A Meeting of Minds - new acrylic painting and MORE pendants coming soon!

So I just finished my newest painting on canvas:

"A Meeting of Minds"
16"x20"
original acrylic painting by Chelsea Rose

I managed to capture a few "work in progress" shots during it's creation:

As seen above, the painting started out as a purple background vortex with a very simple sketch in India ink. I then began blocking out the background and adding more detail to the trees, beginning some of the first layers of color. By the third photo I have my first couple layers of color on, and finally almost finished just fine tuning and making final color and detail decisions.

 The background took the longest for me to decide exactly what I wanted out there, but I eventually settled on the idea of lil floating metropolis islands dotting the horizon.

I rather enjoy the subtle "see through" aspect of the third eye spirit, how you can see the tree behind it and a bit of the sunset streaks that peak through its specter. I think I may try my hand at a small series of "specters in the woods" or something along those lines, because it was so much fun to paint!

Here is a peak at me in my lil art studio. This photo was taken near the end of the painting's creative process when I was debating on a few color changes, like the round fungi/grass stuff in the front being multi colored( as seen in this photo) or all one color ( like blue, in the final version.)

So now that that is done I am back to focusing on making more of my hand sculpted, hand painted art pendants:

Here are the humble beginnings of a new batch. So far I have sculpted the forms out of polymer clay, stuck stones and crystals into them, then baked them till hard. Then I coated them with an initial layer of acrylic paint and did some rough sketching to plan out the basics of their faces.

And here is the first of the batch to be finished! I will be finishing the rest and listing them on etsy this coming week. So keep an eye on my shop if you want to snatch one of these up for yourself or a loved one.

Sending Love and Light,
-Chelsea Rose 

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More Goddess Pendants and Paintings

I made a new batch of pendants, since the first two have sold:

I love making these! I am using polymer clay to sculpt with, and adorning them with stones, crystals and gems, then painting them with iridescent acrylics.

I call her "Pink Medusa."

She is the biggest one of this batch, 3"x3.5"
Her third eye is embellished with a rainbow Agate Druzy bead.
She is available for $45 in my etsy shop.

I call this one "Green Sorceress"

2.5"x2.5", she is embellished with a Kyanite bead for the third eye and a Silver Agate Druzy orb sits in her hair.  She is available for $40 in my etsy shop.

I call this one "Punk Goddess"

She is the smallest of this batch, 2"x1.5" but I think she is my favorite.
I adorned her third eye with a Kyanite bead and then gave her three dark rainbow coated Quartz Crystal liberty spikes.  She is available for $30 in my etsy shop.

I have also been working on a few paintings. The main painting I have been working on is almost done and my next blog will  feature it along with a few "work on progress" shots.

Till then, here are two smallish paintings I finished recently:

The All Seeing Forest
7"x7"
original acrylic painting on salvaged wood block

Its ready to hang in your home! Available for purchase in my etsy shop for $65.

And here is a close up of the mermaid I painted on a piece of drift wood.

"Sea Spirit"
3"x9" acrylic painting on driftwood. I found the wood tossed ashore one of my most favorite hidden misty pacific northwest beaches. She is available for $45 in my etsy shop.

Im still working on more paintings and pendants, and other strange art things. So keep an eye out.

Much love and light,
-Chelsea Rose 

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The Seed

Well, now that a new year has begun I really aught to get my blog caught up by sharing some of my recent work.

I am pretty excited about my newest acrylic painting on canvas:

"The Seed"
20"x 16"
original acrylic painting
by Chelsea Rose

I have been hoping to evolve my paintings by creating more detail and story by building up backgrounds, and painting situations where my creatures have the opportunity to interact with other creatures or surrounding elements.

Here is another recent piece that I feel shows more of the new direction I am taking with my paintings:

Original acrylic painting on a vinyl record
by Chelsea Rose
(SOLD)

Another exciting thing I did not too long ago was my first full body painting and photoshoot with a male model. Here are some of the results:

And most recently I began making these art pendants:

I sculpt them out of polymer clay and then paint them with acrylic and embellish them with stones, crystals and beads.

Here I am, modeling the Blue Goddess pendant.

The green goddess pendant sold, but the blue goddess pendant is still available. Check out the etsy listing for price and more photos! I am in the process of making more pendants, so keep an eye on the shop. 

Those are the headlines, folks!

Happy new year, and may it be a year full of inspiration and growth for us all.

Sending love and light,
-Chelsea Rose 

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Thanks for your continued support. Sending love and light! 

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The Mermaid Door, spray paint experiments and more

Continuing on with my recent kick, which has been painting on anything but canvas,( mostly found objects, scrap wood and other curiosities) I wanted to share with you some of my recent creations!

Here is my Mermaid Door painting. Its quite literally what it sounds to be. I found a rather pristine door leaning against a dumpster and instantly wanted to drag it home to paint!

And paint it I did! It was so big I had to set it up in my living room. And now that It is all done I am not entirely sure what I will do with it, its so large. I may try in the near future to have it made to be freestanding, with some sort of base. This would allow me to put it in a gallery space and allow it to function as a door to nowhere. Which means I may have to paint the other side!

