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This is the Male Unicorn, painted by Helen Mishkin You know how when you notice something you don’t usually think about, you start to notice it everywhere? When our kids, Chessie and Griffin and were younger, we would always attend the little carnival that was held once a year at the local elementary school . … Read more

At last, the Autumn Leaf Secret Keeper is finished. Took me a few years to get around to completing her! This dragon sculpture is cast out of gypsum and hand painted by me, Melody Pena. She is seventeen inches tall and weighs over thirty pounds. My poor back. This color is lovely. It is also … Read more

I was asked about our “mini catalogs” in a thread by “Kitsunelady” on our Windstone forum: http://www.windstoneeditions.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=11811 These are tiny catalogs we printed with pictures of all the Windstones that we had for sale at the time that the catalog was published. They were free for the retail stores to give away to their customers, … Read more

The prize for the December raffle; another champagne-ish colored dragon for New Years! He is an Emperor dragon airbrushed with pearl, and copper, and he has some lavender too. This is a free raffle for members of the Windstone forum: http://www.windstoneeditions.com/forums/ If you would like a chance to win “Champ”, send me an email with … Read more

I painted a batch of Sugar Plum Poads! This was fun, since there seems to be no consensus on what the heck a “sugar plum” IS, exactly, I was free to interpret it my own way. These poads are airbrushed with layer upon layer of metallic paint. I used contrasting colors to subdue and darken … Read more

Took us a year to get this new mark stamped on the pads, but they have been starting to appear on pieces. Check any new pieces you’ve gotten and see if you can tell if Snerl is smiling or not. Unfortunately his face gets blurry on the smaller pads so you can’t tell how happy … Read more

Griffins are hybrid creatures so it makes sense to paint them like hybrids. I have been on a hybrid cat theme here, lately. These are “Savannah” griffins. Their markings are inspired by Savannah cats. which are a hybrid breed of fancy cat made by crossing Servals, domestic cats and sometimes other species of cats too. … Read more

Here is “Reveler”! He is the Windstone forum raffle prize for February 2010. I named him “Reveler” when I realized I had painted him in purple gold and green; the colors of Mardi Gras! Very appropriate. If you are a Windstone forum member and you would like to win Reveler, email me your forum name … Read more

I was digging through boxes, and found some more photos I thought you might like to see. This is Windstone Editions in full swing when we were in California on Saticoy St. in North Hollywood. These show the paint department, and were probably taken around 1989. (That is a guess, we really should of documented … Read more

A mold we just took out of the cabinet. Some creature was using it for a pantry! Probably mice. We have no idea where the corn was gathered from!

Sorry this took so long to post! Here is “Odd Ida”, the odd-eyed griffin for the Ides of March…or the Odds of March. Whatever. She is a lovely female griffin that has been hanging around looking like she needs a home. She is painted in test paint colors similar to the “Brown” griffin color, but … Read more

This is the raffle prize for March! Her name is is Crocus. Crocus may not be the prettiest sounding name in the world, but a crocus is the very first flower to emerge out of the snow here! She is painted like the violet and coppery orange one that came up in our front yard … Read more

I painted a baby meerkat like a puppy. Everyone thought they were so cute that we painted a batch of them. However, I can’t really explain why a meerkat would be painted like a puppy , but it seems to fit! These guys are in the store now! https://www.windstoneeditions.com/shop/product.php?productid=334&cat=0&page=1&featured