Recycled, Re-used, Re-Imagined

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I had some cabinet doors that I picked up at the local Re-Store.

I painted and distressed them a long time ago, but had put them away and forgot about them for a bit.

I took them to the lake, and did a little painting on a rainy weekend.

I love the idea of using things that might be tossed out.

These two items are some of my favorite subjects.

 

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Coolest "Hockey Locker" room ....Ever!

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Kale is a young man who enjoys hockey and Taekwon-Do, too.

He got this awesome hockey locker scene painted in his room.

It added so much dimension to a ordinary sized bedroom.

 

His skates and hockey stick are painted on the wall, with his helmet above.

 

The ball and glove and Taekwon-Do suit show his varied interests.

 

And I believe that this year, Kale won the Stanley Cup!

 

Baby Room........ Welcome Nash Clark

I painted in a very special nursery.

Nash Ross Clark

arrived on March 5, 2013.

His proud parents are Jay and Alex.

 

This sweet nursery is decorated in gray and white, with little touches of yellow.

The little owl in the tree is just like the stuffed one in Nash's crib.





"Wings of Love" "Ask, Believe, Receive"

"Ask, Believe, Receive"

11 x 14 inches

mixed media on canvas

ready to hang

 

I taught a "Wings of Love" class at the Barr Colony Heritage Cultural Centre at the beginning of the month and met some lovely ladies. 

It's so interesting to hear what they will use in their wings and why.

One lady used her childrens' artwork (on a purple background! Loved it!)

One did a song that her dad used to sing to her, another used photocopies of photos from New York.

 

These wings were created with pages from the book, "The Secret", parts of an antique book of Shakespeare's sonnets, old music sheets and magazines.

I accented using ink and paint.

 

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Painting Day!

It was a small but adventurous group that showed up for a day of painting today.

-29 today, brrrrr.

But Kelly, Brenda and Dorothy showed up today for some painting fun and some YUMMY food.

We started with painting trees, then we enjoyed a Delicious lunch of Lemon Chicken, Brown Rice Pilaf, and Strawberry Spinach Salad, followed with Chocolate truffle desert. A huge "Thank You!" to my hubby, Roy, for cooking and cleaning up, too.

 

Then after we finished the trees, we painted little chickadees.

 

Thanks for coming ladies!!

Photographer: Kate Sandercock

 

Zebra

Zebra

11 x 14

acrylic

75.00

I've been working on a commission of a leopard, and its gone from bad to worse. 

(It looks like a leopard couch with a head...so I'm painting over it and starting again)

While I was looking through an artists site, called WetCanvas,

I found a photo of this Zebra.

Artists upload their own photos, and share reference images with other artists.

Its a great resource for me.

Any way, I painted him just for fun.

 

 

 

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Chickadee.......Blustery Day

Chickadee...Blustery Day

5 x 7

35.00

This little chickadee is hanging so it doesn't get blown away in the wind.

Painted with acrylics and accented with ink.

 

"I yearn for flowers that bend with the wind and rain."

~Tso Ssu 

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