FINDING ART: To find art or other things that I make, use the left-hand column, under "Find Art." Art and other items are categorized by subject, medium, style, etc.
Horse Statue
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This painting is based on a photo I took in front of the Art Museum in Hamburg, Germany.
It is one of my favorite paintings, a strange few hours where I somehow saw the statue in brushstrokes and colliding colors.
Materials: Acrylic paint on canvas paper
Size: 9" X 14"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: abstract, animals, horses, paintings, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:01 PM
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Neglectable Pets: VetTech 2 and the Spotted Kitty.
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VetTech 2 has a lot in common with the first VetTech Neglectable Pet.
Mainly, it's pain.
This toy was made by request, and is "baby-proofed." That is, it has no beans inside, and not decorative detail that would be harmful. It's a low maintenance washable bundle of painful fun.
See back | See detail
Read more about this plush toy here.
Materials: Fleece, cotton, rick-rack
Size: About 6" high, 5" wide, and 2" thick (thickness varies)
Other:Spot wash.
Price: SOLD
Labels: kids, neglectable pets, plushies, sold, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 4:16 PM
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Purse: Pug dog.
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I made this purse for a friend (for Christmas 2007) who has a pug dog, which she loves. My friend and I both love interesting purses, and I wanted to make her something that she would enjoy. This was one of those great gifting moments where, as I sewed the top stitching, or maybe hand sewed the eyes or trim, I smiled. I kept imagining how my friend might like the gift, and how much fun it was to make something for someone. (This truly is a great example of why we should all be doing this.)
This purse is truly unique; I had no pattern, and made up the design as I went along. The pug dog was made on the fly, with top stitching used as line work, as if in a drawing, to depict wrinkles and other features of the dog.
This pug dog purse is made from polar fleece, a vintage tie, cotton lining, and red piping detailing both inside and out. The back of the purse features the "LP" leather tag with an easy-to-reach pocket for a cell phone. Inside the purse, the liner has three pockets. The clasp of the purse, made from the tie, is a magnetic "button" for simple and fast closure. The handle of the purse is made from the tie as well, with double top-stitched ends reinforced inside for sturdy use.
Labels: animals, dogs, purse, sold, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 7:29 AM
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Neglectable Pets: VetTech
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VetTech probably enjoyed her job more when the wild tabby cats weren't sinking claws into her head.
No lie: this neglectable pet is based on a real story.
It's the sad story of a vet tech trying to do her best and finding that there are some crazy critters that just don't want to be helped.
Crazy critters that leap to the top of the head and latch on and go berserk.
See detail of back
::Neglectable pets: bizarre and fun creatures that come with their own bizarre and erratic official papers that prove something not yet determined. All pets are made one at a time by myself, making use of two decades worth of my mother's fabric and notion scraps. Each has a mouth that is a fully functional pocket for you to hide valuable stuff. You can neglect them and yet they will retain a continual look of crazy-eyed bemusement. Each pet is original, one-of-a-kind, and based on a pattern of my own creation.::
Materials: Fleece, cotton, pinto beans, ribbon, clear acrylic.
Size: About 6" high, 5" wide, and 2" thick (thickness varies)
Other:Spot wash. [Do not immerse in water, since this neglectable pet obediently downed a bag of pinto beans before being put on the market for adoption. The beans keep him upright on dry land, but they'd drown him in the wash. And make him bloat something awful.]
Price: SOLD
Labels: cats, neglectable pets, plushies, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 9:48 PM
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Neglectable Pets: PinkEye
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PinkEye has just that.
Despite her impressive grades and Master's degreen in early childhood education, she has great difficulty find any work in her chosen field.
After all, who wants their kid around someone with pink eye?.
It's too bad, that chronic pink eye. She's really very nice, actually. The nice thing about it is that if anyone wants to keep manhandling your neglectable pet, you can simply say "Don't touch! She has pink eye!"
