Christmas Morning ll

Posted on October 28, 2013February 7, 2014 Posted in CommissionsTagged acrylic, artist, candid, children, christmas, christmas gift, christmas gift ideas, christmas morning, christmas tree, collage, commissioned art, commissioned artist, family, fun, gold, group portrait, happiness, joy, love, memories, mixed media, mixed media art, portrait painting, portraits, portraiture, wrapping paperLeave a comment

This is my newest commission painting “Christmas Morning ll” it is a sequel to the first (which is featured below) only the children are all grown up! Merry Christmas!

Gifts for the Country-Lover in your Life (Under $50)

Posted on October 21, 2013February 7, 2014 Posted in CraftsTagged chicken eggs, chickens, christmas gifts, country decor, eggs, hand-painted eggs, kitchen, ornaments, painted chicken eggs, painted eggs, roosters, seed packets, vintage2 Comments

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Details and decorations are subject to change according to my artistic license. If you have details that you particularly like about the photos listed, please specify so that I can do my best to meet your expectations.

Drawings and Sketches

Posted on October 12, 2013February 7, 2014 Posted in Commissions, Fine artTagged art, children, drawings, faces, graphite, Lena, lenaquagliato, LQ, pencil, people, portraits, sketches3 Comments

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These are some sketches and drawings that I dug out of my old notebooks. Some are recent and others are from when I was only 15 (in 2002.) These aren’t really commissioned portraits, just things I drew of friends and family, pictures out of magazines, Mom’s old book of actresses as well as some live poses from figure drawing or college classes. Enjoy!

“Abandoned Autumn”

Posted on October 10, 2013February 7, 2014 Posted in Fine artTagged abandoned house, acrylic, art, autumn, autumn colors, back roads, california artist, country, country art, fall, farm, field, house, LA, landscape, landscape painting, painting, rock house, rural, rural landscape, scenery, stone house, treesLeave a comment

This painting is a few years old, but I never had the chance to get a good photo doc of it until now. Just in time for autumn, my favorite time of year!

“Warts and All”

Posted on September 27, 2013February 7, 2014 Posted in Fine artTagged abstract realism, frog, metallic painting, nature, sculpture painting, three dimentional painting, toadLeave a comment

This is my second sculpture/painting. “Warts and All” (31×27″) is similar to “Frog Eye” but with the 3-D element of “Charming” I used Magi-sculpt and sand to create the textures and the dome shape of the eye. Then I used metallic paint on the body and a combination of metallic paint and gold-leaf on the eye. A layer of high gloss acrylic gel medium on the eye was my final touch.

Mini Creatures Series

Posted on September 5, 2013February 7, 2014 Posted in Crafts, Fine artTagged animals, fine art, gifts under $50, mini art, miniature paintingsLeave a comment

“Cicada” Miniature painting (Available) $20

metallic acrylic 2×3″

“Tad Pole” Mini painting

Tadpole Mini painting

New Life

Posted on August 16, 2013September 13, 2013 Posted in Uncategorized

Hi, everybody! I have some good news and BIG changes that have set my life and art on a new course. First of all, one June 29th 2013 I was married to the love of my life and Quagliato was officially changed to Miller (yeah, big change). But don’t worry, it won’t effect the name of my business and I will still sign my maiden name on the art work. The second change is my husband and I recently moved to Los Angeles so that he could attend USC for Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television (yeah, he’s super talented too). Since my art tends to reflect my perspective on the environment that I find myself submerged in, than look for the influence of the “Big City” on my art. Yeah, I told you they were BIG changes. So if you hear about a Lena Miller making it big in the art scene of LA, that’s me! ha, ha. It should be an interesting ride.

Looking up at the skyscrapers in downtown LA

Posted on August 16, 2013September 13, 2013 Posted in Uncategorized

“Parched” Colored Pencil

Posted on May 19, 2013March 19, 2014 Posted in Fine artTagged abstract realism, art, artist, chrome, colored pencil, design, drawing, drawing textures, pencil, prismacolor, realism4 Comments

This is a colored pencil drawing of a water fountain at the state fairgrounds in Missouri. I was fascinated and challenged by the detail and texture of the rock vrs. chrome.

colored pencil, water fountain, drawings, art, abstract — “Parched” Colored Pencil

“Charming”

Posted on November 26, 2012February 7, 2014 Posted in Fine artTagged 3-D art, dragons, fantasy art, kinetic art, mixed media, textured artLeave a comment

“Charming” sculpture painting with moveable parts (Available) Charming, interactive painting/sculpture Detail of 3-D ferns detail of dragon face detail of princess and movable arm Detail of third dimention detail of fresh water pearls counter weight stone Position 1 Detail of movable parts: This is my latest painting, titled Charming. Not only does it have dimensional texture and real fresh-water pearls embedded in the surface, but the dragon’s arm is hinged at the elbow and shoulder and the girls arm pivots at the shoulder. Controlled by a piece of fishing-line that runs between the front and back panel, the girl and dragon’s arms move simultaneously when the viewer pulls a tassel that hangs from the bottom of the painting (not in picture) When released, everything is pulled back into position by a counterweight stone, which also hangs from the bottom of the painting.

“Life is Ruff” Watercolor Series.

Posted on September 6, 2012April 10, 2014 Posted in Cards, CommissionsTagged cards, children, farm, paintings, puppies, water color, watercolorLeave a comment

“Cute Little Baby!”

