Abstract painting to functional art

Several years ago I decided to make my original work into a clock to sell at shows and in my Etsy shop. I made this abstract painting many years ago. I took a picture of it, then cropped it.

Then I digitally add numbers to the image to make it into a functional art clock.

Living Creatively

After many years of dragging my husband to art festivals and exhibiting myself in art shows he started creating clocks. He is an engineer and designs circuit boards at work. He started to transform these parts that would other wise be thrown into the trash. I tried not to say anything, but I had to put some suggestions in. He at first was not to open to the idea, but then allowed me to use my creative talent. Voila here is the result!

My husband Todd's motto: reduce, reuse, recycle.

I've Got Another Fanciful Bird!

This is the latest of my bird series. Watch out cause this hot tamale has got quite a temper!

Presenting My FANCIFUL BIRDS

I have two new images that I am very excited about. It was so much fun to create these whimsical, quirky birds. They are on there way to a trip to Florida. This feathered duo are off to lots of adventure, and fun in the sun! These images are available in 8 x10 prints in my Etsy shop.

I've Got Pendants

I am so excited to debut my new product I have in my Etsy shop. This is wearable art from an original painting I created. There are a couple of pendants in my shop right now and I will be adding more, so check back. The black leather necklace and the silver pendant look great on. I am wearing one right now as I am typing away. They are $15 each .

I got this idea about designing pillows, from a magazine article I read about but it's not your standard square pillow. I began by making a little sample pillow to see how it looked. I liked the result, so I began making full size ones. This started about about 5 years ago. I have one person who bought about 2 or 3 of them. They are very eye catching when displayed at art festivals. My first pillows were of women of different cultures. The other images were vases of flowers. Later I created smaller pillows of birds. This is my current theme. These fanciful quirky birds are so much fun to make.


It has been awhile since my youngest was born, but I will be making more for festivals coming up this spring.













The vase of flowers are in my sitting room.

This painting is the largest painting I have ever created (approximately 48" x 36"). It hangs very proudly over my mantle and fireplace in the living room. This style I am currently working on is reminiscent of a stained glass window. I painted the first layer with textured medium to add dimension then a base color of brown, then I added various colors but allowed some of the brown to show underneath the colors. This really makes the colors more brilliant.

To view more of my images visit my Etsy site: http://mechelledesigns.etsy.com/