Contactlavonia.art@gmail.com Links Facebook BlogTwitterDeviantart Please note that any print sales will be announced via facebook and mailing list. Notations and Thank You’sHeath Stovall photography, Lucciana for favicon design, and Jonathan Cameron. Copyright All content contained within the site are © Lavonia Morris, 2013. All rights reserved. Tumblr (3.0; @lavoniamorris)http://lavoniamorris.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/81b1101453fd2c8a2697f7e1f7029fc2/tumblr_mn0rx7VxSf1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Recovery Project Day 3: Moonjuice.  <br/><span>Ink and colored pencil on tinted paper.  Nod to manga.</span></p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/50771133788http://lavoniamorris.com/post/50771133788Sat, 18 May 2013 20:27:00 -0400mangaanimeIllustrationdrawingunicorn<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fbda5df8ea0d82b4fc9e93fbb8d58b77/tumblr_mn0ru2FfrJ1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Recovery Project Day 2: Earth, Air, Sand and Sea.<br/><span>Butterflies with silver ink sketches. Brown tinted sketchbook, back cover.</span></p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/50771017880http://lavoniamorris.com/post/50771017880Sat, 18 May 2013 20:25:00 -0400<p>For the rest of the year, I&#8217;m going to devote this blog to a sketch a day sort of thing.</p> <p>I have a rare inoperable tumor inside of my spinal cord.  The pressure is causing me to lose mostly leg and some intestinal function.  The radiation to my spine that was used to save my life has a brutally slow healing time, and I&#8217;m going to go nuts if I don&#8217;t have something to focus on.  I want to be able to sketch, draw or work on something.  I&#8217;ll post everything from silly doodles to large drawings, just whatever I&#8217;m feeling.  Some days I&#8217;m going to be sick and my work will reflect my inability to get much done.</p> <p>The Goal:  To try and keep my drawing skills sharp and by the end of the year push to have at least 100 drawings done.  I will try publish updates on Saturdays when possible, at least once a week.  I want to take everyone on this journey with me, through the stronger and weaker times.  </p> <p>This is what I tell myself when things are hard to stay motivated: Move one stone at a time, never giving up and after some time you can move mountains. </p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/50770942256http://lavoniamorris.com/post/50770942256Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/21e9289c1033a3a221ba8e0a4a9ed3d0/tumblr_mn0r5yfXCu1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Recovery Project Day 1: Silver Moonlight.<br/>The luna moth is a literal metaphor for Nighttime; she blankets the world in shade.  Black and silver ink on brown tinted sketchbook cover.</p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/50770090135http://lavoniamorris.com/post/50770090135Sat, 18 May 2013 20:10:00 -0400lunamothnightanimemangaIllustrationdrawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0c5340a87335df93724655d1d873b1e5/tumblr_mmk3a4pScU1qdcvgdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Unravel.  Oil on wood.  6”x9” Cross-section round. </p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/50050015464http://lavoniamorris.com/post/50050015464Thu, 09 May 2013 20:13:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/967b96593fdfface0c78dcd19c25b2eb/tumblr_mmfohqdwfq1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Fish Noose.  Charcoal sketching.</p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/49857224379http://lavoniamorris.com/post/49857224379Tue, 07 May 2013 11:03:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6da21b4a50e201cbc7dc1178abaeca85/tumblr_mmekceLWcd1qdcvgdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Seeker.  Graphite on Bristol. Sold.</p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/49815422351http://lavoniamorris.com/post/49815422351Mon, 06 May 2013 20:36:00 -0400Illustrationgirldrawingpencil<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d1bd030fde35ae7f853d4f2c89d78dc/tumblr_mm59itGqjN1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Shelly Deconstructed. Based off a story about a girl on the beach that I wrote when I was 6.  It’s the first time in over a year that I’ve had the strength to mix up some natural acrylics and paint a bit.    Sold.</p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/49397290236http://lavoniamorris.com/post/49397290236Wed, 01 May 2013 20:04:00 -0400illustrationgirlbutterflyseashellpaintingdrawingfashion<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/253948f4ccc1b667abcfee17f5b4e0a1/tumblr_mlqfuoQ5s81qdcvgdo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Joselyn.  Daily Sketch.  Inspired by the lovely <a href="http://yasahime.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Jasmin Darnell</a>’s fashion girls and a random fashion photo I found that I liked.</p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/48731487333http://lavoniamorris.com/post/48731487333Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:56:00 -0400Illustrationgirlfashiondrawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f7148ae6d9dd76641e71be6e0cd7607/tumblr_mlf1na5D5S1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Where do Butterflies Sleep?  Framework for a painting.