Daily Paintings of Late

My goal is to finish

a painting a day. 

I'm not always successful

with that goal, but I have

been successful in pressing

forward whether I reach it or not. 

This fact is a win for

me on it's own. 

Here are some

of my most recent

accomplishments. 

I'll keep my words

to a minimum in this post.

Thank you for visiting

and touching base.

I hope you have a fabulous week!

Terri

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall. . .

One of my neighbors kindly gave me

a big mirror a couple of months ago. 

It's 38" x 32". 

Another neighbor that knows about the mirror

keeps asking me if I've done anything

with it yet. 

Well, it's finally time to call her over

to see the mirror. 

I should say, the frame of the mirror. 

I'll let my husband get the mirror

part securely back in the frame. 

The frame was initially a brown

mottled paint and it was primed

in white to start the process. 

These first few pictures were taken at sunrise.

That's why they're a little dark. 

Next, I drew out my design and made

patterns for wood pieces that my husband

gladly cut out for me on the scroll saw. 

I placed the pieces where I wanted them

just to check my design, before

they were adhered to the frame. 

Voila! The finished piece. 

It's much more bright

and cheerful now. 

Thank you for stopping by.

Hoping you have a wonderfully

creative week! 

Terri

Giving New Life to an Old Guitar

My dear friends and neighbors

will sometimes give me things

they think I may like to paint. 

This old broken down

guitar is an example of one 

of those things. 

It's been sitting in the corner

of my art room for  a couple

of years waiting to be brought

back to life. 

I had a design percolating 

in my mind, now it was a matter

of putting it all together. 

The same friend that gave me the guitar, 

also gave me the cool wooden heart she'd

designed and had her husband cut out for her. 

I designed a pattern for wings and the "Love"

sign, and my husband cut them out for me

on the scroll saw. 

I strung beads where the tuning keys

would've been.

I used my wood carving tools to 

give the "Love" sign a little dimension. 

I also decided to change the plain heart 

into a flaming heart. 

My husband made

sure every piece was secured

properly with a combination of 

liquid nails and nails or screws. 

Here's another view from the front. 

I'm pleased with the way it 

turned out. 

It was so much fun to create. 

I hope you have a wonderful week ahead! 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Terri

Camping Dreams Become Reality

Camping is something I've

always loved to do. 

Being out in nature, wandering 

around and exploring new places,

is so much fun for me. 

Rocks, insects, creatures, and plant life

are all things I patiently observe and study

when we camp and hike. 

I decided to paint myself a camper.

Of course, it had to be pink with

lots of flowers. 

I added a little kitty that I'd drawn with

prismacolor pencils and adhered

it to the piece with matte medium. 

I showed it to my husband when I finished

and asked him if he'd travel with

me in my pink camper. 

He said as long as I was with him, 

that was all that mattered. 

Apparently I wasn't the only one 

with the camping bug. 

My husband was itching to go

back to one of our favorite spots

in the Chiricahua National Forest

in Southeastern Arizona. 

I thought I'd share a picture or two

of one of our "go to" camping spots. 

We've been to this one several

times over the past 20 years or so. 

I'm sure you can see why. 

Of course we had to do 

some hiking while we were there. 

The following are a couple

pictures from the trails

around our site.

In 2007 they had a bad forest

fire that really changed the landscape

for many years to come. 

It was still beautiful though. 

We stopped for lunch on our way

home in Safford Arizona and I spotted

this artsy camper in the parking lot

of the restaurant we visited. 

Whenever I see things like this, it makes

me smile. No matter if it's a little cooky,

or masterfully done, it's a slice of Americana. 

Thank you for coming along

with me on my little camping adventure. 

I hope you have a wonderful 

rest of the week! 

Terri