Showing posts with label paintings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paintings. Show all posts

Thursday, April 5, 2012

spring easter room...

i thought i had better show you my
easter decorations,
well...
before
easter!
can you believe it is this sunday??

"time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin,
into the future..."

i added shades of blues and aquas to my already whit-ish room...
i have been collecting and loving chenille blankets and crochet pieces for a long time,
and layered the room with these,
and sprinkled vintage treasures all around.....


i brought in an old wash tub,
 from the porch, to use as a fun end table.

layered with
 crochet pieces,
an old globe
(with just the right hues of blues)
and
a vintage tulip door stop.

i constantly change my art work around
 (and try to use existing nails when possible, ahem, 
sometimes this makes for interesting compositions)...

this is one of my paintings from a series that i have been working on.
this one is called
ashley

i have been having fun using burlap and  bits of lace affixed to my canvas's
and pretty spring-like paint colors on top.
a more impressionistic style for me,
which i am really liking.
i'll share the other paintings in this series soon... 

i printed out some of my recent spring photos
 (on plain ol typing paper)
and taped them to the backs of the two frames made from molding.

one of two garden trellis' brought in from the garden...
garden fencing too, serves as a wainscoting.


i was thrilled to find this blue toy jeep at the nashville flea!
bunny seems to like it.

i drive a jeep
and love it!

my makeshift chandy made from wind chimes hangs way down in the middle of the room,
and tinkles ever so sweetly when i walk by.

i hung a vintage print on the door knob of the old hutch,
and set fluffy chics on top (sitting in front of one of my aqua beachy paintings).

more touches of blues and aquas.

 a chenille doll blankey, from my childhood
(that means it is definitely vintage!  gulp.)

 i borrowed some of my enamel ware pitchers from the kitchen,
 as the colors were perfect.

a cute yellow bunny and more crochet.

a bluebird pillow that i made years ago.

cheeky candle chicks.




big kit-ten approves of the pillows.
me too!

i am sharing at these easter blog parties this week...

debra at common ground
and
french country home.


have a truly
blessed
easter
peeps!



p.s.  thanks so much for your thoughts on my new header!  i love the idea of a collage, but am having a hard time settling on which pictures!  i am fickle, yunno! so until then, i am using a shot i took looking out my kitchen window.  i think it rather pretty.

i sure appreciate y'all!!
!!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

FEATHERED FRIEND

Here is my most recent painting..............A Great White Heron

inspired by a birthday vacation spent in one of my favorite towns, New Orleans. This is Audubon Park in the Garden District. A beautiful place with the biggest Live Oaks I have ever seen.


did I mention big!



the park is bordered on one side with stately homes...




and on the other, a peaceful lagoon.





past the bridge,






you will find "Bird Island".







the trees are alive with birds...








goofy ones...









manly ones...










and my favorite ....... the the Great White Heron. Just gorgeous............and the inspiration for my painting.











Monday, May 25, 2009

RED, WHITE and BLUE...

In memory of those who have fallen..."Bailey and Deja Together Again".
I give you some Memorial Day, Red White and Blue...............


















my very first painting using acrylics...






"Colorado Sky"
Happy Memorial Day!!

Monday, May 4, 2009

A New Painting...

Stairway at Place de Arms, New Orleans

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Dreaming of the beach...

This is a wall in our den with 3 of my beach paintings. I change the paintings around alot...just ask the hubby...but right now I am dreaming of our next vacation to the beach. I can hear the waves lapping.................Enjoy!!
A rainy day at Honeymoon Island, Fl. This is my first beach scene using water-soluble oils. I love their blending capabilities and I probably won't use acrylic paint any longer.

No particular location...just somewhere in my mind.






This is a beach in Vero Beach Florida near where my mother-in-law lives.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

New Beginnings...


New beginnings...a painting I did for my son's girlfriend Sam. I hope to use this blog to share some of my paintings and my own gardens as well as some of my clients gardens...