Masthash

One more digital piece today.

Secondary Colors: a digital redraw of an ink sketch I made in 2020. Source material was a photo I took about ten years ago.

Purchase here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/secondary-colors-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #fruit #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #2023AYearForArt

A bowl of oranges and limes sitting in a bowl against a purple background.

Sarah Sammis

4 days ago

I have been so busy with traditional media — all those chicken paintings as well as the theater backdrops— that I haven't done any digital art in a while. Today while I literally watch paint dry, I drew this Guadalupe Murrelet

Purchase here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/guadalupe-murrelet-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #MastoArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Guadalupe Murrelet: a small dark brown water bird with a white face. It has just risen up from under the water.

Sarah Sammis

2 weeks ago

"Coffee with the Muse" is finished. 16x20 acrylic on canvas. #art #MastoArt #2023AYearForArt #SelfPortrait #AcrylicPainting #DailyArtChallenge

An artist draws chickens on an ipad. Next to them, a fluffy yellow hen sits on the counter. They're at a coffee shop with a view of the Hayward hills. Some of the artist's paintings hang on the shop's wall.

Sarah Sammis

2 weeks ago

California Lunch is done. 12x12 acrylic on canvas. #art #chickens #ChickenArt #MastoArt #AcrylicPainting #2023AYearForArt

Six white hens in an animated conversation while they wait for their lunch.

Sarah Sammis

3 weeks ago

Glass Cat - a digital painting of one of those cat shaped wine bottles. We have the red one which we sometimes use a vase.

Prints, mugs, puzzles, pillows, etc available here:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/glass-cat-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #MastoArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Backlighting makes this red cat shaped wine bottle appear to glow.

Sarah Sammis

4 weeks ago

"Gossip" - a 10x10 acrylic painting on stretched canvas. It will be available for purchase this October at Snappy's Cafe in Hayward, California.

#art #MastoArt #ChickenArt #colorful #2023AYearForArt #chickens

Sarah Sammis

1 month ago

I've been busy with painting, so it's been a while since I did any digital drawings. Here is my next bird in the exploration of local to me birds.

These are Scripps's Murrelets.

You can own a copy:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/scripps-murrelet-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #waterfowl #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt

Scripps's Murrelet: two birds bob on the waves

Sarah Sammis

1 month ago

I finished "Hen Party Gone Wild" by bedazzling the drunk ladies. I don't plan on bedazzling everything in the future, but this one called for it.

This piece will be on display and for sale at Snappy's Cafe in Hayward, California this October.

#artwork #chickens #ChickenArt #AcrylicPainting #MixedMedia #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #MastoArt

Four drunk and bedazzled hens waiting for their mug shots.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

One New Year's Day while returning to my in-law's house in South Pasadena I stopped to photograph a purple daisy. I've since then gone back to that photo a bunch of times as artistic inspiration. Here is my latest version, a digital piece done in Procreate.

You can own prints, cards, mugs, phone cases, pillows, etc here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-purple-daisy-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #MastoArt #DailyArtChallenge #2023AYearForArt #flowers #purple

Purple Daisy: a fully open flower and a bud ready to open soon against a verdant background. Bright light and strong shadows.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

Here’s my latest digital piece in which I am exploring local to me birds.

This is a Marbled Murralet. Drawn in Procreate.

If you like it, you can own a print, a pillow, a mug, a puzzle, etc., here:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/marbled-murrelet-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #waterfowl #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #DailyArtChallenge #2023AYearForArt

Marbled Murrelet - a small brown pigeon shaped waterbird having just rising from diving under the surface.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

Here's a new digital piece.

Chartreuse

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/chartreuse-sarah-sammis.html

#caturday #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #MastoArt

The comic face of a green cat with purple nose and inner ears. She's making a face showing she's trouble, but in a good natured way.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

Next piece in my exploration of local birds, the Pigeon Guillemot.

#art #waterfowl #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #MastoArt

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pigeon-guillemot-sarah-sammis.html

Pigeon Guillemot - a black and white water bird with bright orange feet.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

Although my recent chicken paintings won't be for sale until October, you can buy prints, mugs, blankets, pillows, etc now.

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/collections/chickens

#FineArt #ChickenArt #MastoArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #art #chickens

A screenshot showing seven available chicken themed artworks.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

New digital piece: Swiss Chocolates. It's a redraw of a piece I did originally with Copic markers in 2020.

Prints, pillows, bags, blankets, etc here:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/swiss-chocolates-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #chocolate #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Two pieces of chocolate: one with a picture of summertime fun. The other a more classic bonbon.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

Forgot to post the finished version. Here's the Boss. 16x20 acrylic on canvas. Not for sale at the moment, but maybe later in the year.

#art #MastoArt #2023AYearForArt #ChickenArt #chickens #AcrylicPainting

A round black and brown hen wearing a light blue and purple vest with many different dots of color. She's standing before a backdrop of larger circles as colorful as her vest.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

I paint during the day and I draw either when watching TV or just before bed. Here's my latest digital drawing, "Focus."

