Tuesday, February 17, 2015

GUARDIAN OF THE GRAVEYARD ~ AN OLD FRIEND


Someone was watching me and it wasn't a human at least I don't think he was. He appeared to me one day while I was shopping in the area and totally took me by surprise. I had a strange feeling of being watched by someone close by but no one was around except the graveyard, the trees and me. And then when I looked up into the tree that was towering behind me he was looking down. Although at first he spooked me I now find he is an old friend whose company I welcome when I visit the vacant grounds. He is such an old soul at heart : ) and does quiet a fine job guarding the old graveyard.

Photographs are available on SOCIETY6 


GUARDIAN OF THE GRAVEYARD




AN OLD FRIEND





Until Later,
Annabelle

Thursday, February 12, 2015

A IS FOR ANNABELLE




A perfect signature logo/avatar for initialing my artwork and placing on my blogs and shop sites.

A is for Annabelle and the fish symbolic to my astrological sign PISCES. 

I wrote Annabelle inside the A on the fish. 

Can you see it?



And one with 2 Annabelle





Until Later,
Annabelle

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

MICETTO HILL




So here is the landscape painting where Micetto was sitting on the hill and looking out to the moon and starry sky dreaming in ~ON THE EDGE OF A DREAM


The painting originally had a mouse on the hill but with the magic of Photoshop I removed him and added Micetto (Elliot our big fat house cat) instead. I also lit up the stars and the quaint cottage down in the valley.
Very happy with this dreamy landscape titled 

Oooh and by the way, I thought you might like to know where the pet name for Elliot originates. Pope Leo XII had a kitty cat whose name was Micetto, Italian for kitty cat.

MICETTO HILL is available on SOCIETY6

“There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart. Pursue these.”
— 
Michael Nolan


Maybe this artwork has caught your heart.

 MICETTO HILL ~ Art and Canvas Prints available on SOCIETY6




Artwork on SOCIETY6 can be purchased on Canvas or Print  as well as Mugs,  Laptop, iPhone Skins, Tote Bags, Pillows, Shower Curtains and many more items. 




Until Later,
Annabelle

Saturday, February 7, 2015

ON THE EDGE OF A DREAM






 Our big fat house cat Elliot was the model for this adorable fat cat. Both the moon and the cat were taken from two of my previous paintings and incorporated into a digital design. I think Ellie looks even cuter than before in his cow-like patches.



ON THE EDGE OF A DREAM PRINTS AVAILABLE ON SOCIETY6 

             

Friday, February 6, 2015

A DREAM PILLOW SO I DON'T HAVE TO DREAM ALONE

So I don't have to dream alone ……





While I was designing this graphic illustration of a blue moon and ghost cat in a tuxedo I never thought past the art print until I posted it up on Society6. Then when my daughter was looking at the Society6 Shop page she remarked how she thought ‘Blue Moon’ would make a PUURRFECT PILLOW.....A PUURRFECT DREAM PILLOW!
Glad I took her advice, love it’s whimsical look. 

The pillow for sale on SOCIETY6 doesn’t come with the insert so you’ll have to buy it separately but what’s really nice about it is the zippered pillowcase can be easily cleaned and another bonus is you can keep a secret tiny dream pillow inside it.

Now when you go to sleep at night you wouldn’t have to dream alone; you’ll have a dream pillow to keep you company on your nocturnal journey into the fairytale land of nod. 

Do you believe in Magic?
Believe in the Magic of a Dream Pillow for whatever herbal potion you mix you’ll dream!


Magic Potion Blends by Jim Long

.Stress-Reducing 
.Pleasant Dream 
.Romantic Dream
.Creative Dream
.Travelling Dream
.Great Outdoors
.Holiday
.Prophecy

A few links to the history and making of Dream Pillows enjoy!









As you drift away to sleep
Hold the mystic pillow tightly
Enchanted fairies dance around
Enjoy those vivid visions nightly 

Later as the morning breaks
Those magic dreams begin to fray
Only then if you believe
Will nights enchantments fill your day 

~Annabelle

And now I'll go to sleep and dream again with a poem, a song and Dream Pillow next me....maybe hubby too : )


Sweet Dreams
Annabelle



Monday, February 2, 2015

BLUE MOOOOOOON ~ Bom Ba Ba Dang Dang Ding Dong Ding Blue Mooooooon


Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone
Without a Dream in my Heart
Without a Love of my own

Blue Moon, you knew just what I was there for......




 "In Pussy Cat Heaven I thought my chances be better in finding true love."

Poor Pussy Cat all dressed in a fine black tuxedo but has no date.

Two very familiar faces; Dirt the Ghost Cat and Blue Mooooooon are originally from an early painting I did titled ' A Midnight Chat'. Another cat, our big fat house cat Elliott, eventually replaced Dirt.
So I thought I would give Dirt and Blue Mooooooon  a new place to haunt. 
Always loved the song ' Blue Mooooooon' and so here is another 'Blue Mooooooon' in a digital /painting. 

Hope you like it.
Available for purchase on Society6 

Until Later,
Annabelle


And here is Blue Mooooooon courtesy of Nick Milano Youtube 

Friday, January 30, 2015

Always Kiss the Moon Goodnight




Graphic Design / Painting 

Gallery quality GiclΓ©e print on natural white, matte, ultra smooth, 100% cotton rag. acid and lignin archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom trimmed with 1" border for framing. 
Different sizes available. Available on  SOCIETY6




Tuesday, January 27, 2015

CABINET OF OLD SECRET LOVES ~ SOCIETY6 SHOP & BANNER




So what do you think? 

A simple Shop Banner for my shop CABINET OF OLD SECRET LOVES  on SOCIETY6. Nothing fancy, just a sign with my shop's name on it and a photograph I took of a stained glass Lovers Eye and Spider Pendant I made.

Didn't take me long to make, under an hour but once you know your way around Photoshop this banner can be done in a 1/4 of the time it took me. Out of practice I'm afraid.

Mean while I need to check on the correct dimensions required by Society6 to upload jpegs of artwork for printing. I want to make sure they are of the highest quality before they are ready for purchase. 

Until Later,
Annabelle

Monday, January 26, 2015

❤ SECRET WINDOW ❤



❤ SECRET WINDOW ❤



The year was 1786. King George IV had the artist Richard Cosway paint the eye of his secret lover , Maria Fitzherbert ; only he and his inamorata knew the secret.

The Lover's Eye became popular during the reign of King George IV when he commissioned an artist to depict a rendering of his secret lover's eye to wear in a locket secretly keeping her identity unknown.

Love, in many cases of marriage was non existent and therefore affairs of the heart were conducted in obscurity and concealment from the public eye. To keep one's love a secret and close to their heart, they wore an affectionate reminder, in this case the eyes of their paramour inside a secret locket.

Clandestine Lover's Eye Love Tokens were all the rage in 18th and 19th century. And why not , they were the perfect secret love keepers. They were virtually impossible to ever give the secret identity of the lover away!

Because of my undying adoration for eyes , spiders, webs, Victorian Gothic Ghostly Tales , EDGAR aLLAN pOE and black I dreamed up this Secret Lover's Eye series ,actually a "Haunted Secret Lovers Eye Collection".

New to my Haunted Secret Lovers Eye Collection 

 ~ SECRET WINDOW ~


This Lover's Eye is A PRINT OF AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF AN ORIGINAL CHARCOAL ILLUSTRATION .


A charming, whimsical and mysterious Love Token popularized by London High Society during late 1700's.

This art work will certainly strike up a conversation of curiosity both for the art work and it's inspiration.


If interested in purchasing this art print of a

❤ SECRET WINDOW ❤ 




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