Sir Jeffrey Cox

Here's a portrait of my husband Jeffrey Cox.

Portrait Textile art

I thought would add some photo's of a small series of textiles I made a few years ago whilst I was living back in Vancouver. I was really inspired by Beatrix potters watercolours and the idea of being really small, like teeney weeney! Oh and I love plants! Especially the ones people like to pull out their garden and disregard as a weed. Silly folks. The top image is a portrait of my dear friend Chantelle. Enjoy!

Marie Antoinette photo shoot

There's no tea in here!

Posh people play guitar too you know.

I must laugh like a Lady.

My husband works at a camera store and on the weekend we decided to play dress up.  Of course it was all my idea.  I had recently just watched Marie antoinette (2006) with Kristen Dunst and thought WOW! So I hunted round the house to see how I could pull this off with whatever I owned.  I made the corset 10 years ago, the pink fabric is the table cloths from my wedding and the white hair is a pillow I have drooled over for five years.  Classy I know, but we all need a little fantasy in our lives.

my play space.

I thought you might be interested in seeing where the magic happens, so here's a picture of my little space..note I love Cacti!

Arlan

Arlan is a good friend of mine and he tends to fidget a lot being a drummer n'all! However I did manage to sketch out a drawing of him which will eventually be another painting..here he is so far:

current adventure!

At the moment I've decided to switch from painting from photographs to pursue the avenue of painting from life. In my spare time I like to visit cafe's and wear my big sunglasses to disguise the fact that I am trying to drawing people in their everyday lives. People move alot and I am caring less about imperfections and wrong proportions. And instead focusing on likeness and the colour a person emits. So far I'm having a lot of fun with it and trying not to put myself in a box when it comes to identifying my style. I just want to play! Here's "Bluey" (my first) and the an unfinished portrait of a lady.

portraits

Finished self portrait! yae! This portrait was originally inspired by Alponse Mucha and some photo's I had taken of myself. I really go on this train of painting realistic for a while as I truly admire the works of Lucian Freud. I've also added the original watercolour painting I made.