Drake

Hello Friends,

My mom lives on the lake. I'm sure I have mentioned that a few times. LOL She needs to be registered
as an animal sanctuary. Bird rescue, protected property by the FBI or CIA, because every year, without fail, Mr. and Mrs. Wood Duck come back to mom's place. Pap has had wood duck boxes for as long as I can remember. He has even sat on the patio and in his rocker and shot a snake out of one of his prized wood duck boxes. These beautiful birds seem to know exactly where to go to rear their young. They seem to know that my mom would fight the devil himself to protect her bird children. This painting was inspired by the Wood Duck Sanctuary my mom has. They are such beautiful creatures and such a joy to paint. This is 5X7 on gessoed masonite and is available for $30 with FREE Shipping within the United States.
                                                                             Drake
                                                              5X7 Acrylic on masonite
                                                                              SOLD

La Tech University Hideaway Park

Hello Friends,

I try to go walking as much as I can. This whole weight loss journey has it's ups and downs, that's for sure. With the time change, it gives me more time in the afternoon, after work to walk before it gets dark. Sometimes I walk on my street, but sometimes I like to go to a park on the Louisiana Tech University Campus. It's called the Hideaway Park. The hills will get your heart pumping! It is beautifully paved and has a body of water there. Although it's shaded, you will get your workout! I was walking and decided to snap a picture with my cell phone. This painting is the result. It is 5X7 Oil on masonite panel. It's available for $30 with free shipping within the United States.

                                                                        Hideaway Park
                                                                             5x7
                                                              Oil on Masonite Panel
                                                                           $30

La Tech Bulldog

Hello Friends,
This Painting is of the Louisiana Tech University Bulldog. Their all time rival is LSU. My son is a student at Tech. The Bulldog is guarding his territory in this painting. He is chasing the LSU player off the field, but not before he got a piece of him. This is 16X20 Oil on Stretched Canvas. It is available for $120 With FREE SHIPPING in the United States.

                                                                  16x20 Oil on Canvas
                                                                  La Tech Bull Dog
                                                                        $120

The Wise One

Hello Friends,
This painting is inspired by my family's yearly hunt in Arkansas. My pap, who was my stepfather, actually named this painting. He was an avid hunter. He had very strict rules to follow about which deer he would allow to sacrifice their lives to feed our family. Absolutely no does, with young....for example. His laws were laid down and followed. I was debating over a name for this painting when it was finished. Pap said the name should be "The Wise One". I asked him to explain his thought. He told me, "Do you know how that deer got to be old enough to have a rack that size? Because he became...Wise...." It made perfect sense to me when he explained what he meant by that.  This is 5X7 Acrylic on Gessoed Masonite. It is available for $30 With FREE Shipping in the United States.

                                                                    The Wise    One
                                                             5X7 Acrylic on masonite
                                                                           SOLD

Pair of Cardinals

Hello Friends,

This painting is an 11X14 Acrylic on Stretched Canvas. It is available for $50.

Company Come to Call

Hello Friends,

This was a fun painting to do. Sort of a different style than I usually paint, so it was a challenge to go into the folk art style. This is sort of based on the Southern tradition of not letting the daughter of the house visit with her fellow unattended. So the house maid is in charge of chaperoning the courting couple. The handsome fellow can come visit on his horse, but not without the watchful eye of the help. LOL So much fun! This painting is Acrylic on a 7X14 Stretched Canvas. The Original is for sale.
                                                              Company Come to Call
                                                                              7x14
                                                                               $90

Mallard

Hello Friends,

This was a really fun painting to do. My mom lives on a lake and has lots of these fellas come and visit. They love to steal the bird seed she puts out for the red birds. They are really brave and don't even care if the dogs are out. It's really funny and enjoyable to sit and watch. I wanted to see if I could capture the iridescent quality of the blues and greens in the feathers against the water in this painting. Such beautiful creatures. This fellow is available for $30 with FREE SHIPPING within the United States.