See detail of back
::Neglectable pets: bizarre and fun creatures that come with their own bizarre and erratic official papers that prove something not yet determined. All pets are made one at a time by myself, making use of two decades worth of my mother's fabric and notion scraps. Each has a mouth that is a fully functional pocket for you to hide valuable stuff. You can neglect them and yet they will retain a continual look of crazy-eyed bemusement. Each pet is original, one-of-a-kind, and based on a pattern of my own creation.::
Materials: Fleece, cotton, pinto beans, ribbon, clear acrylic.
Size: About 6" high, 5" wide, and 2" thick (thickness varies)
Other:Spot wash. [Do not immerse in water, since this neglectable pet obediently downed a bag of pinto beans before being put on the market for adoption. The beans keep him upright on dry land, but they'd drown him in the wash. And make him bloat something awful.]
Price: SOLD
Labels: neglectable pets, plushies, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 9:44 PM
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Greyhound Portrait 02
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Materials: Watercolor, mixed media on paper
Size: 22" X 30"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: animals, dogs, greyhounds, paintings, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 3:34 PM
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Greyhound Portrait 01
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Materials: Watercolor, mixed media on paper
Size: 22" X 15"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: animals, commissioned, dogs, greyhounds, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 3:31 PM
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Blogathon '03: Blue Lizard.
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This was a sketch that I created for my first Blogathon in 2003. To raise money for a charity, over a period of 24 hours, every 30 minutes, I uploaded a new drawing. Sponsors donated funds to the charity upon completion.
Materials: Watercolor, paper, graphite
Size: 6"X6"
Other: Comes without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: animals, blogathon, budget, sold, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:41 PM
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Blogathon '03: Stick Skull.
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This was a sketch that I created for my first Blogathon in 2003. To raise money for a charity, over a period of 24 hours, every 30 minutes, I uploaded a new drawing. Sponsors donated funds to the charity upon completion.
Materials: Colored pencil, paper, ink
Size: 6"X6"
Other: Comes without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 10:26 AM
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Fanor on the Guitar.
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This is a painting based on a photo taken on a recent trip to Nicaragua. It shows Fanor, playing the guitar.
He played the guitar quietly, like he was whenever I saw him.
I suppose I could say more, but I think the painting should speak for itself at some point.
Materials: Acrylic painting on paper
Size: 10" X 10"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: figurative, music, paintings, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 9:11 PM
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The City Where I Love You.
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In a college class, I read the poetry of Li-Young Lee. His book entitled The City In Which I Love You captured my attention for a while. The title itself worked its way around my mind.
I know this feeling of a place where normal life seems to stop for a bit and the strangeness of a different place made me certain that this was the city I loved someone. Leaving the city meant I left that behind, whether I wanted to or not. It's this thing I relegated to a place; the person, the feeling, the moment, the memory -- left there. That way I could associate the memory with geography and find it easy to locate and easy to leave, like a city.
There are people I loved in cities, in places, whether they knew it or not. Maybe it wasn't love. But it was something.
Materials: Acrylic paint on BFK Rives paper
Size: 4.5" x 11"
Other: Painting is sold and shipped unframed, no mat.
Price: SOLD
Labels: abstract, landscapes, paintings, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 10:57 PM
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T-shirt 003: Lone Prairie merchandise.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 0 comments link this post
T-Shirt 003:
Shirt reads: www.loneprairie.net: An equal opportunity employer. Truly.
White XL Women's Old Navy "perfect fit" 100 percent cotton t-shirt dyed by hand with tea.
The graphic is original and of my design, and is pressed onto the shirt through a cut-vinyl and heat process. Pink stitching throughout the design and the cut-out eyes with a delicate color panel sewn on the inside of the shirt make this truly unique.
The collar has a pink, frayed accent with a tiny pink bow
on the back where a tag would be. The sleeve cuffs and hem have a ragged look.
Variations in stitching, dye, and the frayed edges are part of the intended look and are not defective. All detailing and altering of this shirt was done by me by hand. Shirt has been washed to rinse excess tea from fabric. See details: detail 1, detail 2.
