Little Girl At Heart Art

As I look over this collection

of pieces from the past

week, it reminds me that I'm 

still a little girl at heart. 

Bright colors

and cheerful themes

are what I'm drawn to. 

I'm the same way when it comes

to movies. 

I want to leave the theater uplifted and happy,

not drained or discouraged. 

There's enough heavy stuff

going on in every day life.

Movies and art tend to be pleasant escapes

for me most of the time. 

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The following are mostly mixed

media pieces, which

I've been having fun

with lately. 

The saying on this last piece is actually

one of Willie Nelson's song titles. 

My dear artist friend Dede and I both

love Willie Nelson music and this

is her favorite song of his.

It makes me smile. 

Thank you for visiting. 

I hope you have a fabulous and productive week! 

Terri

This House is for the Birds

I hadn't planned on posting more

than once this week, but I took

these pictures this morning and

thought, 'Why not?'

 This is another one of our collaborations 

(my husband the builder, and me the artist). 

This is probably

my favorite bird house that we've

made together. 

I think it's because the design

is the funkiest he's made so far, and

I'm all about the funkier the better. 

It also makes me think I'm sort

of weird as an artist, because I 

love color clashes. 

(as is obvious by my pieces). 

Sometimes it's intentional,

and sometimes it's just because

I have to use whatever paint

I have on hand. 

Either way, I try and make 

it work and am usually 

pleased with the outcome. 

Thank you for visiting

and saying hello. 

Terri

Completing the Cow Painting

This is the cow painting I was

working on in my last post. 

I was unsettled with it. 

There was too much busyness here and

there and I actually made it even busier

after this. 

I was about to sand the whole 

thing and start over, but I restrained myself. 

It's a happy party cow, so I left some of

those elements in it. I just did some rearranging. 

I could work on it longer, but I really

need to finish it up and moooo-ve on. 

(could not resist)

Hope it's a great day

and an even better week for you.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Terri

Funky Frame and Pig Painting

As I was painting the goat picture,

I noticed a butterfly I'd

asked my husband cut out of wood for me

sitting on one of my work tables. 

I put it behind my painting on the side so

just one of the wings was showing.

That's it! I'll give my painting "wings" 

instead of a traditional frame. 

I drew out some patterns and my husband

cut them out and attached them to the 

painting for me. 

Viola! First painting completed. 

Yesterday, I started on my pig

painting. These two (the goat and the pig paintings) will be 

on either side of the barn doors. 

I have a couple flying pigs

that'll go on the barn doors that I'll share 

with you in another post.

Today I'm finishing up on 

the pig and painting the "wings"

on this one. 

After this, I have a cow
painting and a bunny hutch to finish.

I'm hoping to get it all done within a week. . .

Back to work!

Hope you're having 

a wonderful week.

Until next time. 

Terri