ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE FARM PAINTING PLEASANT GROVE FARM

Hey Friends,  I have listed this in my ETSY SHOP. Click There.

This was painted this spring at a paint out at Whitney Feldman's ranch.  Sponsored by the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy.  One of the prettiest farms you will ever see in Botetourt, Virginia.

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ORIGINAL PAINTING OF HANDMADE BIRDHOUSE AMONGST THE ROSES

 

Hey Friends,  Another quick post.  I need to pick up the GranBabes again today at school.  And their Mom (my Angie) is going to pick them up before dark and bring her fancy camera to take photos of my latest painting efforts.  YaY ! 

So maybe I'll something different to show you tmorrow.

 

This little bird house is in my ETSY SHOP.

 

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NEST FULL OF JOY

 

Hey Friends,  A quick post today because I get to pick up my sweet GranBabes today after school and take Lillie to her riding lesson.  Photo Op.!!

 

I got a couple of small collages back from a show and I have listed them in EBAY.

I continue to clear out anything unnecessary in my studio.  I need to focus.

 

Not to mention my art group, the Double Line Painters, is having a BIG challenge.       It's called - 150 Paintings in 150 Days.

 

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ORIGINAL PAINTING OF SISTERS PATIO GARDEN

 

Hey Friends, I was able to get out and paint a bit more today.  After I picked up my little GranBabes from school, we went to my sisters house.

While the babes jumped on the trampoline and swung, I Painted!

 

This is the view of the patio from her driveway.  The giant bush in the back has pretty little round yellow blooms.  Don't know what it's called but it is very hearty.  The sweet little birds like to nest in it.  The bleeding heart is on the left, with Va. Blue Bells.  There is Iris and phlox on the right.

 

CLICK HERE for the EBAY auction. We want to go to the beach this year, and every bit helps.  This would make a great gift for Mom's Day or your Sis's Birthday.

 

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ORIGINAL PAINTING COLLAGE NEST WITH CHILD

 

Hey Friends,  I listed this painting a few days ago in my Etsy Shop.  You can check it out HERE.

 

Just one of my crazy ideas about what this little girl was thinking and doing.

 

For you experimental artists out there, look in the hair color dept.  and you might find a bottle with 4-5 points on it for hair color to come out.  I think it might be for streaking your hair.  Anyway put very thin acrylic in it to make 4-5 lines at the same time.  Like I did with the nest up there.

 

I used some scrap book papers too.  And some I painted myself.  And gel with bubble wrap.

'tis a lot of fun !

 

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ORIGINAL PAINTING SNOW BISON IN PAINT BANK

 

Hey Friends,  painted this one a month or so ago.  Love to paint bison.

These were on a farm in Paint Bank Virginia.  A farm in Erie, Pa. has bison also, and I've taken photos up there too.

 

Would love to see them in the National Parks out west.  Really I'm just glad the Pilgrims didn't eradicate all of them.

 

This is available in my ETSY shop - HERE.

 

Please stop in again soon. 

 

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ORIGINAL SMALL PAINTING BLUEBIRD HOUSE

 

Hey Friends,  Before you know it, it's going to be Mother's Day again.  Most of the last 20 years I have been working an art show on Mother's Day so my girls had to wait for the celebration.

 

Most Mother's don't NEED a thing but something pretty like a small piece of art work would be a happy thing to receive.  My girls never would have thought to give me art !  ART! of all things.

After all that's what I do .

 

Of course I would never have told them either.  I really need nothing.  And they were struggling to make ends meet like most families.  I'm very proud of what they have accomplished and how well they are caring for their own children.

 

So if your Mom doesn't NEED a single thing, think about giving her a permanent little piece of Nature's Beauty.  You just never know.

 

Secure this for Mom by clicking HERE.

 

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ORIGINAL PAINTING OF DRAGON FLY ON SUNFLOWER

 

Hey Friends,  Recently listed this Sunflower in my ETSY shop.

That is a very handsome Dragonfly, if I say so myself.

 

Maybe some of you remember that I have a couple of dragonfly models in my studio.  They have a tendency to wander into the greenhouse and then forget how to get out.  So they eventually die.  I save them for my models.  Wouldn't want their death to be in vain, right?

CLICK HERE for ETSY.

 

Hope your week has taken a great start.

 

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ORIGINAL PAINTING OF LAZY COWS

 

Hey Friends,  Slightly different take on these cows.  Saw them in Bedford when hunting for barns.  They moved so slowly you would have thought it was freezing cold or they were a bit DAFF !

 

None the less, they were pretty cute.  I especially like the blond cows.

CLICK HERE FOR EBAY.

 

Hope your weekend has been smooth sailing.

Thanks for stopping.

 

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ORIGINAL ACRYLIC PAINTING - "WOOD STORKS'

 

Hey Friends,  Again the weather here is sunny and nice.  A bit chillier than yesterday.

 

This painting of nesting wood storks was done a couple years ago from photos taken while in Florida visiting my uncle.

This nest was really big and messy and a bit stinky.  But what the heck you can't be picturesque and smell like a gardenia every day.

 

This is for auction in EBAY but the link doesn't engage until tonight, about 9pm.

CLICK HERE

 

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ORIGINAL PAINTING-COLLAGE "FUZZY PINK MEMORIES"

 

Hey Dear Friends,  I'm a happy girl !  The earth is waking up !!  Here in the mountains of SW Virginia there are signs of spring everywhere.   I thought winter had become a permanent condition.  But now we can go outside without layers and layers of warm clothe, etc.  The Va. Blue Bells are about an inch out of the ground.  That's the first thing I look for.  You can't count on daffodils because they will bloom in the middle of a snowstorm.

