Eugenia Wadsworth Martin Art and Illustration

Precious 8x10 oil

2012-01-31T23:11:00.001-06:00

This is my sister in laws cat Precious. She is a lilac Siamese with beautiful blue eyes.

Rosebud 4x6 oil

2012-01-18T21:01:00.002-06:00

I have one lone stick of a rose bush and this is one of the flowers from it. I need to find a new place to plant it as where I have it is not the best place.

Pisces... Holly Cessna 1989-2012

2012-01-12T12:05:00.006-06:00

I did this piece for Will's niece Holly for Christmas it is another cheese box.
She passed peacefully away at home on Jan 6. She was a cancer survivor.
Words can not express the loss of a child at any age. My prayers go out to her parents and close friends.
I read a book a long time ago that brings me comfort at times like this and this is one of the quotes in it.
Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you are alive, it isn't. (Illusions by Richard Bach)
Holly's mission was completed and went gently home. She will live on in the hearts of those who loved her.

Nemo

2012-01-03T15:51:00.003-06:00

I can't tell you how much fun this one was painting. My great niece(is that the correct term my niece's daughter is 2 1/2) Rebecca knew who Nemo was and she was so cute when she recognized him.

Again this was a cheese box 14 inches and done in acrylic. She is a cancer so I added the little crab and I like seahorses. I just love the bright colors.

Princess and the Frog 14 inches round

2011-12-28T16:40:00.006-06:00

My husband has a co worker that gave him some cheese boxes and I did paint on some a few years ago for a guy that was a wild life theme of a turkey and duck.
To thank him for the boxes I painted one for his little girl of the princess and the frog.

Orange Study 5x7 oil

2011-12-27T16:34:00.002-06:00

Love this color, I understand the hot color for 2012 is Tangerine Tango Orange so this little painting would fit right in.

Blue Iris 8x8 oil

2011-12-01T12:21:00.004-06:00

This is a 8x8 that was shown at the Crystal Springs Show. Members were asked to paint one to show. It seemed that most had flowers on our mind
Again the painting looks better in person. This scanner does not do a good job so will be going back to the old one.

Tea Pot

2011-11-22T13:10:00.000-06:00

oil 14 x 11
This is one I did back in the summer. I am not happy with the grapes they look like little cannon balls. Will have to work on some and see if I can do better. This one is also at the Crystal Springs show.

Crystal Springs Art Show

2011-11-20T13:14:00.001-06:00

This is some pictures from the Crystal Springs Art show Nov. 12. We had some really nice work by the members. They will be up for 3 months at the Tomato Museum come by and take a look.
The pumpkin and patty pans look more like the should here in this picture.

Holly's Patty Pans

2011-11-19T13:06:00.002-06:00

oil 10 x 8
This past summer our little town had a street fair and people had set up booths and Jason and Holly had several veggies they had grown for sale. These patty pans were so pretty and looked like a little flying saucer. This is a terrible picture I used a new scanner and I am not pleased on how this turned out.

Fall Pumpkin

2011-11-18T17:59:00.002-06:00

oil 10 x 8
The little pumpkins in the store are just so cute. I put this one on the front porch in the sun.
I think now looking at it the pumpkin and edge of screen are to close. Funny when you are painting something you do not see this till you look at it at a later date.

Barnyard Cats

2011-11-03T13:25:00.000-05:00

oil 18 x 24
This is a large one for me. I need to challenge myselt to work larger. This got an honorable mention ribbon at the VAA show.
Its my babies Wolfie and his brother Trouble.

Maw Maw's Fig Bowl

2011-11-02T23:20:00.005-05:00

oil 5x7 sold
My Grandmother always had figs in this bowl. I now have it and we have a fig tree and I think of her every summer when we pick our figs.
This one did not get a ribbon but it did get purchased which is as good as a ribbon.

VAA show this past Sat.

2011-10-31T12:34:00.005-05:00

The big fall Vicksburg Art Show was held this past Saturday and it was a nice one. I missed last years as I was in B'han and Dad passed away. I was in a slump after I got back and it was really this past summer that I started getting back in the grove by painting with Ms A and the summer group.
My Green tomatoes "Best Friends" got 2nd place in oils out of 26 entered. I was so pleased because it has been a while since I got a placed ribbon. That gives me a little boost to the old muse and spurs me on. Will show the other two this week but for now I have two I have to finish for the Crystal Spring show this Nov.

Green Tomatoes

2011-10-27T17:34:00.001-05:00

oil 11 x 14
This was a fun painting and I loved the green tomatoes we did fry them after I painted them.
They were in the Crystal Spring show and got an honorable mention. I have also placed them in the Vicksburg show this month

Figurine and plums

2011-10-13T16:24:00.003-05:00

16x20 oil
This is one I did this past summer. I need to work on my glass. I kinda like my drapery and the figurine ok.

