☆ FEATURED - Natasha May

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This month the featured section is dedicated to some seriously amazing talent + beautiful etsy shops from people who have signed up for Denthes May Etsy Promotions. My third featured artist is the amazing Natasha May from NatashaMays Art world

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(information from Natasha's Etsy Store)

My name is Natasha and I live in Slovenia, Europe. I’m a self taught mixed media artist. You can also find me at my blog.

Are you looking for Original Mixed Media paintings? Here you can find whimsical pretty faces on mixed media backgrounds made by mixed media artist Natasha May.

 My mixed media paintings portray whimsical pretty faces on layered backgrounds using acrylic paints, colored pencils, collage and tissue paper to name a few.

Every painting of mine conveys a certain emotion and has its own message even though I don’t usually write any inspirational words on it. I like to leave that interpretation open for the audience to make up their own stories and ascribe their own feelings regarding the subject. I feel like I’m leaving blank spaces for you to fill in. This way the painting is just as much yours as it is mine. Enjoy!

Natasha also has an amazing looking course available called 'cotton candy girls' which I would love to take one day. You can find out more about Natasha + her amazing art here.

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☆ Friday Art [clockwork geisha]

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The best thing about going away to the city for me is being out of my habitual life. 

As a family, we are very (very!) routine. We have our dance classes, play groups, mothers groups, morning tea at nan's and school days. 

And I often wonder if we lived in a city if we would be as structured, or if we would be more spontaneous, and jump on a bus to somewhere.

Anyway, as I was saying, the best thing about going away is seeing things that I haven't seen everyday, and therefore, do not see anymore - do you know what I mean? 

Like beautiful graffiti on the train tunnels, like the mist covering the harbour bridge, or like the vibrant colours of a 'nemo' + 'dorie' fish.

So on Sunday we went to the markets in The Rocks, and I love these markets. They are a mixture of touristy items (like opal jewellery + australian animal puzzles) + and beautiful + original art + crafts.

One of the stalls had amazing steam punk jewellery, and if I had had more cash on me I would have bought lots from this stall, (thank goodness they have a website!!), but I was reminded how much I love steam punk - the clothes, the gadgets, the contraptions, and I remembered that I had a few old watches in my studio.

So with my hammer I took apart all these old watches (so. much. fun!) to find the elusive gold cogs to use in future projects, and I decided to use some in this weeks painting. 

Clockwork Geisha

(So she is not very geishaish, but I decided that the steam punk genre is all about being traditional, in non traditional ways!)

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How cute are those cogs? If they were bigger I would have stuck them on a bobby pin for my hair!!

I was tell my nan about my day of destruction, laughing at how I took my hammer to the old watches, and her face was priceless, (I don't think she ever thought that some one would pull watches apart for parts to use in artwork!) She then told me she had a few old watches from my Poppy in her special box, that would have some cool parts, but I knew that she wasn't offering them to me for destruction!

Have you pulled apart something for art? Just because? I would love to hear your stories. [And feel free to send me your old watches!! ]

Thank you everyone for your awesome comments on my post - I am sorry I couldn't visit as many of you as I liked, but I will this week!

[LINKING TO PAINT PARTY FRIDAY]

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☆ Are you the WINNER? [may 2013]

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Sometimes you just need to know that there is an angel (or something) watching out for you, making sure that eventually everything will be ok.

So I am super excited to send this lady off to her new home. 

So with out further ado this months winner is:

Kimberly S

If you email me your address I will pop her in the post shortly.

Didn't win her? Don't despair, pop back in June 6th and a new give away will be up for grabs.

Thank you so much everyone for entering. (And your lovely comments!)

Your support means so much to me

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☆ Featured - DENTHE ARTS

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This month the featured section is dedicated to some seriously amazing talent + beautiful etsy shops from people who have signed up for Denthes May Etsy Promotions. My second featured artist is the amazing Denthe herself!

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(all information is from denthe's etsy store)

If you like wild abundant colours and paintings of women and birds, if you like poetry and quotes, more specifically in combination with art, you’ve come to the right place. In this shop I'll offer prints of my original paintings, poetry cards and original art. 

“denthe” is a derivation of Denise Thewissen. I’m a Belgian artist currently living in sunny Queensland, Australia. I started painting in 2004. I have been drawing all my life, but painting was something I considered too difficult to do without having a formal education. So for years I planned to go to artschool, because the urge was certainly there, but with my full-time job and then 2 kids it never happened. 

Until my friend’s hubbie took me to a painting club at his work. He worked for a company that employed disabled people. One night a week they could come to a big studio and do all kinds of crafts under guidance. My friend, who is a gifted artist himself, guided the people who wanted to paint, along with some other people that painted in their free time. So I started going there every week, helped them out a bit, and in the meantime learned a lot just by trying things out and getting great tips from the artists there. 

And I was hooked! Utterly, completely in love. I looked forward to Thursday night all week. I went there straight after work and painted for 5 hours. It was always too early to go home. I didn’t know anything about painting, and when I see work from that first period I sometimes cringe …. I learned so much. I soaked up every little bit they could teach me, and experimented with all kinds of techniques. In 2008 I quit my job to have more time for the kids and started to become more serious about my passion. I started going to markets to try and sell things, entered some art shows and had the opportunity to participate in some exhibitions. 

In 2011 I emigrated to Australia with my family, and I had to say goodbye to that wonderful group of people. I will forever be grateful to that friend for taking me along, otherwise I’d probably still be dreaming about painting one day ….

Isn't her work amazing? I love seeing her wildly brilliant paintings pop up in my rss reader, or her zentangle prints. This is only a small selection of her work, but if you are not familiar with her work, I urge you to follow the links below to see more.

 www.denthe.blogspot.com - www.facebook.com/dentheART - www.denthe.com - www.etsy.com/shop/dentheARTS 

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Don't forget that I want to feature YOU here! Yes you! Click here to find out more - it is super easy to join in (but don't hesitate to email me with any questions!)

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Finally today - don't forget that the chance to win this months Free to enter give away is close to ending. To enter all you have to do is leave three little words on this post here .

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