by akikowhite

New Born

(oil on clay board, 6×12) Click here to purchase

This little guy is sweet. I was driving by my neighbors house one day and decided to stop in to see her new baby horse. She didn’t even know that he had been born! What a cutie! He came right up to the camera to say “hello”

“New Born” is a 6 x 12 oil painting on a clay board box. It stands about 1.5 inches away from the wall. It is painted on all sides.

Chicken Little

(oil on canvas, 20 x 20) Click here to buy this painting
This is one of my favorite hens. She is a little bantam hen. Her eggs are about 1/3 smaller than the regular hens on our farm. She is also a great little sitter. One time I kept adding eggs under her until they were peeking from either side of her. This didn’t make a difference to her, she just fluffed out her feathers and kept them all warm until then hatched. She is also a great mother, she shows the little chicks how to be chickens by scratching and pecking the ground. 
Chicken Little is framed in a beautiful light brown wooden box frame. Made my friend Adela Davis at www.adeladavisstudio.com If you ever need frames made in the New Braunfels, TX area, you should contact Adela. 

Green Fish

Under the Sea – Green Fish
 
(oil on canvas, 8 x 8) click here to buy this painting
When we visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey Bay, CA. I took a photo of this cute little fish. I love his little fanned out fins. This is the last of my under the sea series for now.
Green fish is an oil painting on a gallery wrapped 1.5 inch deep canvas. I painted on the sides of the canvas also. This painting is hanging in the Felder Gallery in Port Aransas, Texas. To purchase this painting you may contact Robbie Felder
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Blue Fish

Under the Sea – Blue Fish

(oil on canvas, 8 x 8) click here to buy this painting

 

When we visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey Bay, CA. I took a photo of this fun little fish. He wasn’t really this blue, but the blue seems to suit him well. I hope you enjoy my under the sea series that I will be posting the next few days.
Blue fish is an oil painted on a gallery wrapped 1.5 inch deep canvas. I painted on the sides of the canvas also. This painting is hanging in the Felder Gallery in Port Aransas, Texas. To purchase this painting you may contact Robbie Felder.

Sea Horse

Under the Sea – Sea Horses
 
(oil on canvas, 8 x 8) click here to buy this painting
When we visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey Bay, CA I snapped a photo of two sea horses passing by in their tank. They are such magnificent creatures. I hope you enjoy my under the sea series that I will be posting the next few days.
Sea Horses is an oil painted on a gallery wrapped 2 inch deep canvas. I painted on the sides of the canvas also. This painting is hanging in the Felder Gallery in Port Aransas, Texas. To purchase this painting you may contact Robbie Felder.
 

Sweet Lavender

Sweet Lavender

(oil on canvas, 8 x 10) click here to buy this painting
This was one of my earlier paintings when I was really playing around with mixing the colors of my palette. We planted several lavender plants in our front pasture. We never really got a huge bloom since the weather didn’t cooperate. They may have also done much better had I not let the sheep and goats mow them down! I was told that they didn’t like lavender, but if there is a draught the sheep and goats will eat anything!
Agave is an 8×10 framed oil on canvas. This painting is hanging in the Huisache Grill in New Braunsfels, Texas. To purchase this painting you may email Adela Davis.

Agave

Agave
(Oil on canvas, 8 x 10)
I enjoyed painting this close up of an agave plant. We put many small ones around our property here in the Texas hill country. They are really amazing and beautiful.
This year we had two on either side of our fence bloom. If you have never seen an agave bloom you will be surprised at the size of the flower stalks. I dare not touch these two because they were tall enough to be touching several of our electrical lines. Agave’s die after they bloom, I will miss seeing these two plants as I enter and leave my gate everyday.
Agave is an 8×10 framed oil on canvas. This painting is hanging in the Huisache Grill in New Braunsfels, Texas. To purchase this painting you may email Adela Davis.

 

No more Hibernating for me!

I am back from hibernation!

I have been to several conferences since the last post. I would like to play catch-up, but I think I will just move on. When I get some new information I will revisit my past history and add it to whatever is current.

Just in time for Christmas!!! I am opening an Etsy shop. I will have prints available to buy in my shop. Right now you can purchase my 6 blank card stationary set for only $5.00 + shipping. You can find me at:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/AkikoWhiteArt

I am also started an account with the daily paint works site. You can find my original artwork at:
http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/akiko-white-3390

Happy Creating Ya’ll!!!

I have been preoccupied with little goatlings lately, but I wanted to thank Helen Juhasz for nominating me a liebster blog award. She is a fellow illustrator. Check out her blog.

“The Liebster Award is given to loveable blogs with less than 200 followers to recognize worthiness and drive more readers to them…. and hopefully generate higher follower numbers.

I am super-grateful for this nomination and for anyone who appreciates my work! I met Helen through the 21-day Comment Challenge this past January, which was put on by Lee Wind, MotherReader and SCBWI. It has been exciting to communicate with other writers and illustrators.

As a recipient I need to share 5 “things” about myself. Hmm…
1. I live each day to the fullest and try to remind others to do the same!
2. I love drawing, painting and writing
3. Observing my children is a daily occupation…who knows a book may come out of it!
4. I milk Goats.
5. I’m a half Japanese/half German American with a Texas accent.

So here’s how it works:

“Liebster means “dearest” in German, and the award is intended to help up-and-coming blogs get the attention they deserve. As with any award, there is a bit of ceremony involved. In order to accept the award, we must do the following:

*  Copy and paste the award on our blog.
*  Link back to the blogger who gave us the award.
*  Pick our five favorite blogs with less than 200 followers, and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they have received the award.
*  Hope that the five blogs chosen will keep spreading the love and pass it on to five more blogs.”

Now, the fun part! I get to pass on this honor to the following 5 nominees:

1. Medea – Check out her blog! She is a Canadian mom raising bilingual children in Japan! She has some great information on literature. She also reviews kit lit that is related to Canada and Japan.

2. Diandra Mae – Is a friend, the IC for Houston SCBWI , and a wonderful Illustrator, blogger and busy mom! She shares and amazing amount of children lit information!

3. Lisa Medway – A fellow professor, friend and writer. Lisa and I met at the SCBWI Conference in LA 2011. She is such a delight!

4. Jerry Bennett – is a friend, the IC for Oklahoma SCBWI and amazing graphic novelist/illustrator. We met through the SCBWI conference in LA 2011. He is so fun to be around. Jerry recently won an award for Oklahoma Comic Creators event.

5. Larry Felder – is a fellow artist and friend who recently moved to Costa Rica. Larry shares how he paints any thing related to the beautiful surroundings he is living in. He also has Felder Gallery in Port Aransas, Texas where you can purchase his original artwork.

Thanks Ya’ll! Have a great Day!

13 baby goats and counting!

Wow, What a week! My mama goats have been so busy. While I went to the Austin Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrator’s Conference in Austin Texas, my little goats have been popping out babies! I am soon going to make a blog dedicated to all things goat.

First milk of the season!
Today I got 1.5 gallons of milk off of 6 mama’s. They are also feeding their babies so I am guessing that they are producing double that amount of milk. Which means they are more than likely producing half a gallon of milk per goat. Who knew that goats could produce so much milk!
So, yesterday I made feta cheese. mmmm….