Tooth Fairy Pillows

My imperfect sewing technique shows, but at least these tooth fairy pillows (based on a concept imagined by Amber Taylor) are original!   The two pillows above feature original art by twins Wilson Taylor (pillow on the left) and Cole Taylor (pillow on the right) printed on 100% cotton fabric.  The paintings were done when the twins were 3 years old.  The pillow backs feature a little snap pocket to hold a tooth and a financial reward from the tooth fairy in exchange for said tooth.  The pillow backs feature two different tooth fairy stencils painted on fabric and snaps by yours truly.

Fraternal Twin Art by Cole and Wilson Taylor

Recent artworks by twins Cole and Wilson Taylor and me (Grandma Lucy to my two 4-year old grandsons).
From top to bottom:
1.  Mountain by Wilson and Bobo Fett by Cole:  Using new birthday present watercolors.  Unlike identical twins, who seem to paint in the same style, or together (see more on famous twin painters below), Wilson and Cole have distinct painting styles.
2.  Lion by Wilson and Rhino by Cole:  More watercolors and mixed media.  The objective was to paint in and around pencil drawings I did of a lion and a rhino but the original sketches were pretty much obliterated with paint.
3.  The Big W (untitled) by Wilson:  Grandma Lucy added the W to Wilson's mixed media painting using fingerpaints and pen & ink
4.  Alien Thomas by Lucy:  With help from Cole, and named by Cole and Wilson, using mixed media and fingerpaints.

I'm always struck by how different Cole and Wilson's painting styles are.  Wilson likes to fill the page with color (often preferring black) and Cole likes to leave spaces between his dots of color.  I was curious how fraternal twin art differs from identical twin art and found the following of interest:


Brazilian identical twins Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo
http://diattaart.wordpress.com/tag/identical-twins/

American identical twins Doug and Mike Starn
http://www.starnstudio.com/

See also Wikipedia Twins in Art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_twins#Twins_in_art

Alphabet Doodles - Letter A & B

Working on 26 coloring pages for a Doodle Art book from A to Z.  Blank pages for the letters A & B are filled in here with digital paint.  Only 24 more to go!

Mixed Media Collage Vignettes

These new mixed media collages are composed of scans of real objects, watercolor and oil. paintings, digital paintings, etc. printed on Epson Velvet Fine Art paper glued on marble gesso-covered boards, some treated with various acrylic gels for texture, then painted with egg tempera, pigment and oil paints.
1.  "Menage a Trois" 5x7 (paper prints from a section of "9 Parrots in Orange Tree" 2007 oil painting)
2.  "Cadillac Cat and Rat" 8x10 (paper print of Cadillac digital painting combined with J.L. Autrey's cat watercolor and rat china painted tile)
3.  "Lollipop Hill" 8x10 (paper print of flowers is from a section of "Garden," 2011 oil painting)
4.  "Sea Food" 8x10 (paper print of surfers in Solana Beach is from "Sundown," 2012 oil painting), one apple was painted by Matt Taylor, another by Amber Autrey Wilson Taylor.
5.  "Underground Love" 8x10 (paper print is of scanned geraniums, ribbons and other real objects)

Bubble Invasion

Trying a new approach with this 12"x24" ink and acrylic painting on canvas.  The inspiration?  - Jogging on the beach in La Jolla one day years ago I was once completely surrounded by a (pack/herd/swarm) of monarch butterflies migrating north from Mexico.  These two folks at the beach are about to have a similar experience - only this time with giant bubbles.