THE WINTER WINDS

Hey Friends,  I'm interrupting the stream of painting posts to show you what happened last night.

I had just gotten home from a PAR meeting, was changing clothes and I heard some BIG noises and glass breaking.  A couple more thuds and all was quiet.

We were very lucky, it could have been so much worse.

I'm standing in the window with the broken glass taking this photo.  Looks like a giant poplar and an Oak.  I assume all the rain we have had this year weakened the roots and then these stiff winds came thru last night.

You guys have a great day.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY

Hey Friends,  A short wish that you have the happiest Thanksgiving ever.

Sue

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NEATLY TIED - ONE OF A KIND ABSTRACT

This is one that just would not reveal it self to me.  So I'm calling it NEATLY TIED.  of course you can always give it a new name if you adopt it.

I love the colors and the swirls and that little string that ties it all together.

Would look really KOOL in a floater frame at the end of a hall.

It is available HERE

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CANDACE CANDY - ORIGINAL ABSTRACTED STILL LIFE

CANDACE is the name of a lady that has a farm, along with her family, in Buchanan, Va. called Beaver Dam Farm.  It is a dairy farm and to keep their life on this dairy farm they had to add AGRO tourism to their duties.  So they started planting sunflowers and it grew from birdseed to a festival !  That is now very well supported by the community.  The festival had a hard time in 2018 because of the weather.  It has been one of the rainiest summers ever here in SW Va.  But I know it will do just fine in the future.  Go check out their FB page and you will see what I mean,

https://www.facebook.com/BeaverDamFarmInc/

I have painted lots of sunflowers, most of them were realistically done so I was happy to try something a bit more abstract, like this.

The next one will be even more abstracted and maybe on Masa Rice Paper which is a favorite surface.  And this has a contorted vase shape too!

Go HERE to purchase.

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KEEP YOUR PROMISES - ORIGINAL ABSTRACT ART

Well, I'm outta words.!!  I can't remember why I titled this one KEEP YOUR PROMISES.  But I bet it came to be from a conversation, maybe I had with one of my girls.

No, I think maybe it was my GranSon.  Sounds like something we would say to him.  Poor baby doesn't have a chance with so many females bossing him around.  BUT he has a really great Dad that helps him out when the going gets tuff.

It is available HERE ON FASO.

Would love to hear what you think.

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OUTSIDE THE LINES - ORIGINAL ABSTRACT PAINTING

My GranBabes and I do a good bit of art together, not as much as we used to.  And I never make them stay in the lines.  My GranSon switches back and forth between hands.  That's ambidextrous and no I had to use spell check.

A teacher at his school in 1st grade I think, was trying to make him pick a hand!  Thankfully his Mom (my daughter) got it straightened out. He goes to a loving christian school and there was no problem with using both hands.

I struggled for a while with this piece but it finally decided to do things my way.

Hope you like it.  it is available HERE

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WE MUST BE AWARE OF THE FRAGILE ONES- ORIGINAL ABSTRACT

I love the colors of blue!  So many things are blue in Nature, you can hardly help but like them.

This work started with a painted paper made last year, mostly with blues.

I really like the finished work.  For whatever reason it makes me think of the weaker people in our world.  The reserved, timid, shy people that have little to say .

It looks like their world swirling all around, out of control but still shimmery and safe.

This is listed on my secure FASO website HERE.

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THAT CRAZY HEART OF YOURS - ORIGINAL ABSTRACT ART

Hey Friends,  Just listed this on my FASO website last week.  It is 20" x 16" canvas panel. Would look great in a floater frame.  Looks like a conversation piece to me!

Check it out HERE.

THAT CRAZY HEART OF YOURS is a sentiment that could apply to a lot of situations.  Do you ever get mad at yourself for some of the feelings your heart seems to keep from you?  Or the ones it keeps throwing in your path?

Do you ever feel like your heart/soul is trying to trip you up?  Trying to keep you from growing?

