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Furry Car on Pumpkins

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 0m

This was a digital artwork that took quite a while, I spent 18 hours turning my beetle furry, then by the time I’d completed that, I’d photographed some pumpkins and decided to use them there and recolour the pumpkins. I feel like I didn’t exist tot fully utilise the fur I spent so long on, but I like how the artwork turned out.

Charles Manson the Rock Star

$1,200.00

50.5 x 3cm
x 76cm

50h 57m

While listening to a podcast the guest began playing a song which I then shazamed. I was surprised to learn that the artist was Charles Manson, but I do sit in the camp of separating the art from the artist so I decided to paint him as the rock star he never became. This was also my first artwork being documented in the form of a “How to” so each step was documented with incredible detail. I decided to paint an outfit as a mix of ideas from 80’s rock stars, the guitar and tattoo are odes to his cult and the expression is Bruce Springsteens. A guest recently visited and mentioned the expression makes her uncomfortable which is precisely how I wanted it to turn out. To have that Charles Manson crazy face look but also showing that expression Bruce showcases in the example photo. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Abilene Paradox

$600.00

60.5 x 1.5cm
x 45.5cm

35h 20m

Every now and then I learn about a new phenomenon named “x” paradox. This time It was the Abilene paradox which is very fitting for western culture in recent years. There are plenty of rules being made up and no one thinks they’re reasonable. For example, Australia is using AI to enforce seatbelt fines, to achieve a road toll of zero. However the AI doesn’t work and the road toll is increasing since these fresh forms of distributing fines, so it doesn’t work. However anyone could predict that more surveillance would make drivers poorer drivers. So the Abilene Paradox is when there’s a group who needs to make a decision, eat the apple or the orange for example, and the majority think that everyone else wants the apple so they vote apple but in reality they want the orange and didn’t voice it in an attempt to stick with the group and be accepted. To visualise this I first thought up painting some still life where one half is floating and a different colour, or geometry, like that Simpsons episode where Homer enters a 3D space in the wall and have triangles flying through the air. Instead I glanced over at my colouring in book 2023 edition cover and decided to also include another challenge where I try to paint giraffes similar to my digital artworks. It’s always a challenge and I think I completed it to a better standard this time. So this is the result, the group of giraffes are all on a sick one mixed up in their decisions and the bodies are still grounded, hollow. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Fantasy Space

$500.00

40.5 x 1.7cm
x 30.5cm

41h 30m

I decided to paint this artwork after painting a very detailed artwork ‘LLM Lobotomy’ and came away from it thinking I just want to paint blue. While doing my research I decided to paint an arch that you see in many romanticism artworks, probably because of the architecture at the time. Then I decided that I want it in the sky and to just paint the scene you imagined you’d have when you grow up and have all the money in the world. You’d buy those exotic animals and have too many cars so one would always be parked and under cover in your fancy garage in the sky. So that’s what I ended up painting, the future that the child version of you wanted but in reality no one actually wants the obstacles that come with a bunch of extra cars and exotic animals. It’s fun to have it as an artwork though. I enjoyed working on the level of detail in this one compared to my older artworks. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

The One True God

$750.00

50 x 1.7cm
x 40.5cm

65h 35m

A short while before making this artwork I decided I wanted some insight into religions so I visited different places of worship during their usual worship time as a fly on the wall experience. I originally planned on visiting a Christian church, an Islam mosque and a Buddhist temple. Unfortunately this is a more exclusive activity than I thought and couldn’t figure out the Buddhist schedule. I visited an Anglican church and an Islam mosque and took part in their services. Ironically I went in expecting what the media portrayed, being in a western society we are convinced that muslims are dangerous and people of Christ are welcoming. Now flip that perspective to imagine what I experienced. I sat in the Anglican Church biting my tongue listening to the bible being recited on how they laid waste and destroyed the other beliefs scrolls (I personally hate burning literature) then praised blindly believing that God will save you. I asked, “Don’t you think you need to solve your own problems for God to open up opportunities instead of just prey?”. They preached that you are always right as well. I left feeling somewhat violated as if they’re raising narcs in that particular church. I then visited Islam and joined in with the prayers, this time they preached getting your act together, fasting is approaching and you need to be prepared, they preached contacting your loved ones and checking in. A fantastic 30m pep talk anyone could do with. The people were welcoming and I left feeling like the media wrongly portrays Muslims… or perhaps the individual journalists are prejudice. But one thing was true with both experiences. Their God/ Allah is the one true God/ Allah. Yours is wrong and they are both worshiping the right way. So this artwork is the two religions talking to each other debating who’s right. The Anglican has a severed arm from their preaching and the Muslim is put off by their actions. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

ROBSOM

$650.00

50 x 1.7cm
x 50cm

16h 27m

NOTE FOR ROB: Since this was your concept you have a reserved discount forever. In case my email went to spam, you'll receive an email from my business account instead of the one displayed on my website. If you want to grab it just use your email address, all lowercase, as the coupon code to reduce the price to $550AUD. This artwork was requested as a non-commission based on a previous artwork I created, 'ROMSOM' which is an acronym for reflection of my state of mind and created based on a study which showed that the more greyscale a persons instagram was, the more depressive symptoms they exhibited. I'd say I've improved in painting clouds so this request ended up being a really fun challenge. This time I didn't include black in the clouds and approached them differently which I think worked out really well! There were other challenges that were interesting to paint, like the motion of the propeller and the tiny figures. This time round, since it's a non-commission, I'm allowed creative freedom and in the era of my career I'm in right now I'm really enjoying painting tiny figures in my artworks, like the artwork 'Surrealists and Psychology' and 'Running Wild with Still Life'. So I included tiny figures that pop up in my other artworks, like horses in poses you'd never be able to photograph, bunnies floating around, cacti like my main artwork 'Trauma' and my cowhide pears. I see it as you're in the sky scape of your imagination and these items are zooming around doing their own thing. What was really fun about this artwork was the request for a biplane somewhere, once I looked up examples it became a really interesting part of the artwork to paint as I've never painted one before. In the end I decided to name the artwork ROBSOM as a play on the prequel's title but instead it's Rob's state of mind. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

TMACBYES - Paintings Edition 2025

Original price was: $25.00.Current price is: $12.00.

