New Ex libris.

Mushrooms.

New ex libris in progress. It's for exhibit in Mexico "The Forest of Utopia". I am making Lauma. She is a wood spirit/witch from Latvian mythology.

Detail of Lauma plate. Lauma is some kind of wood spirit
from Latvian  mythology.

Pine Cone Urbanized. Etching col. 

I posted couple of new etchings to my Etsy store.

Chopin - Complete Nocturnes (Brigitte Engerer)

Where Has the Summer Gone?

My sketchbook. June.

Detail of a "Cage" etching/cut piece I made in July.
It lives in Madison, WI now. 

Goldfinch in my garden. August.

"Because the Sky is Blue...", etching/cut.

https://youtu.be/EWYoQfm6-y0

Valentine's Day Sale!

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Valentine's Day Sale on my website:
marinaterauds.com/valentine
Order now to get your favorite artwork for
Valentine's Day!

December.

No snow yet in Michigan, but it is pretty cold and my bird feeders are full.

Social Network.

Some days ago I opened my Etsy shop

Solo Show in Salem, Oregon.

My slo show "Moments of Nature" opens at the Compass Gallery in Salem, Oregon on December 2.

You Are Made of Stars.

Detail of the plate in progress.

Aquatint time.

 New etching/aquatint "You Are Made of Stars".







First pool from finished plate.

Working proof. Etching/watercolor.

Field Notes. Goldfinches.

New etching from my Field Notes series:
Goldfinches. Etching and watercolor.

 

Common Yellowthroat.

Common Yellowthroat sketch.

The Master and Margarita.

For my Russian speaking/reading friends: there are blog posts about my art on Live Journal. It is about illustrations that I created in 1998-99 for amazing novel "the Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Links:
Beginning
How illustrations were created
Illustrations
 

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

You can see my artwork at Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans this week. May 1,2 3, and 4. Fairgrounds, tent G (near the Blues Tent).

"Letters From New Orleans. Swifts at Dauphine Street",
etching.

Enescu plays Schumann Violin Sonata No 2.in d, op.121 3mov

Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival.

Back to Texas: I am showing my artwork at Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival this weekend.
APRIL 10-13, 2014 in Downtown Fort Worth. My booth # 619.

Working on commission.

New Ex libris. Arbor Mundi.

"Arbor Mundi" (World Tree), etching.
Ex libris (bookplate) I made for Russian
ex libris collector
Maxim Shevarkov.

Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival.

Today is first day of spring, well, not in Michigan obviously...and  I am heading to Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival in Winter Park, Florida. Hope to see you in my booth #12.
Happy Spring Equinox!

Titmouse and Nest. Etching.

500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

Rays of Light.

Fellow blogger Renee Coopman featured my artwork on her blog Rays of Light. Thank you for beautiful words, Renee!