Weekend Retreat

admin | February 24, 2009

Last weekend I was invited to a little retreat to a cabin hosted by my cousin Terry and her daughter Jaime. There were 19 of us in all (including 5 children) and we were instructed to bring our sewing machines. Terry is an excellent quilter and we were…

Miniature series

admin | October 8, 2008

These four paintings are the last of the miniatures that I have painted so far. . . I may do some ballerinas. I think my favorite so far is the one of my father-in-law on his tractor and the sheep. I believe that makes me a country girl (I already knew that though). When I [...]

miniature beach paintings

admin | October 7, 2008

Here are more miniatures that are about 3 x 4″ in size. I wouldn’t mind being under this palm tree right now! This is from one of my vacation pictures–I love the reflection of the bird on the wet sand. My friend Sandy relaxing on the beach (she does that a lot–I’m jealous). Just some [...]

Miniature paintings with easels

admin | October 5, 2008

I have a fascination with these little easels made out of forks. I’ve gone to all the antique stores around and collected quite an assortment of forks and my husband provides the labor to transform the forks into these lovely little easels. Well I had to paint little paintings to go with the easels. Here [...]