A Perfect Room for a Boy:)

Have I shown you this amazing wall mural I created for this little man named Jake?

I created it using a rich royal blue paint and then painting in white the islands off the coast of Florida.

Meridian lines and all. Click on my "Mural" link on where to find my art to see more.

Marnie V.

NEWS* Latest Mural :)

 Here are some photos from my latest mural......my facebook fan page will have all the photos and i'll be adding them to my flicker as well. Stay tuned, for their is more coming from this project:).

A Recent Mural :)

Here's a photo of a recent mural I created. The nursery was sweet and had this little circular room attached to it. I created what the customer requested and they loved it! Their is even a little by-plane spelling out "Jesus loves you"......so sweet. 

Happy Summer:)

Marnie V. 

A Commissioned piece

I have mentioned a friend of mine before, the artist Kathleen Coy. She is an amazing and talented artist. She is so good at animals and from what I've seen...she can paint anything. I already had her paint Hawk and for Father's Day she painted my other little dog Cali. She is my husband's baby girl...literally. And he was so happy, surprised, and over joyed when he opened to find this piece that Kathleen had created. Great job Kathleen..I'm already thinking of what I'll have you create for me next.

Don't mean to post and run, but I just found out that my show this week actually starts Wednesday and not Thursday....I'm screaming . I guess I won't be lounging by the pool today like yesterday. Marnie V.

A Recent Custom that was COOL!

I recently was commissioned by some clients from Dallas to create some art for their kids playroom. I actually did about four pieces for them, but stupidly forgot to take pictures of everything. But I luckily did take a photo of the biggest. The painting above was 4 feet x 4 feet (HUGE)...seriously it was big. They basically loved my Raining Mister Elephant painting but wanted more characters and really wanted the African amazon feel with trees and such.

I added monkeys and a funky orange giraffe.

And a deep rich blue striped zebra for fun.

Even the water I gave a wallpaper feel to it..they loved it. I've just emailed the Jennifer the client to see if she could take photos of the room and send it to me...it is the cutest little space with even a fireplace in it, and this painting is hanging above the fireplace. It looks amazing!

This week I'm busy painting orders and I'll be finally loading more into my Etsy shop. My boys are in sports camp all week so at least I'm getting a little piece and quiet for half the day.
Hope yours is peaceful too. Marnie V.

Happy Customers!

Remember a week or so back when I had donated a painting to charity similar to this one. Well, I had a customer see it who completely fell in love with it, but it was already donated and already purchased by the lucky bidder. So then I offered to create one that was similar but I added another planet to make it completely her own. And the result is the one above. It turned out amazing, and Denise my new customer loved it. And her son, who is ever so cute and pictured below, seems to love it as well.
Thanks again Denise for sending in this great picture..I love this little guys teeth...soo cute.

Please send me your pictures if you've purchased some art, I would love to add it in my Happy Customers section.
Have a great summer day-Marnie V.

Meet Buster and Gustav

Can you imagine having these two ever so cute critters living with you, well Christy Marchand can, and they do. Christy, who is an amazing stain glass artist, contacted me about doing an illustration piece of her two little critters. Buster is the skunk, who was a gift from her daughter. And Gustav, actually came in during Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana...so you can see where he got his name. I was so excited when Christy contacted me and told me so much detail on their behavior and how they are during a normal day. She even sent me UTUBE footage of them...and that was hilarious. Basically, Gustav the squirrel is the active one and Buster loves to sleep. But Buster definitely loves to be played with with all the photos I saw. This was truly one of my most favorite projects so far. And here it is...Gustav is trying to snatch Busters snack, while he's asleep of course.


5x7" 1/8" thickness
100% recycled canvas board
Needless to say, Christy loves it. And please go check out her work here and her ETSY shop...she is one talented lady! Well...I have a sick kid at home who wants mommy to take a nap with him. Oh... maybe I'll dream up a hurricane coming through Texas which will drop off some cute little squirrel named Henry! Marnie V.

Lovely Little Painting #5

" Never Let Go"
size-4x6" with 1/8" thickness
100% recycled canvas board

It is such a beautiful day today in Texas! I went for a 3 mile run this morning which felt amazing...my goal is to run at least 10-12 miles a week. I love the runners high I get..it's amazing. And with all the work I need to do today, let's hope my run gives me extra energy.

