Knickerbocker Snowman

One of My Favorite Toys

I had one of my 5 grandsons for a week before Christmas

and he is a creative sort,

soooo,

We created.

I gave him a pretty cool art set for his birthday in November

and he brought it and we used it.

We painted on paper using acrylic paints and foam brushes.

I've never painted anything but a wall using foam brushes, but I thought it might go better.

We had my snowman in a little setup, but the only thing we got on the paper was the snowman.

I received this little snowman on my first Christmas

and have always loved it.

I've sort of worn it out and he's no longer white, but he is still one of my favs.

After we finished the snowman, then we painted trees.

He wanted to paint an apple tree and I painted fir trees.

This was all him.  I didn't help him one little bit, except to tell him to add more apples.

This is Aidan holding my snowman.

I spent several years holding him just like this.

Here's the creative one all dolled up and ready for his close up.

This doesn't get any better!

We had a great time painting and creating.

To Paint or Not to Paint

What Say You?

January brings cold, snow, sleet, hail, rain

and 30 paintings in 30 days.

I'm still exhausted from the September Challenge.

My question to you all is,

Would you do it if you were me?

When I first heard about the challenge,

my eyes crossed with the daunting challenge.

But now that I've had a few days to consider it,

I'm beginning to think,

I may not make it all the way through, like I have with the other 2 challenges,

but there are things I want to paint and things I want to learn to paint.

Here's what I did during the first challenge.

Several are missing because the template didn't have room for 30 anythings.

I stretched my daring to paint a chicken which I was very pleased with,

and a whole series of beach paintings.

I painted my first still life with the tennis shoes and sea shells.

So that was all good.

These are from the September 2013 challenge.

I really made an effort to make things easier on myself 

by being more organized. 

I'm trying to survive Christmas right now with a sinus infection and a kidney problem.

So I don't know how much of that organization will happen this time.

But on this past challenge I learned an awful lot.

My painting really improved and that is an important part of the challenge.

I sold several of these really quickly and I had a great time,

even though I drove to Oklahoma for a private lesson with Jerry Yarnell,

Jim and I went to Myrtle Beach,

I still completed the challenge.

SO,

Please give me your opinion and advice.

Shall I paint or not

and do you want to see it as it happens?

 

Mudlark Gallery Closing

A Local Gallery Closing

It's really hard to run a small business,

but it's really hard if that business is an art gallery.

Mudlark Pottery and Fine Art Gallery

in Warsaw, KY. is now closed and I went to collect my art today.

These are some of my favorite paintings so I thought I'd give you a look.

Aspen Glow 

framed 16" x 20" acrylic

$200 + $20 shipping

 Another View

is a framed 10" x 8" acrylic on a panel.

The frame, though not shown, is a wide wood gold frame with black speckles.

$150 + $20 shipping

Anyone Home

is another 10" x 8" acrylic on a panel

beautifully framed in a wide wood gold frame with black speckles.

 $150 + $20 shipping

Time is Getting Short

Art Makes a Great Gift

Pink 

unframed 6" x 6" acrylic on a panel

painted during my September 30 paintings in 30 days as are all these paintings.

$50 w/free ground shipping.

 Of The Purple

Beautiful iris.  

unframed 6" x 6" mixed media on a panel

$50 w/free ground shipping

 Water Lilies

unframed 6" x 6" oil on a panel

$50 w/free ground shipping

 Wisteria Walk

unframed 10" x 8 acrylic on a panel

$95 w/free ground shipping.

Let The Sun Shine

unframed 6" x 6" acrylic on a panel

$50 w/free ground shipping

Stargazer Lilies

Elegant Evening Wear

 

Oh how wonderful it would be to dress like one of these.  

Stargazer

7" x 5" unframed acrylic on a panel.

$50 w/free shipping on my blog only.

Scouting for an Original Gift

Scouting

is an original 6" x 6" acrylic on a panel

and it was part of my 30 paintings in 30 days in September.

The sun shines bright on this pelican as he swoops over the ocean

Scouting for a meal.

Wouldn't you just love to be at the beach right now,

well, at least in one small corner of your home or office

you can be.

$50 with free shipping only here on my blog.

Manly Art

Need A Gift For the Man In Your Life?

Well yea!

Like who doesn't!

Here are a few original paintings for that hard to buy for man.

This is a classic, vintage, antique, otherwise known as old truck
grazing abandoned in a field.

Is he a car guy?

Grazing

unframed original 10" x 8" acrylic on a panel

$95 with free shipping in December from my blog only.

Wabasso

is a great little tackle shop near Sebastian, Florida.

unframed original 10" x 8" acrylic on a panel

$95 w/free shipping only from my blog.

 

Wanna Play

I'll bet he has and would like to again.

unframed original 6" x 6" acrylic on a panel

$50 w/free shipping only from my blog.

On in Two

A Florida golf course scene.

Who doesn't want to be there.

unframed original 6" x 6" acrylic on a panel

$50 w/free shipping only on my blog

Finding His Way

Ever been fishing and had to figure your way into or out of a marsh.
I don't know how they do it.
Maybe they drop bread crumbs.

unframed original 6" x 6" acrylic on a panel
$50 w/free shipping only on my blog

Keeping all the Balls in the Air

Wonderful Holidays/Horrible Holidays

There's so many wonderful things I love about the holidays,

and then 

there's 

the STRESS!

I always think I can get 10 times more done than I actually can.

I sort of feel like this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/z8qFBvnUGSM

Click on that link to see the coolest juggler ever.

Hand Painted Furniture

Hydrangea Love

I have this lovely hand painted end table or boudoir table available

for $100.

That's right you read that correctly.

This end table has a drawer on the front and has 3 hand painted hydrangeas on it.

The top, drawer and bottom shelf are a light green with the rest of the table

a lightly distressed black.

This would be so cute as a bedside table

or in that shabby chic decor.

This will need to be picked up in Carroll County, KY.

Please contact me at 502-523-0663 for those arrangements.

You can click on the buy now button below to make the purchase.

Our Savior's Nativity

Our Savior's Nativity

The Carrollton Branch of 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

is putting on 

"Our Savior's Nativity"

again this year.

We build what a street in Bethlehem might have looked like

when the Savior was born.

We have six shops 

We have a baker

A weaver

and a money changer.

We also have several other shops 

I know you'll enjoy.

We have a live indoor Nativity also.

This spiritual and peaceful presentation is a gift to our community.

It is completely free and you can come and stay as long as you'd like.

501 Main St.

Carrollton, KY  41045

Friday, December 6, 6-8 p.m.

Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m. til 2 p.m.

Please bring your family and feel the meaning of Christmas.