Sitting on a sofa, across from a bright red bird with a golden sash, coffee in hand, morning breeze reaching in from the patio doors- this is an invitation to a day, an encouragement to look for and see the lightness of being, an atmosphere of belonging and assurance that it's okay to enjoy life, to have fun, to not take it all too seriously. Art can do this. One piece of art, unassumingly staring out from beside a lamp or a plant, can do this. I promise! If it's the right one.

My art is "fine" in the sense that I use the highest quality materials available, and in that it is executed with precision and coming from over a decade of experience with the materials and many more years of practice and study, so that collectors receive excellent value in the exchange, and a lifetime (and longer) of enjoyment. These paintings, with proper care, will last indefinitely. But it is FUN art primarily, meant to delight the eyes and evoke joy and connection between people.

People, are my first love, and the inspiration for continuing to make art. In (admittedly over-dramatic) times when I've wondered whether I should stop making art, I have come back to the same deeply-held reality within; art is my invitation, my offering, and my love-letter to the people of the world. I cannot meet each one, and I cannot be present in the lives of every one, but I can reach more people with my love through my art than I could by any other means, because art is my means.

Never am I more fulfilled in my art than when a collector or viewer sees him/herself in one of my birds or sea creatures or boats, etc.... And when they do, I see myself in them, because we're both connecting with something in one another, illuminated by an unmistakeable human caricature, made visible by black ink, and bright paint.

Each work of art is a self-portrait of sorts, and each one collected is a portrait of the collector at the same time. We're born for connection, evidenced by how easily we can meet in the surface layer of a painting as though it were a two-sided mirror- each of us facing the other. And then like a bathroom mirror folded to show infinity, as we relate with our guests, our families, and our friends through this image, no more mysterious than a cave painting, but just as delightful a discovery.

I hope you'll enjoy my shop, and that you feel very free to contact me; I would be delighted to meet you!

xo Imogen Skye