Birds of a Feather

 Even though I live in the south, right now I'm so ready for this cold winter to be over!!  To hear those birds and feel the warmth on my skin again, that can't come any quicker for me. 

  

These four little happy birds, sitting on flower covered branches, just seemed appropriate for my longing of the springtime season! 

Action Shot.  

I just love my art, music-filled, coffee drinking room!  

Natural light is abundant with windows that line every square inch of wall. 

When we were looking at this house to buy, this room is what sold me.  It even came complete with counters that are old doors covered in glass.
This is the perfect room for me!!  

My Playground.

What fun it is to mix and play around with colors!!  It makes me feel like a kid again.

Here, I was trying to get the "just right brown" color for the base of the two pieces.

We love "Junk"

 I did these two pieces on a couple of old desk drawers that my mom found for me at The Habitat for Humanity.  She came to my house, loaded with a trunk of these dusty relics.  My husband thought she is off her rocker, but some of the craziest old things have turned into some wonderful works of art, and now it's confirmed that I get my wacky impulses and adventurous tenancies her.  (thanks mom!!)  

I love Diptic (for all you iPhone people, you know what I'm talking about) 

I didn't want to bore you with a bunch of huge pictures of all my stages what went into these pieces.  So, I Dipticed these:  The two, taped-off drawers before I started, the "delicious brownie batter" of a nicely textured foundation, and lastly, the finished background colors. 

The fun stuff.

  I sketched some branches and flowers, them painted them on, giving those boring backgrounds some LIFE.  I'm feeling the warmth starting to flood my room already!

Even though this photo is a bit fuzzy, I wanted to show that...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAINT IN THE LINES!!

Who made up that rule anyway??

For me, sometimes the messier the better.

Furry friends to grace the branches .

This one is called "To The Core".

It represents love, experienced to the "very core" of one's self.

And this one....I named "Tawny Blue"

My grandmother's favorite color was blue, and for some reason, the two birds below
reminded me of my grandparents, and the devoted love they shared even
in the midst of some very trying times throughout their lives.   

I hope you enjoyed this blog entry...and are awating spring as eagerly as I am.

If you love these paintings, and could see them hanging on your walls, just send me a note

in the little comment space below!  They are approximately 16x19 in size, 

and made with lots of love. 

Much thanks and PEACE to you all....