Art by Erika Taguchi-Newton

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

The Bicycle-riding Hedgehog Painting - "Arthur"

Please meet "Arthur," newest forest friend in my Fair Isle woodland creatures. He is out apple picking and riding his bicycle in the countryside.

Hedgehog Painting, "Arthur"
Acrylic 8x8 on cradled board
Prints Available

Monday, March 30, 2015

Woodland Critters in Fair Isle Sweater

It's been a while AGAIN since I last posted on the blog. I'm not even going to attempt to catch up this time. I'm just going to go ahead and share what I've been working on most recently. Trying to go back to last couple years is too overwhelming. So excuse my absence, I'll try to flashback every once in a while if I remember anything significant.

Last few months I've been having fun with cute forest animals dressed in Fair Isle sweaters. I used to knit and found the patterns beautiful. Please meet Homer, Cecil, and Abigail:

"Homer" - Rabbit in Fair Isle Sweater
Prints Available

"Cecil" - Deer in Fair Isle Sweater
Prints Available

"Abigail" - Bear in Fair Isle Sweater
Prints Available

They are each 4x6 oil paintings.

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They started off as Inktober daily drawing project:

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Long Time, No See!

Hello, it's been a long time. Are you still out there, blogsters?

My last blog post was almost 2 years ago! I've manage to get some paintings done, but it's been hard with this whole motherhood thing. I'm definitely not a natural at nurturing, but my little guy is a pretty cool dude.

Doing art shows and events have been more difficult. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be at GenCon or DragonCon this year. We had some health issues in the family and had to cancel last minute. In fact, it's the night before Gen Con, and I'm very sad that I'm not there. I'm telling myself to get over it and move on.

Moving on...

In the next few weeks, I'm hoping to catch up with this blog and post what I've been working on the last 2 years.

Catching Fireflies
Catching Fireflies - Acrylic on board - 11x14 (Prints Available)
This piece (homage to Firefly show) was done for Nerdcore Art Show at Ink & Pistons Tattoo and Art Gallery, in January 2013.

Here's a sketch of little River with her net:
Catching Fireflies Sketch