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Picture Yourself in Wonderland

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The Pink Queenby *ArdenEllenNixon

Contests / 2010 / Picture Yourself in Wonderland

"The Pink Queen," or more properly,
"The Pink Queen Readying a Hastily Improvised Croquet Mallet on a Tuesday Afternoon"
6 x 9"
Watercolor on Watercolor paper
For Sale ~ Contact me if interested!

Thank you ahead of time for your favorites and comments!

I'm declaring this done before I either overwork it or OCD myself past the appointed deadline. Here's hoping!

When thinking of how to cast myself in Wonderland, I thought that since there were already Red and White Queens, a Pink Queen would be the natural middle ground. Thus, I'm crowning myself, and I'm taking the flamingos with me!

I seldom, if ever, show my face in self-portraits not because I'm some hideous ogre, but because I like the challenge of conveying a personality without the cop-out of a recognizable face. Instead, you have the jewelry I never take off (literally never, not even to shower), a dress I actually own, and me over-exaggerating the few silver threads I've found in my ash-blonde hair, which is the longest it has ever been. Alas, my freckles didn't scan well.

As for my first flamingo, oh, was he fun! I foresee many more in my artistic future, and I thank Sooper-Deviant [link] for letting me use his excellent animal photographs as references. (I printed this flamingo out over a year ago, and it seems to have been deleted from his gallery in the time since

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More of my Wonderland Ware:

My Alice in Wonderland Card Deck, which I hope to be able to reprint in the near future: [link] Many of the original drawings are available for $45-50 each, so feel free to ask if one catches your eye!

Products--shirts, mugs, etc--featuring my many Wonderland designs can also be found at my online shop: [link]

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Prints, mugs, and more are all available at my Cafepress store! Visit Arden's Miscellany here [link]

Visit my online gallery & portfolio at [link]

None of my images are to be used without express written permission. Woe to any who choose to steal, for so mighty is my art wrath, not even I know its bounds.