And the birds are chirping outside the window and the breeze is warm...

Finally it appears we have begun spring! Better late then never and with all the added snowfall in April, we hopefully will have fuller rivers and lakes! Hopefully less fires as well this summer! 

With the warm air blowing in so is the busy season for booths, car shows, music events and all the things I love! 

This weekend will be kicked off with RAW Artists at City Hall. 

I will have a booth alongside Xencs L Wing and Urban Cipher artist collective. There will be a fashion show, plenty of visual artists as well as vendors. 

More about the event can be viewed here. 

www.rawartists.org/denver

We have pre-sale tickets available for $15 at the link below! 

If you purchase a pre-sale ticket, message me and I will enter you in a raffle to win a pair of earrings or an 8" x 10" print from me! 

www.rawartists.org/urbancipher

May 10th 7pm - 11pm 

City Hall

1144 Broadway, Denver

Las minute booth and El Chingon tasting in Tennyson Art District!

Tonight I will be alongside my friends Xencs L Wing and Jose Jimenez selling our jewelry and some other things at the soon-to-be-open mexican bistro - El Chingon - from our friend, David Lopez, in the Tennyson Art District for First Friday! 

I have been looking forward to this restaurant opening for some time now and happy to a part of the beginnings. 

We will be there from about 6ish pm - 9ish pm 

El Chingon 

4326 Tennyson St 

Denver, CO

www.elchingonrestaurant.com

Afterwards, find us here, dancing at the Solution hosted by Meadowlark!!! 

Fashion Denver!

Another Day another Booth! 

I will be selling at this fashion event located at 777 E 17th Ave, Denver from 10am - 4pm 

The event and market are free come on down! It should be an awesome, beautiful day with many talented people and things to purchase! 

On Deck 8 May 3rd Missoula Montana!

This year I decided to keep with the ideas I had last year to create a deck with a more 3D feel. I used balsa wood in various thickness to create the desired affect. I very much love design work and Dia de Los Muertos and these were the two main factors in my design. 

The woman was painted in washes built up until some areas were opaque. I decided to Exacto knife her out of the original circle she was painted on and placed her on a new circle to create dimension. 

I really love this piece and had a blast creating it. 

This deck is now available for auction online and will be open to live bids on Friday May 3rd at The Brink Gallery in Missoula, Montana for On Deck 8! 

There is an original Haroshi deck available to bid on as well! 

http://www.montanaskatepark.org/ondeck-category/ondeck-8/

www.thebrinkgallery.com

Delton Demarest was also accepted this year and has an incredible piece up for auction as well... 

Check him out at DeltonDemarestArts.com for more details! 

HaHo: Santa Fe Arts District April 13th!

The weather is finally taking an upward turn and this means busy season for booths, sun and patios! 

April 13th catch Xencs L Wing and myself at HaHo in the Santa Fe arts district! 

This event caters to locally hand-made wares and we will have our jewelry available and a few other pieces. 

Please come on down and check it out! 

Some Recent Paintings

A few paintings I completed. I started all of these at a live painting night at Adore and Queenz Of Hip Hop except for the last painting which is older and I stopped working on because the facial proportions were completely off. I worked it best I could for the paint that was already there and decided to just finish it and call it! 

I am finishing the Jay Z painting an adding a few elements I think will make it look really nice. Can't wait to see it complete! 

Jay Z Can I Live Album cover interpretation

Moon Goddess 
Acrylic On Wood Panel 
18" x 24" 
Available 
$175 
unframed

Progress Shot

LIttle Nugget Birds -
Live painting at Adore 
Acrylic on HardBoard
16" x 25" 
SOLD

The Last Sunset 
Acrylic On Wood 
30" x 20" (aprrox)
Available 
$255

Untitled 
Acrylic On Wood 
18" x 24" 
Available 
$175
unframed

On Deck 8!!! Missoula Montana here I come!

I am very pleased to announce I found out last week I was accepted to participate in On Deck 8! I had a blast participating and creating my deck last year and fill an immense wave of creativity waiting to be unleashed on the blank deck I should receive soon ^__^ 

This year Denver's Delton Demarest has also been accepted and we both anticipate making another adventure out of this show. 

Montana is an amazing state and well worth the 15 hour drive to Missoula. Though this time, I am sure we are going to have a different plan of attack on Yellowstone... Maybe a hotel this time and getting out before dark (and random snow storms!) 

I will have more updates on the show but if you are interested here is the link for the show: 

http://www.montanaskatepark.org/ondeck/

New Earrings Available on Etsy!

I have more styles of earrings available on Etsy! All earrings are created by hand from original pieces of art painted or drawn by myself. I also have a pair of earrings available created from a rose painting done by SF artist and muralist, Meagan Spendlove! 

All these and more are available at my weekly live painting night at Adore on Tuesdays, the upcoming Cafe Cultura event on March 8th and HaHo on Santa Fe on April 13th. 

I have various sizes available depending on the art.

Most earring range from XS approximately 1/2" - XL approximately 2" 

Click here to view more styles available! 

www.Etsy.com/shop/Karmaleighta

Medium pair $12

Medium pair $12

XSmall pair $7

Medium pair $12

Queenz of Hip Hop Saturday!

Tomorrow I will again be part of an awesome, family friendly event hosted by Hip Hop Congress here in Denver. The event celebrates the women in hip hop and will have break dancing, performances and live art by myself and Xencs L Wing. Bianca Mikahn will be hosting the free event! 

Please bring a canned food or non-perishable item for donation. 

We will also have a booth set up with our jewelry and art prints and such available.

Noon - 6pm!

ALSO - The location has changed! It is NOT going to be at Metro but will instead be graciously held at  

Sister of Color United for Education

2895 W. 8th Avenue, Denver, CO 80204 

(just off of Federal and 8th, East of Federal)

So bring the kids come and down and chill out with us! 

This always is and will be a fun event! 

Commission for a birthday gift

At one of my live painting nights at Adore recently, I was commissioned to paint a girl as a gift from her friends. They asked me to incorporate owls, peacock feathers and big hair and make it fantasy like some of my other work. The only catch, they needed it in 3 days, one of which was already booked up with other commitments! 

I did it though! With a lot of coffee, some popcorn and not a lot of sleep, I was able to finish the piece, varnish it and wrap it with a big red bow as per their request and deliver it on time for her birthday celebration! I did not, unfortunately, get great photos of it due to timing. 

This was a lot of fun to draw, paint and test how far I can go with limited time and being only the second blonde I have done and my first time doing peacock feathers. 

Everyone was super happy with the piece and the gals who commissioned it were thrilled it was way better then they had hoped! 

Here are some shots and the painting with the birthday girl!