"Cosmos Reunion"

I love old gates, fences, etc.  Anything that is 'old looking' and when I saw this picture of Cosmos, it just spoke to me.  A friend, Pat McNabb took the photo, and offered the photo to me to paint.

 I haven't entered it due to the fact that she took the photo, but I had fun painting it.

 It is hanging in Grace Clinic in Lubbock, Texas.

Driving into a New Year!

"Daisy DeSoto"

A new year is here AGAIN! We are driving head on into another 12 months.  Seems as if they come faster and faster each year. My prayer for 2010 is that we will all be closer to God , our families, and friends. May you have daisies each day of this new year. They are happy and carefree.

Thanks for the friendship we have shared over the past year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Coming Home

This painting reminded me of this morning here! Beautiful Snow!

Everybody is trying to get home for christmas.

Merry Christmas Eve!

Wisemen Still Seek Him

This painting was done using a Nativity scene from the hospital.  I take pictures of everything, everywhere!

You just never know when it will come in handy! As Christmas day gets closer, I hope we focus more on what the true meaning of Christmas is.  Not just snow people and presents! It is the Birthday of our Savior!

For those who paint, this is done on watercolor paper that I put gesso on.  It gives it a lot of texture.
Then painted with watercolor. 

On my cards i put "Wise Men Still Seek Him" in the right corner.

 It is framed with burgundy and gold mat board in a gold frame.

The Cowboy

The Cowboy was such fun to paint! All the things that it takes to make a cowboy.

May your Christmas be full of all that you love, starting with Family first!

Lots of laughter and fun!

Kid Nativity

When our kids were little, they were playing 'Christmas', and they had Keri's doll on a little wooden stool that they had painted in 4H. They were draped in towels. and had on their robes and they were so cute!

I can't remember if they were praying on their own, or if they posed! anyway, I took the picture and found it a few years ago, going through pictures, so I painted it. It has the story of Christmas written in the back. The original photo has the Christmas tree, but I wanted the barn look.

Special Delivery

Last year after Christmas I put some sketches up for this year, and forgot about them!

Today I was looking through them , and found the snow person with the bike, and I was inspired to just do it right then! and that is what I did. I have another bike ordered but I just had to do it while I was excited about it. This one is called Special Delivery. I was so into it, I forgot to put the special tag on the gift, so I just put the Merry Christmas sign in the front.