"Blue Light Special" January 29, 2013

Hello again, friends,

This painting was supposed to be a suprise for my oldest son, Terry. His birthday is January 20, two days after mine. Well.....he sorta had to get an I. O. U. on his birthday, because I couldn't get this painting finished in time. LOL I thought, what a cute idea....Happy Birthday, son, I love you. Here is your I. O. U. He probably didn't think it was to funny, but I did. Anyway, he said he understood, since I work full time and had to work over alot that week, I couldn't finish it in time. Hopefully, he knows I love him dearly. Never the less, I finished it! Only 9 days late!

This is my oldest son, Terry. He is a deputy with the Sheriff's office. On this particular day, he was training, or having a workout session, or however you want to put it, with the narcotics dog named Jap. I personally would call it terrifying! But, he loves his job. Someone took a picture at just the right moment when Jap was latching down on Terry's arm like he was a culprit about to escape justice! Terry loves this photo, so I thought it would make a special birthday present for him to hang on his wall. So I used the photo as a reference and this is the result. I named it "Blue Light Special", in honor of the Sheriff's office and the Deputies who put their lives on the line every day.  Thanks for enjoying my art. I certainly do.

                                                                      Blue Light Special
                                                                              18X24
                                                              Oil on Stretched Canvas

"An Oilfield Legend" January 12, 2013

Hello again, my friends,

I admit, it has been awhile since I posted on my blog. I have been trying to get all my painting loaded onto Fineartamerica.com. I had to redo all the photos, since the images I had did not have high enough resolution. Lovely. That meant a new camera purchase for me. Oh well, I love doing it! I heard you...enough of my whining...lol

This new painting is of a very special person. He is my mom's husband, R.G."Bucket"Lewis. My step father. He passed away on December 3, 2012. He worked for 50 some odd years in the oil field industry. In this painting, he is on location, working on a drilling rig. He is wearing the hard hat he wore through out his career. Any one who had anything to do with the oil field industry within 3 states, knew "Bucket" Lewis. To us kids of my mom, he was always referred to as "Pap". Back in the day, when my husband was alive, he worked for pap. They were a pair of trouble makers, let me tell you. "Bucket" Lewis drilled many, many wells all over the south. He stayed on location for weeks at a time, until each job was completed. Then, would move to the next location, to begin to break ground and drill for the "black gold".

At his memorial service, the reference photo for this painting was displayed, along with the hard hat he is wearing in this painting. So when my mom wasn't looking, in the days following the service, I took a picture of the photo with my cell phone. This painting is my impression. The painting is 18x24 Oil on Stretched Canvas. I am loading it on Fine Art America, so that if some of his family or friends want a print, they can get one, and maybe I can buy more paint. :)  I debated over a name for this painting..."American Worker"..."American Pride"..."Working Pride"...But in the end, my mom actually named this painting, "An Oilfield Legend". I believe the name fits beautifully. I will deliver the painting to her this weekend. I cannot wait to see her face! He took care of my mom like no other man could ever do. He was a Legend in my book!

                                                                  "An Oilfield Legend"
                                                                           18X24
                                                               Oil on Stretched Canvas