What do Kinkade ,sock Monkeys and Mark Twain Have In Common?

Well I painted them in the past month. I will tell you why. I love authors especially Mark twain and Poe. I Love Sock monkeys it was one of my few toys as a child.   I LOVE making fun of Thomas Kinkade just because I love parodies. I would love to see what people think of my latest work!

"Mississippi Sam Aka Mark Twain" 24x30 oil

"Kinkade's Worst Nightmare 2" 24x30 oil

"Preserving Childhood 5 The Baby Sock Monkey"
So there it is my work for the last 3 to4 weeks. Prints and originals available on my website at www.paintingmaniac.com if you have an questions or want a commission email me whitebantam@msn.com

Thanks for looking at my work!   Leah Saulnier

Alfred Hitchcock and Ronald McDonald?

What Do Alfred Hitchcock and Ronald McDonald Have in common?   Well they are 2 of my recent paintings for the Month of September and October so far.   I guess with winter approaching my sense of humor has been coming out more to brighten cloudy days.  So here are some examples of my recent works.  Originals are available through me and prints available on my website at www.paintingmaniac.com where you can view many more works of mine, Thanks for looking! I would love to hear comments.  Leah

                                                             Alfred Hitchcock

                                                   Fast Food Nightmare- The Happy Meal

                                                                            WTF?!

                                                              The Pretender

                                                                    Soap Box Derby

Sunday Morning A Story Telling Painting

"Sunday Morning" A story telling commission painting I started a fer weeks ago for a local couple. He owns his own house painting business and she helps in his office. She does quilting ,so I added a partial part of her quilt to her overalls. She was also raised on a dairy farm so I gave her a cow necklace. They have chickens ,this parrot and 4 long haired chihuahua's which I only added 2 and got bit 3 times by them during the photo shoot.They garden is why the tomato plant and sunflower. He is wearing an Army hat in honor of his son that is in special forces in the Army.. I will be delivering this to them in a few days once it dries. Hope they like it! If anyone is interested in a story telling painting down the line keep me in mind! This is 36x48x1.5 oil
Here is a link below for prints , to view it larger and to see my body of quirky work!
www.paintingmaniac.com

Kinkade's Worst Nightmare

"Kinkade's Worst Nightmare" My new painting I finished today! If you don't know who Kinkade is look him up on google and read about what he is about and this will be funnier to you. He is really know for his cutesy lit cottages, that's where my idea came from, I made up my own cottage though . I hope you get it and have a laugh

My Surreal Life and My Wacky Art World

I decided last week to my first self portrait. I thought I could do just a regular portrait but that sounded boring to me, so I thought putting my image on a dress mannequin was more suitable to my personality and my wacky world. I love and live in the desert so that suited me also for this piece and is also a good back drop to Items and characters I used that were in previous paintings of mine like Crash my Dog, misfit potato head, My sock monkey doll,my stick figure to the back right, The Lemon Blimp, and my protecting baby series with the pears. I own an antique dress mannequin from 1910 so this just felt like my art world bringing everything together. The original is 30x24x1.5 oil and won't be for sale. I will add a link where prints will be available of this one and all my other work.

Oil Painting -Don't Listen To Schooling!!!

I don't understand why many schools insist students need to use mediums and turpentine to paint with oil paints! It's not true. It's toxic and a headache. when you want to wash your brushes all you need is DAWN dish soap or Murphey's oil soap. I do have a glass jar 1/5 filled with terpenoid natural in the green can and is citrus based to soak my brushes after painting till I get to the sink to wash which is like a month but that's it! If anyone has anymore questions about this feel free to ask. I also find Oil paint is cheaper to paint with than acrylics.

New Work and My New Gallery

I am now currently show at Patricia Carlisle Fine Art 554 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe,NM. 87508 www.carlislefa.com their number is 1-888-820-0596 Contact them if you are interested in owning an original. It is a great investment! Some of my clients piece's they acquired a couple of years ago have already doubled in what they can resell it for. Anyone who follows and looks at my blog can you Please share this with others? I am still getting savvy with the internet. Thanks! LS

Here are some of my most recent works from the past couple months;

This is "Edgar Allan Poe" part of the Thinking Cap series, he has been a very popular painting on the internet with comments, views, inquiries and prints selling of him on my website. 24x30 oil

"Rat Race" 24x30 oil
This one is the first in a series called "Rat Race" I am currently working on another taking place on a golf course.

his one above is "That Damn GPS!" Finished this one last week. I used a 1959 Cadillac, This one really cracks me up, I plan on making this into a series and a 2nd one will come up down the line. 24x30 oil

"Super Rat" 12x16 oil. he was a cool character I came up with a few days ago that I want to do other paintings with. He has such a retro quality to him.

The one above is "Protecting Baby 6" A lengthy series I have been doing over 6 years. The Pears always represent people where the Mama pear is protecting baby pear from danger. All my others are in private collections from around the world, this is the only one available. 18x24 oil

Above; "The Winner of the Ugly Dog Contest 2011" 12x16 oil
when I saw this little guy in the news I just couldn't resist doing a painting of him so he is out there for ever now with love. Poor,cute in his own way little guy!

"The Ugly Duckling" 12x16 Oil
This just came to mind one evening, but instead of ugly I think he came out being a little too cute and maybe a bit tipsy lol. I still like it though. Everyone have a great weekend! Sorry I had been behind in adding new work, have had many shows to deal with and I'm a mom. Leah Saulnier The Painting Maniac