Last oil piece for the new year~

Or is it? :D

Ann Gale show at Dolby Chadwick

If u were in SF this month, you r in luck! A new found favorite contemporary artist of mine, Ann Gale, is having a solo show at Dolby Chadwick gallery~ Go check out the show! Photos just don't do them justice~

Happy Thankgiving!

Hey friends! hope everybody has a happy Thanksgiving! Some new paintings to share, hope you like them~

new Oil~

7 hours:

The color is strange, :S i wish i take better pics! Oh well maybe when i get my iphone~

APE weekend!

I had a great weekend at APE! A lot of ppls from Pixar and old and new friends! Also got to hang out with the great Barron Storey and watch him work~ amazing.

So here are some photos from Ape and some paintings from the past two weeks~! Hope u like them!

P.S. there's this wonderful gentleman who bought items from me at Ape today, Sunday. I am sorry to say that I got confused and charged you 18 dollars more! Please write in the comment/email me and name me the two items you bought, and I will happily mail you a check and the two postcards you wanted as my apology!

Oil painting workshop~

Hi friends, I was pretty busy for a couple of months and skipped out on many oil painting workshops~ Now I am back~ :D

                                                                                Oil, 4 hrs

RIP Sergio Toppi(1932-2012)

One after another, these graphic novel masters left us this year(Searle, Moebius and now Toppi). Let us remember them.

I did some searches on Google Art Project after work tonight, thinking it would keep me happy and occupied despite the sad news. And of course, it did the trick: I found so many new images and can't get off of it till, well, now, like 4 hours later. So be very careful and only go here when you have the time to spare, or if u weren't as greedy as me~! ;P

http://www.googleartproject.com/

And here  are some gems!

Ships of San Diego~

Hi Friends~ I was at Eidolon Fine Arts booth, 4504 Comic Con International this weekend~! The turn out this year was as crazy as usual, and Eidolon did really great at the show, we are thinking of two tables next year! :D Glad to have seen many old friends and made new ones!

When i wasn't at the booth - which was more often than not, cause the weather outside is so enticing - i was out on the harbor enjoying the fresh seafood and doing some watercolors~ There's nothing like painting outdoors~!

Hope you enjoy them,
Shelly

Dream II

                                                                   Work in progress

 (Having amazing bizarre dreams lately~ Going to try and document some random bits of them here. After all, don't dreams and art spun from the same thread?)

 I had a dream.

"You just missed him." The driver looks me slyly as the car takes a sharp turn. He's referring to the huge black cat that just ran passed, who I have a inkling is something(one) else.

I walked into this crowded temple built from slabs of rough white stone. The people are murmuring and shouting in anger: "The holy water is tampered!" The stream is not small, and cupped with gold. There are some twigs and leaves inside but nothing else.

 In front of me there's a brilliant woven carpet, the gold threads shining. "Look, this thread is you. and the carpet is the whole &(&^*^." Someone says. In front of me the pattern starts to change. my thread turns from blue to red, but it's almost unnoticeable among the fast emerging and subsiding patterns. Suddenly, the whole upper right corner of the carpet seems to deepen in color to a rich black, and the thread on that part disappearing and losing in color. "That's a genocide." The man tells me.

Tuesday night Painting~

Another 2 week painting session from painting workshop~

Oil 8 hours

Best best,
Shelly

Art for Japan Auction ending TOMORROW!!

Hi friends!

The Artist Help Japan One Year anniversary auction Lot 2, which my painting is a part of, is Ending tomorrow!! Please don't miss the chance to do some good and grab rare memorabilia and original artwork from Pixar's Artists/Directors! :D

Click here to bid on my painting~!

Click here to see all Lot 2 Items~!

Thank you so much!

Shelly W

Art for Japan~

UPDATE: Auction now open! All proceeds go to benefit the Japan Tsunami recovery efforts! Please help spread the word and bid generously:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=160759082271

This is a piece i just finished this Tuesday, I am donating it for the "Artists Help Japan" 1 year Anniversary Auction. There are many Pixar artists/directors art and items available for this great cause too. Make sure you check out the official site and go on Ebay to bid! :D

Here are some previews:

First oil in the new year~!