                                                                            SOLD

Green Tree Frog

Hello Friends,
This painting was my attempt to sketch with my brush freehand. I like to work on my drawing skills along with my painting skills. So to start with a blank canvas, or in this case gessoed masonite is always a challenge. I sketched the drawing with my brush using burnt sienna thinned with medium and went from there. I wanted to see if I could get the frog sitting correctly on the flowers as I saw in the reference photo and see if I could give the impression of him sorta coming at the viewer, like he's really interested in what you have to say. It's 8X10 Oil on gessoed masonite. I'm happy with it. I'm always trying to improve my skill. I hope you all enjoy. This guy is available for $30 with FREE SHIPPING within the United States!

                                                                  Green Tree Frog
                                                            8X10 Oil on masonite panel
                                                                          $30

                                                                         SOLD

"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

11/20/2012 "Order Up, Rain" is Done!!

Hello, my friends,

Well, I FINALLY was able to finish the painting I named "Order Up, Rain". This being totally due to the fact that I was sick and off work. So I had nothing else to do. Well, I didn't have the energy to do anything else but sit in my studio, let me be totally honest, here. This painting came about from reading the blog of a friend, Jack LaFountain. He is a writer, who's blog I follow. With his permission, I've pasted his blog post from that day so that you can read it for yourself. It's as follows:

Monday, September 3, 2012

The Hopi Project

How do you change the world? One person at a time. There are many Hopi people here
on the reservation without running water, inside toilets, and electricity. It is
easy to look around and be discouraged. It’s easy to see why alcoholism,
depression and suicide are rampant. The size of the want is overwhelming. It is
easy to shake your head and pass by on the other side. Inability to help all
must not prevent helping one.
The Hopi Project is an effort to provide a single Hopi family with a roof and
running water. The ultimate expectation is for a new or used single wide mobile
home. It is not about solving everyone’s problems. It is not even about helping
everyone. It is about helping one. It is done in hope that one will become two
and two become four. The Naha family did not ask us for help. They hoped and
prayed for something better. God heard and sent an answer; just as He did when
reclaiming them from alcoholism, drugs and violence. God spiritually and
emotionally lifted them. God has broken the cycle of chains on the next
generation. Now, we hope to add some physical comfort.
True----God could give this family a home that doesn’t leak and has indoor plumbing without our help. God can do anything. God has chosen to invite you and me to share in
the working of a blessing.
Why should we care? What’s in it for you and me? Nothing less than divine
adoption.
“ And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. For if
ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? If ye do good to them which do
good to you, what thank have ye?  And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to
receive, what thank have ye? ...do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and
your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the
Highest...”
You can help. You can donate to the project on Blogger or on my website www.jacklafountain.com
. You may give a tax deductible donation by sending your help through the Altus
Church of God (900 S. Park, Altus, Ok).
“Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Give, and it shall be
given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete
withal it shall be measured to you again.”

 

 

 

So, that was Jack's Blog that day....very moving, don't you think? So that got me thinking. I can help this family. So I ask Jack for some reference photos and this painting is the result. It's 18x24 oil on stretched canvas. I think it turned out GREAT! These are actually Rain Dancers. They use their rattles to call down the rain. That was the idea behind the storm coming in the back ground. They reside in Keams Canyan Arizona so I knew it had to be desert like surroundings. The water I added as a really cool effect of their "Rain Calling" ability. I mean, they're in the desert, after all. Half of the proceeds from the sale of this painting will be donated to the Hopi Project. I think it's a really good cause.

                                                                    "Order Up, Rain"

                                                                              18X24

                                                                 Oil on Stretched Canvas

                                                                               $450

 

 

 

 

 

11/07/2012 Progress on "Order Up, Rain"

Hello again, friends,

Geez! If I ever get a weekend to just...chill! I am going to finish this painting! I am loving this experience, tho, I must say. It is coming along beautifully! I hope I am able to donate half of the proceeds from the sale of this painting to the Hopi Project as referenced earlier on my blog. Here is a snapshot of more progress on "Order Up, Rain". Makes ya wonder what the heck is going on doesn't it...

Alan Kingwell Liquin Study

Hello again, my friends. I have not managed to do much in the way of painting lately. Hopefully, with the changes I am considering, that will change. But more on that later. The story behind this little painting...

Liquin...every artist who has ever picked up a brush knows what it is. I knew what it was. I had never used it. I am working on the painting with the thunder and lightening I have named..."Order Up, Rain". I needed to get detail and knew I needed to use liquin with my oil paint to do it. But before I used it on this special painting and totally screw it up, I went to doing research and the internet and, of course, YouTube.  I came across this guy who had several tutorials on his page using liquin with oil paint. He got such detail using this and his paintings are so beautiful. So I decided to follow along with one of them doing something small so I could learn how to use it.

I also wanted to work on my depth and my snow. So, I killed a whole flock of birds with this one. LOL
                                                            Alan Kingwell Liquin Study
                                                                              8X10
                                                                oil on Stretched Canvas
                                                                         with liquin :)
                                                                              SOLD

October 6, 2012

Hello Again,

I've had to put aside the Special Painting, "Order Up, Rain", to work on the paintings that I was taking to the Jim Bowie Festival. I did that, and it was a DISASTER!! My friends on Facebook know about that, so I'm not even going there again. LOL So, I had some issues getting back to my painting. I felt like my creative process was kinda shut down, I suppose.

I've managed to work thru those issues somewhat, and feel like I can continue with "Order Up, Rain". It's a 18x24 oil painting to benefit the Hopi Project. I'll provide the link for that as well. This is a picture of only the top left corner of the painting. A teaser...so to speak. If I'm able to sell this painting, half of the proceeds will go to the Hopi Project. So, maybe it will be a good thing.

We will see.

Thanks for reading and following,
Nina


The Hopi Project link from Jack LaFountain's Blog

Paying It Forward

The Lord has blessed me in my life, with the ability to provide for, not only my three children, but myself, a home that has all that we need. Not anything fancy, mind you, but decent. Alot of things that in the day to day, you take for granted. I hope to be able to pay a little bit of my blessing forward with this next painting I am beginning tonight. There will be more to come about this a little later.......

-Nina

September 16, 2012

Hello again, my Friends,

I've never been to the beach, so I was excited when I was asked to do this commission. This was a Gorgeous photo. I loved the colors in the sky in the photo and wanted to make sure that the evening time of day, came across in my interpretation. I wanted to recreate the wispy grasses bending in the breezes. I'm happy with how it turned out. This is 16X20 oil on stretched canvas.

                                                                            16x20
                                                                    Christy's Beach

Peacock

Hello again my friends,

I haven't posted anything in a while. I've let "life" get in the way, I suppose. This is one of my  paintings. This Peacock is done in acrylic on stretched canvas, which I enjoy working with on occasion. I was drawn to this by the challenge of the feathers in the background. I wanted to see if I could actually give the impression of all those intricate feathers. I'm so pleased with how it turned out. I love how the lime green and turquoise colors blend on this bird. He's a magnificent looking fellow, don't you think? He is available for $50 with FREE SHIPPING within the United States.


                                                                          Peacock
                                                                       8x10 Acrylic
                                                                             $50

June 17, 2012 "Magnolia Blossom"

Hello again, my friends, I hope everyone has had a wonderful Father's Day. Those men who give their time and love to children, either their own by blood, or the ones not of their blood, are a rare breed. I never knew my father, so my mother was the greatest father I never had. My husband died in 1991, so I made sure I was the greatest father my children never had, just like my mom taught me to be. If your father is still among the living,and a part of your life, make sure you appreciate him for his worth, won't you?

This weekend was my weekend to work in the gallery in Natchitoches, La. While I was there, I saw many father's bring their families into the gallery, to learn to appreciate art. I was very happy to see that some people are passing along their knowledge and respect for the arts, in this fast paced, hurry up and wait society we live in.

I had plenty of time to contemplate all these things, and work in a new medium to me, which was pastels. I did this pastel painting in the gallery over the weekend. I enjoyed the process of learning how to blend the colors and achieve the look I wanted in this magnolia blossom. This painting is 11X14 pastel in a wood frame. It is available for purchase, if you so desire. I hope you enjoy seeing my impression of "Magnolia Blossum" as much as I enjoyed doing it.

Thanks so much, Nina

Magnolia Blossum
$75

May 31,2012 Planting Time

Hello again, my friends. I made it thru closeout at the hospital, where I work. It's exausting! It's the end of the month when all the doctor's charges for all the surgeries have to be done. Whew! But I have still found time to do what I love to do to unwind and de-stress. Paint!! This painting started out with a different name. This is a painting of my sweet neighbors who take such good care of me. The man and his neice are planting one of the many vegetables they grow, right across the street. My mom cannot pronouce their last name, so she lovingly refers to them as "The Mafia". This is the sweetest couple ever. I just love having them as neighbors. The painting started out being called "Mafia Farmer". This is how I referred to it as I was painting and recording the painting sessions on ustream, but I didn't think it would be a proper name to post on my blog. So I changed the name of the painting to "Planting Time". This is 11x14 oil on stretched canvas. It is available for purchase. Just contact me for more info. Thanks again for following my ramblings. Nina

"Finally Home"

Hello again, my friends,

I made it thru the first part of the week, which was rough, to say the least. Now I can get back to doing what I love to do. After work of course. Painting!

I've been wanting to do a painting with a Harley Davidson motorcycle in it for some time. I have searched and searched for a good reference photo for forever, it seems. I never could find one that appealed to me. I don't know, picky, I guess. Well, my neighbors, whom I love dearly, provided me with a reference photo that belongs to one of their friends. I say, whom I love dearly, because they took care of Daisy while I was gone to the funerals of my Uncle and cousin. They take good care of us.

So, anyway, the bike is a custom bike. It's bright green color, I just love. I thought it would look great parked under the street light. I also thought the one lit window in the building would convey my idea that the rider of the bike is the only one home in the whole place, so I'm calling this one..."Finally Home". This one is 11x14 oil on stretched canvas. It is available for purchase for $100 With FREE SHIPPING within the United States. I hope you enjoy my impression of this bike as well as I enjoyed bringing it to you.
                                                                  
                                                                       Finally Home
                                                                  11x14 oil on canvas
                                                                            $100







Purple Iris

Hello again, my friends,
This is by far the largest painting I have ever attempted. But it came out so beautifully. The purple Iris was one of the first flowers I ever painted back in the day, when I began. I still look back on that first one, that isn't published anywhere, since it was pretty bad, and have to chuckle.
This is the Big Purple Iris. It's 48X36. It's huge! Oil on stretched canvas. It is available for purchase at this time for $375 With Free Shipping in the United States.

                                                                            Purple Iris
                                                                     for funeral expense
                                                                              36x48
                                                                               $375

The Band

Hello again, everyone.  Here is more inspiration from my trip to Natchitoches, La. During the "Art along the Bricks" Festival, there were so many artists showing their work. The music, the smells and the sounds were awesome! It was my first trip there, so I was a little overwhelmed... There was a group of people sitting together, kinda informal, playing music and singing. I snapped a picture with my cell phone and came home and did this painting. I kind of wanted to keep the faces impressionistic since no one knew I took a picture of them. Come to find out, the lady playing the violin, was actually another artist in the Natchitoches Art Guild! I had no idea! LOL This painting is my interpretation of that group of people. My paintings hung in the Natchitoches Art Guild for almost a year. I hope you enjoy.

Nina
                                                                         The Band
                                                                 11X14 Oil on Canvas
                                                                            $80

Business as Usual

Hello again, everyone. I have not posted anything in a while. Between the new job and learning a whole new system, and getting acquainted with the Natchitoches Art Guild and Gallery, I have been pretty busy. This painting is one that I is inspired from my trip to Natchitoches.

When I got there, there was no electricity in the whole town. There was some kind of accident somewhere that had knocked out the power. All the shops and restaurants couldn't make sales or accept credit cards, except for one store. The Old General Mercantile store was an awesome store. They were ringing up people left and right because they used this huge antique cash register. It was so impressive, with all the buttons and the pull down total mechanism. I snapped a picture with my phone and viola! This is my impression. This is 11x14 oil on stretched canvas and is available for $80 with FREE shipping within the United States.

I hope you enjoy,
Nina
                                                               Business as Usual
                                                                       11X14
                                                                  oil on canvas
                                                                        $80

St. Tiger

Hello again everyone. I haven't posted on my blog in a while. There's not enough hours in the day, it seems. I hope to do better in the future.

This is my tiger painting I finished recently. I can't believe I didn't post it on my blog. I think it turned out awesome! It's 24X28 on stretched canvas. It's signed, dated, and numbered on the back. It has an acrylic underpainting with oil on top. I just love the depth you can get with oil. But the acrylic underpainting did save a lot of time. It's available. I call this one "St. Tiger" since it combines one son's loyalty to the Saints and one son's loyalty to LSU. Due to the size of this one, I can't offer Free Shipping, but I can keep it as low as possible and set it at $25
                                                                       St. Tiger
                                                                        24x28
                                                                       

Mardi Gras With a Coke

I have so much fun with ustream. I love the friends I have made. Some wonderful artists that are so generous to share their knowledge and offer suggestions. This painting is the finished one I started online the other night. This is a 6X6 oil on gessoed masonite.It's a still life I set up. The coke bottle was given to me by a co-worker. It's one of those small ones, ya know? She was drinking it with her lunch and I asked her if I could have it when she was done. She laughed and said, "What are you going to do with an empty coke bottle?" I told her I was going to paint it! LOL The mask is one I had to go shopping for. I found it on clearance for $2.50! So I put them all together and this painting is the result. I started out with the coke bottle sitting upright, and the wonderful artists friends I adore, suggested that I lay the coke bottle on it's side. I think they are so right! I hope you enjoy my impression of color as much as I enjoy bringing it to you. It's available for $30 with FREE Shipping within the United States. I have a gold stand to include for it to sit on that just sets it off!

                                                             Mardi Gras With a Coke
                                                               6X6 Oil on Masonite
                                                                          $30

January 10, 2012

Hello again,

I have taken my huge Purple Iris Painting, to begin with, and had blank greeting cards made. They are available for purchase. $6.50 each.

January 9, 2012

Here is a link to fineartamerica.com

<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/paintings/nature/all" style="font: 10pt arial; text-decoration: underline;">nature paintings</a>

December 21, 2011

Hello again. The year is almost over. So hard to believe. I have posted 4 of my paintings on Fine Art of America to see what will happen. Wish me luck and here is the link:

<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/paintings/floral/all" style="font: 10pt arial; text-decoration: underline;">floral paintings</a>

or you can use this one:

<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/paintings/art+/all" style="font: 10pt arial; text-decoration: underline;">art  paintings</a>

December 6, 2011

Hello again everyone,

I have had a beautiful addition to my family in the last week or so, my grandson, Ayedenn James Wade was born November 26th. Of course, when he decided to enter this world, I was so sick I did not get to hold him until he was a week old! That's ok, the wait was worth it. He is a beautiful child. I will be posting pictures of him soon. I know...every old crow thinks her's is the blackest. So it will be just fine for all you wonderful people to see him too. LOL

I also am well enough to be back at work, yay! But while I was off work shuffling around in my slippers and robe, I was able to finish this portrait. I was able to ustream most of it, except the final segment I could not stream at all. I just couldn't quit coughing. So I finished it without streaming. I know...you will all forgive me, right?

I hope you enjoy seeing my impression of this couple as much as I enjoyed doing it.

Bye for now,
Nina

November 13, 2011

Hello again, everyone. I have had a very productive weekend. Got lots of stuff done and even finished this painting of a giraffe for the daughter of a friend of mine. She loves giraffes and I was so tickled when she asked me to paint her one. It's a 5x7 on gessoed masonite. I love the expression, with the grass out the side of the mouth. Like..."what? You talkin to me?"

I hope you enjoy looking at this as much as I enjoyed doing it.

Bye for now,
Nina

November 2, 2011

Hello again, everyone! I'm glad you didn't forget about me. This has been a rough time for me, with the move and the constant overtime at work. I made it thru the move only to have my refridgerator go out. LOL But, I will survive! I hear...the Lord won't put on you, more than you can deal with...I'm begginning to wonder if he thinks I have a superman cape under these scrubs! LOL Anyway, enough about that!

Let me ask you...have you ever seen a Wolverine? Well, I was asked to paint one. I had no idea what they looked like. So, to the internet for research. The Wolverine is a school mascot of one of the area schools here. This is a christmas present for one lucky young lady.

So, this is a Wolverine. The actual animal is kinda scarey looking, so I kinda "sweetened" him up a bit. I mean, who wants to be scared to death by their christmas present, huh? LOL This is 8X10 acrylic on gessoed masonite.

I hope you enjoy looking at my impression of the mighty Wolverine, as much as I enjoyed painting him.

Bye for now,
Nina

Friday, October 21, 2011

Hello again, everyone...I made it thru the Balloon Festival in Natchez, Ms! It was exausting! I did manage to sell one of my paintings, tho. I sold the bridge painting! I consider that a success. It's a small step, but a step in the right direction. Now for the fun part. Moving...dooms day happens this weekend, so wish me luck on making it thru that battle! LOL My mom and sons are coming to the rescue to help me. My daughter is coming also, but she better not pick up on anything heavier than a piece of paper, since my grandson is expected to grace us with his appearance around December 11th. She's a little hard headed...I have no idea where she gets it from.

This painting is from a drawing a lady at work gave me on a piece of paper, and asked me if I could paint it for her. I said SURE! I love that. It's a 5X7 on gessoed masonite. I will take it to work with me today.

Well, I hope you enjoy seeing my impressions of color as much as I enjoy doing them.

Bye for now,
Nina

October 10, 2011

Hello again, everyone. I have put off packing for my move, until after I get back from the Balloon Festival in Natchez, Ms. I just can't get everything done! I did finish the 11x14 tiger, tho. I sold my big Fleur de li tiger, so I'm working on another one of those. Remember, that's the one with the tiger inside the Fleur de li? Ha! I loved it! I think there is a piece of my soul in each of my paintings, and I am so happy when someone wants one.

These little paintings are keepsake paintings I did to take to the Balloon Festival. I wanted something small that would, hopefully, become a souvenir of the occasion for someone. These are 4x6 acrylic on gessoed masonite. I've signed them on the back with 2011 Natchez, Ms Balloon Race. I think they turned out great. Each one has the trees and river in them so they are like a little piece of my home.

I hope you enjoy looking at my little impression of a balloon race as much as I enjoyed doing them.

Bye for now,
Nina

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Hello again, everyone. I have managed to finish a painting in the midst of moving and packing boxes and working. LOL I didn't have much luck at the Chicken Festival here in Dubach, but I had so much fun putting my art out there to be seen. I am attending another festival in Natchez, Ms the weekend of the 14th. The Ballon Festival. This painting is one I finished to take with me. This one is 8x10 acrylic on gessoed masonite. I am working on a bigger one that is 11x14. Hopefully I can finish that one before it's time to go. I think the tiger is my favorite animal to paint. The eyes are my favorite part of him. If it looks as though he's watching you, then I consider the painting a success.

I hope you enjoy looking at my painting as much as I enjoyed doing it.

Bye for now,
Nina

September 22, 2011

Hello again, everyone!! Well, wish me luck!! Dubach is having a chicken festival this weekend...and I'm going to have a booth to display my art! I am sooo excited!! These are smaller paintings I have done to help bring people in, hopefully. I hope there is a good turnout, this is a rural area and "in the sticks" LOL.

I hope you enjoy looking at my impression of these flowers as much as I enjoyed doing them.

Bye for now,
Nina