Heirloom Tomato

2011-09-19T16:14:00.002-05:00

oil 8x10
This is of an heirloom tomato we picked up from the farmers market in Jackson. It was a small tomato but tasty and we even saved some seeds to plant next year. We liked the way it has so many bumps on it. We do not know the name and the person selling could not remember it so we named it after her. The Happy High Healed Hippie.

Bird Nest

2011-09-14T21:46:00.002-05:00

5x7 oil

This is a small oil with a pallet knife. The bird nest was a lot easier to portray using the pallet knife.

Sea Oats

2011-09-13T21:06:00.005-05:00

4x6 sold

Last Sat. Will and I went to Crystal Springs with the art association to display a few of my things in their town square flea market like happening. At least it was not to terribly hot. I just wish there was more people there. They maybe had 13 to 15 vendors there and at these things I always spend more than I sell. LOL.

All in all I did sell a few of my practice pieces and the ones I did back for the dfds site that Karin Jurick had some time ago. They were watercolors with out a matt that I brought on a whim and surprise surprise they are what sold. Above is also one I did on hot press paper. Maybe the very low price had something to do with it also.

I do not know if we are going to be there later in Oct. or not If so I will post and come by and see us.

2011-09-12T11:59:00.000-05:00

oil 11x14

OK It has been a while since I have been here and dang it they have changed things up and I just was comfortable with the old lay out. Not sure I like this one. By the time I get used to it they will change it again. I'm old and do not like change.

Well now that I have that out of my system on to art matters.

I have been painting but have not posted in a while. I did do some summer painting with a great group of gals at Hinds art department this past summer and it was just what I needed to get back into the swing of things.

This is the first painting I have completed since Feb. Not much to look at but it was done in one day with the pallet knife.
I Hate this how do you log out now. Its sad to be so computer illiterate.

Front Porch Cat Haley

2011-02-04T17:18:00.000-06:00

9 x 10 Sold

This is a pen and ink that I did of one of my cats Haley who has long passed over the rainbow bridge. I found this old picture of her on the front porch and loved the shadows.

I was happy to here some one bought her at Peterson's and she has a new home.

Dad Floyd Eugene Wadsworth 1925 2010 age 85

2011-02-01T15:07:00.001-06:00

Here is a picture I did of my dad. The picture I used was when he was about 65. Neither of my parents look their age and he still had a full head of black hair with just a little gray.
Miss you so much dad, but I know you are around.
I have some pictures and info I did for his service to the country back in May 2010. Dad was a proud Navy WWII vet. and we are so glad he was able to go on the Honor Flight this past Aug. It was a high point of his life.

Sunday morning

2011-01-31T14:33:00.003-06:00

10 x 14

This is a watercolor I have never posted. I have have had it at Petersons and must have slipped my mind to post. How easy that can happen. I know I have been gone a while but I was in B'ham. for a while as Dad pased away in Oct. For some reason I guess I have not been to keen to get back to my painting but hope to as the smell of the oil paint is calling again.

Marigolds in the bottle 4x6 oil

2010-09-08T19:53:00.004-05:00

Hello everyone its been a while since I have posted but the muse has been on vacation and the computer has been down.

I also must confess that hubby reloaded my genealogy program that I have not been to look at for about a year or more and if any one knows you can get lost in looking up information.

This is a quick little study with some marigolds and an empty vanilla bottle. I kind of like the reflected light in the shadow. I have a fellow artist friend Jason that did a beautiful painting with a large bottle with a red orange reflection.

Gin Gin in the sun oil 8x10

2010-08-17T12:57:00.004-05:00

Well I posted a few earlier cat paintings I did and now I'll put up a current one. I don't know what happened to me but this is the third try at this painting. The first went in the trash pile the second is unfinished and I am still not real happy with this one. Maybe its because its a ginger cat and not a gray. LOL. But seriously I fell like I need to still work on it that is why it took me so long to post it.

Gin Gin is one of the outside cats and only surviving kitten of momma Socks. Socks showed up when we moved here she was wild and we were finally able to catch her when she got hit and as Ramona says we work for our pets. She had to have her leg operated on and Gin Gin was young enough that we could get her and both are now fixed. They bring us presents on the back steps for feeding them. Mice, moles and sometimes a bird. We had to move our feeder as Gin Gin is a great hunter.

Cat in the basket

2010-08-03T12:18:00.004-05:00

This is my first commission painting. A woman I worked with wanted a painting using some items she had from her mother which was a basket and milk can. At the time she had a black cat and asked if I could also put one in the picture. I think the size is 16x20 as that is the size of most of my work or 20x24.

Now remember all the old paintings I'm showing were done back in the mid 1980's and then I quit and did not start any painting again till 2007.

I hope I am a little better now.

Lash on the couch 16x20

2010-07-30T18:15:00.007-05:00

Ok I thought I was going to melt when I was having hot flashes. This heat, 100+ with humidity is really bad. Look I sleep with the window cracked at 32 degrees and I am a happy camper. Hubby is over there shivering but he can just throw on another cat and he has his side of the electric blanket cranked up, I have my fan. With that said I'm really longing for winter right now can you tell.