20 x 1cm
x 25cm

0h 0m

Anyone can be an artist with these books. I've now created colouring in books for people to colour in my artworks! This edition is based on digital artworks created mostly in 2021 (and earlier). When I was younger I really disliked how colouring in books had very thick black lines.. impressing no one with my final result. So I created a book with thin, greyed out lines so that the final result looks like an actual drawing, like the blurb "instead of pretending to be amazed at a colouring book, you'll say "wow!" and really mean it!". There's no age or gender target here, I ran a focus group and found that the people who enjoy the books most are those who enjoy sitting down and focusing on one thing for a little bit, artistic people and those wanting a challenge. Don't trust my website?? All good! I've listed the book on other websites plus their commission. eBay (2021 edition link) and Amazon. Enjoy! The books have the following features: - Greyed out lines so the user can feel like their final image looks actually drawn! - Spiral bound so the user can lie it flat without effort. - Reference images on the left, either to use as a guide or use as they wish! - 1mm covers so the user can colour on a solid surface when they're on the go. - Recycled paper - 120gsm page thickness

TMACBYES - Digital Art Edition 2025

Original price was: $25.00.Current price is: $12.00.

20 x 1cm
x 25cm

0h 0m

Anyone can be an artist with these books. I've now created colouring in books for people to colour in my artworks! This edition is based on digital artworks created mostly in 2021 (and earlier). When I was younger I really disliked how colouring in books had very thick black lines.. impressing no one with my final result. So I created a book with thin, greyed out lines so that the final result looks like an actual drawing, like the blurb "instead of pretending to be amazed at a colouring book, you'll say "wow!" and really mean it!". There's no age or gender target here, I ran a focus group and found that the people who enjoy the books most are those who enjoy sitting down and focusing on one thing for a little bit, artistic people and those wanting a challenge. Don't trust my website?? All good! I've listed the book on other websites plus their commission. eBay (2021 edition link) and Amazon. Enjoy! The books have the following features: - Greyed out lines so the user can feel like their final image looks actually drawn! - Spiral bound so the user can lie it flat without effort. - Reference images on the left, either to use as a guide or use as they wish! - 1mm covers so the user can colour on a solid surface when they're on the go. - Recycled paper - 120gsm page thickness

TMACBYES - Paintings Edition 2024

Original price was: $25.00.Current price is: $12.00.

20 x 1cm
x 25cm

0h 0m

Anyone can be an artist with these books. I've now created colouring in books for people to colour in my artworks! This edition is based on digital artworks created mostly in 2021 (and earlier). When I was younger I really disliked how colouring in books had very thick black lines.. impressing no one with my final result. So I created a book with thin, greyed out lines so that the final result looks like an actual drawing, like the blurb "instead of pretending to be amazed at a colouring book, you'll say "wow!" and really mean it!". There's no age or gender target here, I ran a focus group and found that the people who enjoy the books most are those who enjoy sitting down and focusing on one thing for a little bit, artistic people and those wanting a challenge. Don't trust my website?? All good! I've listed the book on other websites plus their commission. eBay (2021 edition link) and Amazon. Enjoy! The books have the following features: - Greyed out lines so the user can feel like their final image looks actually drawn! - Spiral bound so the user can lie it flat without effort. - Reference images on the left, either to use as a guide or use as they wish! - 1mm covers so the user can colour on a solid surface when they're on the go. - Recycled paper - 120gsm page thickness

TMACBYES - Digital Art Edition 2024

Original price was: $25.00.Current price is: $12.00.

20 x 1cm
x 25cm

0h 0m

Anyone can be an artist with these books. I've now created colouring in books for people to colour in my artworks! This edition is based on digital artworks created mostly in 2021 (and earlier). When I was younger I really disliked how colouring in books had very thick black lines.. impressing no one with my final result. So I created a book with thin, greyed out lines so that the final result looks like an actual drawing, like the blurb "instead of pretending to be amazed at a colouring book, you'll say "wow!" and really mean it!". There's no age or gender target here, I ran a focus group and found that the people who enjoy the books most are those who enjoy sitting down and focusing on one thing for a little bit, artistic people and those wanting a challenge. Don't trust my website?? All good! I've listed the book on other websites plus their commission. eBay (2021 edition link) and Amazon. Enjoy! The books have the following features: - Greyed out lines so the user can feel like their final image looks actually drawn! - Spiral bound so the user can lie it flat without effort. - Reference images on the left, either to use as a guide or use as they wish! - 1mm covers so the user can colour on a solid surface when they're on the go. - Recycled paper - 120gsm page thickness

