Karin Mugs

Photo by Milan Nykodym - Czech airforce - Tail art by Karin Zeller Photos shown here with permission. Copyright Milan Nykodym My tiger on a SAAB JAS - 39 Gripen Nato Tiger Meet 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Hp3FyZu5Q

Spring is here at last. We've even had our first summer like days. I always feel more inspired when the weather gets warm. I am trying to capture how I feel about the flowers in the gardens, and to show my love of them. I think I've succeeded in communicating my excitement about spring. Acrylics 60 x 60 cm

Kookaburra

I created this painting just for fun, It is an acrylic painting on canvas, 40 " x40 " or 102 cm x 102 cm . Original painting is still available from my Bluethumb gallery, which can be viewed online.

'It's "penguin," not "pingwing," and even your posh British accent can't save you here.' It's possible our Narrator suffers from a little professional jealousy...

Olivia swears it's not her fault, but we're all starting to suspect that may be a lie of sorts.

Oh, and if all your friends wanted to jump off a cliff, I suppose you'd do that too?

This started out as a watercolour, work in progress, which I decided to experiment with Procreate. So now I still have my watercolour, and a brand new digital rooster. Each one is unique. I love how this turned out.

Something inspired by too many rainy days, but also wanted to do something for my class, to demonstrate the use of masking fluid. Original was A4 size watercolour on watercolour paper. I took a photo and used some photoshop filters to create this image. I may go back to the original watercolour, after seeing this version.

Declare your outerspace-simian affiliation with pride and maybe a coffee mug!

A design based on the music video "Jidanda Dance"

If you spill your coffee, no worries! Your mug has the disclaimer built right in ...

Can't you just hear Olivia saying this?

When you've done some nifty assassining and must get away quickly, it's time for ... nefarious running!

When cordon bleu dreams become burger-flippin' realities, you've got to stay professional. Which he ... mostly does.

Not quite as wholesome as the Brady Bunch, but keeping it together for now.

Black and white version works well , too.

Watercolour and ink - done at Newport Life Drawing. http://leonie-newportlifedrawing.blogspot.com/ It's not a class, but rather a place where artists can come on any Saturday afternoon and draw a life model. I try to get there as often as possible. Each 2 hour session usually has 11 poses - they start with 5 x 2 min poses, then 2 x 5 minutes, 2 x 10 minutes, and finally 2 x 20 minute poses. This one is a 20 minute pose, which I was particularly happy with.

Watercolour A4 size. This was inspired by a silk painting I saw in a book. I had fun doing this. I got some of my students to do their own version as an exercise.

Acrylics on Canvas 92 cm x 62 cm. It was time to take a break from painting cats. I love the cubist style, and lately also enjoy more abstract expression. If you have any suggestions of a better title, I would love to hear them. Thanks! SOLD at Hobson's Bay Rotary Art Show - 18, 19 Aug. 2012

Yesterday morning I joined Gwen's class for painting "en plein air" as the French say. There is nothing like this experience. This is only the third time I've actually painted in the open air, just to explain why this looks more amateur than some of my other work. In spite of it's flaws, I was still happy with this spontaneous sketch. I used pen and watercolour wash, and I think I like that combination and plan to use it more often. Update (March 20th, 2011): I entered this in the Qenos art show, which is an annual competition held by Hobson's Bay Arts Society. It won 1st prize in watercolour, and also sold. Well, goes to show you, that a little painting, done in just a short time can still kick ass, lol. :)

He'd rather be narrating a nature special about rare equatorial polar bears or something, but he's making the best of it. When he's not sulking in his trailer....

Acrylics on 3 D canvas 18 cm x 13 cm . I painted this for our Art Society's Little Gems exhibition, which requires paintings to be no bigger than A4 size including frame.

You have Leet's Heroic Running shirt, now have a face-off in your dresser drawer with le Bichon Frise's Nefarious Running!

If you know a woman who fits this description, get her a tee shirt or a pillow. You'll probably live longer.

Acrylics on canvas 45 cm x 61 cm

One of my playful fish paintings, which I used to do a lot of before I started to realize that more people like cats than fish.

This is another of my beach paintings for Art in Public Places, inspired by a visit to Brighton Beach. Acrylics on canvas 100 cm by 61 cm.

Larger shell image, to be used for calendar. I've uploaded two previous images, and am testing them as greeting cards. Finally got a larger image scan I can use for the calendars.

I did a large painting of cats. I sold the painting, but kind of like this version better than the original acrylics versio. It was created using photoshop filters.

She's feisty but ever-so-much-fun. And if you say differently, I hope you have a really good panic room.

This is a little fun doodle I did a couple of years ago. It was inspired by a visit to Brighton Beach! I eventually did a large panorama in Acrylics. I thought it might be fun to include in my beach calendar. Not sure if it will show up well. It is rather small, and wasn't meant to be shown. Two years after I made it, I'm kind of growing fond of it, especially the mermaids under water. :) Sheila is swimming with the mermaids underwater.

This was fun to paint. It was inspired by many things, including warm summer days and visits to various local beaches, around Port Philip Bay. I have always loved the colourful work of Ken Done, and he has been an influence. I suppose all the nudies in this come from my new found love of life drawing. This is Acrylics on canvas, 100 cm x 75 cm. The city skyline is loosely based on Melbourne skyline.

This is the first Tiger Abstract I did. Done in mixed media on watercolour paper. This was an early version of Tiger Abstract, which I gave to good friends in Canada. Then I decided to do another one for me, but ended up giving it to my brother. Years later I did a large Acrylic version. My son ended up with that one. Tiger Abstract II is my second most faved on deviantart. Recently my friends sent me a high res image of this one, so I figured I might see how it looks on red bubble.

This is one of many little fish doodles I did just for fun and to practice my watercolour techniques.

Sorry, can't think of a better name. Any suggestions welcome. I made this little watercolour to fit a frame I already had. I was going to put it into an exhibition, but then opted not to. Only 24 cm x 11 cm. I do like the colours in this, which was produced by glazing one colour over another. Kind of like layering one colour glass over another colour. By the way, I should have perhaps mentioned that this image has been enhanced in photoshop.