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I painted this for the birthday girl. She loves is obcessed with the Eiffle Tower.
Here it is in a gorgeous vintage frame: 
Acrylic on Canvas
11in x 14in (not measuring frame)
I have to admit, after it was painted and framed, I didn't want to give it away.
I painted these two little beauties for my favorite two little Italians. The first one is inspired by Breakfast at Tiffany's and the second from a photo of the littlest Italian twirling around that was taken the last time I visited them.
As always, if you're interested in a custom painting please contact me at ilovemyleni(at)gmail(dot)com for pricing details.
Not the music. Not the feeling. The color. 
The inspiration for my current painting is a little girl that loves Breakfast at Tiffany's and Tiffany & Co. Clearly, she's a little girl after my own heart.
Upon perusing my daily blog reads, I came across this post and immediately thought of a painting I did years ago that was inspired by the stained glass windows in our church.
As a child, I remember being in church and just staring at the stained glass windows. I loved how they looked -- especially when it rained outside.
Can you see the resemblance of my painting and the windows in the above link?
Above painting is from my private collection and is not for sale.
I have a friend's bridal shower to go to on Saturday, then I'm off to Irvine to drop off the Spunky and hang out with my sisters on Sunday. I hope that I am able to find a little more time to paint this weekend. [I have a couple of paintings that I'm trying to get done for two special little girls that are making the big move from Italy to the United States.]
Remember these paintings that I told you about? Well, I sent a little email to the owner asking for some photos, without really expecting to get any photos or even a reply since it was an old email address. To my surprise, I got an email with these photos:
They're not the best quality photos, but I am not complaining at all. They're much better than the picture from my old cell phone!
I've been looking at photos of some of my older paintings. This set of three was awesome. They were painted and given to a friend. It's always so hard for me to give my paintings away; they're literally little pieces of me.
Sadly, the photo above (taken with a cell phone camera) is the only photo that I have of the finished paintings. [There are actually several of my paintings that I don't even have any photos of!] That is literally the FULL SIZE photo. Totally lame. You can't see any details. It almost looks like they're black with white spots on them! It's not black at all. Dark, but colorful. And lots of little stars.
I did manage to find a few "in progress" photos of the paintings:
These "in progress" shots don't do the paintings justice. Aside from the terrible glare on the brush strokes from the flash, it's missing a few more coats of paint and the smaller "stars".
I really wish that I had been more diligent about taking pictures of all my finished works of art. This set is just one of many that I do not have final photos of.
A little something I have been working on for a friend.
I am in the process of starting my own little art studio. I would like to announce that I will be selling custom paintings.
I can paint anything from a portrait to your favorite quote.
[Don't worry if you don't have a favorite quote, I will have more posts with inspirational quotes that you can choose from.]
Sample Portraits:
Self-Portrait
Set of 3 paintings that were inspired by the comic Sin City.
A personal painting of M that I did for myself.
Email me at ilovemyleni[at]gmail[dot]com with questions and for pricing if you are interested.