As you may have noticed I LOVE color and lot's of detail in many of my paintings!  I like to create work that instantly attracts a viewers eye and with color and detail keeps them entertained past a fleeting glance.  My latest painting, "Land of Wonder" has a lot of color that makes you think of candy, and so many nuances within the design elements, from little hearts and swirls to dancing arrows and slashes of paint placed perfectly throughout.  The larger elements such as the trees of brilliant red with vibrant gray leaves, to the turquoise moon and emerald green mountains, are set against a sky of blues and purples that fade into one another as they float across the canvas.

This painting was created on an oversized 36"x48" Genie Canvas and will be a conversation starter wherever it is placed, whether it be a foyer, a bedroom, living room or office, and it will will add a burst of color and fun!

I hope you enjoy seeing the progress it took to create this painting, it's always fascinating to see how an idea sketched out comes to life on canvas.  Click on any image to see larger, and visit the Shop page to purchase and see room settings.

I have several great giveaway opportunities for all of you to start the New Year off right!!  First, fashion and lifestyle blogger Aroon Melane is doing a giveaway on her blog featuring two fun little products with my art from Deny Designs :)  Visit her Blog and scroll down the page to see the rules for entering to win this colorful pouch with my original painting "Color Blast" and one of my chevron pattern designs on a tabletop frame.

In addition, Aroon Melane, myself and 24 other lovely ladies are doing an Instagram Giveaway loop!  So, not only do you have the opportunity to win the following items from me, but you have the chance to possibly win something else instead!  The odds are pretty good on this one, don't miss out!

My Instagram account is under: @madartstudios just look for the post about the Loop Giveaway for all the instructions on how to enter, it will be lot's of fun!!  It is only open for two days from January 1st at 11am EST, and will end on January 3rd around 11am EST, winner will be announced on Instagram.

Here is what you can win from me in the loop giveaway, an 8"x10" signed "Aqua Burn" Print, a "Peacock Princess" pouch, a blue and black striped tabletop picture frame, a 2015 Inspirational Calendar and the most beautiful little bamboo jewelry box featuring my "Winter Sparkle" painting.  This is a great haul of fun little goodies featuring my art, good luck and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I've very much been in the mood to paint cities and iconic landmarks from around the world, so naturally I'm drawn to adding maps into my current art repertoire!  

I painted one all original map painting (see here), and then I had the idea to also create some digital collages of maps from my original paintings, manipulated in Photoshop to create a unique piece of art, perfect for prints and lot's of other fun products.

I started with my three piece acrylic painting "The Beauty of Color" that I painted several years ago that is bold and vibrant and I thought would look great overlayed on a world map.  I then chose a hand painted gray background to use as the oceans just to give the background some texture.  As I was stitching together the images onto the map, I decided to play around with the hues and came up with several more stunning and vibrant color combinations!  It's so amazing how digital manipulation can allow us to take one piece of art and turn it into something completely new, it's fun and pushes my creativity to a whole new level.  

Here are the original "The Beauty of Color" Paintings and the gray background before I digitally collaged them into the images below.  The colors were changed along with the saturation and opacity to create the most complimentary color schemes.
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Products you can purchase with one of the images above, there are also prints, phone cases, cards and more to come from my Society6 Shop!

My licensing partner and print publisher Pixels.com is now offering throw pillows in a variety of different sizes with all 776 images I have available through them!  Below is just a sampling from my abstract gallery, but there are many more designs with lot's of different subjects, styles and colors to choose from.

When you go to my Pixels Gallery and click on any image, simply select the pillow icon on the middle right of the page;  If the image isn't a square image you can click on the large pillow that pops up with the design and by clicking and holding your mouse you can adjust what part of the image you would like displayed on the pillow.  These are double sided, so the image on the front will also be on the back.

This is such exciting news, many of these images have never been offered as pillows before and will give you so many options to dress up your home with unique art that is vibrantly colored and fun! 

In addition to pillows you can purchase all of these images as prints (canvas, framed, metal and more) along with greeting cards and phone cases.  

As someone who LOVE's to travel, and dream of traveling to every corner of the earth some day; creating a new collection of map paintings to compliment my Cities of the World art, seemed like the perfect new collection!

My first painting in this new collection is a vibrant, colorful painting depicting the world with each country richly colored in deep, vibrant hues of the rainbow.  I didn't purposefully color the countries specifically, I just went with what felt right and seemed to compliment each other, with the exception of the State of Alaska, which is painted in a brilliant shade of purple and violet.  The reason for this, is Purple is my favorite color and I grew up in Alaska, so I wanted to give it particularly special meaning.

The original "World Map I" painting was created with acrylics on a thick archival, acid free paper - 13"x18" that will need to be matted and framed.  If you are looking for a larger copy of the painting I do have prints available up to an oversized 45"x60" framed or canvas prints HERE along with cards and even phone cases.

It's always fun to see the process by which an original piece of art comes to live, so here are work in progress pics to enjoy :)