Mont Marte Clear Gesso

$18.00

30.5 x 1.7cm
x 30.5cm

0h 0m

Have you been watching my new ‘How to’ artworks videos?! If not you should go check them out. This is what I use to cover the back of the canvas after I've completed the artwork to protect it from the elements once it's sold. This is a preventative measure against future moisture damage. It also keeps the artwork quite firm in terms of extra stretch. If you own an artwork of mine and it doesn't have a QR code painted on the back which leads to vanessastefanova.com then your artwork was sold before I began this process, it's entirely safe to grab one of these and paint it on the back. Feel free to reach out and I'll post you a portion size free of charge (I just want to keep the artwork safe in your hands as long as possible). If you have any damage from the elements I have a video on how to solve this below:

Mont Marte 75ml Acrylic Paint

$2.50

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 0m

Have you been watching my new 'How to' artworks videos?! If not you should go check them out. These are the Mont Marte acrylics I use in conjunction with white gesso. I use these as a base coat before my oils so the oil layers can focus on style as opposed to canvas cover.

Mont Marte 37ml Water Mixable Oils

$7.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 0m

Have you been watching my new 'How to' artworks videos?! If not you should go check them out. These are the Mont Marte oils I use and also have them up for sale. I stick to primary colours apart form the few I'm trying to use up so these are the only options I have available here.

  • Phthalo Blue is the more pigmented blue, Cobalt Blue is the less opaque blue.
  • You may see I'm also using up my Zinc White in my videos, I'm currently not re-purchasing it for now until I decide I really need an opaque white.

Artwork Window Cling

Price range: $40.00 through $90.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 0m

Damn would you look at my car! After successfully using a window cling as a temporary decal on my car, temporary because I don't want sunburn in the shape of my advertising, and I like to change it every few years, I decided it would be pretty cool if you wanted one too. That way, you can snap up an artwork and place it somewhere you can show off since your home is already full of my paintings on your walls and there's no more room. It'll be printed by Bannerbuzz (after some graphic designing) and sent directly to you. I don't have control of the postage cost so it's just included in the artwork price instead of being calculated on checkout. I'm only making a few bucks profit on this (unless there's a sale at Bannerbuzz) so this is purely a marketing tactic where you're proud to spread the word. Each artwork will have a hidden QR code in it, if you want a specific artwork please email me on the current email on the footer of this website and I'll update the listing with that option for you. Things to note:

  • This is technically a window cling, it clings extremely well to my car which is stock paint job and a 2010 model without any dings under it. You pretty much need a smooth glass-like surface. I've used them on acrylic panels before and that works too.
  • You may need to cut it up a bit, for example if you love my website and choose the "VANESSASTEFANOVA.COM" it'll arrive in the shape shown in the listing pictures because that's how I could make it as big as possible (90cm long, cut into two making it 180cm long). If you get any other artwork you may need to cut the outline, but I'll do the die-cut option, I just don't know how it'll turn up so make sure you own some scissors.
  • The size of the artwork is as big as I can print the longest size on the chosen cling size tl;dr rough estimate of the longest side.
  • It'll be ordered to stick on the back side unless you specify in the notes you want it to cling on the front side.
  • How to: Just wash your car, leave the soapy water on, place the cling and use the squeegee to smooth it out. Done in 2 minutes! Remove at your leisure.

Metal Print Pre-Order Sale

Price range: $70.00 through $500.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 0m

I'm embarking on a project to print my darts (digital artworks) in-house. tl;dr to get there I want to offer pre-order prints and below are the aspects of this project so you know what you're buying. Lore: The darts were previously printed on this beautiful pearlescent photo paper but I had to discontinue it because I'm quite the butter fingers and ended up ruining about half before I managed to post them. The profit margin also sat at about $20 each. From there I decided to increase the quality and sell more durable prints which became sublimated metal prints and drove the price up from $50 to $370. I instantly noticed a drop in sales so I can confirm the price is a pain point for the art lovers. Since sales dropped dramatically the digital artworks became more focused towards my colouring in book series and I didn't keep up with the cost of production. A recent sale has now exposed the fact that I'm no longer making 40% of the profits but just 10%, before postage costs. So if you spend $1800AUD including postage (to Florida as an example), I only earn $130, but I still do all the leg work of travelling to Sydney to pickup the print, packing and posting it to you. Solution: Since then I've been researching how to print the files in-house so I can save on production costs. To do this I need to collect about $15,500 in order to purchase two machines, the blanks, the frames and consumables as well as have a seperate circuit wired up here for the machines. I've buffered how much I need for each section by increasing the total a tad so I don't undercut my budget. The machines:

