His Grace is All I Need -SOLD

The Garden Shed

8" x 10" oil on linen panel

$150

During our quarantine time at home I have only visited one place regularly and that is the Garden shop near my home.  It is a cute little green building with flowers all around it.  I love to buy flowers and I love to see them grow and bloom.  I am the worst gardener ever and have to remind myself to water but visiting this little landscape place makes me happy.  One day I saw the owner walking in with his hat and red shirt and I could not resist a picture with the idea in my mind, "I wonder what that would look like painted".  Now I know.  

Our Little Nest- SOLD

I'm Still Standin - SOLD

8" x 10" oil on linen panel

I have recently heard Elton John sing his song, "I'm Still Standin'" and I cannot get it out of my head.  I thought of that song when I came upon the reference photo for Maplesville United Methodist Church.  This is a typical little country church and it reminds me of the little church I attend.  I have had a lot of Sundays away from our church while attending via Facebook and I realized how much I missed the warm hugs and friendly smiles that I have been greeted with every Sunday for 3 years.  Our little church is like a family.  Most of the people who attend have known each other all of their lives and for some of them that has been a long time! For instance, Ms. Edna is in her 90's and she watched most of the members grow up in Arnolds Chapel United Methodist church.  She still makes time to come every other Monday and play dominoes, not any dominoes but Mexican train dominoes and that takes skill.  Life looks different on Sundays now but last week we met in our cars while the preacher and the song leader led from the carport and the back of a pick up truck.  Instead of saying, "Amen" people would honk their car horns if they liked particular parts of the sermon or song.   Max, my constant companion got to attend and he liked it too.  Even though we are not meeting in our little building, the church is still standin.  Members reach out to each other by phone and facebook, one member makes masks for those who need them, my daughter and her family work with a group that feeds the homeless twice a week and my neighbors have reached out to each other with assistance for grocery and food delivery.  That is the church and it is still standin.

Sister Sister - SOLD

Summer in Alabama - SOLD

6" x 6"

Acrylic on linen panel

This is my first magnolia bloom of the summer sitting in my window in my favorite little vase.  I now know summer is here.

This is Us -SOLD

I love experimenting and I have been working with acrylics and missed media on a couple of whimsical paintings.  I love the freedom.  I use paper, patterns, acrylic paint, house paint and charcoal.  After the piece dries very well I polish it with polish about 4 times.   I polish, let dry, buff and repeat.  This is a timely process  but I love the finished product and the "finish".  
This piece is 12" x 24" on a deep canvas.  The side are 1 1/2" and painted.  It is so colorful and it makes me smile.  Hope you like as well and it makes you smile.