Red Verigated Canary

This Verigated Red Canary (I painted him from a Bird Book) is hanging in my lounge and I have always enjoyed him. He was painted a few years' ago now and as I was researching my photo files for some birds which were to be posted on another site, I thought I would post this one here.

Close up of Red Canary

A "close up" of the bird.

Cat on a Brick Wall

This cute little fantasy cat is sitting on top of a brick wall.
He has a gold collar on, but maybe it doesn't show up in the small photograph.
I have just learned how to do the brick work - and found it fun to do!
The edge of the tile is ground in bronze metallic.

Lotus Plate

Love this piece of art! I originally did a class with Tatiana from Switzerland, but unfortunately my plate broke in the kiln during the very first fire. It is something I have always wanted to paint again . . . . . so here it is, 4 years later!
The background is bronze lustre, with a band of blue iris on the next fire.

The gold leaf in the middle has been undercoated with acid etch and then the veins scratched out. It was then covered with liquid bright gold.

Chipping Off powder was applied to the bottom left leaf, which is also covered with lbg. The swirls are lbg over the top of I-Relief. Hope you can see the enamel embellishments on this piece.

Bisque Egg

This little bisque egg is just 2 and 1/2 in length . . . . it was poured by my china painting friend in Seattle, U.S.A. The gold work separating the ruby bottom from the pale pink top (painted with ruby roses) is texture paste from Jean Beebe (also from the U.S.A.)
When fired, the texture paste separates and forms sort of nuggets, and after it is covered with liquid bright gold is quite effective in certain places on certain pieces!

Gift dishes

I hope this picture comes out clear enough to view! It is presently evening, and I took a chance in taking the picture and posting it on my blog. These little 3" dishes I painted for a hostess gift for a "Guess who is coming to dinner" event tomorrow night. (25th June, 2011)
I am thinking there could be 3 ladies at the dinner - hence a wee gift for each of them!
(Of course, if you click on the pic it will enlarged a little)

Bone China Vase

Here is my lovely Bone China Vase which was fashioned by my USA friend Walt, and which I purchased from him at the Nashville IPAT Show in 2008 and have just now finished painting it.
I wanted to show off the lovely side handles and also the lovely design top and bottom of the vase, without making the vase too busy. I painted just a simple design of roses as an elongated design on the front of the vase . . . . and only a simple bud on the back of the vase. When I went to outline the rose design on the edges it spoilt the whole elegant look of the vase so I decided to leave the edges plain, but with a small amount of enamel to embellish the roses.