Saturday, December 27, 2008

Wonderful Christmas

Our Christmas Tree

Paw Paw's Tree Christmas Day

Mom and Dad's Tree Christmas Eve

Rosie (mom and dad's dog) in her new coat.
She is so funny, when you put her coat on she will not move.

Touring the town to see Christmas lights.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Living Artfully in November

Saturday, November 29th
Visited the Taubman Museum of Art


Sunday, November 16th
A Day Trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway to Chateau Morrisette.


Saturday, November 8th
Olin Gallery at Roanoke College featured paintings by Barbara Crawford.

Thursday, November 6th

As members of the new Taubman Museum of Art, we
were able to preview before the grand opening. Our favorite room
the Decorative arts/Early Modernism Gallery featured
17th Century Florentine Paintings


Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (1692-1768)Harlequin and his Lady(first half, 17th century)Oil on Canvas, 23.5 x 19.5 inchesCourtesy of the Haukohl Family Collection
Picked up canvas From The Market Gallery for the
annual Roanoke Valley SPCA Fund Raiser

Sunday, November 2nd

Friends Living Artfully
This rock wall was dry stacked by Mike Brunette.
My husband is dry stacking a rock wall like this for me.
 
Mike is an artist, his work is shown at the
Little Gallery at Smith Mountain Lake, VA

This is landscape painting by Mike is in my personal collection.

Saturday, November 1st
Attended my first Fiesta Party.
Enjoyed hitting at the Pinata.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Sunday - October 19

Bill White Open Studio

Bill paints wonderful landscapes.

Saturday - October 11

Demo at Signature 9
painting on the Roanoke City Market


Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Weekend of Art

Over the weekend I attended several art shows and a demo.



The first stop was to Signature 9 Gallery for a collage demo
and thru the month of October every Saturday
there will be an art demo.



Walk Softly

Third stop at the Salem Fine Arts Commission Art Show 2008
we purchased the above collage painting by Linda Rae Russo.


Our God Kitties

CD our neighbors kitty.

Stray Kitty I named OC (Orange Cat)

A Long Weekend at Topsail Island

Topsail Island, NC is a wonderful place to vacation
and find treasures.
A little art.


Sea glass, sharks teeth, coral, and shells.
Beautiful Sunrises
Great Weather


Beautiful Sunsets

Friday, September 12, 2008

Hatteras, North Carolina

The ocean and sky is so blue Wednesday.

Frisco Pier

First treasures, a wooden heart
amber and
green sea glass.
Beautiful clear blue skys.

Murphy enjoying the ride to Hatteras.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Casa Show

CASA - KALEIDOSCOPE 2008 - CASA's Third Annual Art Fest

Carvins Cove 2008 Acrylic
My wonderful husband took me
to Carvins Cove to shot photos.
He got a little chilly.

KALEIDOSCOPE 2007 - CASA's Second Annual Art Fest

Angel to Watch Over the Children 2007 Acrylic
Kaleidoscope 2007 Acrylic
I used a photo of my niece for this painting.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Recent Work





Published in the first 2008 edition of Lifes Images
by Stampington and Company



Oil painting of White Branch Creek shown at
the 2007 Member Art Show of the

Early Art


High School Artwork


This is a landscape made with tissue paper that
I created in Elementary School.
I won 2 - first place ribbons, one for the school 6th grade art class
and the County Reflection in Intermediate Visual Arts.

My Beautiful Girl



This is my sweet White Front Amazon Parrot named Murphy.
Her previous owner thought she was a male,
but the vet said no it is a girl.
She has a limited vocabulary, she laughs,
and says Murphy, mama, pretty bird.