Alli Coate (allicoate)

Lace Trees (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:11:21 -0700

Three bare trees with a lacy dusting of snow are visited by a little red bird. Read more about this image here: http://allicoate.com/blog/?p=382

Skeleton Keys (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:08:24 -0700

Ice Skating (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:02:25 -0700

A girl in a red coat skates circles on some lacy ice. Read more about this illustration here: http://allicoate.com/blog/?p=384

Folk Girl (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:46:56 -0700

Lighthouse (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:32:24 -0700

Dusk (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:24:55 -0700

Inspired by Psalm 65:8 Dawn and dusk take turns calling, ‘Come and worship.” See the original here: http://allicoate.com/blog/?p=546

Dawn (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:22:27 -0700

Inspired by Psalm 65:8 Dawn and dusk take turns calling, ‘Come and worship.” See the original here: http://allicoate.com/blog/?p=546

Safe Pasture (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:08:23 -0700

The original "Safe Pasture" painting used a combination of paint, pencil and hand-stitching. It was inspired by Psalm 37:3-7 ("Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.") See how I made it here: http://allicoate.com/blog/?p=538

Sky Jewelry (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:01:47 -0700

In the original piece, the stars were created by hand-embroidering hundreds of french knots, and the subtle deep blue fade was created by dip-dyeing fabric by hand. The title comes from Psalm 8 ("I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings.") See the step-by-step process here: http://allicoate.com/blog/?p=541

The Messengers (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:46:42 -0700

falling keys

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:56:20 -0800

Slow and Steady

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:59:59 -0700

White Picket Fence

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:01:58 -0700

bookworm

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:22:17 -0700

Cloud Carrier (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:00:54 -0700

I have been spending a lot of time lately searching through old photographs, digging through my family’s collections and diving even deeper into vast online archives. While I’m not sure exactly what has prompted this recent binge, it reminds me of the hours I spent as a child engrossed in the stories of how life used to be. Now, I’m enjoying taking these snapshots and giving them a new life. For this piece I started with a pencil drawing of the boy carrying a wheelbarrow. After experimenting with a few colors digitally, I mixed a perfect shade of mint and painted a background directly onto some linen. Over the weekend I stitched some fabric clouds over the paint, and when everything was finished I combined all the separate elements digitally. I am so glad to live in a time when technology allows me to combine my favorite mediums this way! I hope you like my newest experiment; I’d love to hear what you think!

Patchwork Girl

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:07:35 -0700

W-I-N-N-E-R (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:10:18 -0700

Foggy drawing

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:08:23 -0700

A quick shot out the window of the car this weekend, the fog was so thick you could hardly see the water. I pictured a ghostly ship, floating over the edge of the world. I tried at first to draw a ship from my head, but I realized I have no idea of how the structure of boats work! Hopefully it is convincing enough for an imaginary ship.

Multiplication (For Sale)

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:29:39 -0700

green living

Alli Coate (allicoate) — Fri, 21 May 2010 10:30:34 -0700