So above is the 5th little painting of the week and it's in the shop. My inspiration came from a balloon that flew into my own yard last week and thinking that when I was a child, wishing a balloon would take me for a ride. Here's a little blurb about the painting.

Leave it to Henry the squirrel to grab a hold of this big heart balloon. It came down down from the sky looking so interesting and such, that Henry grabbed the string with curious excitement! You can tell by the look on his face that he never wants to let go. I love this little painting! Don't you?
I don't mean to post and run but I...well you know...need to paint! Oh and check out this little commission I did of a dog named Oliver!

"An Aussies Life"

Just a wanted to share a commissioned piece through the Gallery Art251 that I created. I have been do a lot of commission work with them lately and I don't always share, but this one definitely needs to be seen.
The customer has two Australian Shepherd dogs who supposedly love to run and play. She wanted a forest, waterhole, and my midnight sky. I hope she likes it. Thanks for looking. I'll be back.....getting ready for a show. Marnie

Rocket Dog Scores

So you might say this is a little over the top, but a certain customer, along with her football loving son will totally disagree. This painting is a custom piece that was commissioned from the Gallery ART251. And the lucky boy who this is for, well, I think it's a Christmas present...and I'm pretty sure he doesn't read my blog. I think he will love it and hope his mom does too. I actually had a tough time with this one, probably because my boys are football crazy and I wanted to make sure it was going to be loved by it's fan.
So..I brought in the judges(my boys). After a few negative comments and suggestions, in turn I added....fixed and then brought them back again. They LOVED it! Yea!

I am finishing up a few more commissions this week and through the weekend. Come Monday, I will not be painting for an entire WEEK! Did you hear that Dear..I have to make sure I tell my husband that...and I'm sure I'll get a hug and kiss as well.
My break is over and it's back to painting. I'll post again Friday(cross your fingers) on another commission I've been working on. Have a great day! Marnie

Excuse this busy Artist!

Annie the Boxer

The Dog Family (at least that's what I titled it)


Excuse me for being absent this week, but I have been swamped in biz. And as I've said in the past, painting, shipping, and my kids come before blogging. I am barely awake right now due to extremely late nights this week. I think I'm even on my third cup of coffee this morning...which I have never done before. I didn't even exercise this week I've been so busy. Ok.. I've said enough about what I've been doing and why I haven't been around.
Well, above are some more custom dog paintings that I have been working on. These were both painted on 8x10"s and turned out fabulous. I can't wait for the owners to see them in person.
I don't mean to post and run today but I am working on more custom pieces for clients. I'll post more next week and OH GOTTA go ...my pool man is here to fix something! Marnie

Custom Painting

Ok....here is the custom painting I have so diligently been working on for the past few weeks. In between my other paintings, this piece turned out great. The door in the painting comes from the customers front door. Isn't it gorgeous? It is solid wood, carved, and simply lovely.
I wish I had a picture of their entire home because it is amazing. They live in downtown Fort Worth, in a historic area, and the family is simply lovely.
This was such a fun project and so glad I had the chance to create it.
And a big thank you to the customers, this piece is going to look great in your lovely home. And with all this done, my computer is down AGAIN. I am writing this blog on my husband's computer, which I totally feel out of place...Well, I'm off to Home Depot to bye wood. I am making frames for my friends mirrors that are going to go in her newly renovated bathroom. I already stained the new double vanity for them and now I'm creating frames to match. This all comes from my experience with the furniture company I used to work for. Yes, I am a regular at Home Depot...love that place. Have a great day! M

Italian Sunday

It's day 6 of my 14 days of posting things creative for Valentines Day. So today, I am showing you one of my recent commissions. My client wanted an Italian canal landscape with boats.
I titled the painting " Italian Sunday ". The size is a 16x20" on canvas. I think it turned out really well and I know she is going to love it. I love doing commissioned work. It's always something new and challenging, and for some odd reason, I love to be challenged when I'm painting. Well, it's off to Arizona today and I can't wait to hear her response.

I'm off to paint !