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Hi, My name is Irene Owens. My greatest passion in life is Art. I love drawing portraits, painting whimsical pictures and illustrating for children. I also collect children's books and hope to one day get one of my own picture books published. I have a shop on Etsy where I sell my prints, hand painted pendants and mirrors. In this blog you will find artists that inspire me, brilliant handmade creations and my own art. I hope you enjoy my posts.
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Showing posts with label Etsy. Show all posts

Saturday, 26 January 2013

Very British Baby

I'm working on a very cool project right now - developing images for a brand of baby products called Very British Baby. I've done a bunch of drawings already and the client loved them, only these three were rejected due to nudity, they prefer the bears to be clothed. Ah well, client is always right! I still really like them though.

Watercolors and pencils on tinted paper




PRINTS

Monday, 14 January 2013

As One

Inspired by my husband's photograph of the moody sea :)

Watercolors and white acrylics


PRINTS

Saturday, 29 December 2012

Hoggy and Mummy

I've just a finished a small series of paintings for nursery of Hoggy and his Mummy. Very happy with the result :)






PRINTS

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Everything and Nothing

I am a universe - complex, mysterious, full of life. I'm also just a grain of sand - soon to be lost forever, forgotten. How can I be everything and nothing at the same time?

Sea always makes me feel tiny and insignificant, in awe of its beauty and power. It makes me ask myself questions I know I can't answer.


PRINTS

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Pumpkin Surprise


Well, Halloween is upon us and I couldn't resist painting some gorgeous pumpkins :)




Monday, 1 October 2012

Christmas Cards

I know, I know... it's only October :) Time flies before Christmas though so get your cards now! very limited amount of these is being printed

BUY

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Friday, 21 September 2012

Christmas Cracker

I've started working on Christmas illustrations for my Etsy shop, going to have them as prints and as greeting cards.

Here's a brand new illustration


And these are from a couple of years ago, I think they'll make nice cards. What do you think?



PRINTS

Sunday, 16 September 2012

Muse

First time I've tried gouache paints and I really liked them, they work brilliantly with my favorite acrylics

My own little muse seems to be on holiday right now, I'm supposed to be drawing Christmas cards and have no good ideas, not one! Muse, come back!

Acrylics, gouache and pencils on watercolor paper


PRINTS

Thursday, 30 August 2012

Beach Hut Hunt

Inspired by the colorful beach huts in Thorpe :)

Acrylics on watercolor paper

PRINTS

Sunday, 26 August 2012

James Franco commission portrait



This is a commission drawing I've just finished. Was a bit nervous about it as I haven't drawn with colour pencils for a long time but I like how it turned out and my customer was very happy with it  :)

Crayola and Lyra colour pencils on DAS paper

COMMISSIONS

Friday, 10 August 2012

Happy Family

Here's my new watercolor illustration. A happy hedgehog family enjoying a lazy afternoon in the woods. And yes, Daddy is just "resting his eyes" :-p

PRINTS

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Alphabet Toys

These little toy babies are ready to join the alphabet gang. Nineteen more to go!!!

They are also available as prints in my Etsy

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

First Flight

Baby's first flight with Daddy :)
Acrylics on watercolor paper

PRINTS

Saturday, 23 June 2012

Sonnet and Hoggy

This is a commission painting - a dream commission, I must say. My customer loves Hoggy and so she wanted to have an original painting of him, but she also loves albino hedgehogs and asked me if I could paint one for her. I enjoyed working on this picture very much, I wish I had more commissions like this :)