Live painting, work in progress, new print for sale and more

A lot has happened since my last update, so I hope you'll bare with this lengthy post of mine.<br /><br />Fall has arrived and I am finding the colors of the trees and their rainbow leaves fluttering in the wind to be soooo hypnotic. Yes, being an absoulte color junkie autum is easily my most cherished time of the year and I am feelin very inspired.<br />However the chill is makin its way in, so I was quite pleased to find myself doing some live painting/demoing inside the warm an cozy, newly opened Portland Saturday Annex Shop last weekend:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6328235066/" title="Painting Demo in the Annex by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Painting Demo in the Annex" height="340" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6225/6328235066_52684ff833.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6327483987/" title="Painting live in the Annex by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Painting live in the Annex" height="329" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6095/6327483987_a0d89484d6.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6327484375/" title="Painting Demo in the Annex by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Painting Demo in the Annex" height="331" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6218/6327484375_43caf1c3dd.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6328235200/" title="My art in the Annex by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="My art in the Annex" height="336" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6092/6328235200_a37b46a812.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />You may be wondering what is this "Portland Saturday Market Annex shop" I speak of.<br />Well its an amazing drool worthy shop housing handmade art, clothing, pottery, jewlery and a billion other hand made items from members of the Portland Saturday Market here in Oregon. You will find a few of my original acrylic paintings for sale inside along with some prints and art pendants of mine. I highly suggest buyin handmade for the Holiday's this year, and this is the spot. Its located @ 600 SW 10th Ave. Portland, OR Corner of SW 10th & Alder in the Galleria Building @1pm. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Portland-Saturday-Market-Annex/118156431627797"><strong>Check it out</strong></a>!!<br /><br />So yes...I started a new mermaid painting at the Annex( as seen in the above photos.) Take a look at a a close up "work in progress" pic of my mermaid's face:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6329591708/" title="Work in progress close up by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Work in progress close up" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6119/6329591708_d099b22d2b.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />...Just getting the first layers of color down. More painting progress photos soon to be posted, so keep an eye out.<br /><br />Also quite excited to share with you my most recent spoken word poetry collaberation with Bone and All titled "Chaos Creature" :<br /><img height="433" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6217/6280816996_8afe767538.jpg" width="431" /><br />"Artist Chelsea Rose, whose words conjure and evoke strange truths and creatures from the depths of the sacred and unknown, leads an exploration through consciousness and evolution with mind melting psychedelic tracks adorned with her poetic spoken word."<br />There are four tracks to this podcast. <a href="http://boneandall.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-25T10_59_27-07_00"><strong>Take a listen</strong></a>!<br /><br />As far as my etsy shop goes, I just released a new print for sale:<br /><img height="653" src="http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.285338977.jpg" style="WIDTH: 385px; HEIGHT: 542px" width="461" /><br />Now selling 8"x10" giclee prints of my most recently finished acrylic painting "Elephantess" for $15 <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/85880657/elephant-goddess-8x10-giclee-art-print"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />So yes, lots of stuff happning. And if you are in town catch me downtown this weekend selling my work at the <a href="http://portlandsaturdaymarket.com/"><strong>Portland Saturday Market</strong></a>. Come say hi, hang out and collect some art.<br /><br />Much love and light,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Live painting, work in progress, new print for sale and more

A lot has happened since my last update, so I hope you'll bare with this lengthy post of mine. Fall has arrived and I am finding the col...

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New Painting, Elephantess and print release

Just stoppin in the share my most recent finished painting:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6278179734/" title="Elephantess by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Elephantess" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6216/6278179734_144f3d01df_z.jpg" style="WIDTH: 401px; HEIGHT: 555px" width="480" /></a><br />"Elephantess"<br />Original acrylic painting by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />I cant believe it took me so long to finish her! I started this one Sept. 1st. which means its taken me almost 2 months to complete. I think thats a testimate to how busy things have been.<br />This painting is loosely inspired by Lakshmi, Hindu Goddess of fortune. She is often depicted with beautiful elephants by her side but in my version I melded Lakshmi with her elephant counterparts. Her old fashioned, fancy aristocratic dress and top hat are meant to communicate her abundance/ prosperity/fortune. I tried to incorporate a couple of the traditional symbols associated with the Goddess Lakshmi: the Lotus in her hand( evolution), Gold on the lotus, dress, in her eyes(prosperity), red/magenta/pink dress(creative activity), elephant head(wisdom, purity, charity) and peacock feather in her hat(transmutation, eternal knowing and truth.)<br />It was fascinating taking the time to research and get to know Lakshmi. I had hoped to finish her in time for Diwali Day when she is often worshiped/celebrated but that didn't go as planned.<br />Anyhoo, I plan on releasing some 8"x10" prints of her soon, so keep an eye on <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>my etsy shop</strong></a>.<br /><br />Speaking of prints...I recently released a new one:<br /><br /><img height="473" src="http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.278251891.jpg" style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 443px" width="434" /><br />"Goddess of the Hunt"<br />original acrylic painting<br />8"x10" prints now available for $15 <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/83876725/goddess-of-the-hunt-8x10-giclee-print"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />And here is one of 9 art pendants up for grabs right now:<br /><br /><img height="509" src="http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.278820937.jpg" style="WIDTH: 483px; HEIGHT: 437px" width="485" /><br />The art used in this pendant is an archival giclee print of my original acrylic painting "Mistress and the Orb"<br />Let this pendant serve as a thing of beauty or work as a good luck charm of sorts, stimulating your drive to explore the majestic and mysterious.<br />Available for $10<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/84033140/orb-mistress-art-pendant"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />More comin soon!<br />Much love,<br />-Chelsea Rose

