OVashti Art

OMG! I get practically giddy during the Holiday season!! As a family we have so many things to celebrate! John and I have our...

I posted this around 45 hours after Hurricane Matthew came through; "We are SO incredibly grateful!! Not gonna lie, we got scared, but 45...

With temps still in the high 80's, low 90's, it's hard to see that fall has arrived in central Florida! The last couple mornings, though,...

These past few weeks have been field with adventure! Sweet friends from Colorado came for a visit, I got a spicy sunburn (you'd think...

This month has been filled with commission pieces! Creating for a client is a pretty intense process for me... I get so excited to...

It was inevitable. While I've been clinging to their sweet pink and blue infant clothes and staring at their baby pictures, my babies...

Last week I sent out a newsletter about one of my latest pieces "Kraken Dream Garden"... I explained in that letter that the piece was...

Today I was so torn! There are 2 photos of Amelia Jane that I wanted to attempt... Then I realized, duh! I can paint them both!! lol......

I have always wanted to be able to paint or draw the people around me! My standards are very high however and I always felt that my...

Good gravy! What a month! So many emotional ups and downs... I am grateful for them though as they taught me a lot! 2 years ago I took an...

What better way to finish this challenge than with a mermaid? Pallet boards, on their own, provide a very limited surface on which to...

Earlier this week I painted a Hula Girl and although I have painted many Hula girls and many beaches I have never painted a Hawaiian...

Through this whole challenge I have intended to paint a Kraken, but the wood has not cooperated! Every time I got started sanding down a...

On June 13th I started my very first painting challenge, where I set out to paint 1 painting everyday for 30 days. Now it's 32 days...

I looked at the calendar today and realized Today is, technically, Day 31 in my 30 Day Challenge!! I am 3 paintings short of my goal!! ...

One of the very first, large paintings I did was of a Hula Girl, from behind. That was done in the days before I documented my work. ...

So.. Elliott's allergies came out full force yesterday.. Poor little guy was up a lot last night, which means Momma was up a lot last...

I have had, as with most of the country, strong emotions over the events of the past month. With piece I was tapping into those...

We all have goals, plans, areas of our life that we would like to change and remain consistent in, right? And LIFE gets in the way......

My heart is heavy with the tragedies of the week & especially the last 24 hours. I have not been able to bring myself to paint today. I...