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Miniature Paintings School has started again! I am happy to in new art classes. To blow off steam before starting this semester I whipped up some new miniature paintings. I experimented with using acrylic, using it like watercolor in my moleskine. Unfortunately the scans are very over exposed, but still, I want to share them. You can see them in my livejournal where I often post sketches and painting progress. |
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Sweet Tooth Show Next month there will be a cute lil’ art show at a local coffee show featuring local artists and friends. I’ll be in Philadelphia and not able to attend, but my good friend Chelsey Barnes will be there with one of my paintings and my hair pins for sale. Please, if you’re from the Hampton Roads area, stop by The Coffee Shop on High Street in Olde Towne Portsmouth. |
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Heroes-Con & Progress Heroes-Con was, as always, mega amazing. I met many great artists and picked up awesome comic loot. You can check out some pictures of the con at my livejournal. I’ve also been working on several paintings. The progress pictures are also on my livejournal. |
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Lotsa Good Things My summer semester has started and I’ve also dedicated much of my time to painting simple still life’s consistently. Next week I’ll be with Jason at Heroes-Con in Charlotte, NC. Miss Malaprop also blogged about my art! Yay for that! Also, check out my crafts section! Miss Mosh recently visited to shoot with some local photographers and was kind enough to model some of my hair pins! |
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RVAMag Interview Our show at the jfergeson gallery was a wonderful time! You can now also purchase our work on the gallery’s site. I’ll be uploading pictures from the opening soon. RVAMag, an art and culture magazine focused on Richmond VA and the surrounding area, published an interview with Jason and me. Please check it out, or if you’re in the area, pick up a copy! My work is also in the 13th issue of the pdf mag, Carpaccio Magazine. |
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The Summoning – Witchboard Foxes I’ve added some new paintings to the fine art section. The new pieces are also ones that will be in the show Jason and I are having at the j fergeson gallery in two weeks! If you have a facebook account, please check out our show’s facebook event page. Soon my website will be getting a sorely needed rehaul! I’ll be glad to be able to host a proper blog here. |
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Friendly Ghosts & Pretty Gross I’ve some very exciting news! Jason and I will be having our first two person show together, this May, at the Jarrod Fergeson Gallery in Farmville, VA. The opening reception will be Saturday, May 8th, from 5 to 8 pm. The show will be hanging from May 4 to the 29. Please, check out the gallery’s site for more information. I’ll also have some work in the local(Norfolk, VA) annual, Renewal Show at the Warehouse in West Ghent. There is always a great crowd and great work! |
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Lil Acorn Incubators I’ve just updated the fine art section with some new mini paintings. I need Spring to return! This cold, wetness is getting me down. I’ll be a adding a true blog section to the site soon. Check back! |
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Happy Valentine’s Day Check out my husband’s Valentine’s gift to me! I’ve been thinking about my painting a lot lately.There’s a big part of me that wants to close myself off from influence for a year and just hone my technical skills. This isn’t exactly realistic. |
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Sketching and Trying and Attempting It’s been slow going on a new painting. School is good. I’m enjoying it and relearning a lot of valuable lessons. I’m busy working on small paintings for a show at the Jarrod Fergeson Gallery along with my husband, Jason Levesque. I’ve also donated some work to the Norfolk SPCA’s Fundraising Gala this March. |
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Rattling Fox Ghosts Check out my paintings section for new work! I’ve also added and updated my links section. Check it out for local(Norfolk, Virginia) artists and businesses. Also, I’m now in school! Wish me luck! I’m learning to draw all over again. |
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Married! Jason and I are married! FINALLY! If you’d like to check out some photos please go to my flickr album. I’ve changed my last name. You can now call me Lizzel Levesque! Many of the photos are courtesy of Chris Bautista. Our friends Ryan Henaghan and Elizabeth Tolley did my hair and makeup. We’re so lucky to have such great friends. |
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Paintings, Shows, Crafts This is a multi-update! If you check out my Crafts section you will see a new photo. Model Asphyxia visited and modeled some of my hair pins for Stuntkid. I’ll have a painting in a group show Oct. 23rd at The Warehouse in Norfolk. I updated the Fine Art section with new paintings. |
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The Hive Tarot Art Show I just shipped a new painting to the Hive Art Gallery for their October group show. Every artist picked a card from the Minor Arcana deck. I chose the Three of Swords. I approached it conceptually rather than literally. I think. I don’t even have a good photo of it because I had to ship it immediately! This has also reminded me that I need to paint more still lifes. I also recently updated the sites’ header. I hope you like it! |
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Jason and Lizzel Sitting in a Tree! Jason and I are finally making it official! We’re getting hitched this November. We’re both really excited and doing our best to make it a wonderful day. Also, please check out my Livejournal Blog. I post progress pictures of the paintings I’m currently working on. You can also follow me on Flickr. I’ve been working on making my LJ and Flickr stream easier for people to search through and find my work. |