</p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/48219359562http://lavoniamorris.com/post/48219359562Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:16:00 -0400Artists on Tumblrdrawingpop surrealismIllustrationillustrators<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4e4783ee5ee2a04f71378247a3b17a00/tumblr_mkt18powkf1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a4634a80e35d68c1fc69330bfd1a7ba/tumblr_mkt18powkf1qdcvgdo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><span>Mel is my one handed comic heroine.  </span><em>Echoes of Distant Stars</em>.  Starting to compile images for a collage comic;  I’ll just post sneak peaks as I go.  Once I have the basic story done, I’ll collage the pieces into photoshop.</p> <p>Image 1: Mel’s Portrait.  Graphite and colored pencil on wood.  I asked my fiance to write some code to incorporate into an art piece.  The above is what he wrote with a smirk and said every coder started with that sort of thing.  I thought Hello World seemed appropriate for meeting Melonia.  So that’s what the text says.</p> <p>I like the name Mel.  I have a childhood friend named Melody.  That was the initial name, but I decided to change it to a more foreign name to embrace the surreal aspect of the comic.</p> <p>Image 2: Mel meets the clover Fennec.  Pencil and digital.  Fox with clover on head.  </p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/47226273983http://lavoniamorris.com/post/47226273983Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:00:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dee045bf5176d06bfc1e3a87abcf779d/tumblr_miagl3ji4Q1qdcvgdo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d682ec217ee66296383555bbdecff5be/tumblr_miagl3ji4Q1qdcvgdo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/79ebe2736231de881403009a3e613151/tumblr_miagl3ji4Q1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/18ce0dfdd280a0248548dbb0b8e7bcec/tumblr_miagl3ji4Q1qdcvgdo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Sketchbook snippets, 2013.  Blue girls series.</p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/43188243543http://lavoniamorris.com/post/43188243543Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:10:15 -0500lavoniaartpaintingsketchbook<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bc3f386fe72b8863405caba9fcdb6785/tumblr_mh7fvyC5zo1qdcvgdo1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>Spector.  Oil on wood.  8”x12”.  I ended up softening her eyes, I needed a good juxtaposition of hard and soft line.  </span></p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/41474681718http://lavoniamorris.com/post/41474681718Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:28:00 -0500lavoniaoilpaintingwood<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/55042fabf928d4709b14f9bbcddb0be5/tumblr_mh3sf1Gvuq1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Fade.  Drawing prep for a painting.  </p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/41315620812http://lavoniamorris.com/post/41315620812Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:09:01 -0500lavoniaoilpaintingwood<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2bcc80b7f1d886ceee1b15557f3ae85/tumblr_mh3sdw61Dp1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Dodge.  Full version.</p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/41315565035http://lavoniamorris.com/post/41315565035Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:08:20 -0500lavoniadrawing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/681f903aef032f5858b7c1c6e1ceadab/tumblr_mgj5pn709z1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Dodge.</p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/40362811350http://lavoniamorris.com/post/40362811350Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:46:35 -0500lavoniadrawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/60258ee10633acc8370711fb3dbc8083/tumblr_mfx5ttzC591qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>New Year’s Sketching.</p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/39341826153http://lavoniamorris.com/post/39341826153Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:41:53 -0500lavoniadrawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdg7udo0QM1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>The Last Unicorn. Sketch. Inspired by The Last Unicorn, novel by Peter Beagle. I love this book. It’s a fantasy novel wrapped in layers of metaphor and complex human emotion.</span></p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/35662493878http://lavoniamorris.com/post/35662493878Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:59:01 -0500vonartwoodsurrealfantasylavoniadrawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdg7t6ylMW1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Tea and Sweets.  Sketch layout for a wood oval.  </p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/35662440928http://lavoniamorris.com/post/35662440928Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:58:00 -0500vonartwoodsurrealfantasylavoniadrawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdg7s5zUmA1qdcvgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>You, Me, and Tea.  Sketch.  Inspired by Audrey Kawasaki.   Back to sketching a bit, post radiation.</span></p>http://lavoniamorris.com/post/35662394785http://lavoniamorris.com/post/35662394785Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:57:00 -0500vonartwoodsurrealfantasylavoniadrawing