greetings!

I would like to share some work I did, before leaving Malta and moving to London. I painted this new painting - it was given to a very special family. It will be hanging in their bedroom soon!

I also found the time to create a sailor and penguin jellyfishmonsters for a client, on the eve of my departure. I totally love doing these orders as they can be challenging and they also give me more and more ideas to create. In fact after doing these two, I started sketching other animals, always keeping to the standard shape of a jellyfishmonster... so animal jellyfishmonster series on the way? Hmmm...

 Otherwise, it has been great so far. London has greeted us well, with 3 first days of sun. I need more time to settle down, but I will back on track once I have my art/craft box shipped to me this week :)

 Wishing you a lovely week!

new necklaces

I can't get enough of creating these necklaces, so in between doing 'this and that' I try to find time to produce more and more. I had some orders last week which were given as gifts for Valentines. I was meant to post this picture during Valentines time, but anyway here it is! They were packed in red boxes, perfect for Valentines!

And these are 3 new necklaces

*The section ARTIST MONDAY will be on hold for the time being until I am settled in London*

The Move: London

It is official!!

After a lot of planning, sorting and getting used to the idea of moving from Malta after 25 years, I am now busy doing lists, carrying out intense cleaning and getting rid of a lot of stuff which I do not need, and training myself to deal with all the sad goodbyes. I was pretty excited when booking my first one way ticket ever. 

I will be gone for I don't know how long - could be 3 months, could be more. 

It's my new adventure which will start as soon as I turn 25 in a few days.

 Less than two weeks ago, and the excitement is getting bigger :) 

And now some photos from my past visits in London

Jose Manuel Merello

Jose Manuel Merello is Spanish artist born in Madrid in 1960. The influence of the Spanish and Italian artists, whom he studied about in the most important museums of Madrid and Spain, has been very important in his work. Merello recognizes Picasso, Matisse, Miró and another European painters in his own paintings, but he considers he has a personal style which join in a whole all the different artistic schools. He attaches importance to the technical and the intense draw where made, with doughy and sensual brushstrokes, a shocking and seductive art work.

More work here

new painting: HONEY IN THE SUN

This is my latest painting, which I finished two days ago. As you can see and as you surely know by now, it's difficult for me not to use blue, I am a blue lover, not matter which shade!

Needless to say, tt was a lovely afternoon, with the sun shining from my balcony, I spent hours in my working space, listening most of the time to Camera Obscura. I called the painting 'Honey in the Sun'.

tiger & mouse

It seems like it's the brooches phase. And more brooches have been produced in the past days. Here is a mouse brooch and a tiger brooch. They are made from polymer clay, with assembled felt and beads as well  small polka dotted bows. Here are some pictures:

They are on sale in my Etsy shop!

Egon Schiele

I've rediscovered Schiele's work in the past days, so here's today feature for you.
Egon Schiele was born in Tulln on the Danube on 12 June 1890. After the great Klimt-era Egon Schiele is the painter that strongly influenced the artistic scene of Vienna in the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity, and the many self-portraits the artist produced. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism.

new creations / shop update

These days have been very productive and below is my latest work.. I have updated my shop with some items, so feel free to have a look! I promise I will keep on updating it - it is one of my new goals for this year, I just hope that I can keep it. But anyway..photos!

A pompom brooch with a green cage, and chains.

A set of 3 Ladie Brooches. Purple on the right is sold. The remaining two are available here and here

And more brooches! While waiting for some jellyfishmonsters to dry,
I started creating this green peaceful creature, which I totally love!
 It's on sale right here

More necklaces obviously! I love how colourful this turned out. 

And my latest creations, which give me so much pleasure whilst creating them.
New jellyfishmonster rings. Each one is totally unique! Three of them are on sale here

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And finally some random photos of walks and sightseeing while the sun lasted over the weekend

blue tanks

Spot the blue tanks