soothedbyrainfall studios 
 fine art and portraiture by Paige Wallis  

I've submitted my recent pet portrait commission, Lady & Lulu (a donated commission to help raise funds for Last Hope K9 Rescue) to the Blick Pet Portrait competition. Winners are chosen by popular vote, so if you have a second and feel so inclined, please click on the image below to cast one for me! Thanks! #pets #portraits #commissions #competitions #cats

This morning I dropped off Vivian, Mabel, Octavia and Butterscotch at the beautiful Abbot Hall in hopes that some/all of them will be accepted into the Marblehead Festival of Arts and *crossing fingers* maybe even win an award?!

As a kind of "throwback thursday" post, I wanted to announce that I've got a book available for purchase showcasing the first three of my Boxed Still Life Series: Fruit, Floral and Peppers. I actually made it almost three years ago and never bothered to promote it for sale thinking it wouldn't have much appeal, but one person commented very favorably on the one I had at my booth during the melrose Arts Festival so I thought it couldn't hurt to let people know it exists! If in

(I'm unfortunately having trouble uploading the digital files of Dark Kisses and Lollipops to the site, but the rest of the Candy Series is currently available, as well as all of my earlier work.) #stilllife #art #prints #reproductions #sale

I had a great time showing again at the Melrose Arts Festival this past weekend. I really enjoyed having a chance to mingle with other creators as well as the many art appreciators who came through. Plus the conch fritters from the Barracuda On The Fly food truck stationed outside were beyond scrumptious! The Melrose Arts committee did a fabulous job (as usual) with the set up and the chosen exhibitors displayed a wide range of styles, techniques and crafts ranging from tradi