Sticker Art!

I’ve got quite the selection of stickers in my shop - all but two are holographic .  Which one is your favorite?

If you want to find that favorite in your mailbox on Wednesday, click here.

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Fox Painting

Another FOX?!  YES!  I named him Wind Runner.  I love them!  I’ll post more pics of him tonight but in the meantime I have bunches of photos on my website:

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Winter Landscapes

We’ve been in survival mode for so long since we’ve been FREEZING OUR BUTTS OFF that last night I just had to move some paint around.  Working with my mood I painted these tiny, cold landscapes. 

This morning as I walked past my studio the first sun of the week streamed in and arrested me with this beautiful image of the shadows playing across my desk. 💙 

These tiny pieces are 94% finished.  Only minor focal points to complete them. #texascold #wemightactuallylivenow 

Father, we thank You for your sheltering wings.  Please protect those who are still without power and water and we THANK you for warmer days to come.  AMEN.

New Art - First of 2021!

A new painting - my first painting of this new year.  What could it be?  Can you tell what it is?  More tonight.  Just popped it on my website if you can’t stand the wait. 

colorcatstudios101.etsy.com is my website for your perusing pleasure. :)

In a bit I’m going to post more pics so stay tuned!  What do you think soo far?

Suburban Landscape II

New work! This is Suburban Landscape II, one of three I have in this stunning series so far. They’re all 8”x10” and ‘groovily’ colorful. 💜 Find them at:

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These come in clear, acrylic sleeves for shipment and display, or you can frame them as you would any other watercolor.  See my previous post, a video, showing the color shifty goodness. ♥️

Oooooohhhh, I love how these change with light and angle.

So pretty and sparkly!

New Painting

My newest painting ! I named it ‘Suburban Landscape’ and absolutely LOVE it! I’ll pop it onto my website for sale this afternoon. Details - 8”x10” on heavy cotton rag paper, handmade, color shifting watercolors. 

Check out the changes at dif angles!  $80.00.  Message me if you can’t wait.

LOVE it!!!

The Gnome is HERE!!

What a special Christmas gift!!  Here he is! You can find him here to purchase:

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Aaand... man, if you could help me name this guy I’m sure you’d do a lot better than me.  So far I’ve got ‘Christmas Gnome.’  Pretty boring name, huh?  Help!

Isn’t he just so cute?  I adore him!

There you go! More photos are on my website. :). Think of that very special person that you still haven’t bought a gift for.

Gnome Art :)

All right... the guesses are on.  Can you tell what it is?  I don’t usually post unfinished work but this one’s so... surrealistic that I though you’d enjoy seeing it.  Should we name it now?  All that paint for these colors.  Stay tuned...

Here’s the setup:

And paints...

Running Cheetah Painting

This big beauty is speeding along, kicking up the dirt on a bed of gold.  A very special painting looking for a very special place.  Message me if you’re interested in this beautiful all-archival piece.

It is truly beautiful.

An Artist’s Bookshelf

A little corner of our home featuring some of my art books for your perusing pleasure. And yes, I ADORE gnomes!

More Sketchbook Pages

Continuing my sketchpad digging to find pieces I’ve done on top of backgrounds which I pre-painted. I’m leading my art students through watercolors and we’re sticking to backgrounds only so it’s a little less intimidating. 

I incorporated my molotow chrome marker for this floral so you have to compare photos to see how it reflects.  

Fall Giveaway of Art!

GIVEAWAY?!?! Now that fall is officially here, I will be giving away this acrylic painting! Watch for details. 🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🍂 

Steampunk Clockwork Art

Here are four cards from my new Steampunk Clockwork series. These tiny pieces are now on my website and I’ll post a video soon featuring one so you can enjoy its color-changing goodness. These feature the coolest sealing wax embossing I’ve seen.  My previous post shows all 14 - all different and original yet united by theme.

I just posted them on my website; they come in a sealed acrylic envelope for display. 

Here’s the website:

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Oh man... aren’t they just so pretty?

I love them!  I hope you do too!

Rock Wall Series Painting

Well, this one sold before I got to show you but I thought you might like to see it anyway.  This is the fourth painting in my Rock Wall series and the fourth to sell in so many days.  I can’t keep up with you guys - who knew?  I guess others love plants as much as I do!  I’ll try to post my next one here tomorrow to give you a chance as well before it sells.

You can find a lot of similarly wonderful color-changing art on my website,

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Mixed Media Sketch

Sometimes I just have to get my color out.  This one pretty much did it.  Colored pencil, paint pen and a silver pen. I have a really heavy hand with pencils of any kind and can’t seem to produce any kind of work without breaking them.  I tend to go for the pencils, graphite or colored that are big and fat. For me, they’re a little less prone to breakage and oh... that smooth lay down.

Sketchpad Art!

Ever want to peek inside my sketchpads? These are the inside covers which are a catch-all for life on the run.  Plus I like stickers.  I always hold the front and back covers of my pads for those cool things I want to put somewhere.  Ya know, I need to keep that sticker that came on my peach! 

Often I will fashion a little pocket out of some kind of little bag to keep ticket stubs in and glue it inside the back cover.  I’ve used barf bags from airplanes and tampon bags from ladies’ restrooms.  Every time I open to those I laugh!  

I remember when our oldest three were teens we traveled to Germany.  Everyone had a little black book and we had a competition to see who could collect the most and coolest graffiti stickers in their books.  Our 6’4” son won that battle because, well... he could reach stickers none of us could get to! So many memories in these sketchpads.

By the way, that orange target on this sketchpad that I drew on?  It’s a biodegradable floating target to put in the toilet for little boys to teach them good aim.  Hahaha!!

Art Supplies

I’m curious what your favorite creative supplies are?  I’m pretty sure that mine are ‘whatever is closest to my hand at the moment.’  Even pencils.  I won’t call it ‘the lowly pencil,’ because these days they’re anything but!  I’ve got a really heavy hand, though, so when I’m using pencils I break them all the time.  Like ALL THE TIME.  But it’s okay, because I’m laying down that luscious color.  Yummy!

So you?  Yarn? Cross stitch?  (I’ll let you in on a secret - I absolutely cannot concentrate to count.  I could do neither of these - I’ve tried!!

‘Working Title’ Series

All my life I’ve been a girl that likes sparkly, shiny things and these tiny paintings are really fitting the bill for me. I have a new series coming in about a week.  Right now it’s ‘Working Title Series,’ but I’m thinking about maybe ‘Pathways.’ I want the title to give a feeling of hope.  If you have any good ideas, let me know!  

Every painting will have a rocky, cobblestone path.  Anyway, help me think of a name if you can, aaaandddd, happy Labor Day!

Oh goodness, I love these! These have both holographic and colorshifting paint.  Hard to photograph and much more beautiful in person.

An Artist’s Memories

When I was a kid my parents had some records - you know... those old vinyl records that you put on a record player? 🙂 Several of them were red, green and one was blue.  As a young, thoughtful color-lover that never dreamed she’d grow up to be an artist, I spent hours just holding them up to the light and staring at the colors.  This is one of my favorite plates.  Takes me right back to that childhood of laying on the floor staring through records.  I look back at my young self and see that I have always been a sensitive, color-loving artist, even when I was unaware of it.  Do you have anything that takes you back to your young self?

New Art

Where, you ask, do I get my inspiration?  Well, after spending a whole lot of serious work on these I took a photo that might give you a hint.  

Rocks.  Leaves.  Pine needles.

So pretty!!

The OTHER photos are all of the same painting. 

These are jewel-like and soo pretty.  I wish you could see them in person.  Oh! you CAN!

Here’s where you can find them to make them your own:

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