“Life is Ruff”

“Group Hug”

Brer Rabbit Series

Posted on July 28, 2012February 7, 2014 Posted in Fine artTagged Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, children's illustrations, drawings, gestural drawings, graphite, illustrations, Sis Cow, storiesLeave a comment

“Brer Rabbit fools Sis Cow” (SOLD)

“Brer Fox Catches the Saddle Horse” (SOLD)

“Brer Rabbit Nibbles up all the Butter” (SOLD)

This is a three-part series based on the stories of Brer Rabbit. Each one has the short story, which it is based on, scribbled into the background as texture. The Brer Rabbit that we grew up knowing was clever and funny, but seldom do we hear of the original stories that did not make it into the modern children’s books because of their violent themes. Many of the animal characters never lived to see “happily ever after.” Perhaps you know these stories well, or perhaps you would like to check them out from the library to meet the REAL Brer Rabbit!

“The Man with the Alpaca Felt Hat”

Posted on July 28, 2012February 7, 2014 Posted in Commissions, Fine artTagged colored pencil, colorful art, expressionistic, mixed media, old man portrait, painting, person, portrait, sketch, water colorLeave a comment

“Not My Will, But..”

Posted on July 21, 2012March 13, 2014 Posted in Fine artTagged 2012 art, colored pencil, colorful art, expressionistic, Gethsemane, graphite, Jesus, mixed media, multimedia, old man portrait, painting, person, perspective art, portrait, prayer, religious art, sketch, water colorLeave a comment

This painting was created this year in April. It is water color and graphite, with acrylic accents. I wanted to depict what it was like for Jesus in that moment of decision in the garden of Gethsemane when he had to choose God’s will or his own. It struck me how real it is that Christ actually shared in our temptations, just like the Bible claims and he never asks us to do anything he didn’t do first!

“Trust” Painting to be Part of Museum’s Permanent Collection

Posted on July 21, 2012February 7, 2014 Posted in Shows and eventsTagged college of the ozarks, horse, horse painting, large art, Ralph Foster Museum, TrustLeave a comment

The painting titled “Trust,” my largest fine art painting to date, has been bought by the College of the Ozarks and is to be part of the Ralph Foster Museum permanent collection! Please stop by and visit it if you are ever in Branson Missouri!

Turtle Race

Posted on May 17, 2012February 7, 2014 Posted in Fine artTagged acrylic, animal, art, festival, fun painting, large painting, painting, reptile, turtlesLeave a comment

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Ford Timeline Mural

Posted on May 17, 2012February 7, 2014 Posted in MuralsTagged 36 foot long mural, car timeline, cars, Ford, Ford car mural, Ford car mural timeline, Ford cars, Ford dealership mural, Ford timeline, Ford trucks, Henry Ford, Henry Ford quotes, historic Fords, history timeline mural, latex, Mountain Grove, Mountain Grove attractions, Mountain Grove murals, murals, old Fords, painting, Wehr Ford2 Comments

This mural was painted for Wehr Ford in Mountain Grove MO. It is approximately 36 x 7 feet in dimension. It was painted all by hand. I grafted out the dimensions of each car with a grid system while working off of a mobile scaffolding. It took me about two and a half months.

Coon Hunt Mural

Posted on May 17, 2012February 7, 2014 Posted in MuralsTagged animals, art, coon, coon hunting, curr dog, domestic murals, fall, hunting, Mountain Grove murals, mural, murals by Lena, murals on storm shelters, racoons, rocky mountain horse, storm shelter muralLeave a comment

This painting was done on the side of a storm shelter. It took me roughly one work-week to complete. It features one of the owner’s Curr dogs, which they bred and raised for coon hunting, and one of their Rocky Mountain horses. This painting was unique in that it wrapped around the corners of the building; an attractive suggestion by the commissioners.

Trompe L’oeil Window Mural

Posted on May 17, 2012February 7, 2014 Posted in MuralsTagged Arkansas mural, bottle collection, decorative mural, dog, dog and squirrel, dog in mural, dog looking out window, domestic mural, glass bottles, golden retriever, humming bird feeders, humming birds, squirrel, tromp loi, trompe l'oeil, trompe l'oeil muralsLeave a comment

This mural is another domestic mural, done for some friends in the Lake View area of Arkansas. This mural took me 57 hours and I enjoyed it thoroughly. All the owners knew they wanted was a trompe l’ioeil of a window with an animal peeking out. I ended up suggesting the glass bottle collection and painting their own dog looking out the window. It was a fun challenge!

Drug Store Mural, Mountain Grove

Posted on May 17, 2012February 7, 2014 Posted in MuralsTagged art, down town, down town mural, downtown mural, drug store, main street mural, Mountain Grove, Mountain Grove history, Mountain Grove Missouri, Mountain Grove square, mural, mural on brick, mural on the square, old drug store, painting, small town mural, soda fountain, soda fountain muralLeave a comment

This mural was created on the side of an old drug store on the square in Mountain Grove, MO. It is about 27 feet long and 7 feet high. Though the inside of the store is no longer a drug store, the painting was composed from the recollection of old-timers memories and old photos of the outside of the building. The rest was fabricated from imagination. Completed in 2010

Fine art and portraits by Lena Quagliato

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