All of this stuff comes from a Crazy Heart.

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THE WAY LIFE IS LIVED - ORIGINAL ABSTRACT INSPIRATION

The Way Life is Lived was taken, by a backroad through my brain, from a conversation with an old friend from high school days.  The take away was, we gotta do the most we can to live our own lives.

The Way Life is Lived can mean a couple different things.  Are you living your life to the fullest extent?  Are you just passing the days, waiting for something bigger and better to happen?  Are you living in the past?

 You want your child to have the best of everything and a better life than you had, but you can't live live his/her life for them.  Let them fumble and fail, help a little in getting back up.  Show them constantly, you love them but don't live for them.  You have a life too and I hope you are doing what makes you happy.  This is not a dress rehearsal.

I could go on but who gives a ____?

Don't you think a Baby would enjoy looking at colorful abstract?  It is listed HERE.

Glad you stopped in.

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BLINDED AT A YOUNG AGE - ORIGINAL ABSTRACT ART

Hey Friends,  Hope your monitor shows the hint of color in this work.  It is listed on my FASO web site HERE

As usual this image came from a song.  Sad part is I can't remember now what song!?

But I was feeling at the time, that the grays and blacks and a hint of color COULD  be the way a person might remember what the world looked like after a few years of no sight.  Maybe it was a Ray Charles song, all though I don't believe he ever had sight.

Anyway I love how it turned out.

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A MILLION YEARS AGO - ORIGINAL ABSTRACT PAINTING

Hey Friends,  I hope some of the Glenvar Girls see my blog.  It would give them a little insight into my brain.  Maybe they could even say 'so thats what is wrong with her'.  HeeHee.

Looking forward to our pajama party!

This is listed HERE

I just plucked this title out of the air.  I was frustrated that I could not think of anything creative or unique.  I labor over my titles as much as the painting part!  Do You?

It seems to me the title should/could give a viewer some insight into what the artist is trying to say.

I'll get blasted for that statement.

Do you think it fits?

A million years ago what did they use to draw with?  Were humans even around then?  I can't remember our timeline, but what difference does it make?  We say 'a million years ago' for a lot of reasons that make no sense.

So that's my thoughts for this creation.

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CELESTIAL SUNFLOWERS #1 AND #2 - ORIGINAL ABSTRACT ART

Hey Friends,  This set can be what you call a dyptch  or they can be displayed indivually.

They were inspired by my last visit to BEAVER DAM FARM in Buchanan, Virginia.  They have a sunflower festival there every year.  AgroTourism, even though they are a dairy farm, they are struggling like most farmers so they started this wonderful festival and I hope you go next year.

This is #1.

Here they are together, a little too together.

Here is #2.

A shot of them together over a desk.  If you love sunflowers I think you will love these.  The colors are very sunflower-ry.

Hope you look at the link to Beaver Dam Farm, if you click on one of the photos, you will see a lot more hidden in there somewhere. And hope for better weather next year.

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CONTORTED #2 - ORIGINAL STILL LIFE PAINTING

Hey Friends, I started a series of contorted vases a month or so ago.  This is the 2nd, and posting this has made me realize, I have not posted #1 yet!  I guess I should be expecting this more often!  LOL  It is on my FASO website HERE.

If you were to look at my Instagram you would see it and that I am using acrylic pour skins for these vases (most of them)  This pouring technique is a big pain in the wazoo so I may give it up.  I like different that's why I tried it. 

Thanks for stopping in.

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LET'S HASH THINGS OUT - ORIGINAL ABSTRACT ART

Hey Friends,  Hope you are having a great month of inspiration and quality time with your loved ones!  I am.  This piece was inspired by another conversation with my sister.  I talk to her more than anyone else.  We have had our disagreements but we usually get them 'hashed out pretty quick'.

I guess we love each other.

This is listed on my website HERE for sale.  In case you didn't know, Shipping is Free.

Thanks for visiting.

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