1995
For the number 5 I painted a blue sky with 5 Pacific Parrolets.
And this little one exist in real!
It is Melanie's Ollie!
(picture by Melissa Langer)
I met this little bird on Melissa's blog
You can meet him and Melissa's Gilbert here.
Ever since Melissa showed him I was fascinated by his colors and knew I had to paint him in a mandala one day.
So that's how he flew in Farah's mandala.
Enjoy Ollie and his cousin Gilbert in these posts
Read more about this Parrotlet here
Admire these colorful birds here
Yesterday
the hat
drum roll..........
And the winner is..................Lisa Bowman
Your print will be send on its way today .
7 names
Felix
Your print will be send on its way today .
Have a wonderful day :)
♥♥♥
Wheeeee! Lisa will be over the moon in delight!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely to pop in tonight and look at all your artistic goodies. Your art always brings a smile...to my face...and in my heart! :)
Oh my gosh.... this is great! Thank you, thank you.
ReplyDeleteThis post is so cute. I love the object of your inspiration. What a beautiful bird. There are so many beautiful birds in the world. This one looks so delicate swathed in these colors. Like a rainbow on wings.
PS... Felix hardly looks like a boy anymore. He is a handsome young man. You are blessed.
ReplyDeletehi marianne!
ReplyDeletehappy happy holidays!
oh your painting of ollie is fabulous!
you made our whole day!
xoxoox
melissa, gilbert and ollie
Woo-Hoo! Congratulations to Lisa! I am sure every time she looks at this joy-filled Mandala, she will smile and think of you, of Felix (kein mehr *Wonderkind*....vielleicht ein *Wunderjungling*?)...he is so handsome. (Don't tell him I said that!)
ReplyDeleteOllie IS a living *Rainbow*....I've never seen a *Parrolet* before! Going to check out Melissa's Blog now!
Congratulations dear Lisa!! And....both Farah and Melissa will adore this beautiful Mandala!
Love,
♥ Robin ♥
That was my first thought- how much Felix has grown up, but then I suppose I have known you for the past 5 years already. Yippeee for Lisa, annd sending you lotsa warm fuzzies at this time of year M. xx
ReplyDeletei came here yesterday and wanted to congratulate lisa and comment that felix is taller and marvel and ollie's colors, but instead i just enjoyed quietly and fully.
ReplyDeleteso tonight i'll tell you what a fine post this is!
love
kj