  • A heat press: I've chosen a 60cm x 100cm sized heat press due to costs for larger machines becoming exponentially higher. I have found one press that is 100cm x 120cm that is great however this requires three phase and also increases the cost of the electrician as I'll need a different meter and electricity consumption. I'll be looking at this option when my business progresses. Postage may land at about $500 judging by how expensive my artworks may be to post.
  • Printer: I require a special sublimation printer with specific ink and I've narrowed my search down to two printers. I'm likely to order the $10,000 Mutoh printer because I like Brother as a printing company, trust their printers and they partner with Mutoh. This is also the most budget friendly printer available in the size I need. There is a second Epson option which costs $14,000 and Epson is known to do sublimation well so if my budget expands Ii'll consider this option. For now I'm going to the Mutoh printer. Postage may land at about a thousand judging by how expensive my artworks are to post.       
The obstacles: Heat press size: Since I've chosen a 60cm x 100cm press, this means that I should reduce the size of the metal prints I sell to 100cm x 100cm and learn how to double press a print without damaging the artworks or make the largest print I sell to 90cm x 60cm. If anyone is willing to purchase a 100cm x 100cm print on sale with the caveat that this will be my practice on learning how to press them right then please go ahead and purchase a practice print. Consumables: The consumables for this project includes sublimation paper, ink, blanks and frames. I'm actively finding quotes for the frames and blanks because those won't be as easy to find as the ink and paper and right now my quotes sit at roughly $800 which includes a MOQ of sizes ranging from 25cm x 16cm to 100cm x 100cm, the frames to match and postage. One of my quotes came back with $1700USD for postage which is why I can't fix a specific number to this until I purchase. The postage will be by sea and take two months to arrive from China.    .  How to achieve the solution:
  1. I've decided to sell pre-order prints, this listing is to pre-order whatever size you'd like and have as long as it takes me to earn the money to decide what you'd like printed. For this specific project I'll also offer to print any file of your choice on the listed sizes.
  2. I also want to encourage you to purchase any painting you've had your eye on lately and the money will be allocated towards this project.
  3. If you want any discontinued photo paper prints then please snatch up any of the remaining artworks.
  4. I also have a colouring in book series that is well stocked up until the 2023 editions which I'd like to encourage you to purchase.
  5. If you're a minimalist but really want to chip in, please check out my tips page and send over some encouragemoney.
  6. Since deciding to put this project into action I've kicked off the project by allocating $900 to investments that I won't cash out until I'm ready to make a purchase. One of those investments is volatile and I bought low, while it has the potential to peak at 160%.
What you get and pricing: When I have the set up ready with all my consumables, you then decide what artwork you'd like according to the size tier you purchased. This gives you a year to keep your options open, move house, wait for my sick new artworks and whatever else, I'm also not going to force you to action your purchase when I have my machines, for example, if you are moving house at the time or waiting for a specific event where you're gifting the artwork, I'll gladly post-pone the print. For a one off offer I'll print any file you request, which means a photo of your granny, your own artwork, advertising for your business. Anything. After this run I'll be sticking to my artworks. As of today, May 23, 2026, I'll aim to price the sizes as close to the final price as possible. After the pre-order project is complete I may change the prices slightly depending on how much everything actually ended up costing. These prices listed are the ball park numbers I'd like to achieve. There is one dicey item which is 100cm x 100cm, this is for people who want to opt in for the practice prints, there may be an error on these. So I'm titling the size "with practice error". But to be honest, I don't want to send out bad quality items so I'll likely practice on little ones before practicing on your big one. Timeline: I'm hoping to knock this out in a few months, however I'll set a deadline of a year and use the email you place on the order for a special email campaign to send you monthly updates so you know I haven't taken your money and run and I still owe you a print. This aspect, plus the percentage crowd funding websites take is the reason I didn't opt in for another Kickstarter campaign. Doing this through my website gives me all the funds, minus card fees, and a flexible timeline which reduces panic. If I'm close when a year rolls around I'll send out a survey to see what the pre-order art lovers think. Some may need the money back so there may be a situation in a years time where I'll have to take it on the chin and refund whoever doesn't want to be a part of the project anymore. In saying that I need to clarify that in order to reach this goal this is non-refundable for the year starting May 24, 2026. As of May 23, 2026 I've allocated $900 of $15,500 to this project. We are 1/17th of the way there!  

Pausing to Contemplate Over Coffee

$300.00

30.5 x 1.7cm
x 30.5cm

0h 0m

This is an artwork I decided to paint when something didn’t go as planned so I sat on the balcony with my coffee contemplating it. Then I thought about all the times I’ve sat there with my coffee thinking something through. So that’s the birth of this concept, all the coffee’s you’ve had just sitting around thinking deeply. I also wanted to show movement and a little chaos around the subject and feel like I achieved it with this one. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

LLM Lobotomy

$680.00

50 x 1.7cm
x 40.5cm

0h 0m

We all knew for the dawn of time that if you peek over at the smart kids test and copy them you get absolutely nowhere once school ends. For some reason the exact same lesson in a different futuristic concept with robots seems to be entirely lost. I began painting a dodo wedged between a stack of books aiming to look as if he’d outsmarted the system by not reading the books. Then that wasn’t going well and I went to Europe and returned to abandon the idea. Then as I painted the artwork decided to return to the concept but this time with far more detail. I painted my bird flowers (flowers that fly off into birds) then decided that some of them decide to take a swim in the Kool-aid/ golden lake then lose their wings and climb up the stack of books as if that’s their key to freedom. It’s not flying if you’re just standing up in a high spot. Interestingly as I painted this I learnt that dodo’s weren’t dumb but evolved without any predators which lead hem to extinction. Since being dumb is their reputation I kept with it. It’s a human thing. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Truly Entertained

$800.00

76 x 3cm
x 50.5cm

69h 44m

I’m not a fan of the algorithms controlling my entertainment and ended up watching a bunch of old movies from the 90’s and 2000’s. We all already know that movies these days will likely suck in comparison, then adding in the internet where people upload reaction videos daily for the sake of uploading and people watch them for the sake of having background noise. We aren’t truly entertained here. There’s a few movies you can watch dozens.. maybe hundreds of times and still be entertained since they’re so well written. LOTR for example, or I ended up watching Impromptu many times. Then I decided to paint Hugh Grant statues as if each statue has a turn on stage and each time we notice something different about how the production was delivered. In the background behind the wall is the death of entertainment where a bunny on it’s last legs crawls out of the horror of braindead entertainment. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Ivan

$2,000.00

50 x 1.7cm
x 60cm

7h 10m

This is a challenge artwork that I left at my grandma’s. During a previous visit I’d painted my grandpa who’d passed away about 30 years ago today, for my grandma. However the tools I had at hand were tricky to use and it came out mediocre at best. Since then I’ve done quite a few art challenges like busking, art battles, 80 artworks in 79 days and so on so now I have a much better grip on creating artworks in situations that aren’t ideal and with terrible paint. This time I didn’t have my trusty water mixable oils which dry much faster than the denser oils and had to use thick oils. I ended up only having two weeks for this artwork after having found turpentine (which was impossible there!). The next challenge for this artwork was the brushes. I had about seven of the same size, one large and one tiny brush, so I made this artwork with just three brushes. Unfortunately it’s not for sale but it’s here to be apart of the collection of artworks I want to share with you.

Flow State

$2,500.00

60 x 3cm
x 90cm

47h 53m

I made an artwork which I still consider my best, ‘Trauma’, and haven’t been able to recreate one just as good but I think this one might be on par. Just with less effort visible in the paint since I did all the practice on that artwork. The cacti I paint are people, roughly. This time I wanted to paint flow state, it’s the state of mind where you’re absorbed in your task but in so deep you forget you’re doing it and work autonomously while your mind wanders. This is where I am when I paint, in the rabbit hole. I think it deserved an artwork. In the bottom right I added a cherry, for the ideas that randomly pop into mind when in flow state and the clouds focused on the cactus. The rabbits are the result of working on my artworks in flow state. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Everything Melts

$600.00

51 x 1.5cm
x 40.5cm

13h 4m

A million years ago in science class it stuck with me that the teacher emphasised how everything melts with time. He specified that even glass melts, as the bottom will be wider than the top a hundred years from now. Super interesting fact! Makes me think of it every time I come across a video where someone hunts down fossils inside rocks, the imprint of the living thing is interesting as I imagine the process of the living thing became stone. So I began this artwork wanting to paint the ground, the dirt, blue to resemble water, and instead it just began to resemble water. Then I included rain the way I like to paint rain, as sheets of clear blue, and a melting/ evaporating moon. If you check out the time lapse or opinionated video of the making you’ll see that I added other items then decided less is more for this artwork. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Spy Pigeon

$300.00

25.5 x 3cm
x 26cm

14h 3m

I decided to paint this artwork just because I want you, the person reading this right now, to know that during the Cold War the CIA decided to strap cameras on pigeons to spy. I found this hilarious and wanted you to know about it too. The main reason I found it hilarious is as an avid DIY-er I’ve had more than enough things turn out wobbly, and this is exactly how this project turned out, a bit wobbly. The footage wasn’t ideal. As a surrealist I needed to paint this artwork in a surreal manner, plus that’s far more interesting than just human-printing out a photo you can look up. I wanted them to appear a bit strange, the way you’d feel if one landed near you. As I you’re being watched. So I added a chromatic effect and leads to the hands that are watching you. I also wanted to embody the kind of background I’d create in my digital artworks, a clear reflection as if they’re on glass and tried to use green as the sky, like my ‘Surrealists and Psychology’ artwork. That was then tweaked slightly to become more natural looking. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Galloping with AI

$650.00

40 x 3cm
x 60cm

22h 52m

This artwork went through three lives, see the documentation of the making in either the opinionated or the timeless to see it unfold. I began wanting to paint the concept that the simulation theory is just modern platonism, but the layout was rushed. Then I decided to paint different forms of water as a skill challenge, but I wanted to do it in a day as part of twenty-one artworks in twenty-one days. I then wrapped up that project and attended a lecture where I believe confirmed my opinion that we’re in the depths of a world-wide Dunning-Kruger effect with AI. The lecturer seemed to have zero concept on how vibe coders are actually creating terrible code, Obama also seems to think AI code is exceptional for some reason. I doubt he’s tried, and if he did, I assure you he’s not skilled at coding. Both claims from world renowned, respected people with no professional claim in the fields they say AI is making progress in. I’ll make more artworks on the other idea’s spawned from this but this one shows the concept of how we’re mainly using AI wrong. A fantastic concept included a video game where the boss learns your moves and makes it harder for you to win, genuinely building your human skills instead of doing it for you. Yet we live in a world where we’re too cautious to let AI be the obstacle over the enabler. The dumb will become dumber and the intelligent will prosper further creating a huge gap in our species. The dumb are galloping, with AI. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Not a commission

Price range: $100.00 through $500.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 0m

Read this listing carefully! This is a non-refundable purchase and a donation to Vanessa T Stefanova, not a deposit. You may or may not know, I don't do commissions. I will however create an artwork based on an artwork of mine that you like with your new concept and give you first dibbs, if you choose to buy the artwork then the money counts towards the final artwork. Below are the final price ranges which are dependant on the final size and which option you choose. What if I don't like the final artwork? If you don't like the artwork then the it goes up for sale and you get bragging rights in saying that the artwork was your concept and having showed your support/ respect for my time with this donation. The money won't be refunded. If you want me to have another go then purchase this listing again, it shows you respect my time as an artist. Here's the rules for his listing:

