New watercolors from my art a day challenge

Hello my friends! As you probably notice my latest absence this week, I have been busy with custom work and creative challenges.  But as my b-day approaches this weekend, I have decided to post something fun and little bit personal.  To get started ...  here are my favorite quotes (not original to me, but I hope you will find them inspiring)

Motivation is what gets you started.  Habit is what keeps you going!

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. 

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found. 

-James Russell Lowell

Drawing is a valuable life skill - it helps you think, invent and communicate - 

regardless of our age or ability. 

Only mediocrities progress.  An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last! - Oscar Wilde 

Actually I turned to art as plan B after stubbing my toe on my first passion - ballet!   As a young ballerina, I agonized over my failure to live up to the ideal feminine overachiever.   Often I would sit in the corner and do some sketches of the dancers (just like Degas, but I only found out this analogy much later).  My favorite subject is dancers and the female subject with subtle movement and sometimes vulnerability, and I have filled my home with paintings!

If colors were dating, subtle shades of black and pink would be the perfect couple for me!  Sometimes no combination is bolder and more delicious than opposites.  Pink is so feminine that it shouts princess while black is so masculine and the real bad boy of color!  You'll see these two colors in a lot of my paintings.

P.S. I hope you enjoyed my little journey here ( all collection of ten pieces see in my IG with daily posts) and I will see you soon with new updates and more special announcement about my new work and lovely Mothers Day dedication... but it is later :)   xx, Lana

Hunters Alley New Feature

On this lovely Saturday morning, after spending a fantastic week on a Caribbean cruise, I see my art featured and promoted on the wonderful site  of Hunters Alley.

Here is a link for more of my prints and prints on canvas (with a variety of sizes and contemporary frames).

But if you like to purchase original, please contact me here or here.

Also, I signed the contract for my art being shown on Bravo's upcoming episodes of "Million Dollar Listing"... woohoo...  so stay tuned for new "Miami Million Dollar Listing" starting this summer!!!!

Of course, I'm adding new art originals to my ETSY shop daily!!!!  Let me know what is happening in your world.  I would love to hear from you!  I wish everybody a happy weekend and stay tuned for new posts on my recent cruise to the Bahamas!

xx, Lana