"Spring 1"
6"x6"
acrylic on panel
http://nataliesinger.com/gallery/expressionist_art/

Spring 2

"Spring 2"
6"x6"
acrylic on panel
http://nataliesinger.com/image/paintings/spring_2019

Moon and Tree

"Moon and Tree" by me.  Rhymes.  I sat down to do something totally different and wound up painting another tree.  Ah well. 

"Gold Leaf"

This is "Gold Leaf" by natalie singer
it's 8"x10" acrylic on panel
I love this one.  I'm having a hard time parting with it but I think it may be sold.  I'm going to miss this one. 

How Stan got framed

I was working on my artwork library and realized that I had all three versions of "Stan in a Frame".
I thought it was fun to see where it started and how it changed so I thought I'd post them all together so you could see the progression as well. 

I actually began this painting based on a story about my friend's 3 year old son having asked her to get a cat for him.  Specifically a grey cat which he wanted to name Stanley.  I knew she wasn't getting him a cat so I thought I would paint one for him instead.  But as you can see it turned into something else.

I thought the first version lacked something and was too hallmark greeting card and the second version was just sort of a mess. So I decided to work on the foliage and frame Stan's face because at the time I was working on it,  it was the part of the painting I really loved.

Stan got a new home a few days after I put him in that frame.   

 

"Ashes to Ashes"

This is "Ashes to Ashes".   Byrdie my cat died a week before his 22nd birthday, in April 2011.  The first thing I painted after he died was titled "Ghost Cat".  It's a little sad feeling that one.  Then I did this.  I had him cremated and this was connected with that.  That his ashes would meld with nature and he would become a part of it.  I was a bit off I guess right after he died and it doesn't make a lot of logical sense now,  but yet in some way it still makes sense to me; that he became of part of the world around me in some way......ashes to ashes.  

"Tree in Green"

This is "Tree in Green" by me, Natalie Singer.  It's acrylic on panel.  I like it because it doesn't look quite real.....kind of like the way everything looks to me.   

"Fairy and Bird"

This is "Fairy and Bird".  I started it months ago and didn't like it.  Earlier today I saw it sitting there in my folder of "I don't want to work on this anymore cause I don't like it" drawings and thought maybe I could make it into something good.  And I love it now.  A reminder not to trash anything too quickly.  

Stanley

So this "Stanley" the gray cat was also inspired by my friend's 3 year old who said he wanted a gray cat named Stanley.  His parents wound up buying my painting, "Stan in a Frame" before I even painted this one.  I love his little face.  

"Stan in a Frame"

Flower Dancers