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22/5/2021 0 Comments

Gracie in the Mondo Grass

This is Gracie, my mum's newest pup. I painted her for Mum and Ian's birthday's this weekend along with Dillon.

Gracie is an adorable little pup, a maltese shitzu.

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22/5/2021 0 Comments

My first painting of Dillon, my childhood border collie. I painted this mini for my mum's birthday, along with Gracie in Mondo Grass.

I was nine-years-old when Dillon joined our family and he was with us for fifteen wonderful years.

A border collie on green grass is one of my favourite images in the world, one I have treasured since I was a little girl with my first border collie Laura.

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9/5/2021 0 Comments

Nanny's Boy

This is my first painting of my border collie Jacob. I wanted to get my mum something for Mother's Day that noted she was a nanna (even if she is only a nanna to a person with four legs), but the shops sold nothing I liked, so at the last minute, I whipped this up. Deadlines work.

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25/12/2020 0 Comments

Mum's Baby

Mum's full size portrait of Timmy. I tried to think of something else to paint for Christmas, but why did I bother when this was really what she wanted?

Timmy came into our lives in November 2005. For the first few years, he was treated more or less like a 'dog'. He even slept outside! But from age five, he started to become Mum's baby. He was the little one she'd turn to and seek comfort from. He'd be on her lap the moment she sat down and started sleeping in her bed. He was spoiled rotten and much loved by our family and all of our friends. He saved us from deadly brown snakes and always told us when there was a rat around. He was the best rat catcher, and even taught my border collie Jacob how to do it! Timmy was such a big part of all our lives right up to the day we sadly lost him in August 2020. He had developed liver lesions and he went to sleep peacefully with everyone he loved around him. That was when I decided I first needed to paint him and I signed up to Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art's Animal Masterclass.

I do believe this will the final painting of Timmy for a while, as we all now have a portrait to remember him by.

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24/12/2020 0 Comments

Julie and Ian's Fishbowl

I decided to use this tutorial from Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art, which I completed earlier this year, as a painting for my mum Julie and her husband Ian for Christmas.

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22/12/2020 0 Comments

Buzz

Buzz is my dad's dog. Last minute inspiration struck days before Christmas when I saw this photo on Facebook and felt the need to paint it.

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20/12/2020 0 Comments

Tiggy's Timmy

A portrait of Timmy painted for my brother for Christmas.

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16/11/2020 0 Comments

Lizzy Loves Music

Lizzy is a King Charles Cavalier featured in my Capell Sister's series. When Lizzy is orphaned, Lea finds herself taking in the heartbroken pooch. Lizzy loves listening to music and is an avid audience for violinist Lea, as she prepares to audition for music school.

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16/9/2020 1 Comment

Cosy Timmy

I completed this mini portrait of Timmy for my mum in honour of his 15th birthday, which he didn't make. Timmy loved curling up in beds and was often found hiding among our pillows. One of my greatest memories will always be of Timmy sneaking into my bed early of a morning after Mum had headed off for work.

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14/9/2020 1 Comment

Coco the Chihuahua

Coco is the chihuahua I plan to include in my next novel, nicknamed Emerald Artists. Her mummy Freya is a painter who meets an animal artist who specialises in pet portraits. Needless to say, Jake will paint Coco in this book. So I needed to have something to inspire me to keep going before I get stuck into Freya and Jake's love story.

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31/8/2020 0 Comments

Picnic in the Gardens

I'm pleased to present my first painting for Almost a Princess! I've been doing some much needed work on this manuscript lately and in downtime, I completed this painting to capture one of my favourite scenes - Larissa and Nikolai's first date.

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21/8/2020 0 Comments

Reunited at Flat Top Hill

Reunited at Flat Top Hill captures the moment in my manuscript Reunited with the Millionaire when Mirabella and Lincoln hike to Flat Top Hill Lookout on Hamilton Island.

I have long since wished to create paintings related to my novels. At first, this wasn't what I had in mind for Reunited with the Millionaire, but I'm glad the idea came to me because I'm exceptionally proud of this painting.

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17/8/2020 0 Comments

Timmy Forever

I did it! A week after expressing the desire to paint Timmy, the painting is complete. Even though I still have a long way to go in honing my new craft, I felt it was important that I painted Timmy now, rather than in a few months. I really enjoyed painting him and I love that I was able to remember my long-time puppy in this way.

Timmy went to sleep on the 5th August 2020 after 14 long years of love.

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12/8/2020 1 Comment

Isabella's First Birthday

Day #11 Prompt with Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art's Artist Challenge. The task was to paint any pupcake. I wanted to also give painting a dog a go, so I drew inspiration from Isabella's first birthday party last month.

Isabella is my mum's maltese. I adore this painting and was pleased to create this piece for my mum. I seem to love painting for others more than I seem to enjoy painting for myself.

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11/8/2020 0 Comments

Victoria and her Goldfish

My first piece completed with Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art. This was the prompt for the Day #10 Artist Challenge.