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Sinless – New Painting I updated with a new painting called Sinless!. It’s a combination of the Eve and Medusa myth. It measures 18 x 24 inches and painted with acrylic and water soluble oil. If you haven’t noticed already I based the woman in my painting on the likeness of Raquel Reed. She stayed with us this past winter to shoot with Jason. I ask the models that Jason works with if they would be comfortable with me using the discarded photos from their shoots with Jason to create a painting. I collage what I need together, form a reference and make up the rest! |
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Kitsch Creature The past week has been busy and productive! The Swag Swap in Norfolk, VA was a success. I sold several of my older paintings and many new miniature ones. I met many locals I had never run into before, and I hope I made new friends. Jason took some crazy photographs of me. Our friend, Elizabeth Tolley, did my makeup and styling. Check out the crafts and scraps sections of my site to see them! In the photo featured to the left I am wearing many of my spinning flower hair pins. |
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The Swag Swap! Calling all Norfolk, VA residents – come to the Swag Swap this Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. It is a craft fair/swap meet and benefits the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. It is being held at The Warehouse in Ghent. I’ll be there with art priced to sell and my spinning flower hair pins. |
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Hair Pins Cake Injection modeled some Spinning Flower hair pins for me! She flew in all the way from Canada to shoot with Stuntkid. The corset and skirt she is wearing is from Freyagushi. |
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Alliances! I will be updating with work soon, but for now I’d like to share that I now have some new paintings at the Jarrod Fergeson Gallery in Farmville, VA. Eclipse Gallery in Wisconsin is now carrying my spinning hair flower accessories. Please check them out! |
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Things and Stuff This is a glimpse of a painting I’ve been working on. It’s been slow going since I am attempting to finish it with water soluble oil paints. Jason and I are leaving Thursday for Heroes-Con in Charlotte, NC. He’ll have a table. I’ll be there helping out and fawning over artists like the fan girl I am. |
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Sharing is Caring I have added two new paintings to the Fine Art section of the site. ‘Poison’ will be displayed at The Hive Gallery this June in Los Angeles, CA. |
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Group Show at Eclectix Gallery I have a painting in this years All Gurlz Show at Eclectix Gallery May 8th in El Cerrito, California. |
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New Illustrations! Two new illustrations have been added to my portfolio. |
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New Painting – Rx Confection I’ve added a new painting to the Fine Art section. The painting is based loosely on a photo of Kath Parker taken by Jason Levesque of Stuntkid.com. |
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Xanthia wearing my hair pins! Xanthia recently visited to shoot with Stuntkid and several other local photographers. |
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New Painting I have added a new painting to the Fine Art section of the site. |
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Interview at Carmine Mag Please check out my interview over at Carmine Magazine! |
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Spinning Hair Pins! Raquel Reed flew down to Norfolk to shoot with Jason Levesque and some other local photographers. She was incredibly fun to hang out with and sweet enough to pose for some photographs wearing my spinning hair pins! |
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The Moon Eater A new painting is added to my fine art section. I’ve been working on a series of small paintings inspired by a recent nightmare about a giant cuttlefish from space. It’s been pretty entertaining. |
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Final Home I added new paintings to my portfolio! |
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Crimson Wave I added a new illustration to the illustration section. Please check it out! |
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New Painting I just completed a new painting. You can see it on my flickr stream here. |
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J Fergeson Gallery The J Fergeson Gallery of Farmville, Virginia is now carrying my handmade hair pins, earrings and several of my paintings in their gift shop. Please check out the gallery’s site here. |
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Squirrel Ghosts I recently completed a small series of mini paintings. I put them in my Etsy shop and  OOF: they disappeared when someone purchased them. I’m feeling pretty good about that. Take a look at them here. |
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My My Valentine painting now available! Purchase it and view the rest of my Etsy items here. I’m preparing for the holidays by loading up my Etsy shop with new original paintings, hair pins, earrings and reproduction prints. |
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New Death Cap painting! I just updated my flickr account with two new mushroom paintings. See them here |
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Lizzelizzel Cover Art and Interview in Link Read my interview with Norfolk, Virginia’s local daily paper, The Link! |