 

So I'm posting this warm, sunny tropical painting of a Flamingo, just to help brighten your mood too.

 

She is available in my Etsy Store - CLICK HERE.

 

Get out there and wander !

 

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ORIGINAL PAINTING OF EVERGREEN LAVENDER FARM

 

Well Hey Friends,  Been a day or so, hasn't it?  The beautiful sunny days always draw me away from the office.  I painted this little colorful scene last week when it was colder and rainy.  Perked me right up.  It could perk you up too.  Just CLICK HERE for some close ups on Ebay.

Hoping you have a great sunny week, too.

 

Thanks for stopping in.

 

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Original Painting - Dragon Fly No. 23

 

Hey Friends,  I painted ALL day again !  That is about the only good thing I can say for snow.  Can't get out and nobody can get in.   So I can just keep on with the acrylics.

Really have enjoyed it.  Only finished 3 today.  Had to scrub number 4.  So ugly.

The Dragonfly is for auction on EBAY.

 

 

I like this one a lot right now.  Paint Bank Bison #2.  These paintings look so much better in person.  I feel my monitor is really off.  Or maybe it's my scanner.  I need to go use someone else' computer to check what they look like to you.

I haven't decided what I'm going to do with this one yet.

 

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"FRIENDS AND LOVERS" ORIGINAL COLLAGE PAINTING

 

Hey Friends,  A painterly collage !  The sheet music under the Blue Bird is titled "Friends and Lovers".  So that seemed the perfect title.  This type painting , for me, is harder than straight painting.  It takes more time and experimenting.  You just keep trying stuff until something works.

I enjoy this manner of creation but IT IS harder.

 

This babe is in my ETSY shop.

 

Have a great Friday.

 

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BUMBLING - An original painting of Sunflowers and Bumble Bee's

 

Hey Friends, Do you wonder why I painted this?  It's frozen here in SW Virginia, as is most of our country and I'm anxious for spring to return.  How do the Eskimos make it?  How do the Canadians make it?  And it isn't because they are used to it.  I've lived here most of my life and I'm not used to it.  I was meant to live on an island like Gilligan (telling my age) so to save my sanity, I paint bright, colorful flowers and bee's

Hoping you are a bit like me and love happy paintings on your walls.

This is available in my ETSY SHOP.

And notice FREE SHIPPING !

 

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Bumble Bee No.12 and Bedford Hay Bales

 

Hey Friends,  Here are the Bee's again.  They are such great models.  I started this canvas with a layer of fine sand gel with lots of texture so the paint would settle into the little valleys and/or stick to the peaks.  The base/background color is Magenta.  Can't wait for them to come out of hibernation.

CLICK HERE for Etsy.

 

This is No. 3 in the Bedford series of Autumn colors.  Round Hay Bales.  A lot different from Van Gogh's and Monet's Hay Stacks.  I wonder how they kept it all winter?

CLICK HERE for Ebay

 

Hope everyone is warm and happy.  Thank you for visiting my blog.

 

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Ending Soon on Ebay

 

Hey Friends,  Thought you might want to see what will be ending soon on Ebay.  The mini above is framed and ready to display or give as a gift.  Click Here for this auction.

 

And this one is a collage and acrylic mixed media.  A whimsical type of expression.  The nest is actually matte gel scratched with a tooth pick, over and over.  Takes a bit of patience.  But You have wonderful textures and hi-lights.  The birds along the left side is just paper doll cuts like you did in elementary school.  I used a couple stencils in the background.  Click Here for this auction.

 

Thanks for stopping in.

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Original Art for Auction on Ebay

 

Hey Friends,  This contemporary bird (I do not know what to call this style except creative) is painted with acrylics on canvas panel.  I did this several years ago.  I made a rather lengthy series of various birds in this same creative motif?  CLICK HERE for ebay.

 

And here is a plein air piece painted last week.  July 28th the sky was changing rapidly, every few minutes it looked so different and beautiful.  So I climbed to the flat roof of my studio and made a fast small painting every 30 minutes.  I so enjoyed the marathon, I plan to do it again soon as the weather agrees.  CLICK HERE for ebay.

 

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Pollinator Series # Twenty-Five "Discussion" and Plein Aire Today

 

Hey Friends,  This entertaining little painting is going up for auction on Ebay this evening.  Pollinator series is almost over and so is the month of June !  Yikes, can you believe it.

 

Me, Myself and the DLP's went out into the wild to paint today.  It was a beautiful day and so encouraging.   I might be getting a small grasp on this outdoor painting thing.  I try real hard not to include everything I see.  "Tis difficult.

 

Bonnie took this shot of me.  I would have to go back and look, but don't you think that looks like poison ivy in the foreground??  Bonnie are you itchy tonight?

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Ebay Auctions Ending Soon on Original Art

 

Hey Friends, I don't know why I can't remember to post on this blog every single day or at least when some auctions are about to end.  It takes blogger a day or so to send new post out, and I KNOW that.

 

I'm gonna blame it on my GranBabes.  When they are here one part of my mind just finds a little spot in the closet to wait for them to go home.  The other part of my brain is joyful they are here to drive me crazy.  Love them dearly.

Anyway these two pretties will find new homes in the next few hours.

Thanks for stopping by but go to EBAY before leaving.

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