Well I usually let the cats out on the front porch when I paint as they can get a little to curious and I have to go around the house and wipe paw prints off the floor. I use oil paint and that is not easy to get off them. Soooooooo I have not been busy with painting.

I do have a few new things I am working on but I don't want to show as I think it belongs in the burn pile. Do any of you have a burn pile? Work that you do but would not want any one to see? At this rate come fall I have enough for a bonfire.

So I thought I would post some of my older work in oils till it get s little cooler and I can let the cats outside on the porch.

This is a painting of Lash when he was a kitten, his eyes had not turned to the real emerald green and were a yellow green. He liked to lay on the back of my couch and look out the window and the quild is one that my mom made. It was nice to curl up in on a cold winter afternoon.

(If I talk about cold enough it may cool me off)

New tube of paint

2010-06-28T10:30:00.004-05:00

I got my new art supplies in this week and now have no excuse not to get cracking. My favorite easel lost a piece in the move 4 years ago and I have not been able to use it and I just do not like the french easel I have. Even the easels at school had a tray like for the bottom of your painting to rest on. This easel does not. I could not stand that tray. Don't ask me why but it bugged me that I got paint all over the tray, or you had to move the painting around. Any way I now have the one I want.

I also have been wanting a tube of Indian yellow so I finally got it.

Can anyone explain how one can be a messy housekeeper and so anal about ones paints?

I love looking at all the beautiful colors of paint and seem to get hypnotized by them and can't move. I don't want to mess them up. Is that weird or what. When I was a kid and I got this beautiful box of 72 different crayons I guarded that box like it was fort Knox. I did not want any one to use it they might break heaven forbid a crayon. They could use my other stuff but not my art supplies. I guess I was afraid I would not get anymore. Any way.... back to the painting

The Scout

2010-06-14T23:00:00.005-05:00

I have been asked to be the artist for the month at Peterson's Art & Antiques (at 1400 Washington Street in Vicksburg, Ms 39180. ) The 8th of July from 5 to 7. So if anyone is in the area please come by. I have not decided on what I am going to do while there but it will most likely be a pencil drawing as it is a small space to be having oil paint. She has so much cute stuff in the store and I am so messy I would be afraid I'd get paint on one of her antiques. We will be showing my pencil work of the reenactments I took pictures of a while back. Here is one that will be there. like the ones in the previous post.

Jumbo Baby and graphite drawings

2010-06-03T10:59:00.007-05:00

Well my lilies are just beautiful now and I thought I would show one of my favorites.

Also here are some of my earlier graphite drawings.

Memorial Day Thanks

2010-05-28T14:23:00.011-05:00

3 years ago

In Hawaii

Dad and my Granddaddy

electricians on board

ship like Dads

great great great grand dad

I would like to take the time to say thanks to all the veterans who have made this country a safe place to live and the sacrifice they gave. Lets just hope it can stay that way and we can find our way out of this mess we are in for now.

The headstone is of my great,great,great grandfather and of course its a confederate headstone. In doing my genealogy I found out he along with two of his other brothers fought in several big battles and finally near the end of the war was captured and sent to Rock Island and survived that hell hole.

The other dashing man is my dad who turned 85 this month. He lied about his age and joined the Navy. He served on Destroyer Escort USS Wileman.

He was an electrician on board. The picture of the ship is The DE USS 23 Charles R Greer taken from aboard the USS Wileman as they left port his ship looked just like it.

Thanks to all soldiers and have a good weekend you are remembered by most.

Vase with Cuties 8x10

2010-05-10T22:18:00.006-05:00

Finally I have something to post. This seemed to take for ever. I did it in stages where I did it with glazes after it was painted in gray tones. You have to let the glaze dry before another is placed. I read about this at artpapa.com and several other art sites have talked about this old technique that is new again.

VAA spring show

2010-05-04T12:12:00.005-05:00

The spring show is over and alas I did not do well this time but my friends did very well this time. Ms A won 1st place and honorable mention in oils. My friend Lisa made out like a bandit this time. She got 1st place in mixed media and took peoples choice in the angel competition. She also sold two pieces which makes it the Cherry on top. Congratulations guys!

Cats in pen and ink triptych

2010-03-13T14:08:00.007-06:00

Well it has been so icky here I have not done any painting that are any good to post. So I thought I would post one of my older pen and inks. this was a three panel or triptych. The middle one is my favorite. I did these when i was in school and the project was to have them connect in some way and only one spot of color. I put a box with a close up of cat eyes. the first being blue the second green and the third yellow. These are large about 10 x 13 each. If you click on the picture of each one you will see tons of little dots running between the last two. It took forever to put them in. And you see the cats going into the next frame, I called it Jumping into Reality.

