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This week is a little mix of

work and play.

Although, I'd never call creating 

artwork, actual work. 

Onward, to some play and play then. . . 

Here are a few of my pieces from this 

past week. 

~Mixed media fun. 

Pink kitty

Mixed media with colored pencils,

paint, and collage papers. 

Blue eyed Frida mixed media

Folk art bird.

The quote is one of my favorites on faith:

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings

when the dawn is still dark. -Tagore

Been there. . . 

On Saturday, we took a visit to Superior

Arizona. It's not too far from our house. 

Here are a few fun pictures of the 

desert and the town. 

The fruit on the saguaro's are open

now, feeding many of the desert animals. 

That's Picketpost Mountain 

in the background. 

They drop from the top to the ground

and feed more creatures there. 

Isn't it pretty? 

This was one of the fun artsy houses

we drove by. 

This house made me smile when

I saw John Wayne at the front door. 

The following are some of the

town shops with their murals. 

Thank you so much for 

visiting!

I hope you have a wonderful week.

Terri

Paintings and Orange Season

It's citrus season in Arizona! 

Here's a view of our orange tree

from out our bathroom window. 

We need to get them off the tree before

blossom time around March. 

Needless to say, we've been eating a

lot of oranges and drinking a lot of juice. 

There's a bunch of trading and giving away

amongst the neighbors this time of year. 

Some have lemons, ruby red or yellow grapefruit,

navel or valencia oranges. 

The smell of their skins is heavenly

when they're fresh off the tree. 

I look forward to blossom time. 

The perfume in the air from 

the orange blossoms is intoxicating. 

I wish I could share it, and our oranges too!

The following is a sugar skull that

my husband had cut out of wood for me. 

It's 19" x 13", so it's a perfectly fun size. 

Instead of hemming and hawing about my design

for this one, I set myself an imaginary timer of 15 minutes.

I worked quickly and just let the design flow naturally. 

When my husband came home from work and I showed

it to him, he said, "That's cool, but the eyes are kind of low."

I said, "Really? They may be a little on the small side, but

I don't thing they're too low.". 

Then I realized, he thought the cheeks were the eyes! haha

Oh well, I'm not changing it. I kind of like it like it is. 

I'm back to my pink cacti in this next piece. 

I just love cactus and I love the color pink. 

It was fun figuring out what to do with her glasses. 

Maybe next time I'll experiment with a glaze

as well as highlights on the lenses. We'll see. . . 

Wishing you a wonderful and creatively

productive weekend! 

Sah-WAR-oh Folk Art

Saguaro's are a sign

of HOME for me.

They're sometimes refered

to as the sentinels of the desert.

It's so much fun creating worlds

where pink houses, real rosy

cheeks, turquoise hair, AND saguaro's exist. 

Desert Folk Art

My husband and I went

exploring in the desert

yesterday on his ATV. 

I saw some beautiful pink

prickly pear cactus and

had to paint some in

my own little world. 

I'm trying to paint

with more freedom

and simplicity and 

strangely enough, am

finding it very difficult. 

That said, I'm not

giving up. There's

something very pleasurable

about it. 

I keep reminding myself

that repetition is the mother of skill. 

Sugar Skull Dog House

I recently finished painting another folk art 

dog house that my husband built. 

In case you missed the first one, you may

see it here. 

This time I started with a lighter background. 

Pink is my favorite color right

now, so I try to incorporate it whenever I can. 

I may eventually go in an add

some more detail to it, but for now it's finished.

I love Mexican and Southwest

inspired designs as you can see. 

I made sure to use all exterior house

paints. 

Every time my husband and I are at 

Home Depot, I'm always checking the "oops shelf"

in the paint department. 

Now all it needs is a little Chihuahua

and we'll be all set. 

Thank you for visiting! 

Terri