: mrixiepixie meets + greets @ Buzz-AR - the PAINTINGS :

the paintings made for the bazaar ...

: "Wet Glass (No.1)" :

: "Wet Glass (No.2)" :

: "W.O.R.K." :

: "P.L.A.Y." :

: "Citrus Bloom" :

: "Peach Bloom" :

flowers across the ocean ...

another easy, hassle-free brief from a client. another across the ocean order.
for another little girl's 1st birthday. this time, theme's FLOWERS.
did the invites, thank you tags, cake toppers and a personalized painting.

"happy FIRST, Alexxa!"

*thank you, Amanda for your trust + support ... hope the party went well*

"Cotton Candy Swirls" ...

... for a girl who turned 4 recently.
hope this little piece would sit/hang prettily in her new bedroom.

: painted 'flashcards' - baby Harez :

another little painting for another little guy.

this time, a friend bought this for her new nephew. i do hope they like the piece.

: taming the wild - PINK ELLIES and GREEN HIPPOS :

this next party order was for a little girl turning one.

currently living in the United States, the girl and her parents came home for a short holiday to celebrate her first birthday with the girl's mom's family. the theme was pink ellies + green hippos. i thoroughly enjoyed working on this order. it always helps too when your client is very easy to work with.

this one's for Zadie! and Zadie's mom and dad.
thanks much for your support, and for bringing the pink ellies + green hippos all the way back to the States, for Zadie's second party with the American family and friends.

some pictures of the items ...

: memory game cards as part of party favours :

: thank you tags :

: favour bags :

: personalized art for her nursery :

: painted canvas flashcards - baby Alex :

for those who know me, it's no surprise that i've a thing for names (among other things i have a 'thing' for). when i was pregnant with my first Z, that keen interest for names - their meanings and the sounds that they make - grew even more. it's a natural progression then that i try to incorporate this in the little pieces of art that i create.


my latest project was a painting i made for a friend's baby. they live all the way in the land i fondly call my 'home' *wink*. we attended the same college back in our A-Levels days, kept in touch on and off throughout our university years, attended her wedding back in her hometown in Penang, and last weekend met up again with her 3 month old bundle of joy.


i see them (my friend and her husband) as a pretty classy, yet modern young couple. they appreciate the finer things in life, yet still kept well-grounded by the daily ups and downs that surround us all. on that note, i had the colour scheme for the painting in my mind as soon as i decided to give them one of my 'canvas doodles'.


i'd love to see how the painting rests in the little corner or nursery created for their baby back in their home in that lovely faraway land of theirs.


meanwhile, here are photos i took of the painting at home ...

play + live a little ...

made this piece for a lil dude who turned 3 recently. as i only just (finally!) met him and his parents over lunch today, i can now (also finally) put up the photos of the painting. i do hope the painting goes well up against some wall in his room or playroom or play corner at home.

personalized with his initials, i had them initials flanked by two 'friendly reminders' for us all. amidst all the crazy chaos our days may bring us, every so often we ought to remind ourselves to play and live a little bit more. a bit of play makes for a longer and happier life, i'd like to think. :-)

tickled beauty envied ...

haha ... for lack of a better title (for thiss entry)!



onto the paintings then ...


this one's called "stripteased". sounds naughty, yes? lol. it's a play of words really. amidst the otherwise calm and plain background that is the stone colour, a strip has been teased with a different colour in each of the canvas panel. the pink one's "stripteased: tickled pink", the black "stripteased: black beauty" and the green is "stripteased: green with envy".



inspired by the everyday me, if you like, this next series is aptly titled "moodswings".

the first is "moodswings: tickled pink" to reflect my chirpiest and most playful self.





then there's "moodswings: black beauty", when i'm my most reserved and supposedly sophisicated.

and the last is "moodswings: green with envy", when i'm mostly inspired by pretty, crafty art pieces; both in objects and in one's inner (and outer) beauty.

:: SOLITUDE ::

being in a faraway place pretty much alone + finding one's self ...

these came to mind when working on this piece

:: PLAYTIME: FROM DUSK TILL DAWN ::

A pair of acrylics on canvas for a pair of sibs. Kids' mom and I were housemates in Croydon UK (I was starting my GCSEs, she was doing her A-Levels) - incidentally, the very first friend I met and made in the UK, back in Sept ' 94. Now our kids are on each other's party guest lists. :-)

:: THE DIZZIES ::

Another one of them paintings. A farewell gift for a friend.

:: SUNKISSED! ::

A little piece of 'painting exercise'. Didn't make this for anyone in particular, it's just another one of those random paintings sitting in my home now. Waiting for its new owner perhaps. ;-)