Chickadee 4x6 oil

2010-02-21T17:07:00.005-06:00

Sold

This was a fun little painting as I like painting birds. We have a big Holley tree and the birds love the little red berries.

Blue Bottle 8 x 10

2010-01-21T16:15:00.004-06:00

This was the last thing I painted in class last year on our last day. Sure miss all the girls.

Last bag of Tomatoes. 11 x 14 oil

2010-01-11T18:26:00.005-06:00

Sold

So sad to see the home grown tomatoes gone for the year. But this bag is here all year round. This was with a brush and several glazes. Is it to much orange?

Truck with marbles and blocks 8x10

2009-12-21T19:55:00.004-06:00

This was way harder than it looks. I think it was harder than the fish. The blocks liked to drove me crazy, when I would get one side right another looked out of whack. Using a palette knife on this was not easy especially on the marbles.

Three Fish 18x24(knife)

2009-12-16T18:47:00.008-06:00

This is a large one and I was afraid I would not finish. It was hard to start a painting on a Monday and then come back on a Wed to finish it. I did learn on this one what I need to do on the next one. And that is to get as much of the fragile subject down(the fish) and at least the surrounding support just blocked in with shadows. As you can see the plate is off. The second day the set up changed even different fish and I had to rely on memory of how it looked. This was the first time to paint dead fish. They were pretty and I'm sorry they had to give their life for art instead of a date with the frying pan. The lemons in the foreground were all dried up the second day and I did not do so good a job on them and I did like the turnips. Need to do some more of them and the beets.Used a palette knife on most of this.

Snuff Bottle 5x7

2009-12-14T17:51:00.003-06:00

Wow today was the first day with no class. I really have enjoyed the painting class at our local Jr College this past semester and miss the girls. But it will be summer before I can get back. I have some Ideas to work on like all one color subjects. It was so much fun to see how every one had a different version of the same subject.

This is a small one I did at home of a snuff bottle I bought. I'll be putting up the last few paintings I did in class.

Beet study 8x10

2009-11-19T15:47:00.004-06:00

A small study again with the palette knife. I had missed Mondays class and knew I would not have time to do a large painting and unfortunately the beets were a little shriveled but I will try to do another because the beets were really pretty. When I go to the grocery store the produce department is now possible subjects.

Open Pumpkin study 16x20

2009-11-17T13:19:00.005-06:00

More work with the pallet knife. I really am liking using it I will have to work on something with a brush so I don't forget. lol

We had some beautiful pumpkins to paint and I'm really getting a work out with the color orange.

White Vase 16x20

2009-11-09T10:43:00.005-06:00

Big one again for me done in two classes. I do find it hard to get back in the grove the second sitting. Classes are Monday and Wed. afternoon and with the day in between I'm slow to start again. Also this is a classroom with other drawing classes going on and some times the set up changes or the subject wilts or dies. I kinda surprised my self on this on with the white mums. The one on the right came out perfect I thought but the one on the left gave me fits. At first I thought adding the blue to the vase would be hard with the knife but I think I did OK.

This Monday we are attempting a painting of a fish this will definitely be a first for me. Yeeeee

Vicksburg Art Show

2009-11-03T16:34:00.004-06:00

I was lucky and got a ribbon for Honorable Mention for my painting of the Watermelon Slice and Salt out of 24 entries. Happy Dance here as my White Pumpkin sold. One never knows what is going to happen at a show I really thought it would be the other way around that the watermelon would sell.

White Pumpkin

2009-11-03T16:31:00.006-06:00

8x10 knife (sold)

I really liked the way this one turned out and decided to enter it along with the Jar of Honey and my Watermelon and salt into the Vicksburg Art Show this past Oct.

Honey Jar study

2009-10-29T14:49:00.006-05:00

8x10 knife

This is the first one I really like with the knife. I know I have a way to go but it looks like I may be getting a handle on the pallet knife and I really like using it. There are advantages as you don't wear out your brushes and it is easy to clean and use very little of ones turp.

Great Pumpkin

2009-10-28T18:13:00.005-05:00

16x20 knife

Still working with the knife and I like this one except for the yellow flowers. I did feel like I was under pressure to get it finished and rushed it a little and they look like yuck to me but I like the rest of the painting.

Pickle jar 16x20

2009-10-27T18:30:00.003-05:00

Some more with the palette knife this one is of a blue vase with onions and a beautiful jar of pickles. I did have a hard time with the apple. To get a round edge with the knife is not easy.

Palette Knife I and II

2009-10-24T15:42:00.005-05:00

Study II 8x10

Study one 16x20

I have been using the pallet knife for my last few paintings and at first I thought it was terrible. I though I was using so much paint but now about 5 paintings later I think I'm getting better. Here are my first one so. This again is a big stretch for me.

Harlequin sugar bowl and Apple 5x7 oil

2009-10-17T18:43:00.003-05:00

This is a sugar bowl my mom gave me as she is in the process of getting rid of some of her things and it is one I remember on our kitchen table when I was a kid. I have several old bowls from my grand mother that I remember things in like gravey in one and another that she always had figs in. Now that I discovered the joy of still life paintings I hope to use more of the family memories in my paintings.

2009-09-25T14:43:00.008-05:00

#5 8x10
This one I really enjoyed doing and I would like to find a vase like this to do again. The green leaves look a little weak but the wandering Jew did better. Still one I really want to retouch.

#4 8x10

#3 8x 10 (#2 was so bad I just couldn't take a picture.)

#1 (11x14)
Well it has been a while since I have put anything up as most of the work has been at school. I did take the painting class for this fall semester and have been really enjoying it. As you can see it is very different from what I have done in the past. I am trying to get my feet with the oils on the mason boards It is very slick and the paint slides around. Also as some one who is used to working in layers and using glazes this one shot with the brush is way out of my comfort zone and now I have them home to photograph I'm just dying to go in and tweak it with a little glazing. I will not touch I will not touch.

Pear sliced

2009-08-16T21:00:00.006-05:00

sold

oil 5x7

Boy I really love the pears what a challenge they are to paint. I thought I might have a little trouble getting the color of the inside of the pear but I'm fairly pleased with it. Now I'd like to do one a little large and more complex but it may be a while before I get around to that. Tomorrow I start my painting II class at Hinds. They did not have the class when I was there only Painting I. The challenge there will to paint larger formats. I have gotten used to the small and they are easy to do at the house.

The Pear

2009-08-15T09:49:00.005-05:00

Sold

Oil 5x7

I really like the lumps and bumps on the pear it is not as smooth as an apple and I really enjoyed doing this one.

Tomatoes with Pitcher

2009-08-13T14:57:00.003-05:00

oil 8x10

I did this painting earlier on a smaller canvas with acrylics and really liked it so I thought i would try it on a larger format and with my new oils.

Orange with Vase and Bird

2009-08-09T17:53:00.004-05:00

Oil 6x8

This is a very colorful one using some of my favorite colors.

Watermelon and salt shaker

2009-08-07T11:14:00.003-05:00

oil 8x10

I did two paintings of a watermelon and salt shaker one to go for a silent auctions at my hubby's work. 100% of the proceeds go to a trust fund for children of highway workers that were killed while on the job. Please remember to slow down when going threw a work zone as this kind of accident does happen.
I really think I'm getting better on my watermelons compared to the first one I did which you will never see. hehe.

Update 10/30/09 I entered this one in the VAA show and won an honarable mention with this painting out of 24 entries. YEA!

The Geisha

2009-08-05T13:05:00.002-05:00

Oil 11x14
I just watched the movie the Geisha and this was a set up in class so I thought I would give it a try.

Glass study

2009-08-03T21:57:00.002-05:00

Oil 11x14
This is one of my larger ones that was done in class. It is of glass and again this is totally new subject matter for me.

Onions

2009-08-02T11:51:00.003-05:00

Red and Yellow Onion oil 5x7

Onion Study oil 4x6

Boy I am really loving my oil paint can't believe I didn't do this sooner.
I love onions and painting them is so fun. I just love the color cad orange, will have to do more subjects using that color. Here are two onion studies.

Avocado study and sliced oil

2009-08-01T10:30:00.005-05:00

Avocado Sliced oil 5x7

Avocado Study oil 4x6

I bought an Avocado for these two and I really had to work fast as it was already ripe and under the lights it seemed to dry up quick

Plum Crazy 5x7 oil

2009-07-30T10:32:00.003-05:00

This plum was hard to paint as I was wanting to eat it. Funny how time just slips by when you are painting and next thing you know its 2 hours past lunch.

One Plum oil 5x6

2009-07-29T13:59:00.003-05:00

This is my first plum I have ever painted. I'm really getting into painting the fruit I don't have to worry about it walking away only being eaten when I get hungry. This also pushes me to finish it before the fruit dries up and turns into a prune.

Watermelon Wedge 4x6 oil

2009-07-27T17:58:00.004-05:00

This is a little 4x6 of a watermelon wedge. I have done several little watemelon pieces and I think I'm getting a little better.

Birds losing their marbles

2009-07-26T21:32:00.003-05:00

Oil 8x10

I love the oils and I am having so much fun. I love the smell it brings back memories of when I was a kid and painting the paint by numbers sets my mom got me for Christmas. This one I did in class using a still life set up using some ceramic birds, I just love the little red one.

Bird of Paradise 5x7 acrylic

2009-07-17T16:54:00.004-05:00

This is a small colorful acrylic flower. I still can not seem to get a handle on the acrylics they just seem to dry up so fast even using a medium.

I have been going to Hinds for the summer and painting with the new head of the Art department and my bud Lisa. They have been using oils and I just couldn't stand it any more so I ordered me some oil paint and will take painting II this fall.

