Wisteria

Oh yes, I know I'm a little early. I just love Halloween and my little witchy girls so much I couldn't wait to start painting them. Here is little Wisteria out walking Ash and Soot, can't you just hear the leaves crunching under their feet (and paws :) ? The original is available in my etsy shop.

I'm also working on a series of small (ACEO size) paintings of ghosts inspired by the fairy tale Bluebeard.. but more on ghost stories later!

Calamity

Meet Calamity, the little ghost out for a midnight walk on the moonbeams. She is a wee bit afraid of heights you see, so her little moth friends are lending a hand. 

prints available http://darklingwoods.etsy.com 

also just listed new original aceo cards! 

Cheshire Cat

 Back to Wonderland! 

My newest painting 

"The Cheshire Cat" 

He was my favorite as a little girl, and I adored cats and thought they were all magically clever. (well aren't they?) A smiling one was creepy and intriguing all at the same time. I tried to capture that mystery and dapper air in this piece. 

Prints and original available 

(copyright property of the artist, violators will be taken to the Queen of Hearts)

West of Moon

"Hold on tight to my shaggy coat" Detail from my November submission for Children's illustrators club on deviant art. The theme was polar bears and I was drawn to an old favorite East of Sun West of Moon :)

Prints are available in my shop along with new prints of my ruby slipper painting, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road".

Contest

I've entered my "Little Miss Magic" painting in the FAE (fantasy artists of etsy) fall fantasy contest!
I've never entered something like this before and I'm so excited! (and the votes are close!)

heres the link http://faecontest.webng.com/

so go vote for your favorite! polls close at midnight Thursday!

New ACEO card! First in a series of original watercolor images inspired by the Wizard of Oz.
This one inspired by Dorothy and a love of magical shoes and golden roads. A Wonderful addition to your ATC collection or gift for an Oz collector.

you can see it here http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7257279
in my etsy shop :)
keep your eyes open for the next in the Oz series... "Wicked" comming soon!

Also check my shop out for some great Halloween specials! Prints and magnets and notecards!

*boo*

Merry Met! I'm Cat an artist inspired by myth and muse. Welcome to my corner of the woods where you can learn about my newest projects, inspirations and processes and other chaotic and whirly happenings!

Why Darkling Woods? oh how I love words! From Tolkien's poem, "Through darkling woods he walked at will" to Keats nightingale in "Darkling, I listen". Darkling is one of those words I find simply enchanting. And paired with "woods" my love for all thing fairy tale is tied in.

The image above is my newest, "The Frog Princess" I always loved the fairy tale about the little princess and her frog prince. But I have to admit I was always a bit perplexed when she kissed him and turned him into a prince. I couldn't imagine anything better than a talking frog (with a tiny crown!)

So this painting came from that idea, a very impish Princess with her pet.

prints are availble in my Etsy shop at www.darklingwoods.etsy.com