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Month of Love 2017

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Elisabeth

I was happy to participate yet again in Month of Love 2017 – a yearly month-long celebration of art during February (I also participate in Month of Fear). I did two of the challenges this month, Innocence and Metamorphoses. Their … Continue reading →

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Month of Love

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Elisabeth

I was very happy to be able to participate in this year’s Month of Love. You can see all of the fantastic art at www.monthofloveart.com. Every year, the art gets better and better. The participating artists have been discovering new … Continue reading →

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New Art: Astrifiammante, the Queen of the Night

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Elisabeth

Here is my second painting of the Queen of the Night. She is often given the name Astrifiammante, which means “Star-blazing.” This painting is 11.75 x 19, so pretty large for me! It was painted with watercolor, black ink, matte … Continue reading →

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New Art – Queen of the Night, version 1

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Elisabeth

I had two ideas for paintings of the Queen of the Night from Mozart’s The Magic Flute… so I decided to paint both of them! This is the mini one, it’s only 6 x 8.5. Painted with ink and acryla … Continue reading →

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New Art: “The Monster Realm” book cover

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Elisabeth

Here’s the book cover I created for The Monster Realm by Nara Duffie! Check out the map and chapter headers too, which I posted previously on my blog. This is Nara’s first book – she completed it 11 days before … Continue reading →

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New Art: “The First Night”

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Elisabeth

I started this back in May… and finally finished it!! I’ve been reading some of Richard Burton’s translation of One Thousand and One Nights (thanks, Dad!) and thought of doing a portrait of Scheherazade. I decided to make it more … Continue reading →

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