Swallow 5x7 acrylic

2009-07-09T09:55:00.003-05:00

This is a familiar sight often here in the country. The swallows dart in and out after a juicy little bug. We did get a little rain the other day so every thing has greened up a little but today its back to the heat.

Pink Coneflowers 5x7 acrylic

2009-07-07T17:18:00.010-05:00

sold

This is a little 5x7 acrylic of some pink cone flowers. It has been so hot here that most everything has stopped blooming but these guys are hanging on.

hibiscus pink 11x14

2009-06-30T17:59:00.006-05:00

This is my first water color I feel is good enough to show here the other just did not turn out like I would have liked.

Can you find all 13 Cedar Waxwings

2009-06-09T21:04:00.003-05:00

One more bird shote here. The tree had so many that all I had to do was shoot. Can you find all 13.

Birds in the back yard

2009-06-02T23:07:00.012-05:00

Cedar Waxwings

Prothonotary Warbler

Orchard Oriole

Male Summer Tanager

Female Summer Tanager

rose breasted grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

I have been doing a lot of bird watching this spring mainly because it has been so nice outside and our mulberry tree has attracted so many birds I have not seen before. Alas most of the berrys are gone and a few birds were only here for a few days. Here are some pictures. May be a painting in my future of one.

Still here One of my Daylilys

2009-05-31T21:22:00.005-05:00

I have been so busy the past month I have not worked on any art. I had a momma cat go missing leaving me with 3 unweaned kittens outside. Took me about a week to get them close enough to catch the little beggars. Once caught we brought them in the house and I had to try and get them tame to at least have a chance in finding them a home. After 4 days there was a break out and two pushed a window pane out and escaped and it started all over again.

But we have a happy ending my Vet took all three and I know they will have a good home with her. Yea

My lily's have been blooming their heart out and I had to clean out the beds. This is one that has a pretty flower every time. Right now I look like I have measles as the dreaded mosquito has eaten me up. Will have to try my had at painting one of my lily's soon.

Jay Walking

2009-04-30T12:23:00.005-05:00

6 x 20 acrylic $175.00
Have been busy in the yard since it has gotten warmer and all my plants have been put outside and re- potted. The mulberry tree has been attracting birds and I have been sitting out there with my camera. This is one of a blue jay I got a picture of. They like to come down and get the cat food and get pretty close to me. I hope to start working back with my watercolors.
We had out spring show at the Vicksburg Art Association this last week and congratulation to my bud Lisa King Floore she did very well this time around. Please visit her site to see some of her work.
Wrll the computer is acting up again and will have to load the picture later.

Summer Tree

2009-04-24T08:24:00.002-05:00

16x20 acrylic

I tried to be a little looser with this one. One thing I noticed with the last painting if I use a lot of glaze medium the picture I photograph looks just terrible so I have to blur it a little to knock down some of the glare. This is something I will have to work on for future paintings.

Good Day for a Ride

2009-04-23T11:16:00.002-05:00

11 x14 acrylic
I have been away it seems a like a long time. The computer is still acting up and we think the vidio card may be going bad. So I have to hurry and get this up while it is working LOL.
I tried my hand at putting and animal and a human in a painting. The animals do not scare me it is people I am just never happy on how they come out. I know I should not get frustrated but when you have an image in your mind and can't get it to come out on canvas or paper can be soooo frustrating.

Computer has been sick Charcoal boots

2009-03-18T15:58:00.004-05:00

I have not forgot about my blog but we have had computer trouble as of late. We were told we needed to wipe it out and start over about a month ago and we did do a back up at that time but not all our stuff got saved. I went to Birmingham for a week and before I left I took pictures of the easter eggs I did and one of my new paintings that I delivered to Peterson's in Vicksburg. I had good intentions to posting when I got back. You guessed it the computer crashed and poof all gone. Our video card was out of whack and it was so bad I could not look at the computer very much. Yea that is now fixed. Next problem was the business cards and tags for my work was wiped out so I have had to recreate both and finally got it to work. So for now I'll just post one of my older works. It is a charcoal that sold a few years ago and was one of my hubby's favorites since it was his boots and old gun. Hope to post some new work soon working on a little large scale than 5x7 or 8x10 for the show in April.

The Honey Hole 1 and 2

2009-02-06T14:09:00.005-06:00

sold

The person who wanted the pintail and turkey picture wanted to paint him and a friend’s favorite place to duck hunt. They called it the Honey Hole. He asked me to paint two so he could give one to his friend. This was a first for me and I just could not get them to come out exactly.

Work Boots 8x10 acrylic

2009-02-02T16:47:00.005-06:00

Framed $135.
Bartered for deer meat.

I love painting old work boots. The front porch is of a little town not far from me called Learned.

They have some wonderful old rockers and chairs on the old front porches.

Quick Draw 2009 Jan in MS 11x14

2009-01-26T10:36:00.007-06:00

Laura shown here working on her rooster this picture and the one below was shown in the Hattiesburg American newspaper under the photo gallery.