  • Choose the size you want, this is based by centimeters squared so multiply your desired height by width to answer this. Then in your checkout note tell me the actual size you'd like. If the size you have in mind is longer than 90cm on either side then we need to organise courier postage. This usually starts at $150 within Australia and some have been $790 in the past (to America) so keep that in mind. Leave a note if you want it posted rolled and you'll stretch or frame it on your end (I personally don't favour that for the paint, add two weeks for extra long drying time). Expect postage to be around $30-$90 with smaller artworks. I can send you the past postage price for an artwork of the same size to the location.
  • Select the style you like.
  • The artwork will be made with oil paints.
  • It will be posted a month after the payment. This allows 1-2 weeks for creation and two weeks for drying and varnishing.
  • Tell me what concept you want to capture with this artwork on checkout or through the email on the footer, for examples check out any of the descriptions on my paintings. Do not include specifics like "I want the mountain range larger on the left with a slight orange tint" Only concept; "I'm inspired by 80's rock stars that are always playing instruments on mountain peaks. The xyz symbol always comes to mind".
  • The artwork cannot be a recreation of one I already have available for sale, minor tweaks included. If you have questions please reach out before donating.
  • No changes, buy a new listing but I won't recreate what I've just made. It will be a different artwork with a new concept.
Copy and paste the below in the checkout notes: Size: (cm x cm) Style: (tell me what artwork of mine you like) Concept: (tell me what you want to capture in the artwork) Total budget: (including postage) "I understand this is a donation and if I don't like the artwork I'm entirely happy to support your growing career!" Final price ranges are the following and depend on size. The smaller end of each range is for the minimum centimeters squared:
  • Small: $400- $650
  • Medium: $650 - $1100
  • Large: $1100 - $3000
  • Super large: $3000 +
Check out an opinionated video of the making of the artworks, so expect this on your artwork as well as a time lapse.

Wedding Portrait Practice 2 Acrylic Painting

$100.00

57 x 0.5cm
x 36cm

6h 13m

I recently saw a TikTok video of what people considered a really shit wedding portrait. This is news to me that artists are hired for an extraordinary amount to paint live! I thought I’d kick ass at this and want to get in on it so I began busking to practice in front of people. If you watch the time-lapse on my time-lapse YouTube you’ll see I do the first two hours live, there’s a two hour limit on site. Since this is practice I’m just selling it cheap. It’s the second of the five and sold on site! Acrylic on cardboard and sold with a certificate of authenticity.

Snake with Coffee

Price range: $360.00 through $2,200.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 47m

This is one of the final artworks of both my twenty-one artworks in twenty-one days which then turned into eight artworks in eight hours so this was a time crunch. I wanted to recreate the concepts of ‘Doughnut Town’ and ‘Ice cream Town’ but with a snake and while reflecting on my previous artworks I noticed I hadn’t actually used this snake in it’s original size that I made for the ‘Spring Hood’ digital artwork. So this is the final result of those ideas mashed together.

Island with Statue

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 59m

Before this artwork I made an artwork ‘Hippy Bust’ which was built of a much older artwork. With the same idea here, I wanted to return to my much older digital artworks, around 2018, and recreate them the way I would today. So I reflected on my ‘Island’ artwork and decided to have another go while also including a statue on this one. This was also one of my eight artworks in eight hours artworks.

Working with the Creative

$500.00

60 x 3cm
x 50cm

3h 12m

I watched a movie recently, it wasn’t very good and it were about a struggling writer but it sparked up an idea. Imagine if creative people ran the world? I don’t think I captured the idea in this artwork and instead painted a reflection one the work place. I once had a friend who studied marketing who said to me “One day I’ll be telling you what to do” implying her degree was better than mine. I guess she’s right about how the work place is structured however ask any designer (I’m an artist now) and they’ll tell you they’ve been instructed to execute some pretty terrible ideas. So this is working with the creative… They’re just doing it because, but really, what would you do if the creative just made the design better? There’s nothing you can physically do to change the design. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Lemurs

Price range: $360.00 through $2,200.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 40m

This is one of my twenty-one artworks in twenty-one days. A while back I visited the Art Gallery of NSW and there was an artwork, photography, where an aboriginal man duplicated himself at Parliament which showed how things would look if white people didn’t run the town here. I liked it on all aspects and that’s where the idea to replicate the lemur came from. I also recently cleaned it up and wanted to use the photo.

Mountains 2

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 34m

This is one of my twenty-one artworks in twenty-one days which turned into eight artworks in eight hours. Recently I created my artwork ‘Coffee on the Table’ which I really like since it looks realistic with my edited photos in it. I somewhat followed the same idea but instead of a road over the mountains I just used the paint from the road (also used in older recent). The landscape was taken from a plane.

Galaxy

$380.00

40 x 1.7cm
x 50cm

5h 46m

A friend recently gifted me an artwork he found on the road so I put it in my pantry. One day when I stood there looking for food I reflected on the fact that I haven’t ever attempted to paint outer space. So I did and I wouldn’t call it challenging. I decided to add a space cadet. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Hippy Bust

Price range: $360.00 through $2,200.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

2h 37m

This is one of my twenty-one artworks in twenty-one days and I wanted to merge a few previous artworks, ‘Gold Thoughts’, ‘Figure Eight Pool’ and ‘Grabbing Art Supplies’. This is the final result.

Rainbow Bike Stretch

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

4h 13m

This is another one of my twenty-one artworks in twenty-one days. Similar to my ‘Elephant 2’ artwork I wanted to recreate an older artwork, ‘Bike Twist’ in a way that I would today. This is the result. While creating it I came across the challenge of making it twist, comparing with the older screen recording, and my approach this time was entirely different to the way I originally did it.

