Thank you!!!

A Huge heart felt Thank You to 

all who stopped by my Holiday Art Show today, 

your response was simply overwhelming!!! 

It all went by so fast! 

Luckily, Joe shot video 

of the first collectors through the door. 

What a Fun day!

Holiday Home Show Sneak Peek!

A blizzard of "Suzie Snowflake" figures have arrived 

for my upcoming Alpine Atelier / Holiday Art Show 

on December 3!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI0t_tadZJU

Watch this stop motion version 

of the Suzy Snowflake song

from 1951.

It's official!

It's my favorite day of the year!

an oldie but a goodie

"Haunted Cul de Sac"

mixed media acrylic painting from 2013

Happy tricks & treats y'all!!!

Ghoultide Gathering 2016 photos

Ghoultide Gathering 2016 highlights/oh what fun!

Ghoultide Greeter

my booth!

my partner in crime.

panoramic shot of the night before.

Jennifer Hepler-Takens of Prim Pumpkin.

Pink haired sistas & Ghoultide neighbors.

Her hair color is legit & mine is a wig;)

before show photo creeper.

Prim Pumpkin

Scott Smith of Rucus Studio

Nicol Sayre

Paul Gordon

Allen Cunningham

Darla & Jerry Arnold

The Shadow Farm

Jody Battaglia

The Spotted Hare

Karen Lilly

Finished!

I just finished my last painting 

for Ghoultide Gathering 2016!

"Bats in the Beehive"

She's very Joan Crawford-esque, 

combined with Auntie Mame & Marie Antoinette.

2016 Better Homes & Gardens Holiday Crafts is out on newsstands!

Here are the 3 projects that I designed for 

Better Homes & Gardens Holiday Crafts Magazine 2016! 

I am very pleased to be included in this publication again this year

& I couldn't be happier with how the articles turned out:) 

"too cute to spook" pg. 8

"winter wild" pp.32-33

"woodland friends" pg. 34

Fall is in the air & on my patio today

 paintings & owl scarecrows 

for Ghoultide Gathering on September 24.

Ghoultide Gathering Sneak Peek

I'm seeing that this blog is getting 

a lot of Ghoultide Gathering traffic, 

so here are a few sneak peeks of some of the paintings 

that I will be bringing to Ghoultide this year.

 "cemetery soiree" paintings

 4"x4" "fraidy cat" paintings

 "ghoul's night out", 

12"x24" mixed media acrylic painting

 "beware of young girls"

6"x12"paintings & 15.5" figure

5" x7" "halloween whoot" paintings

4"x4" halloween soiree paintings

July EHAG Emporium

This "Halloween Whoot" painting 

will be available 

in the EHAG Emporium 

on Sunday, July 31 at 8pm CST

"Halloween Whoot"

mixed media acrylic painting

5"x7"

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I've been feeling Wisconsin-y!

I can't help it, I love the state that I live in; 

especially this time of year!

 so I've been painting up 

some Wisconsin nostalgia lately.

Here are two paintings that are about to be "unveiled"

for the "Wisconsin Living" show 

opening August 7 @ Firefly Trading Company

Seeley, WI

&

two paintings that are currently on display 

thru July 17 for the

"Iconic Wisconsin" show

@ Pink Llama Gallery 

Cedarburg, Wi

 "Dairy Queen"

mixed media acrylic painting

12"x16"

(Wisconsin Living show)

 "Nice Wisconsin Girls"

mixed media acrylic painting

10"x14"

(Wisconsin Living Show)

 "Two Loons"

6"x12"

& 

"That's a Sweet Cow"

10"x14"

mixed media acrylic paintings

(Iconic Wisconsin show)

 "Myrtle, Clover, & Daisy"

mixed media acrylic painting

12"x24"

"Mama Loon"

mixed media acrylic painting

6"x12"

Happy July 4th!

Etsy Shop Updates

Prints on wood of some of my favorite paintings

& a small EHAG Halloween Emporium 

original fox trick-or-treater painting

have just been added to my Etsy shop.

www.melissabelangerart.etsy.com

The rest of these little halloween-y foxes 

will be traveling to Ghoultide Gathering 

with me on September 24. 

Where did June go?!

Sorry about not posting for so very long!!!

This blog is probably feeling abandoned about now... 

I promise to try to be better & less distracted. 

Lots has has been happening since my last blog posting, 

& I did take a short vacation to Seattle. 

Summer is definitely here, even in the Midwest.

Here's a few of my favorite beach-y art pieces:

the May EHAG Emporium happens tonight!

The May EHAG (Eclectic Halloween Artist's Guild) 

opens tonight at 8pm CST. 

http://ehagemporium.blogspot.com

Here's my offering for this month's show:

"I'll Melt with You"

12"x16"

original mixed media acrylic painting

by Melissa Belanger

Two modern witches caught out in the rain without an umbrella

= hazardous weather conditions for witches if one believes 

what one sees in the movies ;)

Luckily, it looks like cheerful moxie & an over sized hat 
will pull them through the storm.