As you know we are currently selling our house and looking for a new place to buy. That's how we came across "Castle Rumble" on realestate.com.au. It's nowhere near where we are looking to live, and it's probably completely out of our price range, but we had nothing better to do on Saturday so we decided to go check it out. I'm so glad we did! It was magical.
Eccentric for sure. But I really admire the way some people refuse to live inside the parameters of what's socially acceptable, for the sake of bringing more magic into the World. I do hope that whoever buys it keeps it as it is and doesn't demolish it for redevelopment.
Speaking of gothic elegance...I've been drawn to sugar skulls lately and I was sipping out of my new favourite travel mug when I decided I should paint a girl with sugar skulls around her.
A bit of history...
Sugar
skulls are historically used to celebrate Mexico's "Day of the Dead"
(Dia de los Muertos) in November each year. They believe that on
Halloween Eve the gates of heaven are unlocked and the spirits of their
loved ones return to them once more.
I find this concept fascinating and
I love the idea that sugar skulls are colourful and bright, and while
they symbolise death, they also symbolise the celebration of life.
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| Just starting to paint in some details... |
I
wanted the painting to have a Mexican 'folk art' feel to it, so I knew I
wanted to use lots of bright colours and little details like flowers,
diamonds, pearls, hearts etc. I made the girl look like she had her face
painted like a sugar skull rather than actually just having a skull
head. I wanted her to look like she was just a normal girl who was
decorated as a "Sugar Skull Princess" for the day!
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| Work in progress... |
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| The finished painting! "Sugar Skull Princess" |
The painting is now finished and up in my shop HERE.
There are also two print sizes available HERE.
I'm off to bath two babies and make some dinner now. We're having gourmet nachos for dinner (how appropriate!). By gourmet I mean, you know, added taco mince, sour cream...the works. Hope you enjoy the new art! Adios amigos!
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That house looked amazing... As does the painting... Hope you are looking to move around the bay to my neck of the woods... Would be fun to have you that bit closer
ReplyDeleteThanks Tracey! Yep - we will certainly be staying around the Bayside. No better place to be. :)
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