Marybeth Heikes

Paintings in Watercolor & Mixed Media

Whimsical Wildlife

Blue Dog & Butterflies

Blue Dog & Butterflies

March 26, 2008

This design was inspired by a photo of a Bluetick hound, and from a similar dog I saw while shopping at a pet store. This painting is different from other collages in that I painted the background first, before I pieced the collage papers on top of it. more »

Flamingo & Stars

Flamingo & Stars

March 19, 2008

My original idea was for this painting to have three flamingos and be called Flamingo Fandango, but I had to scale back to fit within the preselected frame. I painted the background loosely by dripping and flinging the paint on archival board. more »

Love Birds

Love Birds

March 7, 2008

This was done from March 2006 sketch of two green red-headed lovebirds on branch with a gray background. more »

Cockatoo

Cockatoo

March 7, 2008

This painting is of a purple bird with yellow and orange variegated feathers on a branch with red eye and blue legs. more »

Doxie & Dragonflies

Doxie & Dragonflies

March 4, 2008

This was designed using my contour drawing of the dog and dragonflies. This is the first time I’ve painted the board background color first with a brush instead of using the hand-painted collage papers. I felt the previous background textures were too distracting and opted for a smoother, less busy texture for it. This technique […] more »

Party Cat

Party Cat

February 29, 2008

For this piece I worked from my contour drawing of a cat. I formed it into a blue cat and added spots and a party hat for fun. more »