summer of colour -purple

The weekly challenge summer of colour continues, with the colour purple for this week. Honey Bunny is the star in my painting " Take the ong way home.."  isn't she so cute?  The clouds are made from maps of  my hometown  NYC..

The heat wave here continues and it's really hard to do any kind of work..my mind keeps wondering to the greek islands and my vacation, which is still a few weeks away..
ohh I want to tell you how amazing the Roger Waters concert was!! It was something between a concert and a theatrical performance. I was so lucky to be in the front row!!  It just blew me away at this absolutely amazingly talented man, so full of energy, and depth of his show!!
and as for Jon Bon Jovi....omg! the temperature that day was 104 degrees, and the band was soo fantastic! poor Jon was sweating so bad..I wanted to go up on stage and wipe the sweat off his face. ;) lol  I felt like a teenager, dancing and singing the whole time! (and screaming) lol  and, no I don't miss the days, but it's nice to let it all hang out and don't worry abt who's watching and have no inhibitions and just be a kid again!! you know what I mean?!  This is really what I love most about being the age I am (forever 36) the confidence, and knowing what I want out of life! getting it and not having to apologize about it! right?!  please tell me I'm right..!

summer of colour- red

The theme for summer of colour is red and he colour fits right in, since the temperature here in Athens, Greece is 97 degrees!! yikes! It's kind of hard working in this weather..all I can think about is the beach and how much I need a vacation. 
I forgot to say the lettering means Daisy in Japanese!! lol
Hope everyone is keeping cool :)
have a great week!!
xoxo

summer of colour- brown

Good morning! Good morning!!  I just love going to the beach! went this weekend for my first swim and I was the whitest person there. I looked like a ghost lol.  I discovered this small beach and stayed till after sundown. There was this beach bar playing reggae music and I was sipping my iced cappuccino, gazing at the bluest sea ever!! and for a few hours I erased every little trouble from my head and just inhaled the sea breeze.. ohhh how I wish I was a mermaid...
My entry for this week for summer of colour gave me a little trouble since brown is not one of my favorite colours.. but I added my little guys, Shy and Yellow and of course Daisy always present :)  This print is available in my shop
Tomorrow Roger Waters from Pink Floyd is giving a concert and I'm going!!! YES! and Bon Jovi next week :) Isn't Jon Bon Jovi so cute?! he's a Pisces like me ;)
Have a great week!!
xoxox

colour of summer- yellow :)

Yellow is this week's prompt for colour of summer. It's one of my favorite colours! when I think of yellow, I smile :))  It's such a happy colour!
  I have two pieces to share with you. I made the circus one, a few weeks ago, it's part of a series I've been working on about elephants! The other one is a portrait. enjoy and Happy Fourth of July!! oh how I miss that...

the summer of colour- pink

Hope you all had a great weekend!!  " BB's garden" is my entry for summer of colour. enjoy :)

fairy aprons :)

I've been wanting to share these new aprons with you for some weeks now, but was unable to get a hold of my mini model! We finally had a long photo shoot last weekend , but looks like we will have to redo as the pics came out too light...  My  model, Pigi, which means spring (as in spring water) in Greek is the cutest little thing and is a big "pink cloud fairy"  fan! 

This might be the first that I ever made something and sold it like hotcakes! I sold 20 pieces the first week! I think one of the reasons, other that they are the cutest little aprons ;) is that the Greek TV  will be premiering the cooking show "Master chefs for kids" this fall.  I didn't even get a chance to post them on etsy! lol  Hopefully next week!   I will be taking pre orders, if you are interested :) 

Doesn't she have the cutest smile?

The pockets are printed and I hand stamped the little hearts :)  I am so in love with these!

art therapy

I would like to thank all of you for the beautiful comments and all the emails!  I never expected such a beautiful reaction to my work. It makes me so happy and gives me wings!  This is exactly what I want to give back to my audience...a huge smile!  I want to make people happy when they look at my paintings, to forget their every day troubles, even for a few minutes, to transport them to a different world...my world :)
We need to smile more :))
I want to share a story with you.. A few years ago, when I first moved here, in Athens, Greece, I taught adult art classes. I was very nervous, because it was in a new environment, my Greek is very good, but when it comes to art language I struggle... I ended up teaching that class in half greek, half english  lol!  My students would just smile when I would do that. 
Anyway, the class was a group of five women, and from the very first class we just clicked!  Have you ever had this experience? Where you meet someone and immediately know that this person will change your life somehow?!   We formed this amazing bond, poured our hearts out to each other, shared intimate stories. We did art and therapy at the same time!! what was said in the classroom, stayed in the classroom :)  They called our sessions, art therapy and told me how I inspired them to open up as artists and as women!  The truth is, that they were the ones inspiring me!  like you all are, right now!!  I feel like I'm on top of the world!!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart:))