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I recently did an interview for the newspaper and radio! Not gonna lie, I was nervous about how my voice would sound on the radio. However, the artist & interviewer, Rob Hessler, was great to work with and it turned out to be a fun experience.  You can listen to the interview HERE The interview will stay in the archives for a couple months and then it will reside permanently on Spotify. If you would like to read the piece that was in Savannah Morning News, click HERE   Check out the weekly Art on the Air show at wruu.org...

Today marks 11 years since I started up the Olivia Beaumont fine art brand! I am so grateful to have made a living doing what I truly enjoy. I graduated with a degree in art in 2009 and made a bold move from west coast California to east coast Georgia. I had nothing but a few suitcases full of clothes, sketchbooks, and paint tubes. My first studio furniture was cardboard boxes. They wern't even my cardboard boxes, they were borrowed. That is straight-out-of-college-poor level!  I bought a little easel I found on craigslist for fifty bucks. I decided to open...

  I have big news! By popular demand, I am working on a line of locally designed and produced items to add to the Olivia Beaumont brand.  I am so excited to be able to offer items like puzzles for you to enjoy with your family.  The best part is that I have found a local Savannah artist of Moss & Marsh Co. to help me create these beauties. So every mug, tote bag, or tea towel that you buy from me actually helps two artists! After seeing, holding (and hugging) the first samples I am absolutely thrilled with the beauty...

I previously shared how I develop a pet portrait. In this post I would like to share more complex commissions.  The most frequent request is for a multiple figure portrait where the client has several pets they would like to incorporate into one scene. When multiple pets need to be incorporated it created challenges like accurately representing the size of each pet in proportion to each other. You can see in the sketches below that at first the chihuahua was too large in comparison to the two tiny Pekingese. The proportions of the dogs had to be tweaked a couple times....

Presenting the Olivia Beaumont Collection by Pigeon and Pip: A furniture line inspired by the artwork of Olivia Beaumont.  This post is a treat for me because I get to talk about another creative person I really admire. She also happens to be named Olivia. Pigeon and Pip is a small business started by Olivia Lacy who specializes in one of a kind vintage furniture that has been reimagined with an artful and whimsical approach. The photography is also by Olivia Lacy. She takes a fun approach to styling and personalizing a space with an unexpected pop of whimsy. Follow @Pigeon_and_Pip on...