Sticker Nerds III and Space Lady Mural

I had the oppertunity to get involved with an awesome pop up art exhibit that happened in Portland late last month called Sticker Nerds III. The event was touted the biggest sticker art installation show ever created in the US and was self described as "a celebration of adhesive art with contributors from all over the globe."

 I submitted a sizable pile of my own hand screen printed/block printed stickers as well as a few hand painted posters:

(acrylic paint on poster paper)

(lino cut block prints on acrylic painted sticker paper)

(screen prints on adhesive vinyl) 

Knowing some of the organizers of the event, I volunteered to help with the install which meant pealing and sticking hundreds of submitted stickers on walls, old TVs and computers, pillars, vending machines, news paper stands, mirrors, toilets and more for days leading up to the event. 

At some point during the install I was asked to paint a mural on one of the wooden pillars. 

A request I most happily accepted.

Here are a few work in progress photos:

I was able to rope in two of my favorite local artists to add elements of their own into the mural, thus creating an awesome collaboration. Silly Weird Things added the ray gun, and the lil rooster aliens manning space ships( which we lovingly call "space cocks) Mewt added the creatures encapsulated in blue planet like orbs as well as much of the background details.

The finished result: 

I really love how it turned out and its inspiring me to find more mural projects to do in the near future!

The Sticker Nerds III event was crazy, in a good way. 

People waited in line for hours to see the exhibition which was allowing 20 visitors in at a time. 

Our space lady mural watched over the "collab" station, which consisted of two couches and a coffee table set up in the middle of the event space. The table was stacked full of sticker paper and pens so that the visitors, if feeling inspired, could make some stickers of their own. 

Some close ups of some of my work around the exhibit: 

I had a few "fine art" pieces on the walls too. 

One piece sold before I got a photo, but here are the remaining two:

"Green Faery" acrylic on canvas

"Pot Head"

Acrylic painted skateboard deck with screen print.  

And here are some random photos of the rest of the installation: 

I highly recommend checking out the article that the Portland Street Art Alliance wrote about the exhibit ( this article features some real quality photos of the event also.) 

Read it here!

All in all, I am just super stoked to have been in on this crazy masterpiece and am super thankful for everyone who made the event possible as well as the visitors who came through the install to bask in the spectacle. 

More like this please! 

Much love,

-Chelsea Rose 

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Body Painting Praesepe SG

I recently branched out a ways from my Earth Goddess body art series and did a colorful body painting session on the traveling SuicideGirl, Praesepe. We had so much fun!



Between tea, cookies and much fun chit chatting It took around three hours to paint her.

I painted one mermaid on the front, in addition to a third eye.



and two on the back in addition to a large floating vertical eye between her shoulders.

I am hoping to do a small series of body art photo sessions like these where I paint my creature ladies with bold color on women. I already have quite a few models who have volunteered, so It will be a nice way to do some body painting this cold rainy Pacific Northwest spring until the seasons turn and I can resume work outside on my Earth Goddess series.

In other news, I have posted a few more of my hand sculpted, hand painted art pendants for sale in my etsy shop!

Here are two of my favorites, that are up for grabs currently:


I call her "Space Empress Spiral Buns" and her third eye is a laborite bead. She is $35. See the listing for more photos.


This is a large "Third eye" which is available for $30. Check out the listing.

I have lots more to update on( including the Space Lady mural I got to paint for Sticker Nerds 3!!!) so much has happened recently I have been having a hard time finding moments to write out a post! But certainly more updates coming soon.

Much love and light,
-Chelsea 

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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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