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New Painting!
See this osprey come to life in 2 minutes (time lapse video). My new art area is now fully set up and I should be
Happy Father’s Day!
I’m finally working on a new painting. I’ll share it on Wednesday. My daily blog has fallen behind since our sudden, unexpected move. I’m still
New Painting, Finally!
I’m finally back to work after our big sudden, unexpected move. The move took wild turns and we ended up buying a house at least
Want to go to Church?
If you watched the above video (a clip from this year’s Easter Show), you saw how emotional I was while singing the cover of “I
New Art Journey
I’ve lost track of how many oil paintings I’ve done, but “over 200” is possibly right. My lifetime goal is over 1,000 finished oil paintings,
New Cardinal Friends
New birds have already found us at our new home. These cardinals are different, as I knew they’d be. When I was sad about leaving
I’m HOME!
All moved in and my Internet is up. Did you miss me? I missed you! I’ll catch up when I can. Just wanted to post
Moving Day!
This looks nothing like the house we’re closing on, but our house IS in Savannah. I had no idea when I painted this several years
MOVING TOMORROW!
WHEW! The issues are finally resolved and our delayed close on the house will happen TOMORROW! Tomorrow is moving day! I shall fly like this
S T R E S S E D
Today was a highly stressful day. We still haven’t closed on the house and we are now running out of time for the moving pods,
BAD DAY
Well, there must have been a bad moon a’rising because today was a horrible day. The close on our house was cancelled, and then thankfully
Super Laundry!
My son is college age now, not a little boy like in this art for children’s book “Grandpa Smiles” (about my dad, who died before
Happy Day!
Today we had the opportunity to bring the kids to the house we’ll be closing on. Until now, they’d only seen the pictures and video.
Bandits!
These birds have been coming around and stealing our strawberries! What a disappointment! I was enjoying a fresh berry with Cool Whip as a snack
Easy Going
This painting was a “free paint” project, in which there is no reference, plan, or agenda other than to let the paints flow. I start
Joyful Memories!
Moving is so hard and bittersweet. The passage of time is on display with every box that is packed, every room that is emptied. Today
WOOT!
“Fred” was my dad’s nickname for me. This painting was inspired by a black and white photograph he took to complete an assignment for a
Wild Days
Ever feel that you live your life with reckless abandon, like these wild horses? What do they care about consequences or the worries of tomorrow?
aww
My daughter brought me one of the boxes she packed herself for our move, for me to load onto the POD container. She said it
Nature’s Music
This painting was an experiment. A talented indie composer shared his work online and I asked if I could use it to paint what I
Ooh, Pretty!
These flowers are probably the closest thing I have right now to what my new “Freedom Rose” looks like, but imagine the buds and open
LOL, Pumpkin
I planted a couple of pumpkins in grow bags and decided that I’d take those to the new house. Well, one of the pumpkins decided
Bearing Up
The PODS container was dropped off today. I spent hours packing the first round of our household, mostly by myself. I felt victorious, like this
Lead me HOME!
When I painted this city of Savannah oil painting, I had no idea that I’d one day live not very far from this fountain square.
Strawberry Mine!
Guess what’s ready to eat already? I had the most delicious vibrant red fresh strawberry with a bit of whipped cream, MMMM! But you know
Moving Soon!
Oil painting “Autumn Cottage”, time lapse video to watch Natalie paint this art, journey of move during housing crisis
Be Thou my Vision
I hope you are enjoying this Easter weekend with loved ones and are feeling peace in your spirit. I’ve uploaded the Easter Show 2022 in
New Painting “Jesus at Calvary”
On this Good Friday of Holy Week, 2022, may we reflect on the beauty of deliverance, redemption, forgiveness, mercy, and hope- and manifest these things
HAPPY NEWS!
Thought this joyful hymn was a good choice to celebrate my good news update: WE GOT THE HOUSE! We still have the inspection and the
New Painting “Easter Lily”
This video is a segment from the Easter Show 2022. It shows live painting in real time and then the footage is sped up via
Missed it?
If you missed last year’s Easter Show, here it is. It’s quite different from the 2022 show in many ways, but yet the general format
Show on YouTube
My Easter Painting Variety Show is now on YouTube, for those who prefer that platform for easy sharing. The best video quality is here on
Holy Week Begins
On this Palm Sunday, may you feel encouragement for the week ahead and the hope that Easter and spring instills. Today we put down an
EASTER SHOW LAUNCHED!
HERE IT IS! Launching my new Easter Painting Show now, to give you time to share this special video with your family, friends, and social
Show Update
I finished the final taping segment for my Easter show today! When the video is finished I will launch the show, giving you time to
Faith over Fear
Well, we finally got our pre-approval, but the house hunting news is bleak. First of all, we couldn’t get the loan type we wanted, and
They’re Back!
Today was a horrible day- seeing a painted bunting was one of the few good things about it, so I’ll focus on that. Painted buntings
Packing Up
I spent several hours today packing up my art in preparation for our unexpected move. You can probably recognize ones I’ve shared with you (in
Gator Tale
Something interesting happened yesterday at the sale. It was the last day of the 2-day event and I was discouraged because we still hadn’t had
Exceeded the Goal!
It was a day at the beach! No, it was a day spent in the driveway selling our things in the yard sale, but my
What a Day!
I’m so exhausted, I feel like this jellyfish painting- surreal and floating. Guess what? Day one of the sale (I mentioned this yesterday) already exceeded
No Word Yet
Our weather here is now beautiful, after being cold or raining for quite a stretch. I’m feeling like my tree landscape oil painting above- clear
Whirlwind Day!
Mellow music, marshmallows on a stick, and dancing flames – a fire can be welcoming and sentimental – childhood memories, family vacations, and warmth on
Wasn’t What I Expected
Please ignore that website URL at the end, by the way- it’s old and gone. Today felt like that painting. It was a mess of