Hand Painted Camel Saddle

 

The Shy Queen

 

The Queen's Garden

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Go to the Principal's Office!

 

Fancy Cake Platter and Dome

 at Pop Shop by Jo Louise in Newport News, VA

LIttle Mid Century Modern Octopus Table

 

The Love of Three Sisters

 

BUSTED

 Busted.

With her pack of Marlboros.

The Secret Poetry of Flowers

 

Her Place of Solitude

 Headed to Pop Shop by Jo Louise

Newport News, VA

Misfit Triptych

 I have a series called

Islands for Misfits and Wayward Girls. This is the new one for this series.

When you don't quite fit in.

When you find your people that also don't quite fit in.

When you prefer the company of whales and mermaids.

When you love Jesus but sometimes you curse a little.

When you listen to gangsta rap and gospel on the same Sunday.

When you laugh at inappropriate things and people give you the stink eye.

When you love with all your heart and can also fight with all your might.

When you eat like you're starving like a hostage instead of a lady.

When you are punk rock at heart and know every lyric of Public Enemy.

When you are the one who still climbs trees, explores, trespasses, and breaks rules...

You might be a misfit.

Created with a plan and a purpose...

So many Bible verses come to mind when I painted this for a mother of ten children, and a labor and delivery nurse. Bottom line, babies are precious. Their lives are precious, in and out of the womb. 

 

Lazy Octopus

 Why is that a LAZY SUSAN? No. It is a LAZY OCTOPUS.

Show Off

 Admittedly,  this cocky bird has always been intimidating for me to paint, and I nearly erased my sketch and went for a mermaid instead. 

I have an art show  at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens next year in March ( unless Covid changes that). My biggest challenge is to get enough nature paintings painted. I have plenty WITH nature... but are more like stories and don't quite have the right vibe. My birds always have crowns, which is already prolly pushing it. 

Anyhow, here is my show off peacock. He's got feathered attendants to boss around in there as well.

You Are Not Alone

Underneath all those waves, in the deep of it, was a will greater than any force in me.

And yet I rode it out, and you will too.

Hand Painted Cabinet

 I bought this cabinet three days ago and tried to have it ready for the Smithfield Autumn Arts Festival yesterday. I was able to get three sides painted, but just couldn't pull off getting the whole thing done in time. 

I finished around 1pm today, happy as a clam that it was finished.

Painted Pumpkins ( Sheep and Pigs)

 

Running Bears

 

I Will Always Be With You

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Winged, A Study of Moths

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