16 x 20 watercolor from photo; ($190)

These platters are not to eat on, but are a great decorative gift for grandparents! They don't have to be grandparent gifts. I can customize them for families and can be a gift for anyone.

the first platter is a red rimmed/white platter ($30)

plain white platter with stripes an dots ($30)

not just for Christmas time platter ($30)

12 x 12 canvas with wooden letter ($40)

11 x 14, two person watercolor ($120)

cross canvases

11 x 14 verse canvas with wooden cross ($40)
16 x 20 - ($55)

11 x 14 ($40)

lily

close up with the original photo
24 x 28 ($225) Color watercolor from a black and white photo

9 x 12 ($25)

Weston James

9 x 12; birth announcement



11 x 14 mounted on 16 x 20 with the attached 9 x 12 birth announcement (which can be detached and hung separately)

($70 for all three pieces)

a tall order

My three nieces share a room so I made a cute door hanger for them in three sizes (Ashley's the oldest, then Megan, then Meredith is the youngest). They're velcroed together so that if they move to their own rooms later (or one moves out) they can take them apart and hang them individually.

Meredith (3 year old) is the youngest; 8 x 10; $25

Megan (6 year old); loves purple! (so that set the color scheme); 9 x 12 ($25)

Ashley, the oldest (8 years old); 11 x 14; $35

All three canvases together (front view)

"Colt" name canvas with Jeremiah 29:11; made to go with Winnie the Pooh nursery. 11 x 14 ($35)
Green/brown swirls; Romans 11:36; 12 x 12; ($35)

Black, gold, dark red swirls; Joshua 24:15: 24 x 30; ($100)

turquoise, black, white, lavender stripes and dots side view; 8 x 24; ($35)

front view

watercolors

animal canvases

boy nursery canvases

Psalm 127:3 - Children are a gift from the LORD; they are his reward. (NIV)
John 3:16; For God so loved the world, he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)

Proverbs 3: 5-6; Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not on thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and he shall direct thy paths. (KJV)

How they will hang together on the wall.

baby girl

canvas for a nursery; 12 x 36; acrylic on canvas; I Samuel 1:27 "For this Child, I have prayed."

birth announcements

portrait for an anniversary

Princess/zebra print design

announcement canvas

These are actually a set of canvases; the yellow with polka dots (11x14) is attached to the paisley one (16 x 20) to create a 3D effect. The smaller one (8 x 10) is attached with velcro so that it can be taken off when the baby comes home from the hospital and can be placed in a small easle or on the wall.

green swirl design

Joshua 24:15

Mallory

peaceful little lambs

these precious paintings are for a baby boy's nursery; his bedding is a beautiful light blue/tan toile. The verses are Psalm 4:8, Isaiah 40:1 and Psalm 127:3. I really enjoyed this project.

Ms. Kay

Ms. Kay is my wonderful Bible study teacher. We studied the book of Philippians a few months ago, so as a thank you to her I painted a verse from Philippians 4. As I painted it and sketched out how it would look, I wrote the verse over and over (Phil. 4:8) and because of that I have this wonderful scripture memorized. God teaches me even through my own paintings, isn't that cool?

teachers' gifts

The girls' last day of preschool was on Thursday; we had been to the beach and had just gotten back on Tuesday. Between laundry and groceries and trying to get back to normal I had forgotten all about teachers' gifts. I dismissed it and thought, "well, its no big deal", but then I felt really bad. Their teachers have been wonderful this year and I needed to do something to thank them...and QUICK! So, I went home on Thursday morning and painted 3 paintings (plus three more that I had to do for an order that was due on Friday).

Mortgage free!!!

I'm so jealous. The lady I did this for was getting this done for her husband to tell him they had paid off their house! Oh the bliss! I can't even imagine since we move every 2 years or so (which means we're due for a move actually) and we re-finance every time we move. What a great thing to celebrate though! Way to go!

For baby Lily

My friend, Amanda, had a baby a few weeks ago...baby Lily...she was 5, maybe 6 weeks early! Pray for sweet Lily! Even though she was a pretty healthy size, she is still not out of the woods. I pray that she can come home soon and see her pretty Noah's ark nursery!

