Trading with Micki (AKA The Secret Hermit)

My Secret Hermit art collection by artist Micki Wilde. From left to right:  "Secret Garden", "Strength",  "Ida's Autumn Walk"  and the pretty brown one was the trade and she is "No. 5".    I am still working on getting perfect frames for them all.

     I participated in my first art swap thanks to Micki Wilde with The Secret Hermit .  Have you ever seen her art work?  She paints the most beautiful, whimsical, incredible faces.  I have three of her paintings and this trade made it four.  Let me tell you, I enjoy these paintings so much in my home!  I am an official Secret Hermit collector!

So here is what Micki made below.  She did all the paintings that were to be traded with little rivet holes, so I put wire and beads on mine which worked out perfectly.  I enjoy this every day in my kitchen.  I love the brown tones and the soft expression of this one.

Here's what I made:

Lounging Lazy in a Pink Hat

Lounging Lazy's are something I created early on in my painting endeavors (two years now) and they are sort of an exercise I do when I can't think of what to paint.  Micki would not tell me what she would like...she told us all to just do it with love.  So here she is...with love.  : )  This Lazy now lives in the UK and that's the farthest any of my paintings has ever traveled.  

Thanks Micki for working so hard to trade with us all!  I know that everyone that participated loves your art like I do!  

If you don't know who Micki is, here is her BLOG  and here is her ETSY SHOP  in case you want to become a collector like me.  : )