Amongst other unconventional painting surfaces, I have recently begun to collect things like My Lil Ponys and various strange dolls from thrift stores and give them new life:

Introducing, Epona. Who was once a lonely and forsaken My Lil Pony at a local goodwill toy bin. I took her home, chopped off her head, created a new one complete with horns out of modeling clay, and then attached it and gave her a new paint job.

I recently had another go, but with a bigger pony I found at the bins:

I pretty much did the same thing. I lobbed off the head, and re sculpted it, and then painted the entire thing anew. I am working on a few more and will soon have a small and very strange herd of these creatures under my care.

I have also been experimenting with spray paint!



This was my first time trying to spray paint. It was pretty hard! Finger control seemed to be important and I spent most the time trying to figure out how quick to move my hand and how close or far away to keep the nozzle for favorable line weight. I also learned that its easiest to build the image by laying blobby base shapes down with color and then "cutting" into them with the line weight to sharpen and detail the image. It was a pretty good learning experience but near the end I got pretty woozy! I was using a dollar store painting mask under a bandanna to keep the fumes at bay which didn't really do the trick. When I took off the mask and looked in the mirror I found my nostrils to be bright green, and thus presumed most of my respiratory system to match.

 Soooo...that was a few months ago. I didn't pick up the spray paint to do much more experimenting till I recently acquired a respirator mask.

So here are some photos from my 2nd experimentation with spray paint:

So I feel I improved from the first time with my can control. Still lots and lots to learn but I think Im ready to try some spray paint on a wall without embarrassing myself too much. Will keep you posted.

And last but not least:



I have 17 original paintings for sale in my etsy shop, not to mention a lot of prints and even some hand made stickers!



So if you have not taken a look at my shop in awhile, check it out now!

As always, thanks for the support.

Blessings,
-Chelsea Rose

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Earth Goddess UPDATE

So it has been quite some time since I have shared with you the progress of my Earth Goddess body art photography series. So far I have painted 13 women for the series resulting in 10 photo shoot sessions.

Scrolling back through my blog posts It looks like the last photoshoot I shared on my blog was my Triple Goddess session which was my 6th photoshoot in the series( the first time I had painted and photographed three women in one session.)

So picking up where I left off, My 7th photoshoot was with the gorgeous India-born, Portland raised model and artist Maulie:

I was quite excited to have the chance to add an Indian woman to my Earth Goddess series, thus broadening the diversity represented.  And this location was one that I had picked out from the very beginning as a definite spot for an Earth Goddess shoot, but it had taken some time to find a model who was willing to trudge up the long vertical hike through soggy cliff sides and precarious foot bridges.

Maulie proved amazing despite the fact that it was early May, thus resulting in a cold rainy morning in the mountains which was certainly not the most comfortable time to be nude in the wild.

And here are a couple of the finished photos:

My 8th body painting/photo shoot session was with amazing Sonoko, a Japanese born, Hawaiian raised  intellectual and all around babe.

I painted and photographed her on Sauvie Island on the nude side of the beach during an intensely bright day in June. The harsh direct lighting proved a bit of a challenge during the photo shoot but we still came away with an amazing amount of breathtaking photos. And Sonoko later reported having some super crazy, spirally tan lines!

Check out a couple of the finished photos:

My 9th body painting/photoshoot session was with a strong and vibrant Puerto Rican woman from New York.  I photographed her in one of my most favorite spots along the northern oregon coast:

I particularly enjoy how she is connecting with the earth here as she runs her fingers through the sand.

And then I really enjoyed the way her hands worked to collaborate with the rocky horizon line.

My most recent body painting/photoshoot session was with super mama and model Monis Ayala:

I painted her inside a canopy we set up for some much needed shade and privacy during a particularly sunny and crowded day at Rooster Rock state park.

Luckily within the clothing optional section we found plenty of privacy as we made our way through the reeds and berry bushes till we came upon shady forest paths.

Her son was due any day, her womb so full and yet she had lots of energy and strength and was able endure the long hot hike like a true champion. I feel she really reflected the amazing rasiliance and beauty of the Mother Goddess / Mother Earth.

So whats next?

Well I am having a particularly hard time casting for a couple of the last photo shoots I have planned. I am in dire need of a pregnant black woman and a elderly black woman. I have had no luck casting for either of these models through my usual channels so I will have to find new ways of reaching out. If you know of someone who fits what I described above please feel free to send them my way. Otherwise, wish me luck!

Much love always,
-Chelsea Rose 

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July Art Show and tree goddess Mural!

So this happened and was great fun :

I got to paint a mural for the show, which will be up for the month of July:



I painted a tree goddess of sorts and enjoyed the process so much! I did the background with spraypaint, and then went in with black and white acrylic to create the creature.


I also did the smaller wall to the left in similar process, but with my spirally patterning.


Then it came time to hang everything up! Here I am figuring out what to put where.


Putting the final paintings on the wall and making sure everything is straight.


All done!

A couple close ups:

And then it was show time!




This is the other side of the gallery which featured one of my favorite Portland Oregon female artists: Laura Borealisis.

Another photo from the opening:



It was great fun, and a total success and will be up for the month at HomeBass PDX, so if you are in the area stop on in!

Big thanks to my hubby, Danny Ebru, for kindly documenting the mural creation, art hanging and show with these beautiful bright photos.

I will be updating on here soon about my Earth Goddess body art series, I have A LOT of material to share!

So stay tuned :)

With love and light,
-Chelsea Rose

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