Story

$300.00

50 x 1.7cm
x 40cm

4h 37m

This is one of my twenty-one artworks in twenty-one days. I’m not proud of this one and I didn’t time manage well at all. But it’s here and ready for its new home. I’ll try again one day. The concept for this one was to make an artwork that tells a story, which I think it does do. The way ‘Hotel California’ or ‘Hazard’, or any of Bosch artwork’s tell stories, so I whipped out my tarot deck and decided to paint three cards. I rushed it so this is the result. I wanted to include three different clouds and areas as if the protagonist is either returning or venturing out and looking back. The story is up to you. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Elephant 2

Price range: $360.00 through $2,200.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 47m

This is one of my artworks of my twenty artworks in twenty days that then turned into eight in eight hours. I looked over my older artworks, the really old ones and decided I wanted to recreate my elephant with the version it is now from years of minor tweaks. This is how it ended up.

Law Needs Crime

$350.00

50 x 1.7cm
x 40cm

3h 10m

While in uni we covered the topic of whether graffiti is art or criminal (spoiler, the law says any paint on any surface that you don’t own is crime) which lead to the lecturer stating that law needs crime, the police need the criminals to keep coming in order to exist. That thought, alongside recently dealing with insane people (check out my car sign being stolen video now on YT as an example) I experienced how difficult it is to have the justice system help you out when your issue is small, yet still invasive enough that in black and white you are entitled to the help. Rewarding bad behaviour I guess. So you end up stressed out dealing with an insane person and on top of that dealing with the stress of not having a problem entertaining enough for actual help and knowing there will be consequences if you stand up for yourself outside the justice system. So the cycle continues, you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place while the system primes you to join the insanity club hoping you’ll just defend yourself. I don’t think I expressed that idea well in this artwork so I’m thinking I’ll redo it, but here’s the first version. This is the system and the lollipop begins whole then melts and is pumped back up to build up the lollipop again. I added a cloud as the environment causing the loop but I definitely regret the lightning added. This artwork is one of my twenty-one artworks in twenty-one days and I ended up rushing it so it’s definitely not my peak performance. This artwork isn't one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Car Sandwich

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

0h 35m

Recently I made twenty-one artworks in twenty-one days and on the final day I needed to create seven digital artworks in seven hours, then I added one more because I rage quit on a painting and this is that final one. It was pretty early the next day (still counts as the previous day though!) so I only spent 35 minutes on this. I went in with the idea to make a car sandwich of cloud buns. It’s pretty tough making art at 5am so I couldn’t make it very complicated. I also wanted to make the sky red… A while back I was asked to make a painting with a red sky, and I did and every now and then I think about how a red sky could be used and work. This now makes it eight artworks in seven and a half hours.

Conspiracy Theorist

$350.00

40 x 1.7cm
x 50cm

4h 10m

I was watching the Zuckerberg Joe Rogan interview and Zuckerberg is ‘Red pilling’ just a bit… Over the past year I’ve been watching conspiracy theories for art but the ones I’ve seen (most of them) have merit. However, you can’t explain that to someone who hasn’t given more than two seconds to any of these theories without being labelled a conspiracy theorist. It’s the same as giving a movie half the trailer. I found it important to watch different people discuss the same topic. So this is the red pill… Being labelled a conspiracy theorist. I put a laser for the pyramid plant theory, a wrap to represent muslims (soon to make an artwork about religions), a satellite for the propaganda, the document where Albanese tried to cancel the internet, a COVID clot and more. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Car in the Sky

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

1h 22m

This is one of my seven artworks in seven hours and in the screen recording you’ll see I began with a long exposure photo I took of my beetle then decided to ditch the idea because I won’t make the goal and decided to use the background created for that potential artwork and took the car I used for ‘Beet Wall’ then this is the result.

Time, Again.

$250.00

50 x 1.7cm
x 40cm

2h 9m

I am the last person you should ask what the time is, ever. This artwork is part of my twenty in twenty days and the entire time I consistently gauged the time wrong which affected the project. While brainstorming idea’s I reflected on how I’ve encountered people who are sticklers for time, down to the minute. The kind who think being five minutes late is late, I’ve definitely been grilled by these people because they explain they think it’s out of disrespect for them. So I felt like painting a visual of what time looks like in my world vs what it’s probably like in theirs. I’m the left… and sometimes my total mess happens to throw a little shade on their blocks. It’s not intentional, my blocks are a mess all the time and sometimes there’s collateral damage. I find it vein when these people walk around thinking people bad with time are out to disrespect them. The artwork was slightly rushed. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Bike Jumping Bike

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

1h 17m

In 2018 I took a photograph of my bike at Bobbin Head and manipulated it to look as it does, ‘Bike Bobbin’. I wanted to recreate the artwork but change it to have two bikes crashing in the air, perhaps use the bikes from ‘Motorcloud’ and ‘Cloudcycle’. Instead I didn’t as I decided to complete 7 artworks in 7 hours, which soon became 8 artworks in 8 hours and this was the result. A tad rushed.

