Queensland artist: Susanna Bertolacci

I think Susanna Bertolacci lives on the Gold Coast of Queensland?

I love her butterfly wings!

Here is her website.

Queensland artist: Megan Lane

Megan Lane is a visual artist living in Mackay, Queensland:

These are two of my favourites of her paintings. I especially like the one on the right. I wonder who it is? I love her face.

Megan sells her art at the Sarina Markets, the Mackay City Markets, and the Airlie Beach Markets, in Queensland, Australia.

Read about Megan, and become a fan, here on Facebook.

Queensland artist: Katherine May

Check out Queensland artist Katherine May's Australian themed Christmas cards!

Her Christmas 2009 range should be online soon.

Molas: folk art of the Cuna/Kuna (Tule) Indians (South America)

Molas are the folk art of the Cunan Indian women, in South America. Vividly colored panels are used to adorn blouses and are made from pieces of multicoloured material, cut and sewn into narrative and fantasy scenes:

See here for a closer look.

Here's a great article about Molas, at Fashion-Incubator - which even shows a Mola bikini!

You can even buy a "Mola mug" here - & here - at cafepress - take a look!

Because I love Etsy (international handcrafted marketplace) here is what is offered on Etsy as molas.

There's a great article about the Kuna people of Panama, along with some very colourful Mola photos, here.

Textile Artist, Yinka Shonibare

Yinka Shonibare MBE, contemporary artist, has transformed paintings (from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London) into (Dutch wax African print) fabrics. See more & learn more here.

Nail art

Just for fun: here are my birthday nails:



These were hand painted, using a wooden toothpick with a blunted tip.

Take a look at this Nail Art Gallery. One of my favourite's is Keiko's 4th.

Here's a tutorial for some easy dotted nail art.

Lastly, another easy tutorial for flowers (the white flowers look the best, imo).

A layering technique from Gary Reef

I love the effect of this layering technique from Gary Reef:


I notice though that he just knows which colours to choose to spray, & how & where, to achieve the desired effect.

I was surprised at a couple of the comments on this video: imo this layering technique improved the look of the painting.