When I finished my last Halloween craft for this year, I looked around my workshop and thought, “What’s next?” Fall? Christmas? And then the nasty question that’s filled my head since my husband passed popped up. What am I supposed to do now? But this time it was different. This time I had an answer […]
My Nephew – aka Spiderman
I’m generally not fond of painting people. Mainly because it’s a struggle and I like to relax and enjoy the process of painting. But every so often I can be coerced inspired to attempt painting a human figure. Especially if it’s my nephew. Especially if it’s my nephew in a football uniform. (Football helmet = […]
Fashionista Painting
You don’t have to be a fashionista to love high heels. I love high heels. I’m not a fashionista. Never have been, never will be. I still love high heels though. There was even a time when I wore them. Way back when. No longer. Now I just paint pictures of high heels. Just like […]
Pug Dog Painting – A Joyful Memorial
Painting portraits has never been my ‘thing’. Especially human portraits. Except when it comes to dogs. Then it’s more than painting. It’s absolute sheer joy. Oftentimes, I don’t even get to meet the pup irl. But, I did get to meet sweet l’il Nellie (and her mommy) the day before my husband went to the […]
Christian Louboutin Shoes Painting
Yesterday I talked a little bit (okay, a lot) about stenciling damask for the bottom border of this canvas and left you wondering what I was painting in the middle. Did you guess the ohsostylish Christian Louboutin red-soled pumps? Probably not. Or if you did, I can paint a sign for your front door that […]
Pink Rose Topiary Paintings
I wanted to share my latest paintings today – some pretty topiaries with tiny pink roses. Cute, huh? Perfect for a little girl’s room. These are two paintings of a series of three. I’m working on the third topiary this week. As I started to write about these paintings I had to remind myself of […]
Stenciled Boys’ Painting – and a GiveAway!!!
I am now officially a stencil convert, thanks to Cutting Edge Stencils. The harlequin diamond background on this canvas wallhanging took me all of 10 minutes to paint because I used this stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils. Ten minutes! I used to spend a day, or two, painting harlequin diamonds. And that was just the […]
African – American Santas
For years I’ve been collecting African-American Santa Clauses. Or, at least I’ve tried. They are a little few and far between in the suburbs in Northern California. Nevertheless, it has been important to me ever since my stepsons moved in 20 years ago. Last year, I wrote a post about our 1st family Christmas and […]