a sketch from a few weeks ago

just uploading it now :)

Hello

Oh my I haven't updated in a while. Well here's what happened since my last post. I finished my nesting dolls, they were at Rothick Art Haus gallery in Anaheim for the past month and I sold them, YAY!!! here's some pics :)

Forest Priestess

I finished this about a month ago but I needed to seal it. I finally got around to it, yay!

Acrylic on wood 11”x14”

Next Painting

This is something I am working on for a group show “Amores Muertos” at the end of the month. I am really inspired by statues and paintings of saints. Her cloak thingy will be mostly black. Her hands are going to be replaced with skeleton looking hands. I gave her normal ones in this drawing because I didn’t have the proper reference when I drew it. I can’t wait to start painting :)

Black Forest Witch

Thinking about witches.

Forest Priestess

She is coming along, I'm almost done with her body, just a few more brush strokes. Then I'm going to start the antlers, I think that's going to take the longest.

New stuff

Constructing antlers out of swirls for my priestess series.

Silver Specter

I just finished this painting last night. I'm so happy it's done because I started working on it last May but some stuff came up and I had to put it aside. I love the idea of ghosts, I can't stop painting them.



Close up

Hiding in the Fog

Done with my favorite mechanical pencil.

Currently working on....

a very special bear!

It will not leave my mind

I was super inspired after visiting the natural history museum for the millionth time the other day. I love visiting the gem exhibit and I am especially fond of the opals that reside there. Every time I go I always take tons of pictures. So I thought it would be neat if some of my ghosts had opal eyes.

Sad San Valentine

Happy Valentines from my demon cherub.

Experimenting with iridescent paint

I'm working on some new drawings for a show. This one is still in progress and I thought I'd show how the iridescent paint looks, when light hits it in semi-darkness. The drawing is actually on white paper. Cool effect, I love shimmery paints!

Aquatic Daughter

digital illustration

a sad face

20 min. doodle in photoshop. Just messing around with color or lack there of.

Pearl's Nightmare

I did this one in early October, I just forgot to post it here. It's kind of dark. I can see it pretty well on my screen but when I look at it on a different screen I can barely tell what's going on. I need to work on my lighting a bit more.

I'm currently obsessed with pearls, I've been putting them in most of my new art.

Found

It feels really nice to work on my own stuff again. I've been so busy with other work that I rarely have time for my own artwork.

Something New

I can't believe it's August. It feels like the last seven months were only two months long.

My Website!!!!

I'm so happy my website is up and running. Check it out!!! I will have a lot of paintings coming soon.


www.irene-garcia.com

Black Frost

While I was airbrushing a doll the other day I forgot to cover my hand and I ended up airbrushing my finger tips black. That's how I got the idea for this little illustration. There will be more frost bitten hands to come.