It's available for purchase as prints, cards, throw pillows, etc.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/focus-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #chicken #ChickenArt #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Focus: three turqouise hens outlined in red and orange stand Charlies Angels style before a yellow background.

Same image but in a black frame with large white mat, hanging on a white brick wall.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

Next in my exploration of birds near me, The Common Murre. Reference photo by Alan Schmierer.

Purchase prints, pillows, mugs, etc here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/common-murre-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #FediArt #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A black and white water bird floating on the water.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

For #catruday ... "Everywhere Cat" drawn in Procreate.

Buy her here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/everywhere-cat-sarah-sammis.html

#cats #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A pink and white cat who knows the secrets of the universe. Her sky blue eyes are the color of the starry background.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

I know the day's almost over but we've had house guests so I wasn't online much. Here's "Wake Up Call"

Buy it here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wake-up-call-sarah-sammis.html

#FensterFreitag #ChickenArt #DigitalArt #art #2023AYearForArt #MastoArt

Wake Up Call: Abstract of a rooster crowing before tropical plants. There's a window bathed in yellow sunlight behind him.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

I finished this piece. Prints, mugs, pillows, cards, etc available here:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/application-sarah-sammis.html

#art #2023AYearForArt #ChickenArt #procreate #chicken #DigitalArt

Application: A white hen with flowers, buttons and other material bits appliqued. Except that it's a digital drawing.

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

Remember when I posted about some old acrylic paintings I had donated for a charity white elephant sale? Apparently that sale never happened and I got to bring my paintings home.

You can buy prints, mugs, pillows, etc... or even the original. If the originals sell, I will donate the proceeds to the Sun Gallery (https://sfba.social/@sungallery)

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/collections/landscapes

#art #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt

Five Stones: A Landscape showing a collection of boulders in East Palo Alto

The Druids Tree: Trees and bushes in golden hour light.

We Three Trees: Eucalyptus trees in dappled light. Painted from a photo of the Caltech campus

Sarah Sammis

2 months ago

Blue Punch Buggy is finished. It took me about nine hours total but was worth the effort. (I also had fun drawing it!)

Prints, mugs, yoga mats, pillows, etc available here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-punch-buggy-sarah-sammis.html

#art #ClassicCars #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A blue classic VW beetle parked at a Garin Regional Park trail head.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

Another digital cat for #caturday — "Enlightenment"

Buy her, wear her, drink your morning tea from a mug with her mug.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/enlightenment-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #cats #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Enlightenment: A calico cat stares forward. The black side of her face is spotted with stars. That eye is a keyhole.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

My exploration of local to me birds continues with this Clark's Grebe. The reference photo is by Sandra Uecker\USFWS.

Prints, etc. available here:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/clarks-grebe-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #FediArt #bird #BirdArt #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A long necked seabird with a white neck, wings, and belly, floats on it's reflection. It has a funny topknot of black feathers that reminds me of Moe from the Three Stooges.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

Here's my latest digital piece: "Hippy Chic." The romantic drama was completely unintentional but now I want to know all about this potential romantic kerfuffle.

You can buy it here:
https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/hippy-chic-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #FediArt #DigitalArt #ChickenArt #chicken #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Hippy Chic: Three hens dressed in various 1960s inspired dresses. Is there some love drama going on here?

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

Guild Members is finished. This 10x10 acrylic painting is very loosely inspired by Rembrandt's "Syndics of the Drapers' Guild." But simplified and with chickens.

If you want to own the original and live in the SF Bay Area, let me know. I can offer you a discount and an in person (masked) delivery.

Otherwise, it and prints are available here:
https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/the-guild-members-sarah-sammis.html

#art #ChickenArt #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt

The Guild Members: Two black bodied roosters with white heads and yellow combs standing side by side, posing for their very important portrait. The title is a nod to a certain Rembrant painting.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

The next bird in my artistic exploration of local birds is the Western Grebe.

Reference public domain photo by Robb Hannawacker, 2021.

Prints, etc. available here:
https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/western-grebe-sarah-sammis.html

#art #waterfowl #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #MastoArt #FediArt

Western Grebe: A black long necked bird glides across the water, it's head turned to face right, revealing a white throat and cheeks, and a red eye.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

A sketch. "Calico Mog" done in Procreate on my iPad. #caturday #cats #art #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Available here: https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/calico-might-sarah-sammis.html

Calico Mog: A black, white and orange cat coming together out of dots of paint.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

New digital art. Meet Charlotte and Her Hen. Wouldn't they look lovely in your home or office?

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/charlotte-and-her-hen-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #DigitalArt #WallArt #Decor #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #ChickenArt #chicken #print

A smiling girl holds a white chicken. Rendered in warm earth tones: browns, reds, oranges, ochres.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

I haven't posted new art in a while but I have been working on it. Here's one I finished after a week of work:

"Inner Worlds", a digital redraw of a piece I did just as the COVID lockdown had started in March 2020.

Available here: https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/inner-worlds-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #redraw #FediArt #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Inner Worlds: Four nearly identical windows face the world. What's going on inside?

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

I found some 6x6 canvas, left overs from a project I was working on before the COVID lockdowns.