Price: SOLD
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 3:39 PM
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Painted Journal: Cherry
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This is a revamped blank journal from Old Navy. I've painted an acrylic painting across the white canvas cover of the journal and turned it into something original.
See the: Front Back
Materials: Blank Old Navy journal, acrylic paint, acrylic mediums.
Size: 4" X 6" X 1"
Other: White unlined pages, black and white plaid pattern inside covers
Price: $SOLD
Labels: books, budget, for writers, journals, sold, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:03 PM
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Painted Journal: Daisies
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 0 comments link this post
This is a revamped blank journal from Old Navy. I've painted an acrylic painting across the white canvas cover of the journal and turned it into something original.
See the: Front | Back
Materials: Blank Old Navy journal, acrylic paint, acrylic mediums.
Size: 4" X 6" X 1"
Other: White unlined pages, black and white plaid pattern inside covers
Price: SOLD
Labels: books, budget, floral, for writers, journals, sold, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 1:57 PM
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Walking on Wings
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This small painting is both recognizable and not. It's clear that there is a human figure in the image, but the rest of the details change depending upon who is looking at it and how they interpret it.
Materials: Acrylic on paper
Size: 5" x 7"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: abstract, figurative, paintings, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 1:49 AM
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Field Lunch
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This painting depicts my father as a young boy, out in the field with his father and the hired man, having lunch. I based this painting on a small black and white photograph.
Materials: Watercolor and colored pencil on paper
Size: 22" X 30"
Other: Shipped in antique black and gold frame
Price: SOLD
Labels: colored pencil, drawings, figurative, north dakota, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 1:45 AM
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Rodin Head
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Rodin's work was so expressive. This is one of many drawings I created, looking at his figures and trying to understand how it was that he was able to capture emotion so well in what he did.
Materials: Litho crayon on paper
Size: 9" X 14"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: drawings, figurative, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 4:24 PM
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Color Safari
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This rather odd painting was an example of using color that I created during a class I taught on the matter to elementary students.
Materials: Charcoal, tempera paint
Size: 11" X 15"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: Sold
Labels: abstract, figurative, mixed media, sold, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 4:22 PM
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Irish Greyhounds
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This painting depicts a watery grey day on the Irish coast, and a man with his two greyhounds.
In working with watercolor, I try to keep the brushstrokes simple and fresh and do not go back and re-work or over-work what I've done. This painting is no exception, and is filled with many "happy accidents" where colors ran and bloomed out.
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Size: 12.25" X 14"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: animals, figurative, greyhounds, sold, watercolor
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 4:15 PM
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Chinese Horse
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I have an obsession with horses, and I have a sub-obsession with Chinese horse sculptures.
I love their big, thick necks, the chiseled Roman-looking noses, the thick bodies and ballet-like legs.
I just love them.
Whenever people see my take on Chinese horses in my art, however, they either (if they are horse people) start pointing out how inaccurate I've depicted the fetlocks or the whithers and so on, completely missing the point. Or they aren't into horses at all and say something like "What's with the fat horse?"
Ah well.
I like them a lot, and this painting is one of my favorites. The sharp-edged colors, the thick oil paint, the linear work and the border colors finding their way into the actual horse itself. You'll appreciate the visual textures up close, the vibrant colors and brush work.
Really. You will.
Materials: Oil paint on Masonite panel
Size: About 19" X 15"
Other: Shipped framed in antique red frame, no glass
Price: SOLD
Labels: animals, horses, paintings, sold, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 4:13 PM
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Wasp Nest
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This painting was part of a series of small paintings done for a hand-bound book. I wrote a poem to go with each page, and called it the "Book of What Was."
Materials: Grease crayon, colored pencil, gesso, acrylics and watercolor on paper
Size: 6" x 9"
Other: Part of a hand-bound one-of-a-kind book
Price: SOLD
Labels: mixed media, nature, sold
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 4:12 PM
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