hunting house

an interesting challenge

Not too long ago a lady sent me a very small, black and white photo of her childhood home and asked if I could somehow paint a front view of it in color and add the wysteria tree (not pictured) as well.  So, I figured I would never know that I couldn't do it until I tried.  So, here is my attempt...the first picture is the original angle, the second picture is what I imagine the front view of the house was like and the third picture is the original photo which I used.  Not sure if I succeeded, but it was a good challenge for me and I love trees, so at least I had fun with it.  I actually ended up painting 2 of the front views (gifts for her family and herself), but they looked so similar I'm only posting one.

Beautiful grandchildren

I loved painting this beautiful family.  With every detail, God reminded me of how unique we all are.

shadows and a house

I love shadows and knew when I saw this photo it was going to be as much about the shadows as it was about the house.  I thank God for shadows...not just because they're beautiful to look at but because of what they remind me of in life. We must have shadows to see more brilliantly the light.  That's life.

Brown Eyed Boys photography

My friend, Brenda, is a wonderful photographer and she asked me to paint a small canvas with her logo on it, so I did...twice!  The first time I did it, I did it too big, oops!  So, I realized my mistake and did another.  I'm getting pretty good at this logo (thank goodness it was pretty simple and cute).  If you're in the Birmingham area and need a photographer, look her business up!  

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baby boy nursery

The bedding that this was taken from is a really cute bunny toile, so I pulled out a couple of the characters in the bedding and used part of the landscape for the background. This will go above baby Luke's crib.  Now they're just waiting for little baby Luke.

pink and green

I love pink and green for a nursery.  Wish I could have seen what the bedding looked like, but sometimes its good not to know...helps me be a little more creative and less "matchy-matchy".  

second of two...

This is the second one that is part of a set of two, but I can't show the first one because it has the baby's name and the parents have decided to keep the name a secret (but not from me : )  I feel so honored to be in the inner circle !!!

Mallory by the fence

Baby Mia

Princess room

boys' rooms

Winnie the Pooh nursery canvases

Baby girls

LOTS OF BAGS!

LOTS OF BAGS!

I painted the dr. suess bags for my friend who teaches at my daughter's preschool this year; once the other teachers saw them they asked me to do theirs too.  So, I did a total of 48 bags.  These were so much fun.  The ladybugs are for my daughter's class.  I like how these turned out.  I did not come up with the adorable ladybug though.  I saw this in one of my daughter's books called "I love the alphabet" its a great book! Its by Dar Hasta.  Anyway, thanks to all the teachers for letting me have so much fun with bags.

Leah Kate; sweet baby in a tutu

Baptism canvas

I did this as a baptism present for a little girl. Its got 2 Corinthians 5:17 on it because when we receive Christ, we are NEW and that is so awesome. The sin nature we're born with is gone; we are forgiven for our sins past, present and future thanks to our loving Lord Jesus Christ.

First picture is a side view of this 9 x 12 canvas. It was a wedding gift and has the couple's monogram on it along with Matthew 19:6 "What God has joined together, let man not separate."

Here is the front view; zebra and lime green...fun!

canvas

This is a great idea for a little girl's nursery especially if you don't really know bedding pattern. All we knew about this was that the baby's nursery was mostly pastel girly colors. This pattern usually works in most nurseries with pastels.

house watercolors

Here are two paintings of the same house. They were ordered by the same person, so I asked if I could do two different angles for some variety (I like making each piece unique).

New Doggie watercolors

I loved doing these puppy watercolors today. I'm so used to painting the human face, that to do a furry little face is a little different for me, but I love dogs...have two of my own...so this was a joy!

window art

a friend of mine asked me to paint on her old window pane. This project was such a blast that I went out and found two more large windows. I will post pictures when i decide how to use them. the window against a dark background

the window against a light background

Mica's order

I didn't come up with the phrase, but Mica found it and asked me to match Belle's bedding. I love how it turned out. Might have to do more of these. Belle's cross...the cross is wooden and attached onto the canvas. There will be a verse at the bottom too. This is done to coordinate with her bedding. I also used a crackle finish on the yellow; it gives it an aged effect.

Proverbs 31:30; directors gifts

Proverbs 31:30; directors gifts