A Frog ,Trees And A Giant Lemon

Last week I finished 2 paintings. The frog which I call "Frog Boy" I painted when I was teaching my first student, it's based on a stuffed toy I have and we both were working on our own, I wanted her to get the feel of the paint for the first time.

This second painting "The Fruit Orchard" Was a painting I had been working off and on for many weeks, it is part of my surreal fruit tree series and this is the largest so far 36x48 oil. To see other surreal fruit trees that go with this piece which include Cherry,Lemon,Orange,Dragon Fruit, Horned melon, Pear, Mango, I will add a link to my website.

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.

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

My Recent Painting's for March and April

"The Thinking Cap" This one has to do with the house symbolizing the brain and thought's are coming in and out the window's. I have many more ideas for this series! The next one's are a diptych called "Dream within a Dream"

This Next painting I did as a gift to an artist friend named Sal Marino. He sent me a portrait he painted of me as a surprise, so in return I did this funny piece with his work hanging on the back wall. It's called "The Scream At The Big Smiles Art Show"

Well there are a few more small one's you can go to my Facebook to see more. Thanks for looking!
Leah Saulnier

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