A summer afternoon tea party. The beast reading to Belle and some of our favorite characters enjoying the story too. Even having a slice of one of the cakes from the Be Our Guest song :)

After painting Peter Pan, I was inspired to create my own Sleeping Beauty creation. Similar in process I played the movie or the soundtrack the entire time I painted. My way of 'getting into character'. : ) The timelessness of these movies amazes me, to think my own mother enjoyed this movie as a child. It brings me great joy to be able to spend time getting lost in their magical worlds.

One of my most enjoyable ever projects, and most famous! I posted this mural on boredpanda.com and it went viral.

I found articles from all over the world, from North Korea to Australia.

And you can read these articles from ABC News, the Huffington Post and Martha Stewart.

This was one of my first detailed Disney paintings. While this isn't an original creation of mine it was a pretty neat exercise. I was amazed at the detail he used! I enjoyed every moment creating this, spending a week with Peter Pan playing in the background, and it inspired me to come up with my own beautiful scenes : ) 

Did this with chalk on a chalkboard.

This isn't literally a scene from the movie, but was inspired by the moment when Snow White peeks through the trees and sees the cottage, a place of refuge and peace.

I love the beauty of this scene and felt compelled to paint it. Especially love the giant trees and the roses.

Tangled is one of my favorite movies, the color and beauty and lighting spectacular.

And her sweet little birds : )

That moment before the light, when it is darkest. At the time of painting this I so identified with this moment. I felt trapped and stressed in my job and everything in me wanted to be free and paint, but financially it seemed that would never be a possibility. Eventually that changed :)

This was inspired by the movie Braveheart. It is one of the most emotional paintings I've ever created. Something about it was so close to my heart. I still worked full-time and I would get up every morning at 4 am, play the soundtrack to the movie and paint 3 hours before work. My husband joked that he was afraid one morning he was going to get up and find me in blue war paint. I cried when I completed it. And I signed it with my maiden name, Jennifer Wallace. (The hero of the story is William Wallace). I am glad the person who purchased this has become my friend and I know where it is : )

This is a castle of my own imagination. I love them, the fact that they house royalty and are fortresses. Such special places. I dream of going to Europe someday and touring and painting tons of them.

Optimus Prime. Not my usually subject matter! A friend commissioned for their son's room. This actually isn't the finished piece, more work was done to the ground and background.