I joined the Animal Art Masterclass this past weekend to further pursue my painting and build my skills with the focus on animals. Lauren's aim is to help beginner to advanced artists reduce stress through animal art. She has many tutorials that focus on wildlife as well as lessons aimed at learning how to paint your pets, which is my goal.

I was drawn to this prompt because I liked the many different images it included, and I thought the cat was cute.

I have related it to my book by painting the cat to resemble Victoria, my heroine's cat from Bali Holiday.

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10/8/2020 1 Comment

Bali Holiday on Mount Batur

This is my first independent piece inspired by one of my novels!

This image captures my hero and heroine gazing out at the sunrise atop Mount Batur on the morning they meet in Bali.

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5/8/2020 3 Comments

Long-Time Boys

Painted for my mum to commemorate Timmy going over the rainbow bridge to join Dillon playing in perfection forever.

Together, they run in emerald fields where the sky is always blue and tennis balls grow on trees.

Dillon Jacob - 7/9/2000 - 11/11/2015
Timmy Joe - 19/9/2005 - 5/8/2020

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16/2/2020 0 Comments

Anastasia Hamilton

This piece was created at a Wasted Paint class inspired by Picasso's faces. We were instructed through this painting, but were able to choose inspiration from wherever. Some people chose to paint themselves. I, of course, drew inspiration from one of my books.

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11/12/2019 0 Comments

Coffee Date

Painted for my mum Julie and her husband Ian for Christmas 2019.

At first, I had no idea what to paint them. The paintings for my brother and grandparents came really easily, but I thought over this one for a very long time. Drawing on what I'd learned throughout the year, I still couldn't find inspiration.

I don't know how the idea came to me, but I chose to paint 'Coffee Date', symbolising mum and Ian's first date on Townsville's Strand overlooking Magnetic Island.

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10/12/2019 1 Comment

The Family Vases

Painted for my grandparents for Christmas 2019. It took a while to decide what to paint them, but I knew it had to symbolise something about the family. I considered a garden or trees, but then drew inspiration from the pot plant I'd painted at Wasted Paint earlier.

This painting symbolises my family, a vase for each of my grandmother's children and a flower for every grandchild.

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8/12/2019 2 Comments

Snowboarding in Europe

This piece was painted for my brother Chris for Christmas 2019. It captures his love of snowboarding and trips to the ski slopes in Europe.

This was the first painting I completed outside of a class without instruction.

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16/11/2019 0 Comments

Blue Bay

My sixth work completed at Wasted Paint. It was at this class where I was inspired to paint my brother a painting, leading to the collection of works for Christmas 2019.

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26/10/2019 1 Comment

Leafy Pot Plant

Completed at Wasted Paint. We were instructed through how to draw the pot plant and layer the leaves. I decided to add the pretty butterfly.

I used the techniques in this painting to paint The Family Vases.

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1/10/2019 1 Comment

Mirabella's Island

This work was completed at an art class on Hamilton Island with artist-in-residence Elena Parashko.

I attended this class for my book Reunited with the Millionaire, where my artist character Mirabella attends a class whilst holidaying. After my visit, I wrote the scene to involve Mirabella painting an island as well.

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21/9/2019 1 Comment

Jellyfish

Completed at Wasted Paint. This remains one of my favourite paintings from this class.

Again, my love for painting only grew from here.

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Art is a new love of mine. I love creating vibrant, visual pieces of art to brighten up my - and other peoples! - home. While I've always loved being creative with words and dance, I've never been a visual artist. But now, I'm so excited to be exploring this new hobby.

In early 2019, I attended a social paint and sip night in Townsville called Wasted Paint where we are instructed through the basics of a painting. I loved going there, learning new techniques, and seeing the many different paintings that are created by the one prompt. By the end of 2019, I honed everything I'd learned to create paintings for my family for Christmas. Sadly, Wasted Paint was cancelled during the pandemic of 2020.

It wasn't until August 2020 when I picked up a paintbrush again. When my little dog Timmy was diagnosed as terminal and we knew his days were numbered, I decided to do a painting for my mum. It helped me deal with my grief by painting my childhood puppy Timmy at the rainbow bridge where my other childhood dog Dillon was waiting for him. During this, I rediscovered my love for painting and set myself a new goal - to paint Timmy.

That's when I joined Lauren Elizabeth Fine Art's online Animal Art Masterclass. Now, my goal is to paint animals. I also hope to build my skills in landscapes to capture images from my books. And that's the story so far!

So this is just a little blog where I share the paintings I've created.

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Gracie in the Mondo Grass

Dillon

Nanny's Boy

Mum's Baby

Julie and Ian's Fishbowl

Buzz

Tiggy's Timmy

Lizzy Loves Music

Cosy Timmy

Coco the Chihuahua

Picnic in the Gardens

Reunited at Flat Top Hill

Timmy Forever

Isabella's First Birthday

Victoria and her Goldfish

Bali Holiday on Mount Batur

Long-Time Boys

Anastasia Hamilton

Coffee Date

The Family Vases

Snowboarding in Europe

Blue Bay

Leafy Pot Plant

Mirabella's Island

Jellyfish

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