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Plant yourself!

Well guess who is back in the studio again? Me. And my blog is still orange and green because Ive had no time to update yet. But I started a new painting and Im loving being back in the swing of things. You might recognize the pink cloud stuff from when I was working on pink clouds for my Idaho trip. The canvas kept staring at me with its pink clouds and I kept envisioning white birds set against that periwinkle blue.
I'm cranking on it some more today (that is just a detail shot btw its a 48" wide x 36" height canvas). This weekend is some serious nose to the grindstone work on paper leaves project for work.
Just wrapped up 3 of these layered wood pieces for a hotel project. I like the way they look and I got to design them from scratch and paint them... and they were a pain in the butt- but rewarding to see in the end. They totally remind me of my wood art project that I need to get back to.
(Tomato plant my friend gave me)
Enjoying slightly cooler temps today and marvelling at my plants looking so good right now. I'm a notorious plant serial killer- but somehow this cool tomato plant is thriving...as is my potato plant and my cactus, ivy and vine thing. I'm talking about plants because I got disconnected from MY art for awhile and they are all plant-centric Nature connected. My plants are reminding me where I need to be.
See? PLANTS! 
The Peony Power kicks are currently my top selling shoe design. I've heard that the asymmetrical design Im working with is super cool and I am pleased because- WHY BE MATCHY MATCHY ? Lets be different. Let's break all the rules! This one gives me serious garden vibes and I love the pink and green and really everything about these. I made the flowers BIG on the front piece to be BOLD. Bam! Peonies! In yo face! 
We are through with boring shoes and I plan on designing more Bucketfeet. If you don't have wallspace for art- you can wear it on your feet. 
Also looking into kimonos and socks. 
If I can get all these "passive income" print on demand shops working for me then I'll have more time to PAINT which is what I need to be doing. 
Tell your friends- show off your shoes 😉💗 
And as always THANKS BUNCHES!



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