New painting and 4 leaf clovers

So I used my photography lights and I am still convinced that photography is not my strength, BUT! they DID turn out better than my normal pictures, so I am still proud of the hours and hours I spent trying to get decent pictures. Here are 2 examples (above and below) of my 4 leaf clovers.

When I found these little guys, I was walking to my sister's annual Cinco De Mayo party. It was magic, I found a total of five 4-leaf clovers in ONE day.

Each leaf represents something different; faith, hope, love & luck!

The framed 4-leaf clovers are $15 each. I think the one above is 4" x 5" and the one below is 3.75" x 4.25"

I had to build a light box to get these photos. The fairy below is available on etsy for $8.

The next 4 paintings have been posted before, but I took better pictures of them. The 5th painting is brand new!

Leap Frog
10" x 10" oil on canvas
$55


Rainy Day Duck
12" x 12" oil on canvas
$65

Swinging Gnome
16" x 20" oil on canvas
$175



Fairy Tea Party
16" x 20" oil on canvas
$175

Turtle-ly
20" x 20" oil on canvas
$180

Birds of a feather and the playground tree

Here are the two paintings I made with the Pre-K class for the art auction for the Children's School. This one was inspired by the tree outside of the classroom that the children play under by the playground. The kids helped me glue on the button flowers on the bottom. There are two details of the buttons following this image.
oil on canvas
4' x 4'

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This is my favorite one! I drew birds for each of the 23 students. They colored them with colored pencils. They are so colorful and beautiful. I don't remember coloring that well at age 4.
acrylic on wood
12" x 48"

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Collaborating with kids was a challenge, but I am pretty happy with the results. The auction is March 26th. Can't wait to see how it goes!

The old and New

above 16" x 12" oil on Canvas
I like to think the t.v. head series are Imagination Head paintings. www.myspace.com/jranderin
This one in particular, I think is a good candidate for an album cover for our next album: Mannequin Zombie Sunshine Park. I have enjoyed painting borders lately and here is good example of a cityscape border.

below: 16" x 12" oil on canvas

I have not painted a border on this yet. I haven't decided if I want to do more of an electronic border or the city shapes. This is Mr. T.V. head in the morning (sold). Drinking his cup of coffee and taking his sculpted tree out for a walk.

Below are some old comic strips I found while cleaning out my studio. It's about a heart shaped head named Charlotte and her unfortunate experiences at various jobs. J.R. and I came up with the idea when we realized we both had more jobs in the past then your average person.



Here is an old painting I just got back. We couldn't fit it when we moved to Atlanta, so it was left behind and not taken very good care of. There are grease smudges on it. But I love it and am happy to have it back. I painted this right after college. I think I felt like I was growing up too fast.

24"x 47" oil on wood
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detail of lost sock
So, I saw some stickers I wanted to put on my cabinets from ikea, but they sold out of them when I finally decided to spend the money on them. So I designed my own shapes, Ikea inspired. Paper shapes, cut, laminated and taped onto the cabinets. I would have painted them on, but my landlord won't let me paint. Take THAT IKEA!






Some pictures of my garden. Herb garden in front includes Basil, Mint & Cilantro.
Strawberry plant
I can't remember what this is called, I'm trying to train it to climb up my mailbox.
marigolds, I tried to transplant a jasmine bush behind it, but it died.
Vegetable garden, just made it bigger, but haven't planted anything on the other side. Right now, just growing pumpkin and tomatoes.

Compost pile with lots of pumpkins growing out of it.
A painting I did in Memphis and gave to Sam before I left. I did a series of paintings of what I could see out of my windows of that first apartment in Memphis. This painting is of the playground/school. 3D & 2D. Small, I can't remember the size, oil on canvas.
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Here is another old painting at Sam's house. I painted this in art school during my vulture series. Based on a childhood memory. Probably around 2' x 3' oil on canvas.
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That's it! I finished the art on my children's book and am going to start the graphic design soon, with my friend Jenny. I'll post when finished!