Newspaper Box! "Cotton Candy Rain"

*EDIT* Unfortunately when The Coast put this box out, a few days later some jerks stole it. It was during frosh week, so more than likely it was a couple of students. I hope they realize how much time and effort I put into this and that they really do appreciate it, and not like, destroy it. Sad!

Oh shit! I thought I was going to be the last person to hand my into The Coast ( A local weekly newspaper), but nope, I was actually the first! Weird!

Anyways, I told people I'd post pictures up of it. So here they are with some work in progress shots! :) Because we all love looking at WIPs!

Hey look, a happy face! See it?

West Pictou represent! (oh god, my 10 year reunion is next year!)

And then they wanted a picture of me with it! I look awful, I'm not a morning person!

There ya go! I'm not sure where it's going to be placed in the city, but when I find out, I'll post about it, and maybe some action shots of it!

I'm so happy it's done. It's one of the biggest things I've worked on. I'm pretty proud of it, but I do wish I could have worked on it some more considering there has been only one other person to hand in theirs. Oh well, my living room is back to normal, and the bf is pretty happy about that! :)

Halifax Crafters

It's this weekend! I have a table this year! I am super pumped. I'll be selling my newest paintings and my bottle cap pins and magnets. Plus prints and some leftover bookmarks from last year. I hope I do well. There will be so many talented people there, I can't believe I am going to be a part of it.

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It's going to be the first show I sell at this year. Then after this will be Animaritimes, then Art vs Craft, Hal-Con, maybe Halifax Crafters Christmas fair, and then one more Christmas fair, but I think that one is still in the works.

So yah, once again I am busy. Really excited though. Halifax Crafters and Animaritimes will be the first time I'll be at these events.

I'm super nervous about Animaritimes though, it's in Moncton so I get to travel, and it's an anime convention, so I'm hoping people will like my stuff. I used to be heavily into anime and draw it a lot when I was in high school and in an Animation program, but I've been out of it for so long, that most of the shows people talk about, I have no idea what it is! I've only really been into Sailor Moon, so I will have some fanart of that, but I've recently got into Fairy Tail and Chobits. I've been told that I would also like Fruits Basket, so I will have to give that a whirl. I have a huge piece that I'm working on for this convention, I have the sketches all done, and am going to put my fucking all into it. If all goes well, it will be my best piece this year! It's going to be epic!! lol. I can't wait to show everyone once it's all done. :D

And then after Animaritimes, it's Art vs Craft, the craft fair that I've organized. I'm really hoping it goes well. Last year it was a day event, and it went pretty good! This year, it's a weekend, so I'm hoping everything will run smoothly.

Hal-Con is going to be awesome again! 3rd year in a row! I'm working on a new series of paintings for that too. Super busy! But it's all going to be worth it!!

Art vs Craft

I'm back at it again! I'm organizing the 2nd annual Art vs Craft fair! This year's theme is Christmas in July.
I'm hoping to get at least 60 different vendors this year. Last year we had a great mixture of very talented and creative people! I'm hoping for the same this time around.

It'll also be 2 days this year, hoping that more people will be able to come out and look around to see all of the wonderful handmade and original merchandise!

If you want to participate, please email me at artvscrafthalifax@gmail.com

I'm pretty pumped for this you guys! :)

Etsy

Hey gang!

I'm trying my hand at etsy.com again. I had a shop on there since 2008, but nothing ever happened, so I decided just to close it and put it out of its misery.

So I opened up a new shop! April M Paintings and I'll just be selling originals and prints there. And all of the paintings will be on the small size. Because anything bigger than 10x12" will cost an arm and a leg to not only ship it, but pack it as well. I would know, I work in the industry and it's not fun telling people how much it costs just to pack a frigging painting.

Anyhoo. I just wanted to let you all know that in case you missed it from my facebook or twitter updates. I'm hoping to update it a few times a week.


PS I'm getting Art vs Craft up and running again for this summer. Yea! :3

Color Wonderful

Hey!

I've been super busy lately, but I have had some time to get 2 more paintings done!

Meet Queen Thunder and Sour Candy! Both acrylic paintings and both for sale! 

I have a few more sketches in the works to become paintings too! An evil queen, space chick and some more pretty ladies!