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"The mind of a artist can always try something different and will create something out of nothing" All of my artwork is copyright protected, may not be reproduced or reprinted without my sole permission. Purchase of work does not transfer copyright. Artist retains all rights. http://marlaakajake.redbubble.com/

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Nite Cap

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Rare find.
Fascinator fancy in armidilo form.
A few cocktails and you will be
happy you had your armor on.







Thursday, December 15, 2011

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another few hours changing another old painting. second time for this one.
the top picture you can see the high gloss from the lighting where as in the second
picture i did not use a flash. the light plays well changing this picture expression from different angles.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

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Today I play here...maybe i will be back to really painting soon.
This is an old painting that i never finished. maybe i will add some more to it
another day. What is important to me is that i picked up my basket of paints and brushes and actually sat for a few hours painting. I have been dreaming of making a huge picture. Something that i can actually paint for a year.

Monday, June 7, 2010

THE MIND OF AN ARTIST

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Vegas gets her close up.
Checking it twice.
Making sure i did forget to paint somewhere ,
which is why i photograph my work.
Much easier to see a small photo of a large painting.
and volia...another one bites the dust..
This one is 30 by 24. One of my smaller ones, but i happened to have an old canvas and 3 days of alone time to paint.

THE MIND OF AN ARTIST

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3 days
"Don't Ask" is finished!
Can you say attitude?

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

SOLD TO THE LADY IN THE BACK

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FINDING THE RIGHT FRAME.
This weekend I went looking for a few frames to work together foran Art Show I am doing this weekend.Boy or boy are the fast frame it places a rip off..well I guess I should of looked sooner, but still the frames I wanted were 600 and up. After almost giving up I found an auction house that I dont know why I went in there..but they had paintings already framed that they sold the frames off them separtely and for very nice prices! I think this is a great idea to share w/any readers out there.Here is Kate and Olivia which I have shown here if you back tract down on my step by step work.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

CLOSET CLEAN

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The ideas are finally here but I had to get the closet out of the way.
Golf tomorrow so maybe I'll start drawing on Tuesday.
Oh Honey Bunny(((((
I know you are laughing..
=(:-+)

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

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Clean your closets or paint a picture.
Why am i even writing this..answer should be easy, right?
Well you have never seen my closet if your answer was here...
and
Painting a picture is easy, but painting an original idea is another thing...
So...?

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

FIGURE 8

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lots of tweeks and more to come.
here is what it will look like on a hallway wall.
Background now painted white and tweeked some more.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Monday, September 22, 2008

Saturday, September 20, 2008

NO. 7

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DAY 5
Now there are seven.
7 is my lucky number so i think i will stop here.
Maybe start to paint on Monday

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

day 2/3/4

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Going to fill the room up with friends
Hello Day 3 and no. 3 friend
And then there were 4
Thanx to Margaret for emailing me and asking me if I'm painting...Well not yet,
but i'm getting closer.
Day 4 now has 5.
Room is filling up. Proportion is what today is about.
Changes made to sizing of 2 woman. Here is where the
computer comes in handy. Why do i see better on the computer
when the picture is right in front of my face? (:-)

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

FALL FASHIONS

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sketch of unkown woman
Time for fall fashions. I noticed this year is such a mix of old and new. Flowers, stripes, plaids, long, short but not above the knee, wide leg, skinny leg, hats big time and so I'm going to design my sketch with mixtures of all of this...so far one lady with stripes, a hat, anklets on top of tights and suede boots that i once had and wore to death. I modified the really short pea coat that is in... to a longer sillouette and i think i will make it a heather tweed. The hat is a combo of a knit like tam with a real hat shape and short leather gloves. more tomorrow.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

POWDER PLEASE

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Since I did the last make over..I thought..why not do another make over from the
same grouping i have. This one I pretty much left alone with some improvements to her looks but i added more paint and heavier gloss again. I really like the heavy gloss for this type of picture.
Before:
After:
 After Again










Monday, September 8, 2008

Oh My Darling Clemintine

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And now for some camera play...I love seeing what other colorways i may of liked also.
I do like the gold tones. I paint most all my faces in either grey or gold..so
this lighter tonal complextion might be something I can feel good about doing.

ACRYLIC PICTURE A RE BORN IN THE MAKING

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I picked up one of my pictures that was hanging in a restaurant for a year now.
I thought i liked it, but now I'm thinking it needs a make over....so today
I am going to try to paint over it and make it more interesting. Here is how
it looks before above. I will work on giving her features a more chiseled look.
I do want to keep her in that glazed stare because this picture is suppose to grab
your attention when you walk into a room. My intentions were to compliment a
very modern stark house w/large walls and sleek furniture. I will post my re do
later today. I welcome comments.
And here is how she looks now:

The new "Clemintine" is finished.
I re painted everything except her ear....
Here is the finished product.
The gloss makes it look great with lighting.
She is ready for sale again.(:-)

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

WHICH SIDE IS THE RIGHT SIDE

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Today I painted the sides of 5 canvases.
I usually paint the sides when I want the painting to wrap (pic above) and continue with
the flow of the picture,
But these painting will need frames or they can stand on their own (which I like)
if I paint the sides black or white or whatever the picture color is. I guess you might think this is a inexpensive way of framing before selling,,,, which it is... But.....
I also think this gives your work a clean look presentation.
Framing is a buyers decision. The home may be contemporary, modern, or old world..and by framing your art, you could detract from the interpretation of the eye of the buyer.
It's really all in
"the mind of an artist"
 which we all are in some way. (:-0)~

Saturday, August 16, 2008

GOING FOR THE GOLD

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IN HONOR OF OLYMPIANS AROUND THE WORLD AND  ALL WHO HAVE WORKED HARD AND SET THEIR MINDS ON WINNING...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Friday, August 15, 2008

BLACK AND WHITE

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since i have not started a new painting i thought i would show you what
i did w/some of my work that lent itself into cards that said something
different in my black and white grouping. these pictures are also available w/out sayings on them as wall art or note cards also.
enjoy your weekend!

Monday, July 28, 2008

Sunday, July 27, 2008

SHOE SHOPPING

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well now i'm thinking she needs something else...maybe this is for a childs room.

how about a rabbit? how about a rabbit with the same helmet hat holding the

same flowers...can you tell this picture is just not me? time to play.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Saturday, July 19, 2008

TEXTURE

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I don't know if you can see it in this picture but the wall covering has a snake skin
feel to it. Trying to give this contempory piece a bit of a deco feel. just have to figure now what to put in the last three pictures and weather i want to make her hair a little wilder. anyone reading this can chime in. thanx!