Here are three progress shots of "The Fates."

#MastoArt #wip #AcrylicPainting #FediArt #ChickenArt #DailyArtChallenge #2023AYearForArt

The Fates: A 6x6 acrylic painting. The background is painted in lavender, violet and magenta. The basic colors of the three chickens are blocked out now.

The Fates: Three chickens in a semi-cricle, still in pink outline. The background is painted in an ombre of purple, lavender, and magenta.

The Fates: 6x6 canvas showing a pink outline of three chickens standing in a semi-circle.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

My exploration of local to me birds continues. This is an Eared Grebe. Sketched in Procreate.

Public domain source photo by Tom Koerner/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Available as prints, mugs, throw pillows, etc:

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/eared-grebe-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Eared Grebe: a black and brown long necked water bird. It's floating across it's reflection. Around they eye are some gorgeous yellow feathers.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

New painting finished. "Clucker Fust." 12x12 acrylic on canvas.

Purchase the original or prints here:
https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/clucker-fust-sarah-sammis.html

If you're local to the Bay Area and are interested in purchasing the original, message me for a discount.

#art #ChickenArt #AcrylicPainting #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Six irate chickens on the edge of an argument. Painted in bright, expressionistic colors and strokes.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

Earlier I shared a photo of my cardigan stealing cat for #caturday. Now I'm sharing a drawing.

Meet "Inky." Wouldn't she look nice on your wall? On a throw pillow? Or holding your coffee or tea?

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/inky-sarah-sammis.html

#cats #art #MastoArt #FediArt #WallArt #print #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A blank and orange cat who appears to be made from ink and spray paint. She has a sardonic look on her face.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

They're Here!

And ready to hang on your wall. Sit on your couch. Hold your coffee...

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/theyre-here-sarah-sammis.html

#FensterFreitag #ChickenArt #chicken #DigitalPainting #art #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Five chickens stare menacingly into a window at night. What do they want?

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

I'm having fun drawing this ridiculously intricate chickens. Here's my latest which took about seven hours to draw: "Fowl's Moving Castle"

Prints, mugs, etc, available here: https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/fowls-moving-castle-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #FediArt #puns #ChickenArt #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A gaudy, brightly colored castle shaped rooster mecha.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

Clucker Fust: These chaos chickens are basically blocked in. I need to go back in with smaller brushes to refine the details of their faces and the edges of their bodies.

#AcrylicPainting #painting #art #wip #2023AYearForArt #ChickenArt #chicken #MastoArt #FediArt

Clucker Fust: The basic colors of these chaos chickens are in. Six colorful chickens are on the verge of an argument. A brown and orange one, squished in the middle has already opened their beak in protest.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

For #caturday here is "Big Tuna" a portrait of a cat who lives in Florida.

The original and prints are available here: https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/big-tuna-sarah-sammis.html

#cats #AcrylicPainting #prints #2023AYearForArt #WallArt #CatArt #MastoArt #FediArt

A gray striped kitten with white face, paws and socks, dangles from a palm tree. He's gotten stuck there while exploring. Background is luscious greens. Everything is rendered in acrylic paint.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

Come Play With Us! If these three make you smile, consider buying yourself a copy.

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/come-play-with-us-sarah-sammis.html

#FensterFreitag #DigitalPainting #DigitalArt #ChickenArt #MastoArt #FediArt #DailyArt #2023AYearForArt

Two white hens stand outside a four paned window, looking in on a third hen who is sitting on colorful pillows. Image is rendered in warm colors: yellows, oranges, pinks, lavenders, and magentas.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

Although I don't draw or paint as many, I do love drawing owls. Here's one I call Twilight. #SuperbOwl #art #DigitalPainting #MastoArt #FediArt #BuyArtNotCandy #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/twilight-sarah-sammis.html

A purple and pink owl stands before a sky still colorful with sunset but beginning to sparkle with stars.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

Look what I finished. Here's "Board Meeting." An acrylic painting revisit of "Quorum."
Original and prints, etc available:

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/board-meeting-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #ChickenArt #chicken #FediArt #BuyArtNotCandy #AcrylicPainting #DailyArtChallenge #2023AYearForArt

Board Meeting: a 12x12 colorful painting of six chickens in a heated discussion. Colors used: red, orange, yellow, magenta, pink, lavender, violet, white, and black.

Sarah Sammis

3 months ago

Meet the "Wake Up Crew." A new digital painting.

Consider adding it to your collection:
https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/wake-up-crew-sarah-sammis.html

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #chicken #ChickenArt #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #BuyArtNotCandy #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Wake Up Crew: a window pink with dawn's light reveals three young chickens standing on the sill. Behind them is a red barn.

Sarah Sammis

4 months ago

For #ThrowbackThursday , here is "Dottie," a painting I finished a year ago. Quite a departure from the colorful things I've been working on recently. But this one still remains a favorite.

You can own Dottie, either the original 12x12 acrylic painting or prints, etc. of here.

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/dottie-sarah-sammis.html

#BuyArtNotCandy #ChickenArt #AcrylicPainting #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #MastoArt #FediArt