Taking it to the Streets

Every 1st and 3rd Friday nights, in the artsy district of Charlotte, NC known as NoDa, you'll find a gathering of folk ready for a good meal, hitting up the delicious coffee shop, out to hear their favorite band, and those who have come out to browse the many local artist's tables which are set up along the street. My daughter-in-law Sarah, my son Chris (who helped carry, set up and made us laugh most of the night!!), and I decided to take our works of art and participate!!

We had so much fun, one just being together, but also meeting such an array of wonderful people who would stop to say hi and see what we were selling. The night was chilly, but our spirits were high as we got such a wonderful response of love for our art. Sarah is the co-owner of Solomon's Song, where she makes 'soft jewelry'. They really touch people's hearts with not only their beauty, but with the individual messages attached to each one. I brought a variety of different things; my paintings, vintage button bracelets, and a few other diddies that I came up with. We both sold some, not a lot like we hoped, but the time we spent together was a blast, and the people we met made it all worth it (not to mention the most absolutely, delicious fish and shrimp tacos we had from Cabo Fish Taco!!)

One reason I do art is to shine light in a dark world,

and to share 'love' in a unique way.

We did get to share that love in NoDa...and hope to on many other Friday nights to come!!

Here's a few new pieces I did which I brought along with me.

I hope you like them!!

"Spring is in the Air"

16x13 on a handmade Poplar wood panel frame

$75

I really wanted to do another watercolor of birds, and loved the way one other one I did came out. It is very similar, but on this one, I painted some cute little, different birds. I can't seem to get away from birds...my little feather friends!!

This group of paintings are done with beautiful vintage greeting card prints of birds which my mom gave me, that I wanted to put on some nice wood. I chose a piece of Poplar and had it cut into 3 8x8 pieces for this set. I also can't seem to get away from using my old Underwood typewriter, so the verses on each one are done with that. I chose Pslam 23, 91 and 136,

which are dear to my heart.

Here is an up close picture of one of the 8x8 vintage bird pictures. I really wanted the wood grain to show through, so I took the minimal approach on these. Simple, yet full of hope with the scriptures...and just a splash of color.

They are $25 each and ready for hanging.