Colossians 3:12

I took the picture before I put the teacher's names on these. I was so eager to get them mailed out on time and I forgot to take a picture of them finished.

happy mother's day!

I did two of the next pic. They're a little bit different. I really can't do the same exact thing twice. just goes to show that every single painting is an original.

I used to love to do paintings for my mom for mother's day! I haven't done one in a while for her b/c quite frankly, she doesn't really have any more wall space...neither does my mother-in-law. Here are just a couple that I have done recently and I'm still working on a few more that I will post just as soon as I get them done...hopefully, sometimes it takes me a while to get to the "posting" part.

Family

8 x 10 watercolor





18 x 24 drawing of a family surrounding Psalm 118:1-4

jungle room pictures

Baby Cassie

I should have titled this painting "The HEAD". babies have huge heads. This is my baby, so I can say that. She's almost 3 now, but I drew this out a while ago. Its from a photo taken when she was about 6 months old...if that. i can't remember. Anyway, I found the drawing today and decided since my daughters were painting I would paint too and I did. the picture in the corner is the original photo. I didn't deviate too much obviously. I'm not sure if I'm done, but I am for today anyway.

Christmas orders!

I'm bummed I never got a picture of this one totally finished! When it was finished it had "Gilmores' Getaway" with a verse going down the road. It is an 11 x 14 on canvas (acrylic) and was done for my parents' friends who have a cabin. The next few posts are for their 3 other good friends who all exchanged Christmas presents; my mom came up with all the cute titles. She's so creative. Guess we were a good team on this one (on the next four, I should say)

11 x 14 canvas; for their cabin in North Carolina. This was supposed to look like the view from their window at their cabin.

11 x 14 on canvas; Parkers Putting Place; For my mom and dad's friend's condo on the golf course.


11 x 14 canvas; for my parents' friends' lakehouse. It says Rushings' Retreat. My mom did a really good creative job of coming up with the titles for each of their friends' places.

11 x 14 watercolor of an old farm house done for a friends' family member; taken from two old photos

oops, should have cropped the picture better, but you can see the original photo and the painting next to it. This is an 11 x 14 watercolor. I changed the background (obviously).

11 x 14 watercolor

ornaments

I have done tons of these little ornaments over the past few weeks. Here are a few of them. The pictures didn't turn out that well, but it was the best I could do a half hour from midnight. Anyway, the teachers' ornaments have dots on them with the names of the children in their class; they also have the name of the school/grade and year on them.

beach buddies

11 x 14 watercolor

"Sam"

11 x 14 canvas sale

The next four pictures are 11 x 14 and are on sale right now for only $20. I can add a name and a verse on the elephant (below) and the sports' theme (navy blue); i can also add a name on the train picture. These are regularly $35. let me know as soon as possible because this price is ONLY for these that are already done.

8 x 10 Canvas sale

The following 8 canvases are for sale for only $15!!!! They are first come first serve, so let me know a.s.a.p. if you'd like one. There is room to personalize on the elephant (second picture, last one) only. These are regularly $25 (custom made), but since these are already done they're only $15. Great gifts!

some of my favorite landscapes

A few more

This first one is one of my favorites, but its over 10 years old. It lives with my parents in Mississippi and its called "The Grass is Greener". My nephew thinks its him (when he was younger), but its not...he could be any little boy. This was done a while ago too. I did this in college (maybe grad school) as a figure study. It was done on the spot, no pictures to study, just two very good little boys who were as still as they could be for two hours (bless their hearts) Not my typical style; we were studying a particular artist (can't remember who) and trying to use elements of their style.

Same two little boys...but a different style. Here I used the high contrast style where all the highlights are white (the white of the paper). I do love contrast and how the shadows define the shapes.

This was done a few years ago. i found some old photos of my husband (the little boy) and his mommy. The photo was in bad shape, but I loved it so I did this for her as a gift.

Older portraits

portraits from the past

Here are a few paintings I have done in the past. None are recent, but I thought I'd put them on here.

simple and sweet

Katie's house

I love homes with character...wish mine had more...not that i'm ungrateful for my home. This home is so cute. I think built in the early 1900's..can't remember exactly. Anyway...blah, blah...here's my interpretation of it.