About Me: Ash Evans is a weaver of whimsy hailing from Baltimore Maryland. She resides there with her husband and menagerie of pets. Her avid love for animals and fantasy seem to compliment each other well. Her use of color, unusual choices of subjects and mediums set her apart from the rest of the fantasy pack. Ash’s most popular creations to date are the adorably wicked Purrsnicketys, her magical dragon cats. Ash plans on expanding that vision into a graphic novel.
Ash began her fantasy career quite by mistake painting a dragon for a friend, which she enjoyed it so much she continued to paint fantasy themed pieces. In 2005 she sold her first art piece and from there launched her first website and hosted her own first art show. Startled by her success Ash continued to expand her portfolio and started selling at local shows. In 2006 Ash began to market her artwork full time and Phoenixx Fire Studios was born. Today Ash’s work graces prints and products through out the United States and Europe.
Ash works primarily with oil paint, though she enjoys other mediums such as: colored pencil, watercolor, pastels, sculpture, digital painting and photography. Her main passion is fantasy art, especially dragons and unicorns. She accepts free-lance works on a limited basis, such as, custom paintings, animal portraits and illustrations. She also works very closely with various animal charities and is always willing to give back for a good cause. “Animals give me so much joy and inspiration I am ever willing to do what I can to give back to creatures in need.”
Ash sadly is an art school drop out, so she is mostly self-taught. Her influences include a wide range from Tim Burton, Brian Froud, Jessica Galbreth and good friend and mentor Brigid Ashwood. She has an amazing wealth of fantasy art friends who support, spur and influence her on a daily basis. Ash tries to find inspiration in every day things and her pets are an enormous part of that. Ash is also a musician and singer who likes to use that as another creative outlet.
Ash is working hard to make her star climb higher. There are a lot of plans on the horizon to expand her business and bring you more magical creations. She is very grateful to her husband, friends, fans and family who have supported her work all of these years. She hopes to become a widely published fantasy artist and make the world a more magical place one unicorn at a time.
“All I can say is that I am very lucky to have stumbled into such a charmed life. Some people sit around wishing for the fairy tale, I decided to paint my own. I hope I am around to enchant people for many years to come.”- Ash
Music:all kinds minus rap and country
Movies:Nightmare Before Christmas, Labrynth, My neighbor Totero,Kiki's Delivery Service,Nausica,Howl's Moving Castle, Harry Potter,Watership Down,Dark Crystal,Practical Magic
Books:Harry Potter 1-7, Lord of the Rings and other Tolkein,Watership Down, The Dark Tower Series, Steven King,Jane Austin
Likes:Animals,artists,horseback riding,poetry,yoga,ice cream,unicorns,dragons,fairies,butterflies,gryphons,painting,drawing,sculpting,photography,movies,second life,playing guitar and singing.
Dislikes:lima beans :( Negative people
Hobbies:drawing,painting,sculpting,video games,
Virtues:are more numerous then my vices :)
Heroes:All of my wonderful artist friends,my new husband Johnnie (Ev) and Julie Bell
Saturday, September 27, 2008, 09:27 PM EST
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this is one of the several reasons I hardly get painting done. All of
my animals are lap fungi and they need loads of attention. I can't ever
say no...The stuff behind us in the picture is show stuff. Yeah I have
one next Sunday. Then Thursday I get Steven from the airport and Friday
waaaaay too early we all leave for Faeriecon. I will be excited once I
get there and there isn't anything else for me to do!!
It is a soggy soggy day here! All dark and rainy and I don't feel like doing ANYTHING but sleeping. Must get to work.....
I have been busy painting away for Faeriecon!! I have so much more new art in the works so please stay tuned! Prints and merchandise is available at http://www.ashevans.com
First up is Ness
Digital painting in Photoshop
I was watching The Water Horse and got to wondering where there would be a creature in the Loch at all? The answer came to me in a dream which I got up in the middle of the night to scribble down: Long ago there was a girl who fell in love with a man while traveling with her family in Scotland. She was promised to someone else and her family refused to let her break the engagement. Heartbroken, she vowed to never give her heart to anyone else. She asked the Gods to remove it and leave it in the Loch where they first met. Her plea was granted and they placed a monster in the lake to guard it, where it still resides to this day
Then Phoenix Moon
Digital painting in Photoshop
And finially Like Clockwork, my very first Steampunk piece!!
He happened upon her by chance. He guessed it was the explosion and then the swearing that drew him in. Piles of parts where strewn about the place and his foot became acquainted with a very heavy motor on the floor. "What on earth are you up to?" he asked, barely suppressing his contempt for the rusty motor. She looked up from grimy goggles, smiled and exclaimed "Unicorns" But unicorns aren't real he retorted . "Ah but my good fellow in this day in age if you can dream it you can BUILD it.I am in the business of building dreams. Behold Gearshift my horse, he always wanted to be special.""Are the brass boots to help with landing?"" Oh no those where his idea. He thought they would look cool."
For Brigid, the steampunkiest person I know :)
I have been super busy with art and stuff!! I paint live on USTREAM AND do Video Blogging on Youtube now!!
I
have two new wyrms for you. I think these may be the final ones, as
much as I like them I am starting to get tired of these. I get emails
asking for more and more but for now I need a break. With that said
here is Lolly pop wyrm. Mixed media on illustration board. Original
75.00
And Gum Drop Wyrm, Mixed Media on illustration board. Original is 75.00
Prints
and all that good stuff available soon. I am going to start posting
prices in my posts
because it saves me emails when people write and ask
me.
Acrylic on Oval Canvas
They say true love comes along once in a blue moon Or is as rare as the blue rose and is illusive as the unicorn
This painting is dedicated to those who are looking for true love Those who have found it And those who look up at the sky at night and wish for it more then anything.
I have some new paintings in the works, I have a huge
digital project I am itching to get to work on but no Mac yet.
Estimated date will be the 22 of this month.
The very last of my Blue
Moon Stones slates are being put up on ETSY now for their original
retail price. NO MORE will ever be made, they are signed with my maiden
name so they are extra rare. I only have one of each of what I have
left. Then poof they will be gone.
Hello sweet Ash, oh my fairy goodness, your wedding photos are just Gorgeous and you look truly beautiful, I really appreciate you treating us to a special glimpse of your magical day. Thank you so much for being a part of the EF community and our first EF wedding! Please say Hi to Johnnie from me too, it was so great to meet you both before your big day and we wish you a wonderful, enchanted happy ever after...
Hey thanx for adding me as a friend. I looked some of your work up online, I like the creative animals you painted. and I also really like the sculptures that you made.
Hi Ash! I am looking forward to seeing you in a few days. If I can figure out how to do it here, I'll send you a message with my cell #. BTW...I love the new artwork and the figurines look great!~G
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What a cute cat! I love the way her little paws are crossed....
C. Gibson11:02 AM EST