New Works

 I have some new small originals for sale, including the Arya study for my Game of Thrones piece! I've been working on a top secret project for the past couple months, which is where most of these pieces came from...in the meantime you can snag them while they last at www.miafineart.bigcartel.com

'Nightshade'
12" x 12"
Acrylic on wood.

This past weekend, I was happy to be a part of Corey Helford Gallery's 'Art Collector Startup Kit' Group Show. Each artist created a 12" x 12" piece to be offered at lower price points in order to encourage new collectors to pick up an original from their favorite artists. If you are interested in my piece (above), please contact jch@coreyhelfordgallery.com or sherri@coreyhelforgallery.com

More soon!
xxx

Game of Thrones

‘Porcelain, Ivory, Steel.’ 16” x 20.” Acrylic on wood.

Forgive the delay, but I've had a flurry of different things going on the past few months, some of which I'm still unable to share right now. But today I can finally unveil my contribution to HBO and Mondo Gallery's ‘Game of Thrones’ group exhibit, opening March 8^th at SXSW in Austin, TX.

It was a dream come true and an absolute thrill to paint so many of my favorite characters from my favorite show on television..all with HBO's approval!

Below are some of my sketches and studies done in preparation for the piece, back in January. I finished the piece in February, so you can imagine how long I've been dying to share it with you ;)

For those of you near Austin, the opening reception will be from 7pm-10pm on the 8th, and the show runs til March 12^th. Do take photos and share them, if you go! More about the show here:

 For inquiries/sales please contact gallery@mondotees.com
Or view their website after the show opens, for the preview page.

More from me soon!!
xxx

Updates, updates!

"Secrets of the Deep"
8.5" x 14"
Acrylic on wood.

It's been a long time since I've posted here- my apologies! I've been juggling a lot of things these past few months, and honestly facebook, instagram, and twitter are a bit easier for me to update than this here blog. But I will do my best to get back on the ball here :)

Above is my most recent piece, which was part of Copro Gallery's 'Anomalies' group show curated by Jon Beinart. My 'Feral' study (below) will also be in Tokyo at Shinjuku Ganka Gallery
starting tomorrow, Friday the 15th, as a part of the 'Hivezilla' group exhibition, curated by Nathan Cartwright!

"Feral" study
6" x 9"
Graphite on paper.

Other than that, I am currently focusing on commissions (which I will be sharing as I finish) and small originals that I will be posting for sale on my bigcartel store. So be sure to check back there often for new things!

In other news, I have revamped my website! It is no longer flash-based, and can be viewed on all mobile devices and ipads. Sheesh- it's about time! I also recently joined deviantart and behance- so be sure to follow, if you are on either of those sites.

I'm overdue for a sketch dump- so that will be in a future post!
Until next time...
be swell!
xxx

Mini-Print Giveaway Winner...

The contest is officially closed, and I've been announcing the winners on each site. Here, I skipped over the double-comments and counted from the total of 18, so the winner is Karen! I will be emailing you later this afternoon, or you can go ahead and email me your mailing address if you get there before I do :) Congrats!!

Thanks so much to each of you for entering! There were 286 entries across the board- I wish I had that many prints and could afford to mail them to all of you ♥
Really, your support means the world!
More soon...
xxx

"Into the Woods" Giveaway

It's time for another fan appreciation giveaway! I have some extra mini prints from my solo show (above) that the printer made as backups, so those of you who couldn't make the opening- here's your chance!
The image size is 5" x 7", and it's signed (unlike the opening night ones).

-To enter, simply leave a comment on this post with your email address, so I can contact you if you win (You will not be added to any mailing list, nor will you be assaulted with spam).
-You may leave a personal comment if you wish, always appreciated, but not mandatory :)
-As usual, I shall select the winner via random number generator.
-Contest ends Tuesday June 5th at midnight PST.

In addition, I will be giving away 5 more of these, each on a different social network platform- tumblr, facebook, my facebook fanpage, instagram (@mllemia), and twitter.
Follow the links to find my giveaway post for each, and enter in as many as you wish- one entry per site/platform, for a maximum of 6 entries...make sense?

May randomness favor you, and thank you very much for your support!!

p.s.: It's taking me a while to do a proper post about all of my new work, so in the meantime, check the new gallery section on my website for images, detail shots, and framed shots! More soon :)

It's finally here...

My solo show opens tomorrow, May 12th at Corey Helford Gallery! Above is the gallery's ad in the May issue of Art News. Huge thanks to Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, Daily duJour, Arrested Motion, and Platinum Cheese for spreading the word:)

There are 7 paintings and 10 drawings total, my largest output ever! I will be posting all the images from the show by Monday, but in the meantime, here is the info on prints:

 The above piece will be available as a print here, through the gallery.
"Predators"
Giclee Print
Image size: 22"″ x 15"″ Printed on a  24"″ x 17" sheet″
of Moab Entrada Rag Natural 300 fine art paper.
Limited edition of 50, signed & numbered.
$150.

In the meantime, you may phone or email CHG to order:
sarah@coreyhelfordgallery.com | 310.287.2340



For those of you in LA, the first 300 guests at the door Saturday night will
receive a free mini print of "Forest Healer"- see above for scale :)

So please stop by if you can- I'd love to meet you and share what I've been working on for the past 10 months!
xxx

Progress shots

 "Oryu-yanagi"
36" x 24"
Acrylic on wood.

Hi-Fructose was kind enough to post about my upcoming show, and reveal the above piece.
Less than a month away...exciting!

It seems like as long as I'm busy, posts here will come once a month, eh?
As I said last time around, I've been posting a lot of little progress shots on instagram. Here is a sampling for those of you not on there (it's finally on android though, so follow @mllemia if you join :)

More soon! xxx