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"Sketching. Possible next painting. "

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"Duchess right side paintings. "

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"Duchess left side painting. "

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"Idea for a 3 piece wood painting. Still playing with it. "

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"Sketch of new piece- "Hopeless Romantic""

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The Rainbow Connection

One day we'll find it. The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

Merry blitzmas!

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Completed and sold!

Delightful ornament for the holidays.

For the holidays...

Newest addition.

I'm BACK!

My birthday is this week. I've gone through a period of severe depression and isolation. Within this period, I distanced myself from friends, loved ones, uninspired, and became someone I'm not. It wasn't until recently when my partner said they didn't like the new Spencer. I agree. I don't really like what I've recently become.

I remembered the days from a few years ago when my partner and I would put on a movie; I'd sit and paint and he'd be there with me... just enjoying each other's company. I realized my wishing for that again depends on me. I became what I am and I can change it.

I am truly lucky to have such an amazing person in my life. He inspires me so much. I inspire him. Life is too short to worry about the little stuff. It's focused on creation, love, and laughter. Why fear the future? as long as I'm doing what makes me happy with the person I love... I don't need anything else.

Inspiration... I've been lucky to have 3 muses in my life;
Rachel Lisi
Nick Horan
Gina (Raven)
For these three I am exceptionally grateful. I've created so many wonderful things because of them. Gina always can give me the edge I need. Rachel always had inspiring names that she'd tell me for me to create into a figure. and Nick, well, Nick brought color into my life. All three have pushed me to be my very best.

I'm now inspired to go back to some old ideas I had a few years ago and tweak some of them. I received amazing Christmas gifts this year that have given me inspiration overload. I will be expanding on my women of color series. I have a bunch of small one character painting that I want to create just for fun and for cheap.

I'm smiling a lot after this past weekend, the grey clouds have cleared, and I have a happy face on.

Thank you for those (2 of you ) that read this. :)
-Spencer

Anka

NEW 2011 Holiday Ornament

I was inspired today while watching Disney's Fantasia.

Why not

A new venture... New mediums

Updates

So, ball jointed dolls are in my immediate future. Looking online... They go for well over $100.00. I must need do! It was the next step in my doll maker evolution.

Minotaur process:

Brick border on all three sides of panel 1

Piece by piece. So much red...

Current work in progress continued...

Current work in progress...cont.

Current work in progress..

NEW ITEM! POSTCARDS!!!!

Well, after waiting for 3 weeks (I chose slow delivery time)... the postcards that I was just trying out, came out brilliantly! I have three sets on Etsy right now. I'm trying to see which set gets the most views and which will be the first sold. That will probably be the series that I order again in the future.

I have a feeling I'll be making many more postcards in the near future.
Please check them out and let me know what you think.. which is your favorite set... or if you think the set should have something else in it.

Blasts from a not too brilliant past!

So, the best thing about cleaning out portfolios and stacked canvases... Is finding these old pieces of an old style. These paintings were training pieces for me.

Now and back then...

The newest acrylic that I've been working on based off of a poem written about characters within a traveling circus. My twins entitled, "Solange and Félez".
The interesting thing about this piece is that I've painted it before as an oil. It was the fourth oil painting that I ever did. And it was unfinished. The original doubled in size and still retained the intent. However, it didn't turn put in the direction I needed it to go. So, 5 years later, I'm doing it the right way.

Current work in progress.

Two new bird pieces for the show...

"Jail Bird Blues"

"My cart! My CART!"

Belinda the pigeon bag lady. Latest of my bird people series.

New ideas for pieces

Showing dual personalities. Two images of the same person with both characters. I think I'll use actual models ( style will be a cross between hermit and mistress of time).

Real models? What? Yeah, I need to get my portrait skills back in shape.
Any interested parties should respond. First idea is the charlatan.
Charlatan: A charlatan (also called swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or some similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, fame or other advantages via some form of pretense or deception.
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Sophia

Three Sisters

The bird paintings. A new thing I'm trying.

Miss Birdadette

There's birds in the Attic Again

Next?

Duchess continues.

The Duchess/ construction

Construction continues...

Duchess... Keeps it coming.

Hatter anyone?

 

Duchess, thus far

1 of 3 fabrics attached (underskirt).
21 3/4 inches tall.

Step by step

Slowly the Dutchess takes form.