New Painting, Elephantess and print release

Just stoppin in the share my most recent finished painting: "Elephantess" Original acrylic painting by Chelsea Rose I cant believe...

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Long weekend filled with artly goodness

I am feeling much refreshed after the 3 day weekend.<br />On Saturday <a href="http://www.dannyebruarts.blogspot.com/">Danny Ebru</a> and I did great selling our artwork down at <a href="http://www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com">the Portland Saturday Market</a>.<br />On Sunday I concentrated on adding a bit more color ideas to my current acrylic painting in the works. Here is a snapshot of my progress so far:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6118552206/" title="my art corner by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="my art corner" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6118552206_017404e08a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />Im still working out the colors and patterns of her dress. A portion of the original dress pattern that I marked out wasn't pleasing me so I whited out what I had and plan to start on it again soon.<br /><br />In addition to my painting project I also went outside into the field in front of our home and spent a half hour picking black berries from which I made a pie. I used a gluten/wheat free flour and honey instead of sugar and I am happy to report it turned out rather yummly indeed. Oh and baked some cornbread too!<br /><br />On Monday I slept in a bit, did some work around the home and then Danny and I settled back into our art studio and continued to work on our projects:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/6120317291/" title="Three Day Weekend by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Three Day Weekend" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6120317291_c5d01fb2fa.jpg" width="335" /></a><br />Danny was working on hand painting a silkscreen of a six armed sri shiva...cant wait to see what comes of it!<br /><br />More artly goodness coming soon.<br /><br />Love and Light,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Long weekend filled with artly goodness

I am feeling much refreshed after the 3 day weekend. On Saturday Danny Ebru and I did great selling our artwork down at the Portland Saturd...

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Elephantress - new painting, Work In Progress photos and more

Hello all,<br /><br />Just stoppin in to share with you the first few glimpses of my new painting during its process of creation:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6105399052/" title="Elephantress WIP by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Elephantress WIP" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6190/6105399052_8de73aa645.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6105399000/" title="art table 09 01 2011 by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="art table 09 01 2011" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6088/6105399000_50fa6d86df.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />This piece is inspired by Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth, light, prosperity, fortune, generosity and more. I always referred to her as the 'Elephant Goddess' which is incorrect....but she is usually depicted as a fresh faced goddess with many arms holding lotuses, surounded by elephants. So, you can see where I drew inspiration for this character. The green background works well with the themes of fortune and fertility too.<br /><br />Excited to begin this painting...looking forward to working more on it soon!<br /><br /><br /><br />Here is my original pen and ink drawing of her:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5092110535/" title="Elephantress by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Elephantress" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5092110535_c0f17a89bf.jpg" width="391" /></a><br /><br />(original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose)<br /><br />....I do have 5"x7" prints avilaible of her for $7<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78028407/elephant-goddess-lakshmi-pen-and-ink"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />In other news, this weekend <a href="http://www.dannyebruarts.blogspot.com/"><strong>Danny Ebru</strong></a> and I will be out sellin our art down at the <a href="http://portlandsaturdaymarket.com/"><strong>Portland Saturday Market</strong></a>:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5680623786/" title="Portland Saturday Market by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Portland Saturday Market" height="255" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5680623786_55acf8a493.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Come look for us, chat a spell and maybe, just maybe grab up some art while your at it!<br /><br /><br /><br />I do so hope your summer has been enjoyable.<br /><br />Much love and light,<br /><br />-Chelsea Rose<br /><br /><br /><br />

Elephantress - new painting, Work In Progress photos and more

Hello all, Just stoppin in to share with you the first few glimpses of my new painting during its process of creation: This piece is inspire...

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