The woman in the bright red is also my bud Lisa, hard at work on her piece using bits and pieces found after Katrina went threw on the coast.
I was so into my painting I vaguely remember this guy saying don’t move just pretend I’m not here, then all I heard is this clicking of the shutter and was wondering when it was going to quit.

Here we are at the start of the horn. Lisa is at my side and Laura is up front hubby was my assistant (he did a great job changing out my water and cleaning my brushes when needed. Love ya hon.) and took this picture from up above. This was a really cool place if ever you get a chance and in Hattiesburg go by the Bottling Co.

Bad picture but this is the finished product

Well I survived the quick draw yesterday and it was a lot of fun but it was a lot smaller than last year with artist and guest there it seemed to me. I guess the economy is hurting everyone. I sold one small painting Nannies Knife and my blackbird came out OK and sold but not for as much as last year in the auction. At least I was able to cover my cost of the frames.

Blackbird Study Acrylic 6 X 6

2009-01-24T13:26:00.002-06:00

Tomorrow is the Quick Draw with the South MS Art Association in Hattiesburg for the Aids Service Coalition and 121 Haven House benefit.
I did this last year and this is the second year for the group to do this. It was a lot of fun but a little scary with every one coming around watching you work. Being an artist is usually a solitary job or shared with others in a class. Last year I did a watercolor of a ginger cat and this year I will attempt an acrylic 11 x 14. We all have one hour to produce a piece of art in the medium of our choice and frame if it needs framing and a real auctioneer will try to get the crowd excited and bidding on our pieces.
Last year we had works in oil, watercolor, pastel, colored pencil, material, mixed media, and wood turning and they all were beautiful.
The above painting is my practice run it took me three hours on this little 6 X 6. YEEEEEEEEE I hope I can go faster on a bigger one!!! I am so nit picky.

Nanies Knife 5 x 7

2009-01-23T22:07:00.005-06:00

Sold

This is a little painting using my husbands grandmothers old kitchen knife and one of her old pitchers. The little knife almost is worn down on the blade. I can just picture her using it to slice a home grown tomato fresh from the garden.

Hand Painted Christmas Ball of Snickers

2009-01-08T10:44:00.005-06:00

Well 2009 has started with a very stuffy head and chest cold. Today is the first day that I have felt human. Here is my last Christmas Ball I did it was of my friend Lisa’s little dog Snickers.
I did have a good month it appears at Petersons Art’s and Antiques I was able to sale 5 items.
Now I have to get busy and do some more to place there. The Quick Draw in Hattiesburg is coming up at the end of the month so I have to put my thinking cap on as to what I can do in an hour. More on that in another post

Hand painted Christmas Ball of Mice and Mallard

2008-12-23T10:03:00.008-06:00

The Moulder Family
NFS

Mallard

NFS

Well I have another Christmas Ball that did not turn out very clear but here is the best I had.

Hand Painted Christmas Ball of Magnolia and Snowman

2008-12-22T12:49:00.005-06:00

Magnolia $15.00

Mr and Ms Snowman NFS

I have another one I did for Christmas of Snickers but the photo did not come out clear. Lisa if you get a chance take a picture and send me one. Merry Christmas.

Hand painted Christmas Balls Doves,Poinsettia and Penguin

2008-12-21T17:51:00.006-06:00

Doves $15.00 Poinsettia $15.00

Penguin $15.00

Hand Painted Christmas Balls Reindeer, angel, stocking

2008-12-20T15:02:00.005-06:00

Reindeer $15.00

Angel $15.00

Stocking $15.00

More Christmas Balls

Hand Painted Christmas Balls Snowman.Shepard, Cabin

2008-12-19T09:41:00.007-06:00

Snowman $15.00

Sheppard $15.00

Cabin

Sold

Here a few more of my Christmas Balls will post more tomorrow.

Hand painted Christmas Balls with school colors as Nutcracker

2008-12-18T11:22:00.006-06:00

$15.00

As I was painting my Christmas balls as the nutcracker I decided to use the local football teams.

By the way I am an Alabama fan.

Hand painted Christmas Ball Boots

2008-12-17T08:30:00.006-06:00

$15.00

I have been soooooooo busy this past week and this one also. I have not even sent my Christmas Cards out yet and I have to do it today.
In one week, I painted 22 Christmas balls this included sanding and then putting on gesso and then painting them. They are plastic Christmas balls so they will not break.
I really enjoyed the boots here for the Different Strokes for Different folks challenge this go around. Since I have been painting Christmas balls I did the challange on one.
I really would like to do the end of the year challenge but I will be out of town and do not think I could do justice in the time I would have to painting of a person.

Martha Vick House Tree

2008-12-09T10:10:00.003-06:00

The previous blog where I showed a Christmas ornament I did for the Martha Vick house. Well I got a call from Dave and he said they came and took some pictures and my ornament made the paper so here it is.

