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 butterfly!
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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 flowers as much more yellow (not an orange yellow) and more closed/structured petals and shape (like a perfect little rose). I’ll take a picture of…
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My Christmas Presents!
Sharing one of the presents from each family member of this theme: the nature that I love and share with you all here, through my oil paintings and stories. The above video shows the gifts my husband and oldest daughter gave me for my garden and the images below show…
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Art I Don’t Like
Watch this yellow butterfly painting come alive in about 2 minutes (time lapse) What we see and feel about art is highly individual, personal, and intimate. It’s always interesting to see what people respond to, and what they like. It’s even more intriguing when the work I don’t like is…
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One gone, another enters
https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/oil-painting-butterfly-tree-flowers-by-natalie-buske-thomas.mp4 Watch my poor beautiful butterfly tree come to life in under 1 minute (time lapse), flowers only… and then in the painting below you can see the full butterfly tree. My heart broke when this tree died this year so I special ordered a new seedling. https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/come-to-the-garden-oil-painting-by-natalie-buske-thomas-july-20192.mp4 So, one…
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“Blue Butterfly”
“Blue Butterfly” is included in the collection “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Nature“. It was created for the special 2014 children’s book project “Grandpa Smiles“. Since then, Natalie has published several oil painting books for children and is currently working on the third in a series of books for adults/families.…
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“Butterfly and Yellow Flowers”
“Butterfly and Yellow Flowers” is included in the collection “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Nature“. Enjoy Natalie’s art on fun, creative, and classy gifts for you and your family! Tip Natalie to fund art supplies to reach her lifetime goal of 1,000 finished oil paintings, a series of live events,…
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“Flutters By”
“This art ‘Blue Butterfly’ (the ‘Flutters By’ scene) is the third illustration for my first oil painting book Grandpa Smiles, published in 2014. It is a short sweet inspirational and comforting children’s book about losing a grandparent. A family’s love is forever.” “Blue Butterfly” is included in the collection “50…
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“Come to the Garden”
“That’s me, on the swing. My real life swing is actually a rather cheap, much smaller, version of this, but I enjoy my time on the patio. The morning glory vines along the top were real, but we later yanked them out because birds were perching on it and pooping…