An Accident

Last Sunday, on Mothers Day, I slipped and fell in my bathroom. I went to the emergency room to get my arm x-rayed, and thank God, it turned out to only be a sprain. Unfortunately its my right arm, making mosts tasks harder since I am of course, right handed. I couldn't stay away from my paints all week so i tried to paint left handed.

Not my best work, but it was fun trying to paint left handed!
I'm linking as always with PPF and SSs. Have a good week all!

Something Old, Something New

Hello and happy weekend! My last post, showed a painting of a vase and I planned to paint flowers, but it was so horrible, I decided to paint over it. This is what showed up after the many layers of random painting:

I'm calling it "Eternity".
This next painting is a wip, which I'm planning to share with my friends at work who knew Jackie. (see last post)

This painting is called "Gathered Over the Rainbow". I got the title from the bible. When Abraham and some of the other patriarchs died, the bible says they were gathered to thier families. My friend Jackie told her 2 kids that their dog who died recently, had gone "over the rainbow". I wanted to have something to remember her by, and hope my friends will like it too.
That's all of the art I have for this week, but I do want to share a few Easter pictures of the grandkids!

I hope everyone had a Happy Easter!
I'm linking with Paint Party Friday and Sunday Sketches. I hope you will join me in seeing what the other artist are making.
Have a wonderful week!

Paintings for PPF and SS-Some Sad News

Hello everyone and happy Friday, happy Weekend! It's been a sad week. One of my co-workers and friends was in a fatal car crash Tuesday night. She was only 36, and her birthday was today. She had 2 small children (5 & 3) and a husband. We were all so shocked at work and sad. Usually we would take the birthday girl to lunch, and so we are going to lunch today in her honor.
I finished the painting from last week.

My husband liked it so it's hanging in our staircase. I also started a new one, but haven't done much with it since Wednesday.

I plan to paint pink, purple and orange flowers so it should be quite colorful.
I would appreciate your prayers for my friends family. Her name was Jackie, her husband is Michael.
Have a beautiful weekend.

WIP For PPF and SS

Goodmorning everyone! I've been working on a new large canvas again, (20x24) but I'm still not finished. Here are a couple of pics of my progress:

The painting was inspired by my trip to the beach last week.

I'm heading off to work, have a great day! (see links on the right for PPF and SS)

Florida, Family, and other Odds and Ends

Hello! I'm running a little behind today, but I still wanted to post in time for Sunday Sketches. (see link on the right) I'm back from my trip to Florida, where I visited with my Mom and sister Mary.
It was my sisters birthday, and we took her to dinner at a local place called Aunt Catfish's on the River. I had the best coconut shrimp with a wonderful citrus sauce!

We also shopped and went site seeing at the local lighthouse.

I had a little time for small watercolor paintings...

and a few sketches...

I also finished the big painting I was working on last week, and my sister wants to buy it! (She's so sweet and such an encouragment to me!)

I'm late joining SS, but still plan to try and get around to see everyone! Have a wonderful week!

PPF and SS

Good morning! I switched from watercolor to acrylics this week, and played on a big canvas.

This painting has gone through so many changes, who knows what it will look like when I'm finished!
I'll be on vacation for a few days. I'm heading to Florida to see my mom and sisters.
I should still have time to visit you if you leave a comment.
Have a wonderful weekend!

More Angels

Hello! I'm running a little late, so not much time for a long post. I've been reading about angels this week, which prompted this quick sketch and my journal. I'll do a better one on watercolor paper, once I figure out the details.

Reading about angels from the Bible, reminded me of a dream I had a few years ago. The strange part of the dream is that the angels were more male then female, and one of them was dressed for battle! None of them had wings either.
I'm linking with Paint Party Friday and Sunday Sketches! Have a happy Friday and weekend!