night for boaters.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Vote now in the new poll!!

Finally I think I've caught up enough to start a new poll. I've got several paintings that are ALMOST done that I will share soon. Until then, vote in the poll, and invite your friends to do so as well! The winning photo will be painted by me and the owner will get a free print, with first dibs at the original. If you want to enter my next photo contest, put your photos on my facebook group here.

Good luck everyone!!!

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Sweet little Siamese watercolor painting

I just finished another little watercolor painting of three siamese cats. The prints and original are available here and here.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

More painting ideas...

Thinking of maybe doing some watercolor paintings of flowers. I just took these pictures of a flower I found while out walking...