Buddha and Hydrangeas

2008-12-04T07:18:00.002-06:00

The Buddha 5x5 watercolor
Another Painting for the different strokes for different folk’s site hosted by Karin Jurick. I loved the way the light backlit the hydrangeas. There are so many talented artists on this site and sometimes my work looks so puny next to theirs but I figure at some point mine will look as accomplished. The subject for the next two weeks is more to my taste, so I hope to do better. I really like these challenges as they push me to try new subject matter.

Red Bird in Snow 5x8 Watercolor

2008-12-03T10:57:00.004-06:00

Matted $100.

cold press

Sold
Red Bird in snow is the painting I used for my Christmas cards last year. I do have to get busy to do a new one for this year where has the time gone.

Turkey 14in

2008-12-02T20:10:00.003-06:00

Sold
Finally, I have finished my turkey to go with the pintail. This one took me a lot longer to complete. I had trouble getting it set up and the size of the hen right. I hope I got this where it does look like it is in proportion

Hand painted Christmas tree ornament of a cat

2008-11-24T12:42:00.004-06:00

Here is first for me a Christmas tree ornament. The VAA was asked by Mr. David who has the Martha Vick House in Vicksburg. He has a cat called Orangie Louise and wanted to have a Christmas tree for her with ornaments with her on them. I was afraid It would never be done after being very careful with the glass ball I was given I was getting ready to photograph it when disaster hit. I dropped it and it shattered to pieces. I tried to paint on two of the balls I had from home and they were much thinner ant two broke in my hand. Hubby saved the day, went to the store, and found some plastic ones and I was able to do it all over a gain. Therefore, here is my second one that did make it to the blog. It was kind of fun.
(By the way, this little house is packed with history. http://www.marthavickhouse.com/
Please go see if you are ever in the area.)

The upside down painting

2008-11-19T10:31:00.007-06:00

Acrylic 5x7 $30.00

Karin had a real winner this week and another great challenge. I have painted more people in the last few weeks than I have ever painted in years. This is good as it forces me to give it a go. In fact, I was surprised at how this turned out. I tried to just look at the shapes and not be caught up in my one hair detail mode. It also helped that I did it upside down. It was hard not to take the canvas and turn it around. When I had finished and did turn it around, I was pleasantly surprised. It looks a lot looser than my other stuff and it really looks like a person walking down a street. True she looks like she is walking in boats but you can tell it is a woman and not a stick.

Check out the Different Strokes for Different Folks link is on the side. There is some great artist there.

Black buterfly

2008-11-18T13:45:00.004-06:00

Acrylic 5x7 $50.00

A last goodbye to summer this last cold spell has sent the butterfly’s off until next year. I saw several of these big beauties flying around the yard this summer. This one was nice enough to hold still for me to get a picture or two.

Clinton

2008-11-17T21:41:00.005-06:00

My bud Lisa and I freezing our booties off.
It was cold this last Sat in many ways. The temperatures were down and very blustery for the out door Christmas festival in Clinton. Most people must have stayed at home, as there did not seem to be that many people out and of course they were not letting go of the cash. It was almost a no sale day but I did sale two of my small art cards. We actually spent more than we made which is not the way it is supposed to work.
Every one is worried about the economy including me. As an artist, it really hits home when the economy is down and art is the last thing someone may spend any money on. Moreover, there are a lot more artist out there trying to get some of their work sold than it seems as in the past or it seams that way to me. With the internet a lot more are visible I guess and there are a lot more people like me who would like to make a little money oh what the heck a lot of money to be able to continue the drive to create something. Let us hope things get better as I have not had the guts to look at my IRA lately at least gas is a little cheaper for the time being so that is some consolation.

Shadows

2008-11-07T10:57:00.002-06:00

4x6 hot press watercolor
Another fun challenge for me and getting me out of my comfort zone and trying something new. This week’s challenge was of people at a busy crossing with long shadows. I chose to crop the picture. Check out the site different strokes for different people a link is here on my page and see all the beautiful ideas the other talented artist come up with.

Different strokes image

2008-11-05T13:16:00.002-06:00

sold
This is the image for this week. Another first for me

Pintail Duck 14 inches

2008-11-04T10:23:00.006-06:00

Sold

This is my first of two commissions, a pintail duck with other ducks flying in.

Painting on wood was a little different from the canvas as it got pretty slick in some spots and others it was rough from the wood. In addition, the little cracks drove me crazy. It was some kind of top off a cheese wheel I think.

Not to brag but I did have my 15 minutes of fame in the Vicksburg Post this past Sunday and if you are interested in reading it this is the site http://www.vicksburgpost.com/articles/2008/11/02/features/doc490b11374706a801400123.txt

Alabama Cow 4x6 pastel

2008-10-28T23:34:00.003-05:00

I missed the last weekley drawing as I had so much going on but I did this one in pastel.