Anthony Albanese as Hitler

$500.00

40 x 1.7cm
x 50cm

3h 55m

I decided to complete this artwork during one of my 20 artworks in 20 days challenges so it’s not my best work, however I didn’t enjoy looking at Hitlers portrait and I didn’t like looking at Albanese’s any more. So I’m glad to not have spent too much time on it. There was something odd going on in politics while Labour was in charge for this term. Censorship became huge, in-fighting ran rampant and there's a general theme of "This is the new thing you're afraid of and we're going to save you". A campaign for motorcycle safety ran and we suddenly saw signs everywhere saying "Ride like everything's out to kill you" it felt like everyone had become political as a survival mechanism, new laws were passed against saying things that the government didn't agree with, Youtube was banned for anyone under 16 so you don't worry about parenting, the government will parent your children instead. Socially, you had to pick a political side and this time it felt like it's a life-long commitment. Incurable anxiety and depression was in the air, but that's okay, it's the new black. This painting is a reflection of Australian politics in 2024. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Giraffe with Coffee

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

7h 45m

This is an artwork I thought up while creating the previous digital artwork where I’d use a tool in Photoshop to smudge the colours of all the layers and add saturation to create a 60’s style colour mess. Now that I’m using Affinity Photo I needed to recreate this but without the tool but figure out how to make the pixels do that myself. This was successful and that’s the pattern you see behind the zebra stripes. Alongside that I wanted to add a wild mane and coffee pouring in a really straight fashion. The artwork turned out very close to what I imagined, goal accomplished!

Jesus

$900.00

55 x 3cm
x 65cm

36h 44m

Recently I watched a Youtube video where the creator joked about Jesus and from there I came to the conclusion there aren’t enough Jesus paintings. All the actual Jesus paintings I’ve seen are from the 1400’s and earlier, I also wanted him to be a hippy, so the new owner can be in a mood then look over at the artwork and think “What would Jesus do?”… This Jesus. While creating the artwork I learnt that there are sects of religions that follow the bible who allow icons and some that don’t. Then I went a step further for a new artwork to visit a few different religious places of worship and found that some religions take it seriously and other just say they don’t have icons, but seem to have them there in plain sight. So this is an artwork for the Jesus lovers who allow icons and want a real artwork, made with love and definitely not a print (prints of paintings… my own personal form of blasphemy). This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Funky Piano

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

7h 45m

Recently before creating this artwork a thunder storm happened where I photographed the lightning and the main goal was to create an artwork around the lightning, instead, that didn’t happen and I created a piano artwork based off my previous artwork ‘No Zebra’s here’. Definitely check out the making of the artwork video to see how it unfolded.

The Atmosphere

$900.00

86 x 3cm
x 64.5cm

28h 46m

Shortly before painting this artwork I adventured to the NSW Gallery and admired the skill in the historic artworks that depict clouds, that alongside an installation that reminds me of Khazad-Dum and the dragons castle in Shrek. When I’m in a place like this, with pillars everywhere, there’s a specific atmosphere that comes along with it so I wanted to convey that with this artwork. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Corporate 2

$600.00

50 x 1.7cm
x 40cm

11h 6m

This artwork follows one I created in 2019, ‘Corporate’. I really like it, even the version I can colour in in my colouring in books. The artwork also follows on from my other artwork, ‘Trauma’ where the universe just dumps paint on you and you need to grow through it. When I worked in corporate I hated it, I was rapidly wasting my life being a puppet for people I swear are incredibly miserable. Selling my soul… Quite often people who work nine to five tell me about what’s really grinding their gears at the time. Work’s always the focus of their attention and never positive, then you hear about how team mates throw each other ‘under the bus’. It’s a total mess. I originally named the artwork “Corporate Mess” painting a continuation of the previous artwork, just zoomed out, hen decided to name it “2”. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Collin

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

7h 49m

When creating this artwork I decided I wanted to make some thug birds. This is them. My friend has an inside joke where she calls all cockatoo’s ‘Collin’ following a story where she had a baby the same time as some resident cockatoos. Every time I hear the name though I think of a lad. So this title felt fitting.

Where are the Babies?

$600.00

50 x 1.7cm
x 40cm

30h 43m

I think history will look back on COVID the way it looks back on the Holocaust, with a union on governments as opposed to Hitler running the show (and remember, there was propaganda from the time too). I wasn’t against the vaccines but I was hesitant and definitely put it off with the sole reason being that it couldn’t possibly have been tested on childbearing aged women and the offspring. The Zika virus is what came to mind. However when I specifically asked how it could affect reproduction I was told it’s safe. Later on I watched ‘Died Suddenly’ the documentary on the actual clots humans are getting and in it showed that Australian birth rates plummeted shortly after we were campaigned to get the shots. I then decided to look it up myself and it was true, it’s now late 2023 and ABS website still hadn’t declared still births and the birth rates dropped. The website specifically said they’re restructuring how to present the data, and if you know stats then you know that stats are the easiest way to factually present false data. I felt personally betrayed on this one. So I decided to make a painting on something I don’t think we’ll really noticed until the statistic dip reaches an age where they were to begin interacting with society. In my artworks I use cacti to represent people so the trend continues here, however I chose blue because I wanted to make them like water, but also a night before a friend of mine died I had a dream that he went around saying bye to everyone and he had this incredibly bright blue tie on. So that’s where the death blue comes from. Half way through painting I decided it’s better to blind fold the baby. This ones for the babies that didn’t make it. This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.

Road Bouquet

Price range: $360.00 through $2,100.00

30 x 1.5cm
x 30cm

2h 41m

This is a digital artwork I decided to create while wrapping up my recent artwork, ‘Glow Car’, where I look at the pear on the road and decided to create a conceptual style artwork with three roads and a pear on each. This is the result of that idea.