Holly Does Art

My favorite Christmas movie is also my favorite Halloween movie.. concept: Tim Burton; artwork: me Happy Holidays!

Not quite sure what's going on here... but I like it.

I used to live in the snow as a kid, so I did a painting that reminded me of it :)

My film, Count Super Evil Death Monster, is screening May 2nd. It's about an evil villain's convention. That is all you're getting for now. Model credit: Ellie Moran, Marie Cheng, Carsen Kelliher, Stephan Khoury, Nicolas Yang Designs with help from Zara Abraham, Carsen Kelliher, Allison Chima [see film credits for entire crew list]

So this one ended up being my favorite... It reminds me of the beach as a kid, and the sun is going down and you're cold, and you know you should get out of the water but you have to be in just for the last few minutes before you leave! This one ended up a lot darker than I originally intended.. I may go back and lighten up the starfish a bit. 

I've been doing some traditional oils lately, which has been sooo much fun. I'm doing two grisaille paintings right now, and experimenting with glazing quite a bit! I'll post updates soon :)

Everyone, if you read my  Why I Shouldn't Be Allowed to Name Things  post, you know what a struggle this was. If I haven't posted in a while, this is why. This is my 10 wk old English bully puppy, named.... [drumroll] Matilda. Yes, she is wearing a doggie life vest.

Like many of you, I am plagued with the stress of naming my first child. However, my child will be an English bully that looks like this: My child will be born in the next couple weeks and I’ll get her around August. While I’m BURSTING with excitement, naming other beings sucks. A lot. I mean, I can’t even name my blog anything interesting (working on it....ish). There is a flaw for every name I like. It most likely will be female and white, possibly with brown spots. In example, Cupcake. When I hear Cupcake, I picture this: So cute. However, everyone told me it’s way too “cutesy”. But they forget. While THIS?  Is “cutsey” as a Cupcake, bulldogs grow up. And this? As a Cupcake? Is hilarious. Cupcake is running for the win. I then thought of Portly. Because what would a fat English gentleman be? A PORTLY gentleman. And it actually sounds like a name! However, my dog will be a girl. I don’t want to give her a gender c...

May 2013

Here are some paintings I've done in the last few months.... I am the biggest Alice in Wonderland fan ever. [the 1st and 3rd are painted renderings of stills from Disney's Alice in Wonderland ] [the middle is an altered painting of some awesome fan art I found. If anyone knows the original artist, please let me know so I can credit them!] 9th St This was a collage I later painted... An all-white still life