Flowers and Glass

Hello again,

Well, it's Thursday. I finally go to the Dr. tomorrow so he can release me to go back to work. It has been a long 3 weeks. I have done more painting than I have done in a while. I also have done more house cleaning than I care to admit! LOL I am ready to go back to work so I can get some rest!!

I have been wanting to try another still life painting, but I didn't have any pretty glassware. I so want to learn to paint glass and make it look like glass, ya know? My friend, Julie, who works in the office with me, has some of the most gorgeous china, and some of it is glass. So I begged her to loan me a couple of pieces of her set. She loaned me two different glasses and a cup and saucer. I went and bought some silk flowers so I could have some flowers to put in my setup. When I set it up, I thought it was so pretty, I had the cup and saucer included, but when I started to paint it...the cup and saucer was a little...complicated for me yet. I took it out of my set up and rearranged it.

Two artists that I follow are Barb Pask and Charlotte Evans. They have such beautiful still life paintings. I just love looking at their work. Thanks ladies for the inspiration.

This is my second attempt at a still life. I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed doing it.

                                                                       
                                                                   Flowers and Glass
                                                             8X10 Oil on Canvas panel
                                                                              $50

This piece was donated to the National Wild Turkery Federation.

Tuesday

Hello again, my friends. I only have a few more days until I'm released to return to work. I am ready!! I am sure my friends at work are ready for me to return, also. I hope they miss me half as much as I miss them.

I have been working on this barn lesson by Dorothy Dent. I just love this barn and the old chevy truck. My son joined me when I was streaming this on ustream and he wanted to know what year the truck was. Like I know! LOL It's old! That's good enough. LOL This was a fun lesson. I think I'm going to do some more barns. I think I like em!

This one is 16X20 oil on canvas panel.

I hope you enjoy seeing this as much as I enjoyed doing it.
Bye for now,
Nina

Wednesday

Well, hello again. I am coming along just fine recouperating from my surgery. I hope to be back at work by the 23rd of May. Well, my friends at work have requested that I join them....ummm....ok, why not. LOL I am still praying for my mom and Louisiana friends who are located in Concordia Parish. The River has hit record breaking levels there. This is a painting of the Mississippi River Bridge that runs between Natchez, Ms and Vidalia, La.

This bridge has special meaning for me and my family. See...long, long, long time ago, back in 1984, my husband and I were on this bridge when we decided to do this whole "get married" thing. So we were married in July of 1984. This is also the bridge that in 1991, he was on ,when he decided to take his own life. He died on March 20th, 1991.

I hope I have done the bridge justice with my interpretation and I hope you enjoy seeing it as much as I enjoyed doing it. It's for sale....you can contact me for pricing.

Bye for now,

Nina

Sunday

Hello There,

Well, this surgery has been rough on me!! I had to go to the E.R. on Saturday night. Spent like 5 hours in the E.R. I am ready to be over this, for sure. Anyway, I was playing around with the background on this painting of my mom's dog, Sport. I wanted the background to be out of focus just a little bit, so the focus of the painting could be Sport. I am pretty proud of this painting, I did it free hand with no sketch. Yay! major accomplishment on my part. Anyway, I hope you enjoy seeing it as much as I enjoyed doing it.

Bye for now,

Nina

Wednesday

Hello again, Well, I went for my post op checkup. The Doc checked my throat and said everything looks fine! I am to see him again on May, 20th to see if I can go back to work on May 23rd. Someone mentioned that they would like to see a painting of a Drake Wood Duck, so I decided to try and do one. This is my Wood Duck Painting. I think it is pretty darned good! I really enjoyed doing this one and the reflections are something I'm proud of. I think they are believable and look great. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I did doing it.

Bye for now,

Nina

Monday

So today is Monday, and I had to miss work today, since I had surgery. Taking the pain pills every four hours, I am unable to drive anywhere and do anything. While my mom was here with me, she picked some magnolia blooms from a tree near here, so I decided to put them in a mason jar and see if I could do a still life painting using the blooms she picked. I think it turned out great! My first still life painting!! Now, what to do tomorrow! LOL

Bye for now!

Nina

Sunday

Well, I came thru the surgery fine, the pain is still just bearable. I started this painting before I went into the hospital, so I decided to finish it. The hammock hangs in my mom's yard and she lives on the lake. I plan on going next week and having a good dose of that hammock. LOL I thought about putting a boat in the lake, but in the end, decided not to. The simplicity appeals to me. I'm on the mend, and hopefully you enjoy my painting as much as I do.

Bye for now,
Nina