Alien Portrait #1

A small little portrait of one of my aliens.  Done using cake watercolors this time instead of gouache (so I can work in front of the TV sometimes). Watercolor on watercolor paper. 7.5″ x 9″

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Abstract – “Deep”

Another of my alien creatures abstracts.  I haven’t decided if I like this one or not.  I had the idea in my head but the final result just doesn’t match.  Just need more practice, I guess. Also need a better scanner, too.  This image is way brighter than the painting actually is. Gouache on watercolor […]

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Abstract – “Untitled”

Latest abstract piece done in gouache.  I’ve had it on the board for a while now with the background done and over the weekend, finally sat down to finish the alien creature-things there.  I still need to pull it off the board and trim the edges to remove the staple holes.  I’m rather pleased with […]

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Happy Valentine’s Day 2014!

Felt compelled to offer up a heart to celebrate the day.  Enjoy!    

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Postcard Swap #2 – January 2014

So it’s time for another postcard swap as organized by Dawn Diamantopoulos.  I was pretty eager to sign up again this time around and had been planning what I wanted to do for a while now.  As usual, that changed once I actually started working on the postcard, but I’m very happy with how it […]

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The Saturday Series – “Turn in the Road”

Over the past year, starting on 26 JAN 2013 and going through 18 JAN 2014 I’ve been taking a photo each Saturday morning of the turn in the road I live on. I’ve been posting them on Google+ under the tag #SaturdaySeries and now that the year is up, I made an animated gif of […]

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Medallion

I have no clue where I come up with my titles.  This is a digital abstract piece done in Photoshop CS5.  Sometimes I think doing abstracts digitally is almost cheating, although I know it’s not.  What digital does make easier is shifting parts of the artwork in a circle or on a curve.  I haven’t […]

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Postcard Swap – July 2013

Now that July is over and the postcard is in the mail, I figured I should post about it. The postcard swap was organized by Dawn Diamantopoulos over on Google+ and I decided to take part. Basically, she assigned names to each artist who joined up and the task was to create an original piece […]

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I live!

And I’m now under my “real” name. It feels weird to make the change from posting as “Lori” versus posting as “Rhyssa” since I’ve been using my online alias for so many years. Plus the whole starting on the internet (in gaming, no less) back when keeping your anonymity was the way to go. Along […]

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