Time to Decorate

It is time to decorate again!  I can't believe how fast time goes by! From one year to the next.

This is a little Snow Girl with a helper that  I did a few years ago, with decorating in the back of my mind probably!  Everything is beginning to look festive already and it is still November!

Christmas is Coming!

Christmas is almost here! Once Thanksgiving Dinner is over, people start shopping, putting up decorations, etc. Anything that has to do with Christmas is such fun!  My prayer is that we will be sure and remember the REAL reason that we celebrate this very special holiday. I have done a lot of Christmas images, and don't ever want it to lose it's special meaning. I am so blessed that He gives me the ideas, and the images so that i can share them, as well as the true meaning that we have Christmas!

So here is #2  of my Christmas paintings, hopefully I will post a new one every other day or so.

Just for fun, to keep the season bright and merry!

 

All of these I can make into cards too, so if you are interested, let me know!

Manicure Anyone?

Manicure or Pedicure anyone?

This is the first new Christmas painting for 2009! I always get so excited doing these little snow people! They are such fun. I have a big collection of them now, and hope to continue to add to them.
This one was done for a beauty shop in Lubbock, for the girls that do the manicures and pedicures. I LOVE going and having this done! It feels so good, and I feel so pampered! Get ready for Christmas!!

I Pledge Allegiance

This Wednesday, November 11th  is Veteran's Day, and there is no way we could really express our gratitude to all the veterans over the years. We are so very blessed to be living in a country where men and women are willing to give their lives for us to live in a free America. I am married to one of those veterans, and have several in both our families who were too, and have a lot of friends who are veterans.
I am very proud of them all.
God has blessed America, and we should all ask ourselves what we could do to make it better.
I love to paint flags, and have painted several since 1990.  This is one that I painted this summer, and it now belongs to a man in Tyler, TX. He is in the army. It has the Pledge of Allegiance written on the red stripes.

Invitation to the Exhibit in Clovis NM

Yeah! The show at the Clovis Community College is up! It took longer than what I thought it would, but it was fun. I will post pictures after the reception, which is next Tuesday.  I feel very honored to have my work hanging there. There is one wall that is just Christmas, and the rest is other paintings. If you are close by at any time, stop by and see it!

Saddle Up!

I was asked to hang my artwork at the college in Clovis, NM in November and December, so I have been working hard to get some new work done. They said it was ‘Cowboy’ country so it gave me an excuse to do some western art…one of my favorites!

This painting is both transparent and gouache.

The  sky (and blue highlights) and the hair is gouache.  The rest is transparent.

Dont Fence Me In!

This old truck happened to be in O'Donnell, TX too. I love old things, especially the old vehicles.

 All of the old trucks there were behind the fence, so I had to put it in too!

Seems like I get caught up always putting what is there! I definitely like realistic!

I also relied on the gouache again for the sky, instead of transparent color