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!

I've started painting..

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

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What should Rachel of www.rachelsstudio.com paint next?

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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.

99 cent auctions

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

Choose My Next Painting!

What should be Rachel's next painting?

• Tabby on the Grass
  
• Walk in the Woods
  
• Boxer Baby
  
• Siamese with Flowers
  
• Sunlit Tabby
  
• Kuper in the Sun
  

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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?

"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!

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??

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!

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.

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...

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.

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.

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!!!

What should Rachel Paint Next?

• Foal
  
• Maine Coon
  
• Siamese on Chair
  
• Hound
  
• Tabby in the Sun
  
• Two Siamese
  
• Lab
  
• Siamese on Floor
  
• German Shepherd
  
• Dog in Surf
  
• Playful Kitten
  

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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.

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...

The makings of a painting...

I want to do a painting of Lake Murray, so I was rummaging through my pictures last night. Nothing seemed to work, so the final image I'll work with is the blend of 5 pictures you see here...


This is Lake Murray in South Carolina at Bomb Island. In the summer, thousands of Martins come to roost here at night. As the sun goes down, it's quite the spectacle; the birds circle the island in ever descending circles until they finally settle in. It's like a hurricane of birds and is beautiful to behold.

Siamese Cat watercolor "Habib"

Just finished this one...

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Another winner of the random drawing...

Congratulations Jane C! You won a free goody for wishlisting me on Trazzler. It's not too late for more people to wishlist me, just click on this link and wishlist my story, "Lolling on the Yulong", and I'll be doing another random drawing in a couple days : )

And the winner is...

Carolyn in TN - post a comment here and let me know your addy so I can send you your goody! If you didn't win tonight, don't despair, there's another drawing Friday night! Read below to see how to enter! And remember, if you find 5 people to vote for me, I'll send you a print of your choice from http://stores.ebay.com/rachels-studio

Thanks to you all, I'm number 9. Let's go for #1!!!

First you go here...
http://www.trazzler.com/signin

You can sign in with Facebook or create a Trazzler account. Once you do that, go here...
http://www.trazzler.com/trips/yangshuo-in-guilin-guangxi-cn

Under the picture click on the green button that says "add to wishlist"

Once you wishlist me, you'll automatically be added to the random drawing I do every 3 nights for a free goody.

Win prizes and help me win a trip to NYC!!!!

Help me and win goodies!
Way #1 - Wishlist my trip on trazzler and get your name entered in the random drawing every 3 nights to get a goody
Way #2 - Get 5 of your friends to wishlist my trip. For every set of 5 friends, I'll send you a free print. Got 20 friends? That would be 4 free prints!! See below for details...

I was nominated as a semifinalist on trazzler for a story I wrote about one of the places I went to on my honeymoon. (Before my life as an artist, I wanted to be a travel writer). If you wishlist me, I'll put your name in a drawing, and every three days I'll draw a name and send that person a goody in the mail. The list of prizes include an original painting, cards with envelopes, and prints. If you win, you are welcome to choose what kind of picture you like. I don't want to send a cat to a dog lover. At the very end of the contest, September 14th after 8 pm, I'll put ALL the names in for a drawing of an original painting.

Sound like fun? Let's get me a $10,0000 trip to NYC!!! If I win, I'll send EVERYONE a goody! So go to www.trazzler.com/trips/yangshuo-in-guilin-guangxi-cn and click on the green wishlist button under the picture of the Yulong River. You'll have to sign up for Trazzler first, but if you have a Facebook account, you can directly connect and be a member automatically, so it's very easy! The first drawing for a goody will be tomorrow night. After you're all signed up, go to my trip and wishlist me! It will show who has wishlisted me, so it is from that list that I will draw names for the free goody. If you have five friends wishlist me, and they tell me they are your friend, I'll send you a free print of your choice. For every set of five friends, I'll send you a free print.