“Stories that Inspire my Art” is Natalie’s current blog series. It will run for approximately six months, beginning March 18, 2021, posted daily. Blog posts are listed below. You are invited to subscribe to the blog to receive notifications of new posts by e-mail.
Last year’s Christmas show feels long ago and far away, at least for me it does. So much has changed, so much …
As we head into the last month of autumn, may you give yourself a few moments of peace to watch me paint …
Watch this Thanksgiving scene come alive in less than 1 minute 30 seconds (time lapse video, above). It’s been a couple of …
Oil painting by artist Natalie Buske Thomas "Alabama Landscape". Watch Natalie paint this art in less than 2 minutes (time lapse video). New painting for September 2022.
If you’ve been following the progress of my new oil painting “Walking in Rain Puddle”, you’ll be happy to know that it …
Well, it’s time to get back to work on the new painting in progress. Normally I wait until the painting is finished …
LOL! It looks like my daughter (girl in the painting) is afraid of my fan brush in this still photo I lifted …
I don’t often show my paintings until they are done, but I thought you’d like to know what I’m working on since …
Watch oil painting “Lion in Storm” come alive in under 1 minute (in the time lapse video above). This is an angry …
Did you click on the image above? I’ve painted enough art now to re-design this website and sort by categories! This will …
See my new painting “Coffee Outside” come alive in less than 2 minutes (time lapse video). This art is for the 2022 …
Watch this frog painting come alive in just over 1 minute (time lapse video) This project was inspired by my tree frog …
As promised, I’ve put together a singing video with the lyrics for the instrumental hymn that was in yesterday’s painting video. Maybe …
See my new cardinal oil painting “Cardinal in July” come alive in 2 minutes (time lapse video). I have lost track of …
This is the song that is featured in my oil painting “Candle and Bible” video. The music in the time lapse video …
See this oil painting come alive in about 1 minute (time lapse video). Note: if you read my blog via e-mail, my …
The painting video I shared yesterday included a piano instrumental version of “In Christ Alone”. My daughter (standing behind my chair) was …
See this oil painting “Americana” come alive in 2 minutes (time lapse video), or view the longer version in the 4th of …
The song in the video is a piano instrumental version of the hymn “In Christ Alone”. “In Christ Alone” In Christ alone …
See this osprey come to life in 2 minutes (time lapse video). My new art area is now fully set up and …
I’m finally working on a new painting. I’ll share it on Wednesday. My daily blog has fallen behind since our sudden, unexpected …
I’m finally back to work after our big sudden, unexpected move. The move took wild turns and we ended up buying a …
If you watched the above video (a clip from this year’s Easter Show), you saw how emotional I was while singing the …
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 …
New birds have already found us at our new home. These cardinals are different, as I knew they’d be. When I was …
All moved in and my Internet is up. Did you miss me? I missed you! I’ll catch up when I can. Just …
This looks nothing like the house we’re closing on, but our house IS in Savannah. I had no idea when I painted …
WHEW! The issues are finally resolved and our delayed close on the house will happen TOMORROW! Tomorrow is moving day! I shall …
Today was a highly stressful day. We still haven’t closed on the house and we are now running out of time for …
Well, there must have been a bad moon a’rising because today was a horrible day. The close on our house was cancelled, …
My son is college age now, not a little boy like in this art for children’s book “Grandpa Smiles” (about my dad, …
Today we had the opportunity to bring the kids to the house we’ll be closing on. Until now, they’d only seen the …
These birds have been coming around and stealing our strawberries! What a disappointment! I was enjoying a fresh berry with Cool Whip …
This painting was a “free paint” project, in which there is no reference, plan, or agenda other than to let the paints …
Moving is so hard and bittersweet. The passage of time is on display with every box that is packed, every room that …
“Fred” was my dad’s nickname for me. This painting was inspired by a black and white photograph he took to complete an …
Ever feel that you live your life with reckless abandon, like these wild horses? What do they care about consequences or the …
My daughter brought me one of the boxes she packed herself for our move, for me to load onto the POD container. …
This painting was an experiment. A talented indie composer shared his work online and I asked if I could use it to …
These flowers are probably the closest thing I have right now to what my new “Freedom Rose” looks like, but imagine the …
I planted a couple of pumpkins in grow bags and decided that I’d take those to the new house. Well, one of …
The PODS container was dropped off today. I spent hours packing the first round of our household, mostly by myself. I felt …
When I painted this city of Savannah oil painting, I had no idea that I’d one day live not very far from …
Guess what’s ready to eat already? I had the most delicious vibrant red fresh strawberry with a bit of whipped cream, MMMM! …
Oil painting "Autumn Cottage", time lapse video to watch Natalie paint this art, journey of move during housing crisis
If you missed any of the 35 posts in the previous blog series, here is the complete list for “Compare 3“: