FAT Tuesday Artist Spotlight # 11

I created FAT Tuesday to showcase inspiring artists and to provide a forum for Artists to share their work with one another--this includes all types of arts, photography and crafts, including writing and poetry.  If you would like to take part in FAT Tuesday, these are the guidelines:

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(We artists need to encourage each other!)

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Penny is an amazing artist! The drawing above is only one example of her delicately lovely work in watercolor and acrylic.  She is also a figurative sculpture Artist.  Her magical oak fairies, angels, elves, children, animals are exquisitely detailed--they are so realistic, they almost look as though they might move!

To see more wonderful artwork by Penny visit Angel's Door.

I have had the privilege of meeting Cheryl and Nancy of Cheryl's of Nehalem personally.  What wonderfully talented women they are!  Their costumes are often individually designed, then built from scratch.  Each item is fitted to the wearer.  I have seen examples of the bead work they do and it is amazing.  The costumes they produce are authentic and exquisitely detailed.  The Mrs. Clause costume pictured above actually has inner pockets sewn around the hemline, into which Cheryl puts fine glitter.  As she walks through a room--the children know she's been there by the trail of elf dust she leaves behind.  All the children of Nehalem look forward to her visits at Christmas.

You can see more wonderful costumes on Facebook at Cheryl's of Nehalem.

This beautiful Artist Trading Card was created by Jann.  She is a wonderful collage artist, who's ATC cards are much in demand year round.  This mixed media Artist says, "A picture could inspire, in words and thoughts, taking one to a journey of unknown destinations, or it may have a stunning effect, of a kind, that leads to no words! Lover of all things vintage, old things that could tell a story of by gone era's . Especially fond of the years between the 1920's to the 1960's but I appreciate the beauty of almost all ages"

Last Sunday night, Jann lost her little Dog Bootz.  This lovely lady has been an encouragement to many of us through the past year.  Please drop by to encourage her heart at Bouquet of Tulle Roses.

Jeannette is a wonderful artist.  I love her narrations of how her thought processes as these wonderful paintings came into being.  What a lovely, whimsical person she is--deeply sensitive to spiritual things.  Of this picturesque pastel of a tree stump, Jeannette writes, "This weathered and cut off tree trunk has been an image that has been in my mind for a long time.  I got even fonder of this scene as the painting was progressing.  So jazzed that after a few years I reach the finish line of displaying the tree in pastel.  Very much like people.  The longer you know them, the more the imperfections seem to face.  The folds, warts and "cut off" state all all add character!"

To see more of Jeannette's exquisite work visit Mysteries.

Julia Guthrie is a wonderful watercolor artist.  Above is the cover she created for one of her stories.  I find her work, with its amazing detail so inspiring.  She writes, " I  am an Artist, a Wife, & a Mum to my furry kid (a 4 yr old Basset Hound named Nimh) and we live on the Cornish coast (UK). I am inspired by everything around me from the magical landscape & seascapes of South Cornwall, to the local legends of King Arthur, the Mermaid of Zennor & myths galore!" 

To see more of Julie's amazing artwork visit East of the Sun.