'Clockwork Harlequin & Red No 5' Painting with Mixed Media

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This is a new painting , finished last night.

~Clockwork Harlequin & RED No 5~

12" x 9" canvas

(painting with added mixed media elements)

It's a bit kooky this one..inspired by my friends Eszter & Roland who were talking about the fairytale of The fox & The Crow not knowing that I had already started a painting of a fox! I painted a cheeky clockwork harlequin wearing a crow cone-mask (vintage playing card piece) on the back of her giant fox Red No 5..flying through the night without a care! -until she has to be wound up again!

I've added vintage wallpaper that I got from the adorable Alicia over at Alteredbits , lace and various manuscript pieces torn up a touch of steampunk in there too (her eye mask)and an old key ..and a piece of Dresden lace. Her right eye is a 1950's magazine piece -besides this she is handpainted .

Red no 5 is a handpainted bushy tailed freespirit who is only too happy to take her up to the stars where she will turn back into a crow.(he has a strip of 1909 paper down his back with a touch of 'foxing' on it hehe ;) and a no 5 tag

Ok can't chat- have to dash- so I'm off to try to finish another one of my White Rabbits as only one remains for sale since the Peoples Art Exhibition in the city a couple of weeks ago. I am so happy that my work is being regularly purchased so I'm exhibiting again on the 24th 25th & 26th again at St Stephen's Green on the EAST side so have to re-stock ! Busy busy busy with thois and the Ferocious Mingle Market preps for this Sunday OH did I tell you?- I'll be wearing the coolest clown outfit-vintage ensemble of course! Only thing is it's bloody MASSIVE I've had to take in 7" on each side and it's STILL freakin' humonguus! I'll have to bandage my boobs to my ribcage else I look like a giant FRUIT!