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This landscape art is included in the collection “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Nature“. See the full length 4th of July variety show that features this painting in a live taping.
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This art is included in the collection “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Nature“
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Tip Natalie to fund art supplies to reach her lifetime goal of 1,000 finished oil paintings, a series of live events, and surprising opportunities!
This art is included in the collection “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Nature“; requested by the artist’s daughter who loves tigers. The original painting on canvas currently hangs in her room, along with a giant plush tiger and color coordinated tropical furnishings. A blog post featuring this tiger art is called “Painting Contemplation“.
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“What is the holiday season like in Savannah? What is Thanksgiving like? Wherever our home is, is where we gather together. Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s pretty much the same, although there are some differences. There are more fireworks here, probably because the weather is mild. I’d love to see the ones that they show over Tybee Island on New Year’s. How exciting and beautiful that must be! But it will be hard for me to make the commitment to leave the house, because my favorite place to be for all of the major holidays is home, with my children and husband.
This painting is in a different style than I usually paint. It is meant to be representational, to allow you to imagine your own loved ones sitting around that table. It is, naturally, my own family, but I invite you to place yours there instead.
I look forward to this year’s holiday season, when it doesn’t really matter where we live, as the best part of the celebration is who we’re with. It’s hard when family members are missing due to temporary or permanent absence. I’ve lost both of my parents and many others as well. I think of them during the holidays, and I reach out to those who are facing their first Christmas without a loved one. We never know what tomorrow holds. Love is the most important thing, and it lives forever.
List of Oil Paintings in this Collection, linking to their pages here on the site, and also citing physical pages in the hardcover book:
“When we lived in Ireland, there were rainbows almost daily, including many glorious double rainbows. Here in coastal Georgia, we don’t get rainbows nearly as often, but more regularly than other places I’ve lived. It’s the humid coastal climate that produces them and I appreciate it every time.
This art was inspired by seeing a double rainbow from the van that seemed to follow us all the way home. Most of the time I saw it over forestry, like this, and that’s a similar view that I have from the house- which is where it ended up. On the way, people were on their phones or scowling, while at the red light. I wanted to say, “Look UP!” I was discouraged by how people were missing it.
Then, we stopped at the gas station and someone was out of their car to take pictures of the double rainbow. My hope was restored! We do still notice and appreciate God’s Promise. All we have to do is remember to look UP.
List of Oil Paintings in this Collection, linking to their pages here on the site, and also citing physical pages in the hardcover book:
“This painting was inspired by live radar of Hurricane Irma. How fascinating to watch the storm as it moved over the ocean! Up North, I’d been through bitter life threatening cold of -25 actual temperature, not including wind chill, blizzards, tornadoes, and floods, but none of those were a shared experience world wide. When a hurricane comes, humanity watches in breathless anticipation, in awe of nature. It is a bonding experience, and seems everyone who’s been through a hurricane, even if only to evacuate from it, has their hurricane story that they love to tell.
I was worried that hurricanes would be a deal breaker for me down South, but everywhere I’ve ever lived, there has always been some type of dangerous weather. In fact, there were more episodes of dangerous weather in other places I’ve lived. At least with a hurricane, there is plenty of advance notice (usually- sometimes the forecasts are wrong about exact landfall or which levies may breech, tornadoes that spawn, etc.).
My point is, I no longer fear hurricanes. We can’t escape risks in life. I love living in coastal Georgia, and hurricanes are a risk I’m learning to live with. I’ve only evacuated from the threat of two of them, but each time, I felt a renewed gratitude for my community, my home, my family, and my God. Maybe that’s what storms are all about?”
Small Print “Eye of the Storm”
All small prints are approximately 8 x 10. Giclee Somerset Velvet Fine Art paper. Free shipping. No frame.
$33.50
Medium Print “Eye of the Storm”
All medium prints are approximately 16 x 20. Giclee Somerset Velvet Fine Art paper. Free shipping. No frame.
$65.50
Large Print “Eye of the Storm”
All large prints are approximately 24 x 30. Giclee Somerset Velvet Fine Art paper. Free shipping. No frame.
$98.50
List of Oil Paintings in this Collection, linking to their pages here on the site, and also citing physical pages in the hardcover book:
“Hurricane Irma was my first hurricane. When we got evacuation orders, my husband was working the late shift as a pharmacy tech and he couldn’t leave until his shift was over. I was terrified, anxious we wouldn’t get out in time. I was so panicky that I tripped and fell in the shower while I was getting out. I injured my leg to the point that it was knotted up by the time my husband came home. I had to put ice on it the whole way to the hotel.
By the time we booked a hotel, it seemed all of Florida had already filled up every hotel room in the surrounding area. We had to drive five hours deep into Alabama, to a cockroach motel (literally!), where we were price-gouged and spent almost $1,000 for a few nights’ stay.
By the time we booked a hotel, it seemed all of Florida had already filled up every hotel room in the surrounding area. We had to drive five hours deep into Alabama, to a cockroach motel (literally!), where we were price-gouged and spent almost $1,000 for a few nights’ stay.
It wasn’t all bad- we found interesting things to do and made an “Evacucation” out of it. This year when we had to take another forced vacation during hurricane season, we almost looked forward to our Evacucation. We had even more fun than before, because we didn’t have to drive as far, were in a much better motel, and it wasn’t our first hurricane.
On the return home after Irma, we saw many peach trees down. It was sad to see the orchards ruined. But, soon after, we heard that they rebounded and all was well. Nature can be resilient, and it’s a reminder that we can be too. No matter how dark and dangerous the storm, the sun shines once again. “
List of Oil Paintings in this Collection, linking to their pages here on the site, and also citing physical pages in the hardcover book:
“Is it hard to find fall pumpkins in Savannah? Not at all! There are tent sales, grocery displays, and even pumpkin patches nearby. Madrac Farms in Rincon, Georgia, which is not far from the commuting town I live in, grows Orange Bulldog Pumpkins, developed by the University of Georgia to grow in the South Georgia climate.
Madrac Farms is only about fifteen minutes’ drive for me, and forty minutes from Savannah. If someone was looking for fall beauty right in Savannah, Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens offers Autumn Gardenfest. There are also family pumpkin patches with corn mazes, duck races, pick-your-own pumpkin off the vine, and other autumn fun, thirty minutes to two hours’ drive. Some offer farm events like steer roping, cow milking, pony rides, and a mini zoo with donkeys and llamas.
When my kids were little, we took them to the pumpkin patch every year. I didn’t realize that families down South were doing the same thing. Of course it was often quite cold and wet when we’d bundle our kids up to freeze while hunting for the perfect pumpkin, but here it may be too hot, depending on the day. There are cool days during a Georgian October, and when those days pop up, it’s an ideal time to visit the pumpkin patches.”
List of Oil Paintings in this Collection, linking to their pages here on the site, and also citing physical pages in the hardcover book:
“I made from-scratch mini cobblers with fresh Georgia peaches, and they were divine! But, sadly, I waited too late in the season to bake homemade pie. This was from the freezer section and all I had to do is pop it in the oven. I’ll make my own during next peach season.
When we have our own house, I want to plant peach trees. Our last year in Minnesota, we finally had mature apples on the trees we planted years prior. It was fun to eat them fresh and also bake homemade goodies. I look forward to doing this again, except this time with my favorite fruit- peaches!”
This one makes nice kitchen art – warm and inviting, to inspire happy memories of good cooking
Small Print “Peach Pie”
All small prints are approximately 8 x 10. Giclee Somerset Velvet Fine Art paper. Free shipping. No frame.
$33.50
Medium Print “Peach Pie”
All medium prints are approximately 16 x 20. Giclee Somerset Velvet Fine Art paper. Free shipping. No frame.
$65.50
Large Print “Peach Pie”
All large prints are approximately 24 x 30. Giclee Somerset Velvet Fine Art paper. Free shipping. No frame.
$98.50
List of Oil Paintings in this Collection, linking to their pages here on the site, and also citing physical pages in the hardcover book:
“When the company my husband worked for moved to Canada, we were faced with an involuntary career change. What would he do? Well, that story would take a long time to tell, so I’ll move quickly to the part where we landed in Savannah, Georgia, where he took pre-pharmacy classes at Georgia Southern University. It took two years to catch up on prerequisites he didn’t have, and meanwhile he was attending college with our kids.
But, after he finished, he was- with great relief- easily accepted into pharmacy school at South University, also here in Savannah. Shortly after he was accepted, he received a small gift box in the mail from South. It was a welcome treat of Byrd’s famous peach cookies, a Savannah cookie company established in 1924.
He shared the cookies with our family, and I was enchanted by the tiny powdered sugar covered treats. So, for my birthday, he gave me a gift tin of Byrd’s cookies. I painted what was left of them, after I’d already eaten quite a few!
I was checking just now to make sure I got the 1924 date right, and I saw that Byrd Cookie Company has new treats and gift items. They have a website, but since I live here, we can make time to pop into their store. My husband went there without me to shop for my birthday, so I’ve not been there yet. On my list!”
List of Oil Paintings in this Collection, linking to their pages here on the site, and also citing physical pages in the hardcover book: