The art works on this page are original pieces, see galleries below - click on each image for a closer look, with caption and sizing. If you are interested in buying, or would like more information, just email me for full details, more photos, and even the back story about each individual piece! Prices on application, example price points: $50 - small folk art pieces; $75 - medium sized folk art and small canvases; $75 - medium sized limited edition hand decorated Lino prints; $100 - 8” x 10” canvas paintings, $275 - large limited edition hand decorated block prints. Or perhaps you’d like me to make you a ‘Good Luck Mojo’ of your very own?
4" x 4" canvas with very deep edge. Acrylic paint with scratched and cork-print decoration...'cos the Devil Made Me Do It! This little piece inspired me to write a new Mississippi Hills style blues song, which I've started playing on my 3 string cigarbox.
Here’s the second small polystyrene block print in the series. Block ink, overprinted on pale lemon yellow acrylic, 6” x 6” image on acid free watercolour paper. An edition of 3 prints with the two images together also available, POA.
Made from a repurposed polystrene takeaway container, this original block print is one of many images inspired by my song ‘Angels & Boats’ from the audiophile acoustic album, ‘Professing the Blues’. Image 6” x 6” (160mm square) block ink overprinted on taupe acrylic paint, on acid free water colour paper. See the dedicated Angels & Boats
Made from a repurposed polystrene takeaway container, this original block print is one of many images inspired by my song ‘Angels & Boats’ from the audiophile acoustic album, ‘Professing the Blues’. Image 6” x 6” (160mm square) block ink overprinted on taupe acrylic paint, on acid free water colour paper. See the dedicated Angels & Boats page for more - and the album is available at the CD's & Vinyl page!
New folk art - with a nod to our local fruit bats... Costume jewellery, charms, bottle caps, thumb tacks, ribbon and acrylic paint on wooden off-cut. 22cm x 10cm
SOLD! Chook Series: The Little Red Hen is the partner piece to Little Blues Rooster, looking serene in her nest... 8” x 10” canvas Acrylic with Artist quality semi-matt glaze.
Want to commission another a bit like this?
SOLD! Chook Series: Little Blues Rooster is 8” x 10” acrylic on canvas, with an Artist quality semi-matt glaze to protect his pretty feathers.
Want to commission another a bit like this?
5" x 8" Folk art painting with blue steel tack decoration on wooden panel. (The top of a specialty box of Dalhurst tea bags, actually!) Based on the song of the same name from 'Professing the Blues' album.
One of the very first folk art pieces! This little mixed media piece is 6” x 6” canvas, decorated with acrylic paint, dice and bottle cap souvenirs from my first trip to the US.
One of my first folk art pieces, all themed on songs from the ‘Professing the Blues’ and featuring in the liner note booklet of that album. ‘Love Me All the Way’ has a relief embossing foil ‘Milagros’ heart, parts of playing cards, beads and metal charms on a painted 6” x 6” canvas. See the album at CD’s & Vinyl page - this image also available
One of my first folk art pieces, all themed on songs from the ‘Professing the Blues’ and featuring in the liner note booklet of that album. ‘Love Me All the Way’ has a relief embossing foil ‘Milagros’ heart, parts of playing cards, beads and metal charms on a painted 6” x 6” canvas. See the album at CD’s & Vinyl page - this image also available in the Affordable Print series (AU$25+ post) on the Artist Prints page!
“I believe I Got My Eye on You!” Based on a song from my ‘Blues Woman’ album, this fun little piece of folk art is 6” x 6” canvas, acrylic paint with beads, coloured thread and pieces of embossing foil. See album at CD’s & Vinyl page!
Mixed media 6” x 6” canvas - Poker chips, playing card, funky costume jewellery and acrylic paint.
3.5” square wooden panel, decorated with tin and beer can pieces, poker chips and beads. Good luck guaranteed!
3.5” square carved and painted wood & panel, with decoration including nailed pieces of beer cans and ‘evil eye’ glass bead.
Inspired by my last visit to Hopson’s Plantation, just outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, these cheerful sunflowers are acrylic on 8” x 10” ready-to-hang canvas.
Folk art painting, inspired by my trips ‘Down in the Delta’. Acrylic paint, with overprints made out of an old champagne cork... Ready to hang, 8” x 10” canvas
New folk art! ‘World Keeps Spinning’ - decorative beads, wire, tacks and ribbon on a panel of Camphor Laurel wood. 14 cm x 6cm
Limited edition lino print: only 2 left! This design was created to decorate the cool cigar-box guitar of the same name made for me by Delaney Guitars, Texas. 8” x 8” block ink lino print, with red acrylic paint and gold leaf.
A one-off iteration of the ‘Heart of Texas’ design, originally created for the Delaney Guitars cigarbox of the same name. Hand coloured block ink lino print, acrylic paint and gold leaf decoration. Image 8” x 8” on acid-free paper.
Limited edition lino print - this design was created to decorate the cool cigar-box guitar of the same name made by Delaney Guitars, Texas. Scroll to gallery to check it out, along with the other 3 versions of this print!
8"x 8" block ink, overprint on gold acrylic paint, on watercolour acid free paper.
‘Rising Currents’ - Beads, wire and tacks on a piece of local Banksia wood scavenged from the off-cut wood pile. The beautiful grain pattern in this little piece was too good for firewood! 12cm x 8cm, 2.5cm deep.
Mississippi Sunflowers 8’ x 10’ canvas
Little Red Hen 8’ x 10’ canvas
Little Blues Rooster 8’ x 10’ canvas
Midnight Strut 8” x 10’” canvas panel on wood frame Acrylic paint
Visitor for Afternoon Tea 8’ x8’ canvas
Day of the Dead Clarence Fisherman 8’ x 10’ canvas
Chicken Wants Corn 6’ x 6’ canvas
Down in the Delta 8’ x 10’ canvas
Devil Made Me Do It 4’ x 4’ canvas
What you Put on Me? 8’ x 10’ canvas
Yamba Garden Blue 8’ x 10’ canvas
Yamba Garden Green 16’ x 20’ canvas
Yamba Garden Red 8’ x 10’ canvas, gloss glazed
The Ace of Cigar Boxes 16” x 20” canvas
The Ace of Hearts 16” x 20” canvas
The Ace of Good Luck 16” x 20” canvas
NOLA Heart 3” circular wooden folk art
Blues Heart 3’ circular wooden folk art
Heart Mojo 3.5” square folk art
Card Sharp 6’ x 6’ canvas mixed media folk art
Got My Eye on You 6’ x 6’ canvas
‘Lay Down with Dogs’ - folk art on wooden panel with steel tack decoration
Good Luck 3.5’ x 3.5’ mixed media on wood folk art
Our Lady Mojo 3.5’ x 3.5’ wooden mixed media folk art
Red’s Juke 8’ x 10’ canvas mixed media folk art
Fast Luck! 3..5’ x 3.5’ wooden mixed media folk art
Kiss Me Darling 8’ x 10’ mixed media folk art canvas
Robert ‘Wolfman’ Belfour Shrine
Blues & Yellow Hearts 8’ x 10’ canvas mixed media folk art
‘The Devil You Know’ 2 panel painting with guitar picks & bottle cap decoration
At the Crossroads 6’ x 6’ canvas mixed media folk art
Block Print 19” x 13”, with pencil, acrylic & oil paint, gold leaf hand decoration
Block Print 19” x 13”, overprinted on gold leaf with ink wash hand decoration
Block Print 19” x 13”, with ink wash, gold acrylic paint and gold leaf hand decoration
Block Print 19” x 13” , overprinted on gold leaf, with pencil hand decoration
Block Print 19” x 13”, grey under-print, with acrylic paint and gold leaf hand decoration
Block Print 19” x 13”, with acrylic paint and gold leaf hand decoration
Lino Print 8” x 8” hand painted, with gold leaf
Lino Print 8” x 8” hand painted decoration
Lino Print 8“ x 8” hand painted background with gold leaf
Lino Print 8” x 8” on gold painted background
I made this Lino print design for my Custom ‘Heart of Texas’ Box Guitar, created by Delaney Guitars.
The ‘Heart of Texas’ Custom Box Guitar by Mike Delaney
Using a little old cigar tin...
Inside, is my personal ‘Fast Luck’ mojo: playing cards, and small carved & painted wooden insert
Close up of artwork panel
What would you put inside yours?
Beads, lucky charms, canvas painting, chose own theme or lucky symbols?
Available tins 3’ x 3’ square
